Disagreeable Menswear Post Of The Day

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Quite expensive that PrivateWhite VC, €975 for what is effectively a Barbour:

www.privatewhitevc.com

The Wax Twin Track

Regular fit Dramatic four pocket Twin Track biker jacket. Removable, zip-out centre-front placket allows for layering in the cold (i.e. with the panel inserted to give an additional wrap of 4cm) and a neater silhouette (if removed), when worn snug over a piece of jersey. The detachable placket...
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It does have a bit more waxed style about it though.

Good to see rag trade manufacturing back in Manchester.
 
Not quite sure whether this is the right place for it, but it appears that Styleforum favourite, Spier & Mackay, may have hemmed someone's trousers just a little bit shorter than requested:

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I've used the hemming service on at least 15 pairs, and the lengths have been bang on every time. The cuffs are quite basic though, and well below what I would expect if I took them to a competent tailor on my own. They're about on par with what I can achieve with a sewing machine myself. What...
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Journeyman said:
Not quite sure whether this is the right place for it, but it appears that Styleforum favourite, Spier & Mackay, may have hemmed someone's trousers just a little bit shorter than requested:

SPIER & MACKAY - Official Affiliate Thread

I've used the hemming service on at least 15 pairs, and the lengths have been bang on every time. The cuffs are quite basic though, and well below what I would expect if I took them to a competent tailor on my own. They're about on par with what I can achieve with a sewing machine myself. What...
www.styleforum.net www.styleforum.net

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Recently they had a sport coat clearance that looked very tempting, but I've had a couple OCBDs from them that buttons fell off in the first wash and the oxford was rougher than sand-paper. So that kept me away from those.
 
Arnathor said:
Recently they had a sport coat clearance that looked very tempting, but I've had a couple OCBDs from them that buttons fell off in the first wash and the oxford was rougher than sand-paper. So that kept me away from those.
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Their sports coats, trousers and suits with fabric from known mills are good value on sale. All the shirting is cheap and available in a wide size range (extra slim fit!) - but the fabric also feels rough, thin and cheap.

I think the best value thing I got from them were some really nice, basic repp silk ties for $25 each.
 
The Mods are back. Never gonna see 50 again but still intent on dressing like he did back in 84. Matching orange shoes with an orange polo and orange frames on his nonce, sorry I mean sun, glasses. Adding a bit of flair to an otherwise conservative outfit of white Levis and Trucker. To show he isn't taking himself to seriously he's added a star Sheriff badge, a vintage collectors item that he got from Nestle in exchange for 40 Milky Bar wrappers back in 1978. Pure fanny magnet, but without the magnet.


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Sauce said:
The Mods are back. Never gonna see 50 again but still intent on dressing like he did back in 84. Matching orange shoes with an orange polo and orange frames on his nonce, sorry I mean sun, glasses. Adding a bit of flair to an otherwise conservative outfit of white Levis and Trucker. To show he isn't taking himself to seriously he's added a star Sheriff badge, a vintage collectors item that he got from Nestle in exchange for 40 Milky Bar wrappers back in 1978. Pure fanny magnet, but without the magnet.


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I forgot about this chap. Thanks for reminding me. I like The Jam, TSC and most of Paul Weller's stuff except for a couple of albums where he churned out some garbage. His last few have been up there with his best. He's on form with a very tight band which can more than make up for his coke, woodbines and whisky ravaged voice.

I'm surprised anyone taking Bruce Foxton as a style icon, but then to demonstrate it, he takes an image of Paul Weller in TSC as inspiration. Says it all really. If he had said: Mick Talbot, now there's my man.

And what is he doing with a cheap pair of those plastic sunglasses for kids? Oh I see they're Ray Ban New Wayfarer 2132. One to give a miss.

There's a lesson there, what looked good on TSC back in 1984, doesn't look good on the middle aged dude. The older dad trying to look like king of the hip doesn't look good on the school run. And I've seen it many times.
 
Some of my favorite albums are by The Jam, TSC and PW. I looked at Weller as a style leader through his Jam and TSC years. I think that whole mod look was tied in with the colourways and fashion of the period. Some of it would look bad on anyone of any age now, such as above. But the early Cafe Bleu look would be ok, maybe. Minus the white socks. Never really saw Bruce or Rick as into "it", not like Weller was, or Talbot.

I was a mod for many years, needs toning down as you get older. Leaves me cold these days when I see it on people my age. I guess he's in his comfort zone. Stagnation really.
 
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Sauce said:
The Mods are back. Never gonna see 50 again but still intent on dressing like he did back in 84. Matching orange shoes with an orange polo and orange frames on his nonce, sorry I mean sun, glasses. Adding a bit of flair to an otherwise conservative outfit of white Levis and Trucker. To show he isn't taking himself to seriously he's added a star Sheriff badge, a vintage collectors item that he got from Nestle in exchange for 40 Milky Bar wrappers back in 1978. Pure fanny magnet, but without the magnet.


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Sting!

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Sauce said:
Some of my favorite albums are by The Jam, TSC and PW. I looked at Weller as a style leader through his Jam and TSC years. I think that whole mod look was tied in with the colourways and fashion of the period. Some of it would look bad on anyone of any age now, such as above. But the early Cafe Bleu look would be ok, maybe. Minus the white socks. Never really saw Bruce or Rick as into "it", not like Weller was, or Talbot.

I was a mod for many years, needs toning down as you get older. Leaves me cold these days when I see it on people my age. I guess he's in his comfort zone. Stagnation really.
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Cafe Bleu in vinyl was a breakthrough on all fronts, except that one dodgy rap track, which Weller repeated on The Cost of Loving. You had the booklet by the Cappucino Kid and the cappucino B-side.

The best thing my father ever said to me, I think it was based on my blond wiry hair a the time was ''You look like a cross between Mick Talbot and Michael Caine.''

As you get older, you need to move towards something that has a bit more gravitas. Weller has done that, musically and style wise. He calls himself a mod still, but he's not hanging around in a parka and doing Brighton his vespa.

He looks a lot better than say Ali Campbell who looks like he's off to play darts.

Lumpen said:
Sting!

Very good
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Sting was only a mod in the film Quadrophenia.

We use have an office in Figline Valdarno where Sting has his estate. The agreement with the local market and shop keepers was that they would just ignore his ''Sting'' credentials and treat him the same as any customer. Great hotel there with a fish restaurant at the back.
 
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Crompton on small shops manages to annoy retail staff with his post about poor service in big stores.
www.permanentstyle.com

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Support our shops. At least the real ones
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He waxes lyrical about Chiltern Street too :-
‘But it does not begin to compare to the experience of browsing the stores on Chiltern Street, getting a coffee from Monocle cafe, and sitting on the bench outside No.8 in the late-afternoon sun.’

‘That is one of my favourite places in the world.’

It’s a decent enough street, but if I wanted an alfresco drink and a coffee shop was not an option I would go into a park or square.

When did shops start putting benches outside, so that the front window would be obscured by people sitting there? Might be a welcome spot for tramps though.
 
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Kingstonian said:
Crompton on small shops manages to annoy retail staff with his post about poor service in big stores.
www.permanentstyle.com

Permanent Style

Support our shops. At least the real ones
www.permanentstyle.com www.permanentstyle.com

He waxes lyrical about Chiltern Street too :-
‘But it does not begin to compare to the experience of browsing the stores on Chiltern Street, getting a coffee from Monocle cafe, and sitting on the bench outside No.8 in the late-afternoon sun.’

‘That is one of my favourite places in the world.’

It’s a decent enough street, but if I wanted an alfresco drink and a coffee shop was not an option I would go into a park or square.

When did shops start putting benches outside, so that the front window would be obscured by people sitting there? Might be a welcome spot for tramps though.
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If I remember correctly both A&S and Trunk, along with Anglo Italian charge ridiculous high prices. Are they aiming at elitists? Russian oligarchs and hedge fund managers.
 
Pimpernel Smith said:
Quite expensive that PrivateWhite VC, €975 for what is effectively a Barbour:

www.privatewhitevc.com

The Wax Twin Track

Regular fit Dramatic four pocket Twin Track biker jacket. Removable, zip-out centre-front placket allows for layering in the cold (i.e. with the panel inserted to give an additional wrap of 4cm) and a neater silhouette (if removed), when worn snug over a piece of jersey. The detachable placket...
www.privatewhitevc.com www.privatewhitevc.com

It does have a bit more waxed style about it though.

Good to see rag trade manufacturing back in Manchester.
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To me that Private White V.C. coat looks so much better than a Barbour. Probably because of the shoulders and the belt it has a nice shape.
Always glad to know that traditional companies manage to carry on their business nowadays.
 
Kingstonian said:
Crompton on small shops manages to annoy retail staff with his post about poor service in big stores.
www.permanentstyle.com

Permanent Style

Support our shops. At least the real ones
www.permanentstyle.com www.permanentstyle.com

He waxes lyrical about Chiltern Street too :-
‘But it does not begin to compare to the experience of browsing the stores on Chiltern Street, getting a coffee from Monocle cafe, and sitting on the bench outside No.8 in the late-afternoon sun.’

‘That is one of my favourite places in the world.’

It’s a decent enough street, but if I wanted an alfresco drink and a coffee shop was not an option I would go into a park or square.

When did shops start putting benches outside, so that the front window would be obscured by people sitting there? Might be a welcome spot for tramps though.
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Simon Crompton seems to enjoy great popularity here.:lolguy:
I don't know him in person and maybe he could have bothered some people, but what he says in that article seems totally reasonable to me. I myself have witnessed the disappearance of so many great, historical shops in Rome and think that we, passionate and aware people, should support the small quality traders. And it's no surprise that a purchase experience in such a shop is hugely more rewarding and satisfying than one in a big store.
 
florisgreen said:
Simon Crompton seems to enjoy great popularity here.:lolguy:
I don't know him in person and maybe he could have bothered some people, but what he says in that article seems totally reasonable to me. I myself have witnessed the disappearance of so many great, historical shops in Rome and think that we, passionate and aware people, should support the small quality traders. And it's no surprise that a purchase experience in such a shop is hugely more rewarding and satisfying than one in a big store.
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I would like to read his article, but I won´t give him a click so he gets cash out of me.

What I wonder he might be manipulating is that he went to Rome shops asking for cash or freebies and the Romans sent him to the lions in the Collyseum. Romans got a pride, and this lesserman doesn´t qualifies enough for the descendants of the emperors and the Duce.

His tactics might work on lesser places, surely not in Rome.

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A shop owner friend who daily gave me tips in Naples and paid my coffees for poormen said he was asked him for freebies and the owner sent him to shitte. ( This might be for real since the shop never featured on that awful blog)


Police verso, to the Lions!!!

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Missy missy lion, come for dinner, missy missy, missy come heeere
 
florisgreen said:
Simon Crompton seems to enjoy great popularity here.:lolguy:
I don't know him in person and maybe he could have bothered some people, but what he says in that article seems totally reasonable to me. I myself have witnessed the disappearance of so many great, historical shops in Rome and think that we, passionate and aware people, should support the small quality traders. And it's no surprise that a purchase experience in such a shop is hugely more rewarding and satisfying than one in a big store.
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Simon buys stuff?
 
Panama said:
Simon buys stuff?
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I don't know, probably not, but I'm glad to follow his suggestion and try to support small quality shops, whenever it's possible. Of course I buy also online, especially in the last times, but the buying experience in a local shop with discussions and advices is more rewarding to me. Moreover, think of how sad it would be to see the centre of our towns without any historic shops any longer.
 
Kingstonian said:
I don’t think he looks too bad here. He seems fresh, healthy and alert. Shirt size looks OK to me. If the collar was buttoned we would know one way or another - but it isn’t.
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Well, I saw certainly something worse than that, but it's undeniable that the shirt is too large, even though with a button-down collar it's sportier and can be a little looser.
 
Kingstonian said:
I don’t think he looks too bad here. He seems fresh, healthy and alert. Shirt size looks OK to me. If the collar was buttoned we would know one way or another - but it isn’t.
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Mate, the shoulders of a shirt must be where you got the articulations of the shoulder bone, not in the deltoid or the biceps, as on this case. Pattermaking basic lesson. The collar looks bigger but that is my impression and is not 100% sure as the shoulder thing.

The body seems the poor fit of Tanga and Burgos, same as the sleeve ( where several people do fit on it) but as you say, the overall look is passable , ok, compared with in general is seen on media.

I like the cut of his jackets( sure size RTW fit) did not know were Corneliani, one of my fav brands.
 
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Older men tend to have much less muscle mass (low test), and will naturally have odd fits. Narrow shoulders (unless they naturally have very broad shoulders), smaller chest, larger waist. RTW will more often than not look mediocre on them.
 
Besides the ugly outfits, with poor cut and fit, what stands out are the awful, inappropriate shoes they wear (maybe with one exception).

All in all a gallery of the horror.
 
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belinmad said:
Are there no alterations tailors in Hollywood? No one to press a pair of trousers?
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These people are actors, so they likely come from very common stock and have the morals of alley cats. I can see the sin written all over their faces. I wonder what this lot get up to behind closed doors, l bet many of them are doing the rituals and getting up to seedy activities. When you put unwashed types in suits, this is what you get!
 
The Shooman said:
These people are actors, so they likely come from very common stock and have the morals of alley cats. I can see the sin written all over their faces. I wonder what this lot get up to behind closed doors, l bet many of them are doing the rituals and getting up to seedy activities. When you put unwashed types in suits, this is what you get!
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Just back from walking around in the triple-soled crushers attached. As I stepped I stamped on eack of these disgrace for humans.
 

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