whnay.'s good taste thread

[sugarbutch]

Well, I take me the freedom to post what I like.

You also have the freedom to create a new thread with what you like. Threadjacking ain't cool, man.

 

[JohnMRobie]

I think that a more relaxed attitude would be of use, instead of rigidly state what is allowed and what is not.

 

[DorianGreen]

He's a style icon and a source of inspiration, @urbancomposition, showing excellent taste.

 

[Crispyj]

This thread is good taste in practice. If you want to theorize, go post in the general discussion thread or HOF waywrn thread.

 

[JohnMRobie]

That’s very high level pattern matching done very well. I don’t trust my own eye so I stick by my guideline of one solid, one stripe, and one patterned. If the stripe is narrow, the pattern must be wide and vice versa. i can substitute out the patterned or the stripe for a solid but not vice versa. The pocket square choice is done by color not solid-stripe-pattern criteria. Kinda boring but works (mostly) for me.

Thank you sir. I likewise don’t trust my eye so 90%+ of the time my process is pick a suit, debate briefly whether a white twill or palest blue poplin shirt works best, grab the palest blue, decide which tie, grab white hank, grab pair of shoes.

I own two striped business shirts and one non-white hank so I figured I’d go for the bingo since I was 3/4 of the way there by the time I grabbed the shirt. My critique would be the hank looks a little too matchy matchy to me - I’d order more but I also know myself and that they’d collect dust while I grabbed the standard white over and over.

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[brax]

He's a style icon and a source of inspiration, @urbancomposition, showing excellent taste.

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This too is inappropriate posting. This thread is for posting “good taste” not “excellent taste.”

 

[Sreezy36]

@1st Step

Excellent *good* use of monotones through texture.

 

[heldentenor]

Thank you sir. I likewise don’t trust my eye so 90%+ of the time my process is pick a suit, debate briefly whether a white twill or palest blue poplin shirt works best, grab the palest blue, decide which tie, grab white hank, grab pair of shoes.

I own two striped business shirts and one non-white hank so I figured I’d go for the bingo since I was 3/4 of the way there by the time I grabbed the shirt. My critique would be the hank looks a little too matchy matchy to me - I’d order more but I also know myself and that they’d collect dust while I grabbed the standard white over and over.

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It's been a long minute since I regularly posted fits of my own, so I'm reluctant to critique--but I've always thought that a tie with neat patterns as large and prominent as these needed at least one additional element of pattern or texture in a fit to balance it out. It's definitely not in bad taste here, but it does speak much louder than the suit, shirt, or square.

The shirt from your four-pattern bingo post on the last page would do very well in this fit, in my view.

 

[jssdc]

Doesn’t belong in this thread. Not good taste. In fact none of the examples you’ve posted are in fitting with this thread.

i think Simon looks pretty good though (while agreeing that his fit is well outside the intended range of this thread)

 

[heldentenor]

I think this is my first post in this thread.

 

[JohnMRobie]

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[JohnMRobie]

Been a minute since this thread got a bump. Rainy Monday meetings.

 

[brax]

I’m not sure if you do this consciously but we follow very similar pattern combinations. Among the shirt, suit, and tie I wear one solid, one striped, and one pattern. If the stripes are narrow, the pattern should be large and vice-versa. And I can substitute a second or even third solid for the stripes or patterns.

 

[JohnMRobie]

This thread deserves another bump.

Double stripes and DB flannel.

 

[DonRaphael]

This thread deserves another bump.

Double stripes and DB flannel.
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That is a beautiful fabric. Reminds me of Dugdale's English Town & Classics bunch book.