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Sweet overcoat, Luftwaffles!
what trousers did you wear it with ?
When I shifted to a more vintage/smart style I had to gradually unlearn my adolescent sense of dressing for the occasion.
A sports coat which was only for a fancy night out was 'downgraded' to a daily beater.
It's an ongoing recalibration.
It's always interesting to hear different people's perspectives on the right occasion for this or that item of clothing.
There are two interesting points here:I love sport coats and wear them for almost every occasion - I run errands in them, etc. It's only been in about the past 10 years that I started to get questioned about why I was "so dressed up." In the '80s and '90s this didn't happen, but now it seems a sport coat is a big deal.
Here's my Saturday night off to the pub outfit and i thought I'd fetch my Big Coat out. It's a German Military coat made from thick grey Gabardine. It has a zip-out wool liner for extra warmth. Trouble is, my wife hates it with a passion. She won't be seen with me if i wear it, which can be an advantage at times. But tell me chaps, do you think it looks that bad?
There are two interesting points here:
(1) The 1980s were a time when sports jackets were in decline - they were "squeezed" between the "power-dressing" in suits and the more decidedly casual wear. They had returned by 2000, but then usually (and in my view sloppily) were worn without a tie - what I call "mixed modes" had come in.
(2) The "cultural revolution" of the late 1960s seems not to have had its full effect until the late 1990s - a generation afterwards. Was this, perhaps, because the 1960s generation (baby-boomer-hippie-student radical - call it what you like) was now in a position of power in the workplace? I am somewhat older than that generation and wore sports jacket and tie throughout my professional life as a teacher.
I love sport coats and wear them for almost every occasion - I run errands in them, etc. It's only been in about the past 10 years that I started to get questioned about why I was "so dressed up." In the '80s and '90s this didn't happen, but now it seems a sport coat is a big deal. I actually think I get treated nicer at airports, restaurants, etc. because I look "so dressed up."
For me the tie is a must - FAR more important than the pocket square. Sports jacket and tie was my daily professional wear for 36 years (as a teacher).At 46 I wear one (i.e. a sports jacket) every time we go out to dinner or the theatre throughout the year apart from June to September when it's generally too warm for one...often with a tie ! .....you still see quite a few wearing sportsjackets over here in the UK.
That is a nice looking overcoat Dreamofgilgamesh.