What Are You Wearing Today?

CesareRomiti said:
Happy to see the Dropbear like
Since you mention oldman dress
Mr bitter @fxh8 will join soon
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Do you think this mr. Bitter @fxh8, whoever that is, could be the same bitter man that owns and proudly posted this neatly organized tie collection in the not so distant past?

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rdiaz said:
I have to clarify that I don't have any problem with old men dress. In fact I want to become old just to dress like a grandpa. Right now, dressing too much like an old man when not being... old, looks costumey.
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I slightly disagree with this. Taking parts of an 'old man' look when young generally looks fine, to me - as long as it's not some cos play ridiculousness - but I think you have to be quite young, not crossing into middle-aged man dressing old territory.

Territory dependent though, as you mentioned. Old men around me tend to be in trackies, gym clothes, or dad jeans. Not nice sportex suits... so maybe a bit of that context has now skipped a generation?
 
BTW if anyone is looking for more ancient tweed, usually heavily padded and in a garish check, look no further than UK charity shops...
 
MES said:
I slightly disagree with this. Taking parts of an 'old man' look when young generally looks fine, to me - as long as it's not some cos play ridiculousness - but I think you have to be quite young, not crossing into middle-aged man dressing old territory.

Territory dependent though, as you mentioned. Old men around me tend to be in trackies, gym clothes, or dad jeans. Not nice sportex suits... so maybe a bit of that context has now skipped a generation?
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I see many old men dressed in tweed... with caps. I agree with you, and I do take elements from the old man look, but I try not to go overboard... for now.
 
FriendCustomer said:
Worsted 13 to 16 oz
Concerning 13 oz typical english old school cloth you can still get Harrisons Oyster or Lessers 13oz. Perhaps they lost something from the vintage variety but its close enough. Smith Woolens too. Also dugdales city and town, which is perhaps a bit less refined and HFW's Classic II which finishing is a bit more modern imo. If you can handle slightly lighter in weight schofield and smith Westminister is good cloth at 350g. Periodically H&S and Scabal do heavy wieght collections too.

Concernign 16oz cloth, options have dwindled. H lesser book is running out and does not seem to be being renewed. Harrison's P&B universal is still around, less refined than Lesser but still might do the trick depending on the pattern.

Reid & Taylor Twist
Reid and Taylor twist is no more. Stuff comes up on ebay uk every now and then (sometimes under their own name sometimes under Holland and Sherry, Scabal, and Kieth and Henderson) but mainly in 70s shades of browns and greens, the more desirable blue and greys are harder to come by. Also look for old Reid and Welsh and other defunct Scottish mills. The original stuff could be quite heavy 18oz+. This newer collection looks and feels quite nice at 13 oz : http://www.pepperlee.co.uk/suiting/bunch-name/heritage-twist.html Also see the Halstead 3ply mohair on their site, not many patterns but the old school formula and weight.

Sportex
The old sportex is no more. Again pops up on ebay every now and then, but its mainly browns. But Dormeuil is still producing a lighter 380 g version "vintage sportex" in their British Collection. Patterns are limited but some look quite nice.

Tweed
sporting and/or Estate Tweed is still readily available. for example check out the heavy weight ranges here: https://www.yorkshirefabric.com/collections/tweed/22-24oz
or http://www.intweed.co.uk/goods-for-sale/heavy-weight-tweeds
H&S also sometimes has an estate tweed collection.
for donegal contact molloy and sons, also w bill. Porter and hardings thornproof collection is nice machine made donegal style suiting. also porter and hardings glen royal is beautiful softish 14 oz jacketing/suiting.
unfortunately harris and shetland are not what they used to be but the London Lounge still produces excellent shetland through lovat. But I find most of lovats standard range of tweed to be quite uninspiring though. Periodically scabal will do a shetland collection. The Marlin & Evans natural collection also looks promising.

Other Stuff
For flannel i like HFW's heavy weight stuff, fox's heavy weight stuff and Harrisons. But vintage flannel would be my preference worsted or woolen.

For linen the w bill and HFW 12/13 oz suiting is good. Would like to investigate further with direct purchases from the Irish mills.

Don't really have any recommendations for lightweight worsted current production other than mohair blends and fresco type stuff. HFW rangoon is good but no longer available, sometimes special runs pop up on SF. H Lesser vintage panama suiting is very good, and there may be some lengths left at W bills london warehouse.

The vintage goods
The vintage goods can be found sometimes for a reasonable price on ebay UK, but patience is required. Other interesting and highly desirable vintage stuff is old H&S with mink or vicuna blends. Vintage heavier weight cashmere is also something of a holy grail, harrisons and johnstons were known for this. another thing people look for in vintage cloth is old "london shrunk" markings. vintage lambswool jacketings and saxony flannels like lessers original barera collections are also top stuff. vintage lessers golden bale, especially the flannels is also highly desirable. Lots of old woodhouse, dormeuil (vintage towntex and tonik especially) and wain shiell can be great stuff too. Old italian cloth, 80s or earlier, can be great stuff too, especially for jacketing and fake tweeds and cashmere and flannels see vintage mario zegna and tons of other mills.

If your interested I have plenty of vintage brown/green twist suiting and sportex I would be willing to sell. also some heavy weight worsted, but it can be rough stuff. let me know if there is interest and will photo.

In Italy the two biggest sources for this kind of stuff that i know of is M. Cilento in Naples and il vecchio drappiere in milan. Cilento has an amazing vintage tweed selection and even gets sportex and tonik special runs made up from Dormeuil, but it will cost you. Il Vecchio is more hit or miss, but it will also cost you an arm and a leg.

Lafayette Saltiel Drapiers in Paris also has large stock of some interesting vintage often no name stuff.

Another option is to see what your tailor or any old tailor shop has in their attic or basement or just lying around.

And yes Japan remains a source but the logistics are quite complicated.
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Funnily was,talking to an older colleague of mine who mentioned when she was younger that she worked in U.K. For a company in cloth that I'd probably never heard of W. Bill. Interesting.
 
FriendCustomer said:
Some cloth merchants do : HFW (huddersfield fine worsteds) and Yorkshire fabric both have web shops open to the public. Harrisons will open an account for you depending where you are located.

Some mills also do : the pepper lee web site is part of the same company that owns some mills i believe, so is schofield and smith, they also have a web shop. the tweed makers are less sophisticated when it comes to the web but will typically sell direct. two Irish linen makers also have webshops.

There is also fox, but i'm not sure how much their west of england mill is really producing, they seem like a hybrid, also having cloth made by other mills available on their merchant fox web site.

But that doesn't mean you are going to save any money, they all raise the price for individuals as opposed to those in the trade. A good english tailor should be able to get you almost anything, unless you want some strange vintage stuff. the above is much more useful in dealing with italian tailors in the south with limited cloth choices.

only bargains to be found are on ebay (and that is really buyer beware, lots of shit out there) or through personal relationships/negotiation
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Not sure how it works in other countries but in australia if you can find their agent they will often get stuff for you. And the bigger custom makers are often happy to get stuff if you have a relationship with them. Sometimes, due to distance, things work a bit different here.
 
Look closely, there are some white spots on mine too. I have two with this design, one navy and this brown one. I like how they look but the printing quality is absolutely awful.
 
CesareRomiti said:
Excellent outfit!
What shoes?
Any pics of the burgers? What else did you get? No frikandels? No snack bar?
Cheers
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Lucky Lucan's favourite shoemaker: Foster & Son.

Large fries, same size as the regular, just more expensive.

Kingstonian said:
Never get the fish at McDonalds. It is not a big seller and is likely to have been hanging around for a long time.
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This is a new revamped McDonalds, on account it was so bad, they had to send a hit squad in to clean up the joint in case they soiled the brand completely. Now it's a rather efficient fast food garbage served up as anonymously as before. A fantastic concept.
 
FriendCustomer said:
Panta ties total inkjet crap. I have one which I regret, fake madder and the ink chips off revealing white on front of tie.
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Have you purchased inkjet ties knowingly?

rdiaz said:
Look closely, there are some white spots on mine too. I have two with this design, one navy and this brown one. I like how they look but the printing quality is absolutely awful.
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What's the longevity on an inkjet tie?
 
I don't mind inkjet silks so long as they are nice, the quality of the ink is good, and they're not priced the same as a nice screened silk. Problem with all those modern inkjet tiemakers is that they ask for a lot of money for such an inferior product.

I don't know about the longevity, not sure how long will mine last before the ink chipping starts bothering me.
 
Kingstonian said:
Never get the fish at McDonalds. It is not a big seller and is likely to have been hanging around for a long time.
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Wtf. You can’t be serious. It’s not like it’s fresh fish that goes bad in a day after buying at the market. It’s all frozen. It ain’t the catch of the day. What difference does it make if it’s frozen 2 weeks or 2 months. You are much more likely to get sick at your local pub or fine dining fresh fish restaraunt than McDonald’s.
 
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FriendCustomer said:
Wtf. You can’t be serious. It’s not like it’s fresh fish that goes bad in a day after buying at the market. It’s all frozen. It ain’t the catch of the day. What difference does it make if it’s frozen 2 weeks or 2 months. You are much more likely to get sick at your local pub or fine dining fresh fish restaraunt than McDonald’s.
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Yes I can. I know it’s frozen.

However, it was McDonalds workers themselves that give this advice. Not that I have ever been tempted by it in the first place.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...aff-advise-fast-food-restaurant-a8022821.html
 
Great White Snark said:
That is one gruesome shirt and tie combo.

Are you colorblind?
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he's an unhinged brit expat in the shady business of oil. While his dress is not perfect its close enough and it gets his message across. One might find this man in Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Rhodesia, with the happy valley set in Kenya, in the British Zone of Occupation in Berlin, in the Suez Canal zone, on the lam with the likes of lord lucan and ronnie biggs or etc...
 
What is this, style forum?
Comments only allowed if you do selfies?

That combination is objectively bad no matter what tatty photo I might post of my own current ensemble.
 
Great White Snark said:
What is this, style forum?
Comments only allowed if you do selfies?

That combination is objectively bad no matter what tatty photo I might post of my own current ensemble.
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Comments are olweis allowed. Welcomed even. I just have a feeling you are just another poorly dressed keyboard jockey , actually I objectively know you are, that’s all
 
I am finding this new @Mafoofan FriendCustomer FriendCustomer 's cattiness thoroughly amusing. Please continue.

Oh, i was bored and up last three nights and took a read through half of the Gennaro Paone thread on SF. Very enjoyable. CesareRomiti CesareRomiti and ConchitaWurst ConchitaWurst even popped in.

To be fair, i don't think Bickley posts his pics for the critique ( or anyone here really) as he has been told and i suspect he knows most of his shirts and ties are foul. But he revels in and is comfortable in it so rock 'n'roll YMMV
 
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QuandoDio said:
I am finding this new @Mafoofan FriendCustomer FriendCustomer 's cattiness thoroughly amusing. Please continue.

Oh, i was bored and up last three nights and took a read through half of the Gennaro Paone thread on SF. Very enjoyable. CesareRomiti CesareRomiti and ConchitaWurst ConchitaWurst even popped in.

To be fair, i don't think Bickley posts his pics for the critique ( or anyone here really) as he has been told and i suspect his knows most of his shirts and ties are foul. But he revels in and is comfortable in it so rock 'n'roll YMMV
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Actually I also pop in at several key points. But of course using another sock.
 
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