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[Lance F.]

Thanks Jason, it was a project in a machining class. All done from bar stock using a lathe and mill.


Nice shirt Acoustic.

[Pitt_10]

@Lance what's that blazer you have there?


@ Lance, @Foodie, and @Lance haha that's kind of cool that you guys have similar shirt/tie combos all diff colors of course, but those are really sweet looks overall guys, gingham is an awesome pattern too

[Lance F.]

@Pitt - It's the INC Ultra Light Blazer in almost a searsucker pattern. Size small, and no tailoring.

[Pitt_10]

Spring hit us here with a lot of heat today (mid 80s), so I didn't really wear anything special:








Apologies for the mess behind me haha


Shirt: Jcrew

Pants: Bonobos

Watch: Timex weekender

Shoes: Clarks DB

[alan]

The back story on today's concoction is here. It's hard to tell from the pic, but the shirt is actually pale-ish purple. I intentionally left the jacket open for the pic to try and get a better shot of the shirt.


Also, disregard to obviously overdue haircut. :-P





Pants: Banana Republic - dark brown

Shirt: Banana Republic - fine guage deep purple/white (resolves to pale (purple)

Tie: Yves Saint Laurent - red w/ blue flowers (thrifted)

Jacket: Hickey Freeman blazer - blue/black

Belt: Daniel Cremieux - brown/black reversible croc

Shoes: Kenneth Cole - black split-toe loafers (my rainy day beater shoes)


I would have prefered brown belt and shoes today, but I only have black rainy day shoes and the belt had to match.

[hornsup84]

@Pitt -- I had been eyeing that shirt (or at least one near identical) for a long while... what do you think of it? Does the extra fabric up near the button/collar bother you at all or look odd? That was one of my hold ups.

[alan]

So I had this suit from Jos A Bank that was, all things considered, not bad at all. However, the jacket was stolen out of my vehicle (almost spilled the beans on what I drive) last year, and I haven't worn the pants without the jacket since they're pleated.


That is... Until today. The hard part was finding an odd jacket that I could pair with navy pants. For all the jackets I now own, I feel like the dark pants were over-powering them. The solution: The only 3-button jacket I own that I actually wear as a 3-button.







Shirt: Roundtree & York - whote pinpoint button down collar

Tie: Tomm Hilfiger (inherited)

Jacket: Nautica sportcoat - blue/navy gingham on mustard field (thrifted)

Pants: Jos A Bank - navy wool w/ cuff and double pleat

Shoes: Poulsen, Skone & Co wingtips (ebay)

Watch: Fossil Walter


The jacket looks a little tight around the buttons, but if I can lose those 15 pounds, those lines will go away. They wouldn't even be noticeable on a 2-button jacket, but they're more obvious here. And I would have prefered to wear a light blue shirt, but white is what was clean. :-)

[jason_carreira]

Based on the conversation yesterday about brown and purple:








Shirt: Charles Tyrwhitt

Tie: The Tie Bar

Tie Bar: Stein Mart... forget the maker

Pants: Bonobos Ron Wilson's Brown

Shoes: Loake suede penny loafers

Socks: Purple Happy Socks

[mathis]

@JC one of these days I'm going to walk into a bathroom and realize that I'm strangely familiar with the marble floors...


I was thinking about starting a paisley tie thread but you kind of answered the question.

[jason_carreira]

What was the question? I love paisley ties.

[alan]

+1 on the paisley ties. I've got one in red, blue, and lavender.

[mathis]

I have a few of them and the question was just how people felt about them. Its one of those things I wasn't sure about, whether its an issue of opinion or whether its out of style and I've been making a fool of myself.

[Lance F.]

I own quite a few ties...not one is paisley. Personal preference I guess, but then again the majority of paisley ties, if not all, are silk. I avoid silk ties most of the time.

[Pitt_10]

@ hornsup84, yea that was one of the things that bothered me initially but I never button the top button anyways and when its open I don't even notice the small flap, but I really like wearing it when its warmer out, the chambray material is pretty breathable too


@ Alan I usually don't like 3 button suits but that jacket looks really good, it seems like it has a fairly low stance even for 3 buttons...I'm always amazed at what nice stuff you and Jason are able to find thrifting hah

[alan]

@Pitt: Thanks! The low stance is the only reason I still got it. I'm not a 3-button fan, either. I don't find nearly as much nice stuff as JC, though. jonATL is an ace, too. I just settle for what fits and isn't junk. (In this case, the jacket really IS junk, but it also only cost $3 and I don't have anything else like it.)