Photo Credit: Retrieved from The Trad, which he retrieved from Polo
It just is not cold yet, and this frustrates me. Yes, I have been wearing tweed regardless but we are missing out on the bone chilling days of fall we usually have here. And, it is dampening my consideration of purchasing a new tweed suit, and though they are not functional but for only a small part of the year, I love them! After viewing the blogger TinTin's The Trad blog, I spotted one of the most beautiful tweed suits I have ever seen. The jacket is done with a slanted pocket, which can look nice and I have experimented with that look in the past. However, it is the cloth that is so appealing to me. Then after gazing at this photo, I was reminded that I have a sport coat in a similar cloth that I had made at Brooks Brothers. And then it hit me, how stupid was I for not having trousers made to match the jacket. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb I am for not doing this when I had the chance. But oh well, the cloth isn't available now but I guess I could take a trip to Brooks and chance it. But a lovat tweed suit would look nice as well, and that is probably what I will end up purchasing. But maybe not from Brooks, I am thinking J Press this time.
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10 comments:
Beautiful cloth on your jacket, but why does your lordship refuse to learn, with reagrd to jacket size?
As usual, this jacket does you a disservice with that bottom stretch and gap.
WASP/Trad sack jackets fall straight down and the bottom of the tie is never be seen peeking out of a gap, just as the bottom button should not be seen. Imagine a plumb bob descending from the middle (or top) jacket button. The perpendicular line should intersect with the (open) bottom button-hole.
If I may be granted the privilege of a second criticism: The color of the trousers and that of the jacket do not complement each other in any way whatsoever. If you don't have any dark brown flannels, try dark charcoal flannels, not that light grey.
Please notice my stance.....I will start standing up straight in future photos.
Richard,
Perfect examples, right here on this page.
Scan down and look at the plaid jacket model
with gray turtleneck. Whatever it is ,that's how
a jacket should ideally look on you,model
appears to have similar build to you.
Style....Richard,why do you choose to
stand/model with no style at all?
This constant straightforward mannequin pose.
Look at the RL ads. There's one with the
gentleman seated with the jacket open,
vest combo. The look is conveyed perfectly.
Notice the majority of hands in the pockets
in the other photos , a casual relaxed elegance.
Simply put Richard you can't let the clothes
define you to possess real "style",
you are supposed to define the clothes.
If you were to have from the beginning of
this blog photographed yourself fom
all sorts of different angles and "poses"
from a greater variety of scenes than just
the same background at home ,it would
stand out much better.
Unfortunately you have this undertone ,
always of being unsure of yourself and your
sartorial choices which kills any chance of
noticing the "style" you wish to demonstrate
and convey to your readers.
Real life shots.Imperfect angles. So what if
the whole outfit isn't perfectly aligned in the
photo. Look how ADG does it.
Yes, Richard, do stand up straight.
When I was in elementary school (in the Stone Age), our report cards contained a space where we were rated on posture.
I personally like Richard's fit. Look at the perfect amount of shirt cuff showing, the beautifully tied neck tie, perfect trouser........if you guys know so much, start a blog and show us how to do it better than Richie
I am wearing the lighter trouser Trad Jacket to display the bold check jacket. The color of the trouser is a light brown, and I though my gray or choclate brown trousers would work.....I like the light brown best.
Great stuff! The point about the weather and tweed is well taken. The DC area is naturally warmer than NY and New England, and in balmy times the Fall/Winter fashion season is seriously delayed. Here in southern Italy (from where I'm writing) it's the same deal. Mid November and I'm still wearing linen blazers and light OCBDs. What's funny is that most Italians base their clothing on the calendar rather than the actual temperature.
The gun check Polo hacking suit is not tweed. It is described as Scottish gamekeeper's lambswool(sic). It's a saxony weave.
Nice jacket but something wrong with sleeve size and pants. This is how we do it in tokyo:
http://www.thepursuitaesthetic.com/2009/01/05/odanata-green-label-relaxing/
I've gotta make a tweed suit.
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