Should I?

[paul6001]

I'm going to a wedding in Napa Valley in November. "Country chic" or some such nonsense. I like to think that I'm a tough guy but the stripes and the plaid give me pause. Although the process of taking and posting these pictures has made me more confident. Still, it's bold. I don't think that there's any question but that it's bold. Whaddya think?

 

[Phileas Fogg]

It’s not the worst thing in the world. I think you’d do better with a solid shirt though.

When mixing patterns, I generally avoid blending those of matching proportions. With your ensemble, though the patterns are dissimilar geometrically, they are of a similar scale.

 

[paul6001]

"Not the worst thing in the world" is not much of a star to hitch my wagon to. I tried solid, I tried a thinner stripe. They were fine. But I'm trying to go big. I'm swinging for the fences. So it's either a homer or a strikeout. I think I struck out with you.

 

[paul6001]

That jacket is a bespoke Attolini sold by Domenico Vacca. How much do you think that cost? (I got it from therealreal for $125.)

 

[paul6001]

That jacket is a bespoke Attolini sold by Domenico Vacca. How much do you think that cost? (I got it from therealreal for $125.)

Pure cashmere, I should add.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

^ sorry, how does that matter?

 

[paul6001]

The site is editing me. I am writing clothes followed by a four letter word that starts with "P" and ends with "N," The site keeps changing it to clothes appreciation. Two very different things. And some creepy, Big Brother-ish editing.

 

[dieworkwear]

The jacket's sleeve needs to be lengthened. The jacket itself may also be too long for you but it's hard to tell from this photo.

Change the jeans out for tan trousers. Either made from cotton or wool.

 

[yorkshire pud]

It's a nope from me sorry, too much going on, It might be better with dark jeans and brown boots and maybe a Navy shirt or even a knit under the jacket!!!!

 

[ter1413]

That's a solid strikeout!

Ditch the jeans. The sleeve(s) on that jacket look to short. Ditch the shirt for a solid.

Going "big" doesn't mean what you have in mind.

 

[mhip]

Yeah, if the sleeves can't be lengthened, it's time to start over from scratch.
If they can, start with the jacket and ditch everything else in that pic...

 

[ter1413]

Pure cashmere, I should add.

That jacket is a bespoke Attolini sold by Domenico Vacca. How much do you think that cost? (I got it from therealreal for $125.)

Cashmere/bespoke Attolini really doesn't matter if the fit is off.

The fit is off.....I should add.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

I always love how people brag about buying used bespoke. First of all, you’re wearing someone else’s clothing. If you’re broke and down on your luck, I get it, though it begs the question; what do I need with it. Otherwise it’s straight up “Gangnam style”.

second, it was bespoke for someone else. Not for you. The whole point of bespoke is out the window when you’re wearing someone else’s clothes.

 

[ter1413]

I would not describe that jacket as "bespoke" as it was not made for you.

 

[paul6001]

—The shirt and the jacket are from "entirely different worlds?" Sorry, don't know what that means. Please explain.

—Wearing something distracting is/was a concern. But Sam and Hilary will love it.

—The sleeves are Neapolitan length. Cut well above the wrist. Check an Attolini catalogue for confirmation. Plus, I don't think that I had everything straightened out. I was solely focused on the stripes/plaid issue, not the general look. Something to keep in mind for future pictures. But I think this will be my first and last post.

—I know that the meaning of the term "bespoke" is a matter of great dispute on this forum. I was only interested in the price for, as someone said above, "prurient interests." (In my crowd, spending perhaps $7,000 on a sport coat is certainly prurient. Lots of other adjectives, too.) And to figure out the price, a person would have to know that, at one time, anyway, it was bespoke.

—The failure to spend $7,000 on a sports jacket means that I'm "broke and down on [my] luck?" Strange perspective.

—I'm going to stick with jeans. Tan pants would, I think, not be good. Those aren't the perfect jeans for the outfit but they did happen to be on my bedroom floor when I took the picture so those were the ones I wore. As I said, I wasn't thinking about the pants, just the stripes/plaid issue.

—Sleeves a little short, watch over the cuff. Yes, I guess "weird" is one way to describe that. Another is style, which necessarily is set apart from the mainstream. I see pictures of Agnelli and it does look a little weird. Yet, here we are talking it about it 75 years later. That's style.

—So absolutely no one had absolutely nothing good to say about any part of this idea? Or the individual pieces involved? (Brioni, Attolini.) Wow, my taste in clothes must have plummeted. Unless there's something else at work here. I don't do much social media. I did, however, have a question about my stereo, so I made a first time post on Audiogon. They tore me to pieces. Maybe I'm sensing a trend, one that is the opposite of my experience. I was taught to welcome strangers, to go out of my way to make them comfortable. But my parents are from the pre-internet era.