OneTrouser

Lightbringer · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Double pleats, yes.

The OneTrouser, like the OneShoe, will not be absolute. I will need other trousers, too. Perhaps I'll wind up with a winter OneTrouser and a summer OneTrouser.

You actually stray from the OneShoe? Really? When was this?

sellahi22 · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Can't the same, or should, be said of shirts and shoes?

I like to have a variety of striped and checked shirts. Not guido stripes, but tasteful stripes from thomas mason, DJA, etc. Also I like to mix in some pink/lavender with my blues.

With shoes, I like to have oxfords, derbies, monks, and boots for different situations.

BH1 · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Madame Paulette shrunk two pairs of my Ambrosi/Woodhouse pants

I felt like MP was the ONE dry cleaner I could trust. This is truly upsetting.

geoffmartin17 · Dec 13, 2010

Am i the only person on the forum that thought the Oneshoe was ******* awesome?

Lightbringer · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by sellahi22

I like to have a variety of striped and checked shirts. Not guido stripes, but tasteful stripes from thomas mason, DJA, etc. Also I like to mix in some pink/lavender with my blues.

With shoes, I like to have oxfords, derbies, monks, and boots for different situations.

I am considering a OneShirt or TwoShirts as we speak. I'm similarly considering a TwoShoes, but have yet to find a last that perfectly characterizes the shape I like. There is wisdom in this.

sellahi22 · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by Lightbringer

I am considering a OneShirt or TwoShirts as we speak. I'm similarly considering a TwoShoes, but have yet to find a last that perfectly characterizes the shape I like. There is wisdom in this.
There is wisdom in this if you wear loudly patterned sportcoats to work. As it happens, I wear a suit or blazer or quiet sportcoat most of the time, and I prefer sober ties, so I use (subtly) patterned shirts to add some interest.

TheFoo · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by Lightbringer

You actually stray from the OneShoe? Really? When was this?

A pair of black oxford is sometimes necessary or significantly more optimal.

Originally Posted by sellahi22

I like to have a variety of striped and checked shirts. Not guido stripes, but tasteful stripes from thomas mason, DJA, etc. Also I like to mix in some pink/lavender with my blues.

That's all fine, but shirts still tend to act as backgrounds. When they don't, I tend to not like the outfit, but that's just me.

Originally Posted by geoffmartin17

Am i the only person on the forum that thought the Oneshoe was ******* awesome?

There are like three of us.

Lightbringer · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by sellahi22

There is wisdom in this if you wear loudly patterned sportcoats to work. As it happens, I wear a suit or blazer or quiet sportcoat most of the time, and I prefer sober ties, so I use (subtly) patterned shirts to add some interest.

Well, you generally choose several variables to fix and some to alter. You've basically narrowed your tie and suit/sportscoat set, though not quite to OneTie/OneSuit/OneSC level, but you basically see the idea.

TheFoo · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by Lightbringer

Well, you generally choose several variables to fix and some to alter. You've basically narrowed your tie and suit/sportscoat set, though not quite to OneTie/OneSuit/OneSC level, but you basically see the idea.

This is more or less what I do. My shirts, shoes, and trousers are pretty much constant. Only the jackets and ties really change.

Lightbringer · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by mafoofan

A pair of black oxford is sometimes necessary or significantly more optimal.

Noted. And I guess then there's also formal events. But say I picked a OneShoe that is like a black oxford, not longwings as I recall yours are....

I honestly started contemplating defining my own OneShoe as well after I noticed that I basically wore two of my shoes all the time and barely wore the rest. It was an act of brilliance.

EBugatti · Dec 13, 2010

So you don't wear suits every day (I thought you might as a lawyer or whatever mutation your new job is). I was thinking (9 1/2 weeks style) that a well-chosen suit would serve you better--a OneSuit.

On a side note, it appears there's a disturbance in teh Styleforvm... Vox/F. Corbera are both pulsating in the cyberspace of this threak...

sellahi22 · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by Lightbringer

Noted. And I guess then there's also formal events. But say I picked a OneShoe that is like a black oxford, not longwings as I recall yours are....

I honestly started contemplating defining my own OneShoe as well after I noticed that I basically wore two of my shoes all the time and barely wore the rest. It was an act of brilliance.

I think one needs a minimum of two shoes, a black oxford and some brown shoe. There are some situations when black is definitely too severe, and others when brown is definitely too informal.

TheFoo · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by EBugatti

So you don't wear suits every day (I thought you might as a lawyer or whatever mutation your new job is). I was thinking (9 1/2 weeks style) that a well-chosen suit would serve you better--a OneSuit.

I wear suits most days. I would probably wear them everyday if I had more suits.

Cary Grant · Dec 13, 2010

Originally Posted by GBR

How on earth did she manage that?

She allowed Foo one too many trips to the falafel stand.

moddey · Dec 13, 2010

I picked up several pairs of Ambrosi trousers from my dry cleaners last week and noticed that the linings had all turned purple

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