HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part II

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

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I liked the blue.

Curious... what time do you take your pics in the morning?

This sucks. The sound of the chipping ice you heard was me, grunting it out while you sat cozy in your catbird seat waiting for the doorman to open the door. You spoiled city dwellers.

Interesting vote on my tie today - SF majority voted blue - the one respondent at That Other Website voted red - odd bifurcation, that.

As for photo times, the shot with folded shirt and accessories is done the night before, when I make all those intense sartorial decisions. The rest are done in the AM, just before I trot off to the office. Why ever do you ask?

As for catbird seat and doormen (and don't forget the porters out there, chipping away at the ice on the sidewalk) - yes, I am spoiled - so there!

Originally Posted by upr_crust

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Interesting vote on my tie today - SF majority voted blue - the one respondent at That Other Website voted red - odd bifurcation, that.

As for photo times, the shot with folded shirt and accessories is done the night before, when I make all those intense sartorial decisions. The rest are done in the AM, just before I trot off to the office. Why ever do you ask?

As for catbird seat and doormen (and don't forget the porters out there, chipping away at the ice on the sidewalk) - yes, I am spoiled - so there!

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Priss!

I ask about your pics because you are so happy in your shots. There is no smiling happening above my camera line in my pics. Trust me. You do seem like a morning person. I am NOT.

Greg, you've come a long way and I think you're settling into a style in which you look natural. Your posts are usually prefaced by an explanation of why you look bad, but you seldom do. Good work.

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

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Greg, you've come a long way and I think you're settling into a style in which you look natural. Your posts are usually prefaced by an explanation of why you look bad, but you seldom do. Good work.

+1

Originally Posted by spoozy

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Gents, back from Austria, reporting for duty.

Keep following the light, mein freund

Originally Posted by BlackBrumel

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Keep following the light, mein freund

Just a quick question but I´m noticing it more often. Is wearing a coloured cuffling in the lapel button hole a sort of new trend? I´ve seen numerous pics and people wearing it so in the past weeks.

Originally Posted by twistoffat

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Just a quick question but I´m noticing it more often. Is wearing a coloured cuffling in the lapel button hole a sort of new trend? I´ve seen numerous pics and people wearing it so in the past weeks.

No, that's old. The new trend is in the sleeve button holes.

Originally Posted by Jan_

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This is a SC. It has patch pockets. A (true) blazer has flap pockets, is dark navy and has six golden buttons in the double breasted form and three or four buttons (I forgot) on each sleeve or three buttons + four on each sleeve in the single breasted form.

Other colors are possible: black, camel, bordeaux, dark green.
Other buttons are possible: mother of pearl, vitreous enamel.

Anything else is probably a SC.

This made me scratch my head: I thought blazers typically are DB, navy/blue with patch pockets; buttons are often gold or silver.
On the other hand, SC would be somewhat more "rustic" with flap pockets (+1 extra flapped pocket for tickets) and traditionally SB.

Thoughts?

You purple h8trs out there can just keep it to yourselves. This is my first Drakes tie, and it garnered compliments at the rate of about 6 per hour yesterday. I may have gone too far with the socks, though. Are these argyles too casual for the rest of the ensemble?

socks look good to me.

Originally Posted by sartorialism

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I love your style. But let me take a liberty here. I hope you don't mind, as you must know that tattoos are controversial and that some of us might not like them... That said, every time I see your outfits, I think how much better you'd look without the tattoo. I can't help it, but even if I see the nicest outfit ever, the tattoo will ruin the view. Sorry, but I'm being frank and would hope for a response. I'm sure others might have other opinions (lately I'm seeing many advertisements for bespoke or upper-end clothing with the models showing tattoos under their beautiful clothing), and I'd like to hear them... Also, do you mind sharing the story of this tattoo? Why'd you get it? What's the significance?

Originally Posted by acridsheep

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IMHO tattoos are not up for critique on a men's clothing site.

Originally Posted by potemkin_city_limits

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This comment is a little ridiculous. It would be like saying to someone oh I really like your style and your clothes fit perfectly but I dont like your face so it ruins it for me. Maybe Im biased because I have quite a large portion of my body covered in tattoos but still, it seems like a silly comment to make on his clothing.

Originally Posted by sartorialism

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Fair enough. I was mainly just opining that it distracts from the clothing. But I shall desist.

Sart, no offense taken. And I can see how it might fit into a discussion about style. First off, to me, its a stereotyping issue. People see tats and think the worst, although with their popularity recently I'm a little surprised many people still think this way. When people learn I'm a teacher they seem particularly shocked, but I know lots of teachers without tattoos who I'd be horrified with if my children were ever in their classes, and I honestly feel I'm one of the good guys.

People may scoff at my rationale, but to me they are very spiritual, and religiously superstitious. Growing up Roman Catholic I garnered a very quick and strong distaste for any centralized religion and throughout my life felt myself more connected spiritually to many different aspects of many religions and cultures. So the dragon that's my biggest tattoo is for protection. When I was 17, I suffered a horrible compound fracture of my right forearm, and because of that, my life was saved. A few days after the cast was removed I was in a horrible car wreck, and my first instinct (at 17 it was not buckling a seat belt ) was to put my broken arm behind my back to prevent myself from impacting it (I saw the crash coming). When we impacted, all of my body weight was on my left side, and sitting in the passenger seat I shot left and forward, instead of just going straight forward. Had I gone straight, I would have gone clear through the windshield and probably would have died (we hit a pole at about 45 mph). Instead, I just severely banged up my face (broken nose, orbital, maxillary sinus, cheekbone, and a bunch of stitches above my left eye). So the dragon is my protector. I don't want to **** up the thread with my tat stories, but I figured since you asked I could at least explain the big one. I have 7 others, if you'd like, pm me, and I'll tell you about their relevance, but they all have some sort of "deeper" meaning.

Originally Posted by acridsheep

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Chock full of win! I like the scruff/shaved head look on you.

Cheers AC.

Originally Posted by DaBatMan

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I know your pain. 10 years ago I got sick of it, sold my snow shovel and moved to FL! Hakuna Matata!

Noice! I like the snow and winter, but this one has been particularly brutal for me.

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

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NewYorkRanger - besides being envious of the weather, that final SC look is really nice. Great color combo although somehow it seems way overdressed for a resort. Still, I love the look.

Cheers MC, I wasn't the only one in jacket and tie at the restaurant that night so I felt a little better.

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

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you and me both, brother. Need to grab a beer once we thaw out.

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

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Greg, you've come a long way and I think you're settling into a style in which you look natural. Your posts are usually prefaced by an explanation of why you look bad, but you seldom do. Good work.

+1 too.

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

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Greg, you've come a long way and I think you're settling into a style in which you look natural. Your posts are usually prefaced by an explanation of why you look bad, but you seldom do. Good work.

Thank you, Moo. Still struggle with a visual disconnect between my closet and the real world. Defining My Style, perhaps? Posting forces me to take a more critical look at my choices (and their fit). Not sure how I went all those years with such ill-fitting attire.

Originally Posted by Threadbearer

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No hate here. I like the splash of color over the more muted suit. Looks good.

It's finally not precipitating here in NYC, and it's cold enough for the slush to be frozen - a day without rubber overshoes - bliss

Layered for the cold, then . . .

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

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Gnatty - What kind of bike is that? The one with the spring seat.

Harley Davidson Forty Eight

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

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Greg, you've come a long way and I think you're settling into a style in which you look natural. Your posts are usually prefaced by an explanation of why you look bad, but you seldom do. Good work.

Can't agree with this more, I always chuckle at the self-deprecation just before posting a realy visually pleasing fit.

Originally Posted by Threadbearer

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You purple h8trs out there can just keep it to yourselves. This is my first Drakes tie, and it garnered compliments at the rate of about 6 per hour yesterday. I may have gone too far with the socks, though. Are these argyles too casual for the rest of the ensemble?

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