The sartorial thread
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:34 pm
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My take away, is wear whichever fits better then navy or the charcoal herringbone and do whatever shoes match. Now hopefully i have a clean dress shirt that matches. I have a stack of dry cleaning and now not enough time.stuffedsuperdud wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2017 12:11 am I personally avoid black at memorials unless the host specifically requests it, because the deceased's family tends to want to promote a "celebration of life" kind of mood, but to keep the somber tone, I'll stick with charcoal or navy and avoid anything light-colored, patterned, or not wool.
But from a more general standpoint, memorials don't really have hard and fast rules the way funerals do. Rather, the prime directive is to make sure it's about the deceased and not about you, so ultimately, aside from any specific requests from the organizers, anything muted and reserved "works" in my book. Hell, my grandfather, the superdapperdandy guy in my family who probably gave me the sartorial gene, lived to be like 95, and for the last 10 years or so was constantly attending these shindigs for his friends. He wore everything from gray suits to blue blazers + gray pants to black trousers + burgundy cardigans and everything in between to these things. For one, he even just threw a black Harrington jacket over a dress shirt with black pants and black bit loafers because "I'm 90 and he's dead and I've known his family for 75 years so who even cares?" That's my long way of saying your party, your rules.
More seriously, sorry you have the horrible misfortune of MC'ing this ceremony, BTW. Are things stabilizing a bit now that it's been a few weeks?
Hmm. Interesting. Not that I have even that much budget, but not a source I'd thought about.stuffedsuperdud wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:43 pm Mini-review:
I shelled out for this during the 40% off sale: Men's Tailored Fit Wool Flannel Sport Coat and can't say enough good things about it. The material isn't advertised as coming from any famous mill, e.g. Fox Flannel, but it feels plenty nice with a very satisfying heft to it that screams fall/winter, and quite a bit of texture to it due to the nature of the flannel as well as the herringbone weave. Think of it as tweed-lite that feels as soft as any merino sweater. The patch pockets are also a nice touch in further making this more friendly/casual than a stern gray suit. It also comes with various features characteristic of more expensive suits: a half-canvas chestpiece, Bemberg lining, and little details such as a business card pocket inside the right breast. One concern re: the fabric: I've had many pairs of Lands' End wool flannel trousers and they all started showing their wear relatively quickly: the parts that rub up against the world the most, i.e. where my phone and wallet bulge out, the seat, and the tops of the thighs, lost their texture and became a bit smoother and shinier than the rest of the pants, and holes showed up in the crotch that I had to have patched. No one sees that part, at least. This fabric is significantly more substantial, but only time will tell how it holds up.
They call the fit "tailored" and it is certainly less boxy than what we are used to from the super frumpy folks at Lands' End, but it's still not as sleek as a suit jacket needs to be, and I had to have the sides taken in a bit. I'm guessing this is particularly true for most folks here, who have more v-shaped torsos than most and find that jacket shoulders and waists don't align off the rack.
The quality of the workmanship is comparable to SuitSupply, and yea, if you want the matching pants, the "traditional fit" is very lifter friendly and available as separates, whereas with SuSu doesn't seem separates and there's no way I can fit into 36/38 pants that come with 44 jackets. They also avoid the functional buttonholes that SuSu insists on including, which can greatly complicate a sleeve length adjustment. If you're all about texture, then yea SuitSupply's fall/winter collection will have has many exotic fabrics to choose from (wool-silk-linen-cashmere blends and such) whereas this is just an old-school hard-wearing wool, but I'm more than satisfied.tersh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2017 8:03 pmHmm. Interesting. Not that I have even that much budget, but not a source I'd thought about.stuffedsuperdud wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:43 pm Mini-review:
Men's Tailored Fit Wool Flannel Sport Coat
Given my fondness for texture, might be a good choice over something from SuitSupply, and the pants aren't cut ungodly slim like everything else these days.
I have to say the jacket looks cut a little long (like the waist is too long?), at least on that model. How did you find the length?
stuffedsuperdud wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:12 am Murelli: You do you, brah.
Idlehands: Charcoal flannel + boots is badass yo. How did the memorial go? In-laws behaving? RE: Socklessness: according to Dappered.com, it's doable: https://dappered.com/2013/06/how-to-avo ... -sockless/
Me today:
Navy linen blazer from the Nordy suit. It started looking a bit boxy as I was walking through some more fashion-forward places and I might have to drop it off with my tailor to have the sides taken it a bit. It currently has had no alterations except for a sleeve adjustment.
Orange-white check shirt, CT ESF
541s, the rich
AE Strands with red dainite soles