What are you wearing today??

[Matt Deckard]

I always love seeing another bowler wearer.

 

[tridentine]

Wool Trousers and Arrow dress shirt in teal.
A brown herringbone waistcoat from J Crew.
Suede McCallister shoes from JCrew

 

[Shangas]

Going to an early Christmas party tomorrow evening. As the weather will still be pretty hot, I'm wearing light, summer colours. Here's a photo of what I'll be wearing:

Originally, I wanted it to be red and white (red shirt, red hanky, white everything else) to give it a more..."Christmassy" look...but I couldn't find a red shirt. So I decided to go with light blue, instead. I'd also considered wearing a BLACK shirt...but that, I thought, would look a bit weird.

I hope it meets with the board's approval.

 

[ottawa_adam]

Shangas, I like the blue with the white.

Out of curiosity, what shoes would you be wearing with your outfit?

 

[Shangas]

I haven't decided yet. I was thinking of just light grey casual shoes with white socks. It's BOILING HOT (38c) today, and it won't be much cooler tomorrow (about 25-30 degrees, apparently), so I want something that'll breathe. Wearing sandals is of course, obviously not an option with this outfit. My shoes look something similar to this:

Mine are medium-grey loafers, with white soles.

I might wear brown leather shoes, if my brown leathers weren't already worn out. And I don't really want to wear my black formal leathers. I have a pair of big, chunky "Timberland" boots, but they're not really gonna work with this outfit, for obvious reasons.

What hat should I wear, if I decide to? I've either a white, black-banded Panama, or a boater.

Do you think the white is too much? Should I change the colour of the trousers?

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Lookin good Shangas! Some serious Joie de Vivre going on there

 

[Shangas]

Thanks, Gin! I had to alter the trousers slightly. They belonged to my dad, so they were a bit too big. I took up the hems 3 inches so that they'd fit properly. I'm very happy with the results

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Thanks, Gin! I had to alter the trousers slightly. They belonged to my dad, so they were a bit too big. I took up the hems 3 inches so that they'd fit properly. I'm very happy with the results

My only minor recommendation at this point would be to shorten up the sleeves ever so slightly (got sleeve garters?) until you have about 1/2 to 1inch of linen showing beyond the jacket cuff, and to leave your bottom jacket button unfastened. Love those flapped patch pockets on the jacket too btw.

 

[Shangas]

Thanks! Will do. Yes, I have sleeve-garters. I'm on the Ritzy Flapper chatbox if you want to have a conversation

 

[MikeBravo]

What hat should I wear, if I decide to? I've either a white, black-banded Panama, or a boater.

Do you think the white is too much? Should I change the colour of the trousers?

I think the panama rather than the boater. The panama is more monochrome whereas the boater might introduce another colour into the mix when the white and blue is the theme

 

[Shangas]

Thanks Mike. I deliberately wanted to keep it as light colours, because, as I'm sure you know, yesterday and today are boiling hot.

 

[thunderw21]

 

[Shangas]

I'm proud to say that the blue-and-white ensemble was very well-received at the party, with a number of people paying me compliments on the look

I had to redo my hem-job on the trousers. I picked apart the stitching, and took them up four inches, instead of the original three, to stop the hems from catching on my heels. Now they fit perfectly

I snapped on a pair of sleeve-garters to finish the look, and went with the Panama hat. I think it was a big success

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Awesome Shangas! Sorry I was unable to make it to he chat box.

Any chance of some pics of the completed ensemble, with hat, shoes etc?

 

[Phineas Lamour]

I like that jacket.

 

[Metatron]

Ditto, great look.

 

[Monte]

Great style! I'm so new on the block that I can't attach pics yet. Not sure how many posts I need to do so.

 

[Gijoe]

Great Winter Styles here
- Indie Fedora
- e-workers 1904 Tweed jacket
- Buzz Rickson Chambray Shirt
- RRL Canvas Vest
- Sugar Cane Wabash pants
- Red Wing GT

 

[flat-top]

GI Joe, love the dressy mixed with workwear look!
Well done!:eusa_clap

 

[splintercellsz]

Very nice, Gi!