HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part IV (starting May 2014)

[upr_crust]

Midweek, and a grey day outside - time for a grey suit, perhaps.

Suit - BB
Shirt - BB MTM
Tie - Andrew's Ties
PS - PRL
Cufflinks - Harrods, Heathrow Terminal 3
Shoes - Stefano Branchini
Topcoat - BB
Hat - Selentino, via JJ Hat Center
Scarf - Paul Stuart

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 

[jlongmor]

Some great outfits over the last few days. Rainy morning here.

Suit: Spier & Mackay
Shirt & Tie: BB

 

[Luger]



My wife and I at the Charity Preview for the Detroit Auto Show.  We were decked out in velvet.

A velvet dinner jacket with a tie ?




Today : My favourite bespoke coat , ideal for the polar cold wave of this week. It's a ceremony coat of the French Gendarmerie Nationale (french military police). Tailored by an old master tailor (Maître Tailleur in French) , mister J.M. Barronnier as you can see on the tag. See the details : the Grenade on all the buttons of the coat including the half-belt at the back and on the rank markings of the collar, symbol of the Grenadiers Regiment. Ideal to complete the look as I wear a navy gold buttons blazer.

Shantung in winter

 

[Glorias Project]

A velvet dinner jacket with a tie ?

Yes, red velvet that matched my wife's dress. Let me guess, there is some "style" rule out there that says you can not wear a velvet dinner jacket with a tie?

 

[Luger]



Yes, red velvet that matched my wife's dress.  Let me guess, there is some "style" rule out there that says you can not wear a velvet dinner jacket with a tie?

I have no idea, just never seen this before.

 

[upr_crust]



Yes, red velvet that matched my wife's dress.  Let me guess, there is some "style" rule out there that says you can not wear a velvet dinner jacket with a tie?

Welcome to Styleforum, where strongly held opinions are quite common.

In the context of the other accessories with which you wore the velvet jacket (grey flannel trousers and a plain white shirt), a four-in-hand tie isn't that out of place. Had you been wearing a tuxedo shirt and trousers, I would have found the four-in-hand tie more out of place, but that is my personal preference. Velvet jackets get dressed up and down a good deal - you took a somewhat more casual approach - nothing wrong with that. Chacun a son gout.

 

[Luger]



Welcome to Styleforum, where strongly held opinions are quite common.

In the context of the other accessories with which you wore the velvet jacket (grey flannel trousers and a plain white shirt), a four-in-hand tie isn't that out of place. Had you been wearing a tuxedo shirt and trousers, I would have found the four-in-hand tie more out of place, but that is my personal preference. Velvet jackets get dressed up and down a good deal - you took a somewhat more casual approach - nothing wrong with that. Chacun a son gout.

It's not a "strongly held opinion", I was just surprised. (Btw it's "Chacun ses goûts".)

 

[Caustic Man]



Yes, red velvet that matched my wife's dress.  Let me guess, there is some "style" rule out there that says you can not wear a velvet dinner jacket with a tie?

Not nearly as big a faux pas as matching your wife's dress.

 

[Deo Veritas]

Early days of my iGentry and WAYWRN. Messy PS and no tie dimple. Love the inspirational looks in this thread! Keep it up!
Looking forward to contributing more looks.





I enjoy coordinating the bottom end of: trousers, socks, and shoes. Rather than the upper torso.

 

[Luger]


Beautiful shoes !

 

[Claghorn]



Spoiler

Early days of my iGentry and WAYWRN. Messy PS and no tie dimple. Love the inspirational looks in this thread! Keep it up! Looking forward to contributing more looks. I enjoy coordinating the bottom end of: trousers, socks, and shoes. Rather than the upper torso.

It's always fun (and perhaps cringe-inducing in some of our cases) to look back at old outfits. Though your picture is from a while ago, a couple of uncontroversial but potentially enlightening comments for those who still lurk this thread in hopes of learning something (if I recall, there was some discussion this thread no longer offering constructive criticism): * Even if you had dimpled the tie, that knot is too big for the width of the blade. A skinny tie should be capable of making a skinny, smallish knot. * The pattern AND the scale of the pocket square are both too similar to those of the (very nice) jacket. I am sure exceptions exist, but generally both the scale and pattern of the square should be distinct from those of the jacket. ---

SFF: Sam Hober

 

[Cleav]

Today

 

[Roy Al]

Good evening, guys.

 

[smittycl]

Totally overdressed on this warm day. 55 and warm in mid-January!

Sport Coat; Richard James
Tie: Isaia
Shirt: Mattabisch
Pants: Zegna
Shoes: Allen Edmonds Liverpool in black (first wear for these. Purchased from AE's annual "seconds" sale. One minor scuff that will disappear after few polishes)

 

[ericgereghty]

@Mr. Six interesting tie. Cappelli? Seems to me to give off a distinctly retro vibe.