conservative business dress WAYWRN: An Experiment

Interesting..you have to really look to see the herringbone.

Originally Posted by Requiem

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I never wear silk squares and this shoes to court, but when spending the entire day in office I think it's fine.

Personally, I wouldn't wear that suit to court. But, you hopefully know your jury pool better than I do. Looks good though.

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

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Last chance to wear linen as the leaves are changing

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Very nice, PG. Like the new linen. Would like the whole look better with lighter pants.

I'm seeing far too many collar points...

Originally Posted by crider8883

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Personally, I wouldn't wear that suit to court. But, you hopefully know your jury pool better than I do. Looks good though.

Just out of curiosity, I'm a lawyer in Portugal where jury trials are not common (bellow 3% of all criminal trials, according to the last numbers I remember). Besides, we wear legal garments ("toga" for lawyers, "beca" for judges).

Originally Posted by IronRock

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In essence however I believe true conservative business dress should be transferable. One should be able to go to a meeting in Beijing, lunch in London and dinner in NYC wearing the same clothes; no-one should bat an eye-lid in these meetings, in transit, in the taxis or walking down the pavement (side-walk)

This.

or,

This thread is great but impossible to keep up with. I'm almost 60 pages behind and falling back...

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

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Last chance to wear linen as the leaves are changing

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A P Johnson coat undoubtedly. MTM?

Love the balance of the coat, its pocket shape and choice of tie fabric & color, but the trouser seems to disrupt the summery tone of the other articles; perhaps a linen, cotton or porous worsted trouser fabric may have been more suitable

Originally Posted by ManofKent

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MoK - you mentioned before you have uneven shoulder issues, in the pic above I we can see that your right shoulder is lower than the left but I also think your left shoulder is forward of the right? Combined with the weight loss, this gives the suit perhaps a bit too much drape? there seem to be divots and 'waves' of cloth where there should be none - at this point I defer to those with considerably more knowledge than me, but in my opinion it does not look quite right.

Despite the minor point above I like this a lot more than the brown offering yesterday and would be very happy to be seen in the same outfit. Handkerchief/pocket placement still seems a bit low or maybe it's just a bit bold for the outfit?

PS - Colchester?

Something around the waist isnt right with your new coats PG

Originally Posted by ctp120

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Very nice, PG. Like the new linen. Would like the whole look better with lighter pants.

+1 but still an awesome coat. Love the tie too!

Originally Posted by kcc

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A P Johnson coat undoubtedly. MTM?

Love the balance of the coat, its pocket shape and choice of tie fabric & color, but the trouser seems to disrupt the summery tone of the other articles; perhaps a linen, cotton or porous worsted trouser fabric may have been more suitable

I actually like everything about the coat, including the beautiful patch pockets, except the button stance which seems about an 1.5" to high.

Originally Posted by whnay.

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I actually like everything about the coat, including the beautiful patch pockets, except the button stance which seems about an 1.5" to high.

This, plus the lapels could be a touch wider, but I am not complaining. PG keeps slaying.

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

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Last chance to wear linen as the leaves are changing

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Bright orange as conservative business dress? Not sure about that.

Remind me of:

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

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Last chance to wear linen as the leaves are changing

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Too bold and too casual for me to see this as conservative business dress, but I like it a lot.

Originally Posted by Requiem

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Just out of curiosity, I'm a lawyer in Portugal where jury trials are not common (bellow 3% of all criminal trials, according to the last numbers I remember). Besides, we wear legal garments ("toga" for lawyers, "beca" for judges).
Interesting I wonder whether the need to don robes is why our Barristers tend to dress much more boldly than our solicitors who don't wear robes?

Originally Posted by IronRock

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MoK - you mentioned before you have uneven shoulder issues, in the pic above I we can see that your right shoulder is lower than the left but I also think your left shoulder is forward of the right? Combined with the weight loss, this gives the suit perhaps a bit too much drape? there seem to be divots and 'waves' of cloth where there should be none - at this point I defer to those with considerably more knowledge than me, but in my opinion it does not look quite right.

Despite the minor point above I like this a lot more than the brown offering yesterday and would be very happy to be seen in the same outfit. Handkerchief/pocket placement still seems a bit low or maybe it's just a bit bold for the outfit?

PS - Colchester?

Thanks yes my right shoulder is naturally sloping, the left is raised and tilted forward by the lump of titanium that holds it together - still the surgeon did a good job - he only expected me to be able to raise my arm to the horizontal, but I can raise it a further 45 degrees even if I can't manage to get it vertical... It doesn't show in all poses/photos and isn't that noticeable in real life, but if and when I go bespoke I'll need to find a tailor talented enough to hide it.

I think the PS is too bold and has rode up too much. I know one UK clothing writer uses a tie pin through the breast pocket to prevent this problem, but I think it has a tendancy to look too affected...

Faversham, Kent