What are you wearing today??

[Josephine]

Egads! I AM almost old enough to be your mother!

Some of us actually ARE!! :cry:

 

[Patrick Murtha]

Appreciably warmer here today, but that also means it's very slushy and mucky out there. I dressed accordingly;

Vintage Brooks Bros. tan camel-hair single-breasted three-button single-vent sportcoat
Bill Blass blue plaid heavy cotton casual button-down, open neck, crisp white tee underneath (interesting and varied mix of tones in the plaid)
Eddie Bauer straight-leg light denim jeans
Light blue cotton pocket square, puff fold
Vintage trout fly in left lapel
Black jeans belt
Wire-rim glasses, Polo frame (instead of my usual contact lenses)
Swiss Army watch with black band (right wrist)
Polished stainless steel link bracelet (left wrist)
Oatmeal boot socks
Black and tan zip-up winter boots with "spats" effect (Italian make)
Tan wool/cashmere single-breasted topcoat
Brown leather gloves
Lambswool scarf with horizontal stripes in different shades of blue (British make)
David Hanna speckled brown tweed cap (shares enough tonally with the shirt to harmonize well with it)

However, the "big news" today is not my outfit, but an outfit that I saw. When I was at Atlanta Bread Company having my morning coffee and reading Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit, I saw a man dressed in the perfect Green Bay outfit which is also the perfect anti-Fedora Lounge outfit. It took my breath away. If I had been using all my ingenuity to design an outfit calculated to provoke distress in the sartorially sensitive, I couldn't possibly have done a better job. Here it is:

Green and gold Green Bay Packers v-neck nylon pullover
Gold hoodie
Nike black nylon sweatpants with white side stripes
Tan baseball cap, worn backwards, with "Cool as a Moose" printed on back adjustable strap, and front-panel graphic of a moose giving the finger
Crocs

 

[ohairas]

Crocs! What could be more perfect?
Nikki

Green and gold Green Bay Packers v-neck nylon pullover
Gold hoodie
Nike black nylon sweatpants with white side stripes
Tan baseball cap, worn backwards, with "Cool as a Moose" printed on back adjustable strap, and front-panel graphic of a moose giving the finger
Crocs

 

[Marty M.]

Crocs! What could be more perfect?
Nikki

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Marty Mathis

 

[Patrick Murtha]

Crocs! What could be more perfect?
Nikki

I see outfits akin to this every day (pity me), but this was different. This was negative perfection. At first I just registered "Lousy outfit"; then I began to look closer and realized the truly scintillating level of consistent anti-aesthetic on display. Before I knew it, I was taking notes to capture the moment.

 

[CharlestonBows]

Tan baseball cap, worn backwards, with "Cool as a Moose" printed on back adjustable strap, and front-panel graphic of a moose giving the finger
crocs

lol :rage: lol :rage: lol :rage: !

 

[AlanC]

Oxxford coat, vintage 1956

 

[CharlestonBows]

Oxxford coat, vintage 1956

Is that a blue stripe in the coat?

I love the wider lapels on the suit. Higher set on the chest, they look great.

 

[Josephine]

Today I went to a baby shower, and I wore:

Yarnworks black shirtsleeve knitted top w/ a crew neck (I really could have used a thin belt with this, but alas! I don't have one)
Chain link silver necklace I got at a Lords of Acid concert
LL bean grey flannel pleated wool skirt
Parade black crepe heels
Silver drop earrings, etc, etc.

I tried to take pics but they didn't turn out.

 

[Patrick Murtha]

We were graced with a little (just a little) sunshine in NE Wisconsin today. Still very slushy, not a day for leather shoes.

Silk/wool black/white houndstooth single-breasted three-button ventless sportcoat
Cuffed dark gray flannel trousers
Burberry point collar shirt, white ground with red and gray stripes, open neck, crisp white tee underneath
Black pocket square, puff fold
Claiborne black leather dress belt with large rectangular silver buckle (bar across the middle of the rectangle, with cut-outs above and below)
Swiss Army watch with black band (right wrist)
Polished stainless steel link bracelet (left wrist)
Gray non-ribbed OTC socks
LL Bean 6-eyelet duck boots with tan uppers (making me look very Yuppie Handbook circa 1981)
Nautica black double-breasted topcoat
Black leather gloves
Susan Horton rayon chenille red/black patterned scarf (boutique maker, bought at Jason Louis Men's Clothing in Green Bay, a local oasis of good taste)
Black/white speckled tweed cap

 

[Vintage Betty]

1940's Joseph Magnin Houndstooth Suit: Briarbrook Tailored by Leslie Fay
Hand crocheted purse (Tag reads: Handmade by Bessally)
Faryl Robyn Lipstick Red Shoes
Bow back stockings
Victorian necklace
1970's silk burgandy shirt in 1940's style

 

[CharlestonBows]

We were graced with a little (just a little) sunshine in NE Wisconsin today. Still very slushy, not a day for leather shoes.

Silk/wool black/white houndstooth single-breasted three-button ventless sportcoat

Very cool - one of my favorite coats to sell this time of year.

Cuffed dark gray flannel trousers

Pleating?

 

[Patrick Murtha]

Pleating?

Standard double pleats on virtually all my trousers; I'll mention if I ever wear flat-fronts, but it would be unusual for me. Standard cuffs on most of my dress trousers too, although for my last two suits I went with plain bottoms for a change.

An aside on my proportions, since I don't present photographic evidence . I've gotten more substantial as I've aged and worked out. I used to be a thin, railish young fellow at 6'2", 170 lbs, but I beefed up in the weight room, and now, at age 49, I'm 205 lbs and, in matter of suit sizing, a perfect 44 long (I do very well off the rack). The 38 trousers that are standard with 44 suits are just right on me. My inseam is an exact 33. I usually require little in the way of jacket alterations except for a little sleeve lengthening; I have long arms. My shirt size is 16.5/36.

One reason I like "classic style" now (although I always did like it) is that you can age in that style (whether American, Brit, or Euro flavored) and always look good. The slim-cut, flat-front styles I see a lot of at Style Forum, say, look fine on those trim young guys but won't have staying power once they paunch out a bit (as is almost inevitable).

 

[AlanC]

Is that a blue stripe in the coat?

Yes, it's actually a windowpane, although the horizontal stripe is harder to see.

I love the wider lapels on the suit. Higher set on the chest, they look great.

Thanks!

 

[Lucky Strike]

The windowpane on that coat is great, AlanC - it really "makes" the coat.

Most of my clothes are in boxes or bin-liners, so options are few these days.

Yesterday evening:

Banana Republic shirt
Thrifted Harris tweed jacket, SB3B, one vent
John Partridge quilted jacket
Altea tie
Mini-houndstooth trou.
Oris watch
Nameless belt
Black/grey/white argyle socks
Gucci bit loafers

Brunch today:

Hawes & Curtis shirt
Tootal scarf, 50s/60s
Wallis & Co suit, SB3B, two vents, 60s/70s
40s sunglasses
Late 19th century pocket watch, porcelain dial
Silver gilt and enamel cufflinks, 30s
Santoni monkstraps

 

[Lucky Strike]

This evening:

Same shirt, scarf and cufflinks
Johnston’s of Elgin sweater
Nudie RRDS jeans
Tod’s, waxed reverse calf (?) loafers

And dressing for work tomorrow:

Similar blue shirt, same cufflinks as earlier
Esedra 58 (?) suit, SB3B, two vents
TM Lewin pocket square
Same tie, shoes and quilted jacket as earlier
Huge scarf and Swims overshoes

 

[Marty M.]

She's back.

Yeah, VB is back! I love the closers and the turn-back cuffs on the jacket. You look great VB. Just don't make us wait so long before your next posting .
Marty Mathis

 

[Marty M.]

Classic Lucky

What a classic. That fabric pattern has been and will be around forever. The hacking pockets are outstanding. I like the Ascot with it. Have you ever worn a wool Challis tie with the suit and shirt combo?
Marty Mathis

 

[Marty M.]

(I do very well off the rack).

. Boy, you really know how to hurt a Custom guy PM.
Marty Mathis

 

[Patrick Murtha]

. Boy, you really know how to hurt a Custom guy PM.
Marty Mathis

No offense intended, MM! Believe me, I am lucky to have an OTR Body because I haven't got a Bespoke Budget.