Sport coat and jeans??

[Edward]

YI'm embarrassed to say it's t-shirts and jeans in weather like this...

Meh, if "vintage" is your criteria, both of those were around by the forties... (jeans much longer).

Cream linen trousers...I wish. I'm afraid I have not mastered wearing anything cream, white, off-white. They always get tyre track marks or engine oil or something. Someone out there might have figured out a proofing agent to retain it's snazzy brightness? Equally I'm suspicious when someone's trousers are too shiny and clean (or possibly envious lol).

Heh. I've always found the watchwords to be "machine washable" when it comes to white garments.... Certainly whomever invented cricket whites didn't do their own laundry!

Right...time to burn all of my parka and shorts images. It's just harder to change out of shorts...than to throw a parka over when it gets colder!

:lol:

It works if the jeans are like new and the sport coat does not look like part of a suit.

That's mostly how I see it done - it's a very popular look among the more vintage-wear oriented hipsters here in the UK, especially in creative industries like advertising. Not my thing, but a lot of them do it with great confidence.

Ever seen the Man in the White Suit? Tip: don't go out in the rain like Alec Guinness does.

Heh, I've long dreamed of trousers like that!

Tweed and linen is not the ideal combo as Edward says. I think tweed looks best with jeans to be honest but I understand Dirk's point of view about tweed with "trousers" it's a conservative viewpoint but one that fits the Golden Era sensibility. I don't mind cord trousers with tweed either but it can look stuffy.

In the end with clothes it's who wears it and how it's worn that makes it work. Or not.

Oh, I have a piar of ruby red cords I just adore with a great tweed jacket...

 

[Fading Fast]

Tweed is not a weave; the cloth has a twilled weave. It's the just the nature of the non-combed wool yarns that produce the characteristic cloth. There's no such thing as a linen and silk 'tweed' (even though people refer to it around the net). If it's not wool, the resulting cloth is something else - in this case just a rough, twill-woven linen and silk.

This is very helpful (to me) as I thought tweed was a weave that resulted in a rough finish - as I know the jacket I bought was described as a silk-linen "tweed." Of course, I understand that manufacturers say anything they think will sell, but I bought it cause I like the light fabrics and the rough finish - whether it is "tweed" or not didn't mean anything to me.

So tweed is the the wool fabric that is prepared in a way - "non-combed -" that produces the rough finish, but to be tweed it has to be a type of wool prepared in a specific way?

 

[Dirk Wainscotting]

The thing is 'tweed' has rapidly become a word used to describe any 'fuzzy-looking wool cloth' and sometimes it isn't even wool, or a natural fibre at all! When I'm at cloth markets, rather than the specialist merchants, it's common to be offered flannel, or even knitted cloth, marked as "tweed". The name has prestige.

 

[Benproof]

Meh, if "vintage" is your criteria, both of those were around by the forties... (jeans much longer).



Heh. I've always found the watchwords to be "machine washable" when it comes to white garments.... Certainly whomever invented cricket whites didn't do their own laundry!

I must be way below average. I can't find any linen which is 'machine washable'. Most state: this garment will bleed profusely with wear so do not wear with whites. Wash sparingly, never soak. Dry clean only at your peril. Hand wash at your peril. Machine wash and expect disintegration.

Any particularly good linen labels other than Inis Meain?

 

[Dirk Wainscotting]

M&S sell good ready-to-wear linen trousers. You can wash linen without problems (hand-wash even better). It's hardy cloth.
Wearing pure white is never going to easy. There's no magic solution to avoiding stains and marks in wear, but washing properly shouldn't produce problems. Yellowing of whites is often a result of soap not being rinsed out before drying, or over-bleaching with chlorine (which is a gamble).

Linen jackets, unlined and with minimal structure, can be washed. The dry clean instructions are put there because manufacturers want to try and eliminate the number of cases where people wash things, wreck them and then lodge a complaint asking for their money back.

 

[Bushman]

The thing is 'tweed' has rapidly become a word used to describe any 'fuzzy-looking wool cloth' and sometimes it isn't even wool, or a natural fibre at all! When I'm at cloth markets, rather than the specialist merchants, it's common to be offered flannel, or even knitted cloth, marked as "tweed". The name has prestige.

I can vouch for this. I have a "fuzzy-looking wool cloth" flat cap that I enjoy wearing in the summer because it's cotton and I enjoy how it looks. However, try explaining that to my aunt who insists it's a winter hat simply because it's fuzzy.

 

[earl]

Typically I haven't been a fan of the sport coat and jeans look. But, I retired earlier this year and really wanted to still get use out of my 2 camel hair jackets, a camel and a charcoal gray colored one, and a Harris tweed. So, have taken to wearing them with jeans and their look has grown on me. Will say still that I only like the look if the jacket is heavier weight such as the ones I have and have a "rougher" looking texture.

 

[Chris_dash]

I think when going with jeans you should check out some good pairs of shoes to compliment the stuff!

 

[belfastboy]

I think when going with jeans you should check out some good pairs of shoes to compliment the stuff!

Yes, my go to 'uniform' is a tweed, cashmere or navy blazer, jeans, oxford cloth button down shirt and a great pair of shoes or boots. This is my 'dressed up look'

 

[SinSir]

I didn't read the whoe thread, but I wear dark denim and a sport coat all the time. Typically paired with a nice button down and dress boots. Its my go to looking sharp but not over or underdressed. I regularly get compliments in a variety of settings. If it's put together right I'd choose jeans over pants 9 out if 10 times. If I'm going to wear pants and a sport coat I choose a suit in most situations. It feels more complete.