HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part II

srivats · Apr 6, 2010

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Impatient for the 80s (80Â°F, that is) Spring Tuesday:

Borrelli Linosa cotton jacket, 3 roll 2 "sack," no canvas or padding
Borrelli BD shirt, barrel cuffs
Drakes (for A Suitable Wardrobe) tussah silk tie
Talbott silk square
Borrelli cotton trousers
HermÃ¨s alligator strap with Tiffany sterling slide buckle
no socks
RL Polo (by Crockett & Jones) Darlton pennies in shell cordovan
Cartier band in plain yellow 18k
Jaeger-LeCoultre manual wind in rose 18k (c.1962)
Tom Ford sunglasses

That is outstanding. Excellent colors on that outfit, B.

artoftime · Apr 6, 2010

Raggedy, after an outing in the 427 for a few hours

Jacket - Arnys cotton Forestiere Shirts - Lacoste (FTW) RRL denim Trou - Chimala chino, cut off hem Shoe - Alden suede chuk Strap - Hermes Watch - Russian 1950's single button chrono - de-dialed, customized Shades - Persol 0714 Wheels - ERA 427 Cobra

Aaron01 · Apr 6, 2010

Sweet ride and sunnies!

That's a pretty interesting watch, not really my style, but cool nonetheless

Imperator · Apr 6, 2010

Originally Posted by artoftime

Raggedy after an outing in the 427 for a few hours

Jacket - Arnys cotton Forestiere
Shirts - Lacoste (FTW) RRL denim
Trou - Chimala chino, cut off hem
Shoe - Alden suede chuk
Strap - Hermes
Watch - Russian 1950's single button chrono - de-dialed, customized
Shades - Persol 0714
Wheels - ERA 427 Cobra

Everything looks great. Love the watch, glasses, jacket. Very cool.

JonF · Apr 6, 2010

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

WIS-break:

There is something about these first generation manual wind Saxonias. The cuckoo clockiness of most Langes is completely subsumed.

Shortly after I got mine many years ago, Walt Odets penned his series of articles on Langes (he had mixed reaction to them.) The following passage from his first article, though, captures my feeling about it:

"So my first impression, not well consolidated, was of an exercise in pure quality, no holds"”and definitely no cost"”barred. The weight alone seemed to tell you that. I quickly realized that, by comparison, all other watches suddenly felt hollow, like empty cases, like tin stampings with no hint of a movement inside. The Lange was an anvil, a solid lump of a super-dense new element that ran right off the end of the periodic tables. It apparently, had no moving parts"”nothing to compromise the density, and surely nothing that could rattle or click. The silkiness and solidity of the controls"”the stem and date set button"”were unlike anything I had ever touched. In five minutes I suddenly felt that there was something shabby about all my other watches, and I actually had the thought that perhaps I would sell everything else and leave it at three Langes. Three Langes? This Saxonia was a simple hand-wound watch, with simple date, retailing for more than $13,000. But when I looked at it carefully, the cost, astonishingly, began to seem plausible. Had I gone completely mad?" -- W. Odets

- B

Thanks for the WIS break Vox! That is a great write up... and coming from Walt I think it carries extra weight as he's not afraid to be critical (e.g., his infamous Explorer review).

clarinetplayer · Apr 7, 2010

Originally Posted by Fred49

I love your description..."raw out of the box". A beautiful suit. Liking the ticket pocket. I hope you will write of your experience with Thomas Mahon.

JohnsNotHere · Apr 7, 2010

New tie from Herringbone, suit by Herringbone
PS made by the wife
Charles Nahkle shirt

IST66 · Apr 7, 2010

NOBD · Apr 7, 2010

Originally Posted by vncrz

very nice fabric, is it flannel?

Yes.
More.

yfyf · Apr 7, 2010

Kappelan · Apr 7, 2010

Originally Posted by JohnsNotHere

New tie from Herringbone, suit by Herringbone
PS made by the wife
Charles Nahkle shirt

Love it

GuidoWongolini · Apr 7, 2010

Originally Posted by yfyf

- thank you for adding life to this threak as teh last 10 pages have been utter re-cuts from a bad maria O b-grade pron.. - yes, this is a cuss fart - Just saying..

GuidoWongolini · Apr 7, 2010

The rain brings the best light

Old world maintenance, very hard to find these days. No hair-dryers, just hot towels.

Thanks Jimmy, see you in 3 weeks

Now pick up your game GUYS!

yfyf · Apr 7, 2010

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

The rain brings the best light

I dig the flower ++

maomao1980 · Apr 7, 2010

Originally Posted by yfyf

I dig the flower ++

I thought you picked up one of those in Japan as well?

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