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What are you wearing today??

Metatron

One Too Many
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This is why I thank my lucky stars for finding this forum a few years back. A few weeks back my wife demanded that I accompany her on a present-buying safari to our local mall. I was absolutely astounded to see and feel the garbage such places as Banana Republic are foisting on the public, and which that public seem to be willing to buy. Real wool seems to have disappeared and been replaced by some ghastly, spongy material. I pointed it out to my wife in self-righteous defense of my dragging around my thirty or so suits and jackets through all of the places we've lived in (I've been blessed with a walk-in cedar closet in the home we've had for the past fifteen years).
As far as tweed suits, have you checked out Walker Slater in Edinburgh? Their suits look very nice, are reasonably priced, and have been praised by some of the Scottish brethren here on the Lounge. I'm saving up for one in the immediate future. Tweed-suit addiction can survive even the Tropics.

One of the arguments I read in defence of thin wool blends, is that proper thick tweed is hot and unnecessary because of central heating. I contest that, as I find that tweed is adaptable to different temperatures, that it is heavy doesn't mean it is not breathable. On top of that, if you walk everywhere as I do, you are happy to have the extra warmth outdoors.
I've seen the Walker Slater stuff before (online) and it does look pretty good. Modern, but not trendy.

Patrick, that's a beautiful suit, and I think it's generally extremely practical to have younger alternatives to one's proper vintage suits which still generally retain the desired cut.

Dinerman, like the attire, very appropriate for the occasion. the cap reminds me of alpine/german army versions. The jeans... have character. ;)
 

JackieMatra

A-List Customer
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413
Location
Maryland, U.S.A.
Walker Slater, alas, like so many online retailers, ignored my questions to them regarding their apparel.
Why these websites have "Contact Us" pages and forms is not quite comprehensible to me.
 
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Dinerman

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Bartender
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10,562
Location
Bozeman, MT
Cordova cap
Ralph Lauren late '30s aviator style leather jacket
Plaid zip-front wool vest by Cabinwear
Ralph Lauren checked western shirt
Studded belt with repro '30s Indian motif belt buckle
LVC jeans
Geier deerskin Roping gloves
Xtratuf boots

 

jamesmac1801

One of the Regulars
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100
Location
California






The Stetson open road is 1964 dated
Shirt is a 1950s long sleeve Arrow sports shirt
The houndstooth pattern western jacket is 90s
Pants are modern dockers
Aviators were my grandpas might be 70s.
 
Funny story today...so I'm in the elevator leaving the office today, and the car stopped on a lower floor. Two ladies, one middle aged, one fairly young, step on. I'm wearing an ordinary sport coat with a pocket square and have my hat in my hand. Because this is Texas and people love to chat you up in the elevator, the older lady said something like "oh, we'll get to ride with this nicely dressed gentleman." I said "thank you." The younger one says "yeah, you even have a napkin in your pocket." I couldn't help but chuckle, as did the older lady who said quietly, "that's not a napkin."
 

MrCairo

Familiar Face
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66
Location
NL
Still reasonably cold out, so camel coat and Borsalino are on duty.
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fiftyforfifty

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NY
Back from a short picking trip with a few western suits.

A pretty standard getup for me these days.
1939 dated Civilian Conservation Corps cap.
RRL coat, based on hunting coats from the 1920s.
Warehouse (Japan) repro denim jacket, based on chore coats of the 1920s-early '30s.
RRL based on western shirts of the 1950s.
LVC jeans, based on a 1933 model, heavily patched by me
Vintage studded belt with repro jeweled Indian motif belt buckle
Xtratuf boots

SO many great options
 

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