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

[Alan Bee]

@Alan Bee what color is that basket weave cloth? It looks purple-ish on my monitor! Very nice!

BTW, what is your choice of watch(es) on a daily basis? I must assume that your watch collection matches your bespoke clothing collection, no?

Hi @ShawnBC

The jacket is a deep chocolate brown with black and white weaves woven into it. Very rich and deep brown.

I won’t go so far to call myself a collector. I basically threw out my entire RTW wardrobe after putting on some muscle mass and drew up a wardrobe plan on a spreadsheet to be executed in 3 phases. I just completed phase 2.

Phase 1 and 2 were mostly solids (both suits and jackets) and solids with texture, evening wear (tux, dinner jackets), shirts, odd trousers (all accounting for both seasons) and the novelty of a morning dress (coat, vest, trousers). Phase 3 will focus on (subtly) patterned suits and jackets which I’m still learning more about before I embark.

BTW, nothing off the rack works for me so Bespoke is not so much a luxury as it is a necessity.

I’m a big evangelist for this approach because every item in your wardrobe is intentional and sufficiently used. It leaves No room for the odd impulse purchase.

I’m not a watch collector either. I have only two watches. A sport watch (Jaeger Le Coultre Master Geographic) and a dress watch (Girard Perregoux flat rose gold watch). I’ve had both over 10 years and intend to pass them on to my only children, my two sons.

Alan Bee

 

[Alan Bee]

@Alan Bee out of curiosity, how wide do you normally take your Cappelli ties?

Hi @ericgereghty

My first set of bespoke ties were 10cm at the tip. On Patrizio’s (Cappelli) recommendation, the second set I recently made as part of phase 2 of my wardrobe buildout are a more modest 9.5cm.

I prefer the bigger 10cm ties for sportswear and the 9.5cm for suiting.

Alan Bee

 

[AssociateAllen]

Mondays are for color. Who is with me?

 

[Dusty Heaters]

 

[Claghorn]

 

[ShawnBC]

Hi @ShawnBC

The jacket is a deep chocolate brown with black and white weaves woven into it. Very rich and deep brown.

I won’t go so far to call myself a collector. I basically threw out my entire RTW wardrobe after putting on some muscle mass and drew up a wardrobe plan on a spreadsheet to be executed in 3 phases. I just completed phase 2.

Phase 1 and 2 were mostly solids (both suits and jackets) and solids with texture, evening wear (tux, dinner jackets), shirts, odd trousers (all accounting for both seasons) and the novelty of a morning dress (coat, vest, trousers). Phase 3 will focus on (subtly) patterned suits and jackets which I’m still learning more about before I embark.

BTW, nothing off the rack works for me so Bespoke is not so much a luxury as it is a necessity.

I’m a big evangelist for this approach because every item in your wardrobe is intentional and sufficiently used. It leaves No room for the odd impulse purchase.

I’m not a watch collector either. I have only two watches. A sport watch (Jaeger Le Coultre Master Geographic) and a dress watch (Girard Perregoux flat rose gold watch). I’ve had both over 10 years and intend to pass them on to my only children, my two sons.

Alan Bee

Nice choice of watches. Especially love the JLC Master Geo myself. Looks like you have a pretty analytical mind and a plan laid out!

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This begs for black whole cuts and a black grenadine tie!

 

[Roycru]

Out on a cold (for here), damp, and grey day in Los Angeles.

Brooks Brothers herringbone tweed jacket, graph check PPBD shirt, 9/11 Memorial tie, and Irish Linen pocket square, Lyle & Scott cashmere cardigan, L L Bean cords, socks from Marshall's, and Brooks Brother for Allen-Edmonds shoes.

A "Piece-Of-Person" picture, a person trying to figure out how to eat a barbecue chicken sandwich without making a mess and also trying to figure out why some people leave their button down collar shirt collar buttons unbuttoned or any of their jacket sleeve buttons unbuttoned, a look I call Spazzatura.

(Somehow managed to eat the sandwich without getting any barbeque sauce on me.)

 

[KingPSQ]

Somehow I always tend to come back to this pocket square...

 

[jtorres94]

Yesterday was a more casually dressed Sunday.

 

[ericgereghty]

@jtorres94 deets on the shirt and tie please.

 

[jtorres94]

@jtorres94 deets on the shirt and tie please.

Shirt- MTM from Spier and Mackay (with custom button down measurements from @Burzan )
Tie- Drakes Wool/Cashmere POW

 

[jssdc]

F*** the SF rules

Grey Odd Jacket = Baller Status

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That looks great - what’s the fabric on the jacket?

 

[PCK1]

That looks great - what’s the fabric on the jacket?

London Lounge

 

[in stitches]

This begs for black whole cuts and a black grenadine tie!

While that certainly would’ve made for an outstanding ensemble, I think the choice for brown was an interesting alternative take, and one that I quite enjoyed.

 

[Purplelabel]

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I thought you were wearing jeans for a second, how silly of me!