Linen Sport Coat Question

[repp_fink]

As long as we're confessing our various heresies: I think a blue shirt might work nicely and keep you from being too monochromatic. A lighter chambray will seem odd, though -- try a medium blue. I like a nice spread collar, no buttondown.

Gray wool trousers are virtually always a good choice.

 

[Manton]

Black linen is for club kids and hipsters. If you are one of those, get it. If not, don't.

Somewhere on the forum there is a photo of sartorial hero Mariano Rubinacci wearing a black linen suit and he looked horrible. Homer nods.

 

[niidawg3]



Understood.
I might get flamed for this, but I think the black linen looks pretty good with my slim Walt's in natural irish linen which is a tan color.

go sit in the corner and say 10 Hail Mary's, 10 Our Father's and read Dressing the Man cover to cover

j/k

 

[Frankie22]

go sit in the corner and say 10 Hail Mary's, 10 Our Father's and read Dressing the Man cover to cover
j/k

Again :- (
I thought I was bringing sexy back.

 

[Frankie22]

As long as we're confessing our various heresies: I think a blue shirt might work nicely and keep you from being too monochromatic. A lighter chambray will seem odd, though -- try a medium blue. I like a nice spread collar, no buttondown.
Gray wool trousers are virtually always a good choice.

Thanks for the tip.
Thankfully fall is only a month off and I have three new SF approved coats being altered as we speak.
Soon I can bury this black linen and pretend that it never happened

 

[Frankie22]

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[Frankie22]

Black linen is for club kids and hipsters. If you are one of those, get it. If not, don't.
Somewhere on the forum there is a photo of sartorial hero Mariano Rubinacci wearing a black linen suit and he looked horrible. Homer nods.

At least one of the SF gods made the same mistake!

 

[tim_horton]

I think this would be fine at night.

 

[Fuuma]



It was admitted that a black linen SC is not ideal, and not typically SF approved within in the original post. Thus I expected a snarky and or sarcastic post or two. As mentioned, I was not sure if serious because a white T with a SC is typically also frowned upon round these parts.

Thanks for your feedback. 

Say you were cursed with a black linen Sc, how would you wear it when not taking photos?

All I said was that the collar shouldn't be a button down.

 

[Frankie22]

All I said was that the collar shouldn't be a button down.

Yup, was clarified for me later. Thanks for the advice!