The Official-ish DC Thread

[smittycl]

When we used to make trips to visit family in Mumbai, we would always make it a point to visit the Chinese restaurants there, as the Chinese food there had significantly more flavor than what we could find here. Glad to have more options now on this side of the world.

The first Indochen is actually in my neighborhood, Cameron Station in Alexandria! Old Town was the second, and I think there are plans to open a third. Highly recommended.

My fav comfort food is Singapore Noodles. Great Chinese dish with curry and such.

 

[Joffrey]

Do you have any thoughts on where to buy a decent ugly christmas sweater? I am looking for 100% wool or a wool/cotton blend. I got a bunch of acrylic junk when I searched for "luxury ugly christmas sweater".

 

[WoolyLamb]

Most will be junk hence the category. Maybe try ebay? We got cheap family matching fair isle sweaters from costco. Even for the dog.

 

[hpreston]

Do you have any thoughts on where to buy a decent ugly christmas sweater? I am looking for 100% wool or a wool/cotton blend. I got a bunch of acrylic junk when I searched for "luxury ugly christmas sweater".

Ooof, this is such a pet peeve of mine, I have a lot of thoughts.... I will try to summarize.

Ugly Christmas sweaters go against pretty much everything in my sartorial "book" from the prevalence of artificial materials, the similarities to "fast fashion", the seemingly disposable nature (e.g trendiness; this year its Mandalorian, last year was Game of Thrones..... ), ugh, they just rub me the wrong way.

On the topic, a recent article from an menswear blog that preaches buy hi quality, buy less.... had a highlighted article about their favorite ugly Christmas sweaters.... all but one were 100% acrylic. Such an antitheses of the buy good quality, buy less, create less waste mantra....

Having got that off my chest, you did ask a question.

Finding all natural material "ugly Christmas sweaters" is hard, as you stated, most are acrylic....

A Fair Isle in festive colors is a decent option:

https://oconnellsclothing.com/sweaters/scottish-fair-isle-sweaters.html

or

Knitwear

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us.drakes.com

I have a wintery/Nordic themed sweater (all wool) I bought in Estonia years ago, similar to these:

Christmas sweaters that last

Prepare for the holiday season with our picture-perfect Christmas sweaters. Embrace the holiday cheer and make this year's celebrations truly special. Shop now and ensure you're dressed to impress for the most wonderful time of the year!

us.daleofnorway.com

There's also these:

Lambswool Fair Isle crewneck sweater

Shop for the Lambswool Fair Isle crewneck sweater for men. Find the best selection of men mens-categories-clothing-sweaters-fairisle available in-stores and on line.

www.jcrew.com

or more broadly:

men's sweaters | J.Crew

Shop Men's sweaters at J.Crew. Find the best sweaters and see the entire selection of Men's clothing.

www.jcrew.com

 

[jssdc]

I’ve always tried brightly colored/contrasting fair isles as a quality alternative to ugly sweaters. Nice ones as well at Spier and Mackay.

 

[scurvyfreedman]

All of my sweaters are either hand knit arans, Inis Meain, or Scottish cashmere or shawl cardigans. Some people might consider them ugly. My wife makes fun of some of them. Never going ugly. But, I do agree that Fair Island sweaters are ugly.

 

[Easily Amused]

Date night at Big Buns Damn Good Burgers in Shirlington. I enjoyed the food, think I'll pay them another visit next Saturday...

Cross-posting - DBF overshirt, Scott & Charters sweater, Rota pants, Sozzi socks, Gaziano & Girling loafers, and Black Ox porter.

 

[smittycl]

Date night at Big Buns Damn Good Burgers in Shirlington. I enjoyed the food, think I'll pay them another visit next Saturday...

Cross-posting - DBF overshirt, Scott & Charters sweater, Rota pants, Sozzi socks, Gaziano & Girling loafers, and Black Ox porter.
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Looking good!

 

[Easily Amused]

Looking good!

Thank you, sir!

 

[Purplelabel]

Anyone check out the boat parade tonight?

 

[WoolyLamb]

Naw im on cruise. Im watching the people. Seen some less than seaworthy people for sure.

 

[smittycl]

Anyone want to play in SF's Secret Santa? I did it last year. I was Fok's Secret Santa. @Jr Mouse

THE OFFICIAL STYLEFORUM SECRET SANTA 2023 MEGATHREAD

It's time once more for the Styleforum Secret Santa & Gift Exchange! :slayer: As always I'll be doing my best to manage the event and hope to see it go as smoothly as possible. The rules are as follows: 1) Your post in this thread indicating your desire to join should include your country and...

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[Aeschylus]

Apologies, as I'm sure I missed many great suggestions in the previous 900-ish pages of posts, but I recently moved to the area, and I am looking for an alterations tailor. What would you all suggest?

 

[smittycl]

Apologies, as I'm sure I missed many great suggestions in the previous 900-ish pages of posts, but I recently moved to the area, and I am looking for an alterations tailor. What would you all suggest?

I work downtown and have used Geoffrey Lewis since 2007. Superlative work. 15th & H.

Home

Custom Suits & Bespoke Tailoring

geoffreylewisltd.com

 

[WoolyLamb]

Anyone want to play in SF's Secret Santa? I did it last year. I was Fok's Secret Santa. @Jr Mouse

THE OFFICIAL STYLEFORUM SECRET SANTA 2023 MEGATHREAD

It's time once more for the Styleforum Secret Santa & Gift Exchange! :slayer: As always I'll be doing my best to manage the event and hope to see it go as smoothly as possible. The rules are as follows: 1) Your post in this thread indicating your desire to join should include your country and...

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I was on the fence with the thriftmas one simply because those guys find so much amazing stuff. I wasn’t sure I could meet the same level.