whnay.'s good taste thread

[TRINI]



worst tie I have ever seen.

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[aportnoy]



well done. is the overcheck a light blue?

Yup, a dark brown and camel POW w/ a light blue windowpane with Scafora bespoke suede wholecuts on the bottom...

 

[in stitches]

that sounds wonderful. added to wish list.

 

[unbelragazzo]

Aportnoy - Suit looks great. The accessorizing is not to my taste, unless the coloring in the photo is off again. Is that a satin silk tie?

 

[aportnoy]



The accessorizing is not to my taste, unless the coloring in the photo is off again. Is that a satin silk tie?

No way. It's an Atkinson's Irish poplin from Hober that is 50% silk/ 50% wool. It has much texture and is an excellent complement to the flannel.

 

[unbelragazzo]



No way. It's an Atkinson's Irish poplin from Hober that is 50% silk/ 50% wool. It has much texture and is an excellent complement to the flannel.

Yea I figured it had to be just the picture playing tricks on me. Sounds lovely.

 

[aportnoy]



Yea I figured it had to be just the picture playing tricks on me. Sounds lovely.

Thanks! I have much work on perfecting the photography! The color of the tie is mid-slate blue and the shirt is a greyish taupe hairline stripe.

 

[Ivar]



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That's actually a great tie. But it's a level 9 on the difficulty scale, so it takes some finesse to get it right. I fancy it would look smashing with something like a brown corduroy coat (and a cool haircut).

 

[add911_11]



That's actually a great tie. But it's a level 9 on the difficulty scale, so it takes some finesse to get it right. I fancy it would look smashing with something like a brown corduroy coat (and a cool haircut).

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Why I am dragged in here?

 

[YRR92]

The blue gray is the only one of these I like, to be honest. I think the grays and browns here are too dark. A regular gray, rather than a charcoal, would work better underneath, and a brown in the same shade would look more balanced.

I still think you'd run in to two issues: the jacket has nothing other than the cloth to distinguish it from a suit jacket (and even then, this cloth doesn't do a whole lot on that front), and the trousers are too refined and slick. Are they worsted or gabardine? I don't love gab with tweed, though it's nice with tweed-patterned worsteds. I don't like plain worsted trousers much anyway (though summer demands them).

 

[unbelragazzo]



I don't like plain worsted trousers much anyway (though summer demands them). 

Why does summer demand them? Linen, linen blends, cotton...those are good summer odd trousers to me.

 

[Caustic Man]

Why does summer demand them? Linen, linen blends, cotton...those are good summer odd trousers to me.

This might just be me, but I think linen looks odd when paired with worsted jackets. That might be one reason someone would choose worsted trousers in summer.

 

[Claghorn]

The jacket is cotton and the pants fresco. Regardless, it was my best attempt at using true navy as odd trou; too advanced for me and/or my wardrobe.

(note: I was never suggesting it was in good taste; this thread just seems to be the best place to actually have somewhat productive discussions about such things. )

 

[Caustic Man]

(note: I was never suggesting it was in good taste; this thread just seems to be the best place to actually have somewhat productive discussions about such things. )

Be careful, someone in particular might start complaining about your posting too many fits with dark trousers. The horror!

 

[unbelragazzo]



This might just be me, but I think linen looks odd when paired with worsted jackets. That might be one reason someone would choose worsted trousers in summer.

Why would you have worsted odd jackets? linen, linen/silk/wool or linen/cotton blends, mohair, cotton, fresco...plenty of non-worsted odd jackets.

FW odd trousers are gray, but SS odd trousers are something between cream and tan. Worsted does not look good in those colors IMHO.