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  1. Patrick Hall

    Sprezzatura vs trying too hard.

    Tasteful look marred by trying too hard to seem nonchalant:
  2. Patrick Hall

    What are you wearing today??

    Great look Eddie. RL consistently kills it with their knitwear patterns. Nice find!
  3. Patrick Hall

    Sprezzatura vs trying too hard.

    Please, please do. iGent menswear constantly abuses the "trouser-top/tie/coat-front" nexus, in a desperate attempt to infuse tailored clothes with an air of casual, "sprezzy" dishabille. Either the back or the front tie blade pops out the bottom of a buttoned jacket or waistcoat, and makes the...
  4. Patrick Hall

    Sprezzatura vs trying too hard.

    My understanding is that sprezzatura originated in the circles of 16th century courtly etiquette. It described a courtier's (gentleman's) proficiency at concealing all the practice he has poured into his fields or hobbies, so that he can appear to be effortlessly the master of a random task...
  5. Patrick Hall

    What are you wearing today??

    Thanks for the kind words and well wishes, gents. Life is good!
  7. Patrick Hall

    What are you wearing today??

    Got married on Saturday, in a 1930s patch-pocketed pincord suit!
  8. Patrick Hall

    The summer wardrobe

    Thanks for these shots, Nik and HBK. I am honeymooning at the Four Seasons in Costa Rica in May, and have been chewing over what to pack. I have a number of summer suits, but I think they all fall a bit to the formal side of resort-wear. I had a set of pull-over long-sleeved polo shirts made by...
  9. Patrick Hall

    The Thread to Display Your 1940s Suits

    I really like the shoulder expression on that Parkway clothes double breasted. I think that all the details of that coat, from shoulder to lapel to skirt are really well balanced. I'm not used to seeing you in jackets that aren't bum-freezers!
  10. Patrick Hall

    Show off the sports coats.

    That green jacket is amazing. I remember salivating over it when it was on auction. Glad you snapped it up Nik. You pair it up expertly!
  11. Patrick Hall

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    Lovely suit Fastuni, with an interesting history. The snap-button fix to fly-away lapels is quite ingenious. It works well without creating strange stress creases on the lapels?
  13. Patrick Hall

    Show us your British suits

    Really like the alternating stripes on brown.
  14. Patrick Hall

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    Those lapels are stunning Broccoli. That is one impeccable suit.
  15. Patrick Hall

    Balmoral Boots

    Don't think any of these photos have made it further than the TFL Facebook page, but here is a shot of SJC's new Balmoral boot, this pair is done in sand suede and acorn calf, but the boots are also being offered in quieter make-ups: oxblood and black calf. They are pretty fetching, and going...
  16. Patrick Hall

    Spectator Shoes

    Don't know that any of these pics have made it onto the Lounge proper yet, but SJC (simonjamescathcart.com) is releasing a couple different pairs of bench made, goodyear welted, authentically styled shoes made in Northampton. A number of knowledgeable members of this very TFL community have had...
  17. Patrick Hall

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Your skill increases with each suit Nick. Truly great work.
  19. Patrick Hall

    Vintage Suitings: Discussions of, and sourcing modern equivalents, etc.

    Those are great swatches Nik. Thanks for posting them! I particularly love the teal herringbone tweed.
  20. Patrick Hall

    What are you wearing today??

    Early 40's three piece for me today, in a striped teal worsted wool, along with a lovely pre-70's Brooks paisley tie.
  21. Patrick Hall

    Oviatt's Ties

    Have just heard from Marc Chevalier, an LA based menswear historian who specializes in Oviatt items. He asked me to post the following: "Marc Chevalier says that these ties are from the mid 1950s, not the 1930s." So it would seem Dirk Wainscotting's intuition that these ties are misdated is on...
  22. Patrick Hall

    Oviatt's Ties

    The price is probably due to the fame of Oviatt's, a storied and now defunct purveyor of quality menswear in Los Angeles, and the fact that they are still in their original box. You'll see curiously nondescript items from A. Sulka & Co (same kind of store but in NYC) offered for high prices as...
  23. Patrick Hall

    Show us your suits

    Absolutely lovely work! Welcome to the Lounge! Those are impeccably done, in fit and style. I particularly love the double breasted vest on that navy suit. While it is sometimes considered impertinent to ask, is your tailor Steed? I think I've seen that double-breasted suit in some of their...

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