ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

yeah, plaid too. in the uk generally patterns/brown/melange/check = country, and country = sports

no brown in town

once heard an oxford professor pronounce that brown suits are for shooting or working in indian restaurants

dang

oxford not paying the bills eh

yeah there are "typical" differences but not An Official Way To Tell Which Is Which

blazer is heavier, usually more uniform-y, i.e. metal buttons; sportcoat is the least formal, wackier fabrics/patterns allowed; suit jacket is the jacket from an actual suit and has a corresponding pair of pants

but w/e, nothing means anything

just be really handsome and wear only the t-shirts you get for free from yr work + levis 501s - mensstyle 2013

rn im in the mood to just buy a lot of black jeans and black tees and only wear them every day forever

i was gonna do that this summer but i only stuck w/ the black jeans

instead i bought a pair of comedy glasses and some button ups from japan. terrible

http://www.surfacetoair.com/project/public/media/store/product/023900/p23929_1_51e110b51a5c5.jpg

me, contemplating the brass button life

blazer is heavier, usually more uniform-y, i.e. metal buttons; sportcoat is the least formal, wackier fabrics/patterns allowed; suit jacket is the jacket from an actual suit and has a corresponding pair of pants

― max, Monday, August 19, 2013 5:30 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is the most useful way to think about it! who cares what's "official." basically, the ideal sportcoat should not lead anyone to think it has a matching pair of pants lying around somewhere. so grey/navy solid worsted is a bad call as a sportcoat because it ends up looking like you lost your suit pants.

i'm glad we were able to help ronan find a jacket

i liked the one he posted, seemed like a less fitted / darted cut which i dig

i tried the jacket again i will maybe keep it it needs some tailoring im not sure ill prob just keep it in my closet for a while then maybe sell it on ebay, the black lapel shirt fits good and it a pretty standard white dress shirt with maybe some slight details that are not the coolest in the world but w/e i will wear it to two weddings soon

LG: one not-so-hip but good value/quality option would be Austin Reed - they have a couple of navy jackets at heavy discounts, e.g.

http://www.austinreed.co.uk/fcp/product/austinreed/Blazers-and-Jackets/Regular-Fit-Navy-Herringbone-Jacket/12392
http://www.austinreed.co.uk/fcp/product/austinreed/Blazers-and-Jackets/Nick-Hart-Navy-Seersucker-Blazer/12367

oh man i was googling around re m2m and i found this fascinating blog which i had stumbled upon before and read like the whole thing of - its a style blog but completely un hip - just like for stando middle age guys who really like to dress

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--6mtp2tM1L8/Ugwok9DJT7I/AAAAAAAAMDY/Ch5bXwEbHS8/s400/will-7-17+knit+tie.jpg

http://asuitablewardrobe.dynend.com

yeah i read that guy he's hilarious

yeah that guy owns

i've been reading a 600-page thread on conservative business suit/shirt/tie/pocket square combos on styleforum, its a good time

lol that ASW dude and super trad styleforum dudes are all such disgusting swine, kill them all imho

sometimes I think it's more rewarding for me to read about this stuff all the time and **imagine** that I'm super well dressed, than to actually attempt it and live in disappointment

the sad part is SOME trad menswear blogs are well researched and actually have a great wealth of knowledge about textile and craft, but that knowledge is used almost exclusively for the purposes of the most odious and gratuitous class distinction, like these are people who use the word proles without the slightest hint of irony

yeah i guess i feel more "let 'em have their lil hobby" than you but there is something uncomfortable abt it

haha well fair enough these are kind of my pet subjects tbh

yeah no you're def closer to it than i am

i'm glad we were able to help ronan find a jacket

i liked the one he posted, seemed like a less fitted / darted cut which i dig

haha - i got this our legacy one in the end.

http://www.other-shop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/o/u/ourlegacyblazer.jpg

it was £350 but i am fairly sure i'll be wearing it for years. the shop are gonna shorten the sleeves a tiny bit but it was a nice fit other than that.

it's v similar to the one i posted but irl that was v wooly and i already have a quite heavy kenzo double breasted wool blazer i got on ebay, plus this wedding on sat could be hot.

while i was at the shop i also saw this which i thought was kinda cool, might consider it deeper into winter. bit more romulan emperor than my normal garb.

http://www.other-shop.com/stephan-schneider-alpaca-stripe-cardigan.html

this is what i mean when i say blazer btw

http://www.jpressonline.com/classic-trim-fit-blazer-flannel-wool-midnight-navy-3b/

xxp that looks p. classic, should serve you well.

Awfully heavy for a "cardigan" but I would totally love that in my wardrobe.

ya imna go ahead and call that a jacket, p dope tho

correct, also romulan emporer is a v admirable style to emulate, v fashion

love the material, loathe what they made of it

Elasticated waistband

haha no

my new winter schlump about the house/get covered in chalk dust so i look like a dissolute teacher item: shawl collar linen cardigan. $66 from $200 in the club monaco sale

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=78423758

it weighs about 5 lb

i dont really f w cardigans but i think id like a deconstructed wool 'sport coat' w a shawl collar thats like almost a cardigan

cardigans like mine look great until you stand up imo

caek that looks nice. is it big and slouchy

i can't pull off a cardigan :(

imo the appealing thing about cardigans is that no one can

you go for the biggest, ugliest slouchiest ones

i had a couple grunge cagrigans when i was a teen

one of them even had maybe a safety pin holding up a detaching strip of suede

this is prob why im injured to cardingans

i have a big grey wool shawl-collared cardigan that i use as a shacket, it is very baggy and loose. i have to shave it every couple of weeks because it pills so bad.

i am p into crew neck wool sweaters rn tho, this summer has been really mild and i like wearing sweaters in the evenings, sweaters + shorts is my favorite thing to wear ever

im a long time crew neck sweater partisan