ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

agree. baggy top skinny bottoms is very classic.

you button up that top up all the way and you're good

i am a big fan of the invisible tie

I'm going to a thing tomorrow night and have been instructed to quote "dress to impress" unquote. WTF does that mean, really?

http://www.dvice.com/sites/dvice/files/styles/content_panes_media/public/images/Iron-Man-literal-costume.jpg?itok=g5SSQCGA

Tempting, but it would needlessly obscure my spandex zentai suit, ball gag and propeller beanie.

want to buy a new navy blazer for a wedding i'm going to this week, and for general wear after, it's incredibly hard to find something without a dumb extra pocket or a silly gimmicky design quirk. any tips, anyone?

considering this one tho i've not gone to an IRL shop to try it on yet:

http://www.oki-ni.com/outerwear/our-legacy-men-s-navy-soft-canvas-three-button-rolling-blazer-ole1803nvy.html

it's pricey enough but i know a good navy blazer will be something i wear repeatedly, for years.

do you mean blazer in the english sense (double breasted, different coloured buttons)? or are you just looking for a blue, slightly casual jacket?

can't you just get a suit jacket?

yeah, if you just want a more formal navy jacket then the theres quite a few to choose from - i have a surface to air one i really like that seems like it would fit yr general style and requirements. their classic two button jacket is quite nice but they're also doing a p handsome one button one this season that i'm considering, despite the fact that i doubt i will ever wear it

i have a single button blue jacket that has become one of my goto garments

one button, so baller

it has tiny white dots on it tho so its vv casual

jackets really seem like the kind of thing you need to try on in person

well you can always return it

if you know yr size and can ascertain the general cut you can make a good guess

tbh i don't really understand what a blazer in this sense is, except a blue suit jacket without its trousers. is it just slightly more deconstructed cut, cotton mix rather than wool?

btw that rag and bone jacket i bought totally doesnt fit me and is unreturnable if anyone wants to make me an offer lol

actually it kinda fits just doesnt look quite right

ty joe for proving my point! ;-)

haha

i had a good run before that tho

anyway maybe just dont buy it on final sale

i am looking for a sports jacket for teaching. should have bought that in the uk though. situation here is either $$$ or men's wearhouse nerdy.

have you gone to suit supply? i haven't but have heard that it may be worth checking out

actually I just went to their website and don't like any of their jackets :-/

if we assume $500-800 brooks bros is out of my range, anywhere else i should be looking to get that look?

miss u oxford...

xp thanks

yo lagoon what size is yr unreturnable jacket

42, i paid $200

its $700 retail iirc

i have had good luck w suit supply so far, am about to buy a tux from them, will update.

who's actually purchased a suit/suits in nyc, and how much did you pay?
I need at least one more suit. I bought a j crew thing (brown suit, slightly lighter weight) that probably came to $500-600 or so, but had to have a lot of tailoring done on it (for about $100), and it's still just not quite right.
I want a dark grey or navy suit in a more conservative cut. but I'm tall and have no shoulders. nothing fits that well.
:(

I guess I wanted to ask if anyone's done suitsupply for one thing.
but I worry that their suits might tend to have that too-small look to the jackets that has also been the trouble for me with j crew.

depends on your sizing. i'm on the small side, and years ago i bought a suit from APC on Mercer that is still the most perfect fitting suit I've ever worn. still going strong after 7 years. don't know what their stuff is like now, though.

tbh i don't really understand what a blazer in this sense is, except a blue suit jacket without its trousers. is it just slightly more deconstructed cut, cotton mix rather than wool?

― caek, Monday, August 19, 2013 4:12 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

blazer is i think a more specific term than sportcoat. it seems like blazer should maybe be confined to the solid navy/metal button garment, but there's a whole world of sportcoats including navy ones.

there are tons of suits at macys, most of them are prob pretty blah but you can find some cool stuff too, bloomingdales etc likewise

yeah i think this might be a british/american thing

blazer means the thing w the shiny buttons in america too i think

a bit pricey for me, but I might take a look. been thinking of just going through suits at bloomingdales too.
I found an amazing burberry suit at a consignment shop yesterday for $350, but I just couldn't commit without knowing how easily it would be able to be tailored. the arms and chest were definitely a bit too wide.
did I blow it?
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i dont think there is like an official difference between blazer, sportcoat and suit jacket

and I know you're supposed to get the arms dead on, but my tailor took in the arms on the j crew suit?

"my tailor"

"took in" as in made them narrower or shorter?

hmmm

42R or 42S? that has the potential to look too baggy on me unless it's S

just a plain ol 42

cv - suit width is the hardest thing to tailor, so you did right in passing it up

I mean, the chest

argh, that's gonna be too big for me ;_;

brb, growing 4 inches and eating a pie

tbh i don't really understand what a blazer in this sense is, except a blue suit jacket without its trousers. is it just slightly more deconstructed cut, cotton mix rather than wool?

suit jackets tend to fit differently ime - like i have a few nice suits but if i wore the jacket with chinos or jeans it'd look weird. a blazer and a sports jacket are kinda interchangeable to me tho i'd have said sports jacket was more used to describe more patterned pieces.

didn't know blazer in english sense meant double breasted.

shoulders are the hardest i think! i was told the only thing that really matters is getting the shoulders right