The owner of the local hat shop where I live calls the newsboy a poorboy. That's what I call it, too. I don't think I've heard that name anywhere else, though. Maybe it's just her. :p
"Servility and desperation" my bum! I'll never stop wearing ties, no matter how many glares I get or job interviews I lose!
Recently, I've switched to wearing bow ties. Today's ties are, in my opinion, too long. (Moreover, the colors are too fruity. They're ties, fer cryin' out loud, not Fruit...
It's okay, BellyTank. I was wondering how we got from suits to that George guy. :p The nature of conversations is funny, isn't it?
I picked the materials myself! :D Can you tell me more about this traditional Asian finish? It sounds intriguing. :)
I asked for a more visible waist twice, but...
More Pics, Part 3: Trouser Details
Trouser Details
Both trousers were identical, so I only photographed one.
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Well, that's it, then. If there's gonna be a next time, I think I'll go for a brown suit, maybe a three-piece. :) Ta-ta!
More Pics, Part 1: Profile (Side) and Back without Jacket
I wonder how I managed to coax my camera's dying batteries into working again and again. Anyway, I've snapped a few more pictures. Since there are more than ten, I'll post them over three posts.
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Profile...
Aww, thanks! I'm just glad I can share my enthusiasm with like-minded types. Nobody in Vancouver or Hong Kong understands me. *sniff* XD I've been called everything from "clown" to "grandpa!" lol
I had to take the pictures without any help, ya know—I'd feel too embarrassed asking someone to...
Pics
I'm slightly jet-lagged, but with some work, I managed to take a few pictures of myself wearing the suits. Have a look. :-)
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The tailor says the suits should shrink after their first dry cleaning. If she's right, the jacket sleeves should recede a...
Oh, my...how flattering. :o *blush*
That reminds me. There's one other detail (or lack thereof) I hadn't expected from the tailor. She had cut only one lapel buttonhole on the double-breasted black jacket. :( I really wanted two, one on each lapel. When I asked whether she could cut the...
Pick-up day (well, sort of)
Today, I went to pick up the suits. Amazingly, the finished black jacket looked nothing like the unfinished version. The lapels looked spot on! :eek: The tailor was still working on the trousers, so I only got to try on the jackets and one of the shirts. Sorry, but I...
I knew it!! Thanks for verifying my perception, Feraud. I don't know if I can get them changed this late, though. I pick up the suits on Tuesday, and my ticket home is for Wendesday! (It's super-early Monday morning right now.)
I really wish I could trust myself more and weren't so...
Lapel panic
I'm having a really big panic attack about the black suit's lapels. After seeing the new suit Matt made for Dagwood and browsing several pictures of peak-lapel jackets in the Show Us Your Suits thread, I said to myself, "I knew the lapels on mine looked too small! #$@^#@#$^!!!!"...
(Gasp! :eek:) Matt, are you serious?! Dressing nice can cost you your job?! Isn't that discrimination????? Grr...this makes me sick. :rage: The world's turning into an Idiocracy. Is this anti-professional CEO your boss, or somethin'?
I've never worked in a corporate environment, so I can't...
Fitting Day 2
Today (or yesterday, depending on your perspective), I had my second fitting. First, here are two pictures of the grey suit's trousers, courtesy of my mother. :P
It's unfortunate my shirt chose to bunch up in the second picture. Every shirt I wear does that. :(
The...
Fitting Day 1
Thanks for the different angles, guys. It was quite interesting thinking about them.
Well, fitting day has come and gone. I decided to stick with the trouser waist issue. My parents must have given up, or something, because they didn't really object. Here are two pictures my...
Hmm...I'd go with a yellow tie; not a bright yellow, but, for lack of a better word, a muted yellow. I'm sorry I'm not that great at describing colors. :(
That's a neat jacket, by the way. :) I can't stop staring at the pattern. :P
Thanks for the great advice so far. I feel vindicated! :D
I've got another question to go with the high-waist question. :P I've seen some trousers with what I call double-thickness waistbands. Should I get those for my suit trousers or stick with today's standard thickness? :P
Can you believe it? I'm in Hong Kong with my parents, and they're treating me to two custom suits! I don't know why, but the tailor's even throwing in two custom shirts! :eek: I doubt I've got all those little vintage details right, but I do know the details I like personally.
Unfortunately...
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