conservative business dress WAYWRN: An Experiment

Originally Posted by Manton

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Lufty, I love the way you keep the trad or [kencpollack]TNSL[/kencpollack] flag flying here. The fit of your stuff is usually exactly what it should be even if most here do not like the sack cut.
Thanks. It took me a lot of trial and error to realize that I just want to keep my wardrobe simple. I was really into ridiculous colors and patterns when I first joined SF, then found myself swept up into the 60s/slim/RLBL/BBBF wave. Took me a bit, and some time on the AAAC trad forum, to find my niche. This works for me, and so long as I don't become a complete fat-ass in the next few years, I think this "look" will last me until I wear these suits out.

Couple of crits: 1) Tone of suit and tie are too close IMO. I don't mind close tonality all the time, but I think it works best with blues and grays. This could be the photo but that suit could be brown, dark olive or gray. I suppose it is gray but it's hard to tell. I like dark green with gray typically but somehow it doesn't "work" here. Could be the lighting, not sure.

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I think a lot of this is a early morning lighting and my poor phone camera. The tie's a brighter green and the suit's olive. I tried to play with the balance, but I ended up looking like a turtle if I touched anything.

2) I don't like the woven tie with the BD. I think the soft, informal collar needs an informal tie, a madder or a foulard or a repp or a knit.

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Though of using a knit too, but I wanted to use the same tie and square that I did yesterday (which was horrid), as a sort of challenge.

3) This absolutely demands brown shoes. The tie is super "earthy." Black shoes only work with kelly or other bright greens. Brown would look so, so much better.

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I know it's sacrilege, but the only brown shoes I have ATM are suede monks. I have a few pairs of tan/chili colored shoes, but they looked odd to my eye with this getup.

4) Tuck the sqaure down a bit please.

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See above.

Originally Posted by edmorel

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that's a beautiful sack. Pants need to be longer though.
Agreed that they could be a touch longer.

Originally Posted by Manton

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Right looks shorter than left, too.
I think (hope) its a result of running into place for the timer.

those are, uh, interesting socks.

Some fluorescent pink stripes to greet the burgeons and magnolias. Not very conservative business dress

Originally Posted by gdl203

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Some fluorescent pink stripes to greet the burgeons and magnolias. Not very conservative business dress

The shoes are the deal breaker.

Originally Posted by Manton

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The shoes are the deal breaker.
More than the linen-cotton fluo pink stripe shirt? I think that's a tie on conservative business dress-breaking.

Originally Posted by gdl203

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More than the linen-cotton fluo pink stripe shirt? I think that's a tie on conservative business dress-breaking.

Shirt is nice. Tie is pretty quiet even if not something I would buy.

I LOVE that tie and the jacket is great. The shoes, well, they'll go in the same bin as Orgetix's socks.

Originally Posted by edmorel

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The shoes, well, they'll go in the same bin as Orgetix's socks.

Originally Posted by Orgetorix

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Originally Posted by edmorel

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those are, uh, interesting socks.

Rather 1930's-40's Esky look...

olddog/oldtrix
Not sure if that is the same as your other suits, but that cut is very flattering on you, does not display the "pear" issue that your other suits do. For me, this is the best suit you ever posted, jacket is great.

Originally Posted by williamson

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Sober, perhaps, but very harmonious.

1st person brave enough to mention it. ; I like the check pattern of the shirt

I continue to be impressed by the quality of this thread. The posts, feedback and replies are very helpful and constructive.

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

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I continue to be impressed by the quality of this thread. The posts, feedback and replies are very helpful and constructive.

+1. Very, very constructive. Still working up the courage to post my own shots, though