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#1 2010-04-28 08:48:51
- Taylor McIntyre
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Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
Left leg or right leg in the pants first?
Also, the pants have a little window in them right at the front framed by a zipper. Could I wear a pocket square in there and show it casually overflowing?
What would best signal that I was one of them hoity folks?
My thanks in advance, re: my pants.
St. James Street.
#2 2010-04-28 09:10:17
- Axelist
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Re: Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
Just to get a repp..
#3 2010-04-28 09:36:57
- macabee
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Re: Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
Mmmmmmmmm.................
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#4 2010-04-28 10:02:13
- Big Tony
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Re: Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
Do not forget to wear pants. Otherwise, it's not a suit (by definition).
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"I don't want to look like a cock hungry sailor after all !!!"
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#5 2010-04-28 10:46:18
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
Serious question: Should I tuck my jacket into my pants?
My thanks to all -
#6 2010-04-28 11:09:29
- heikki k
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Re: Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
Definitely so! But ONLY when you put your left leg in your pants first, otherwise it would be highly unappropriate!
#7 2010-04-28 11:18:58
- Axelist
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Re: Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
Sure, but also tuck your trousers in your socks. It's the old cavalry style to prevent the jacket hitting your eye while you are attacking. The Americans invented the button down jacket, but that's wishy washy.
Only a pity for the pelican, but you can always wear those nice ear squares. 
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#8 2010-04-28 11:43:31
- DB
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Re: Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
I suggest wearing both jacket and trousers backwards.
#9 2010-04-28 16:18:56
- shamrockmonkey
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Re: Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
Tucking the entire pant leg in is as great a faux pas as buttoning the bottom suit button ( only the top button on a 3/2 gets done up). Tuck pants into the fronts of the socks but let the backs drag. They should be a sufficient length to pick up mud and leaves, or as they are called in napoli, sprezzatura.
I brush my teeth with minty paste/I hate when Liquor goes to waste.
#11 2010-04-30 02:04:11
- shamrockmonkey
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Re: Gentlemen, tomorrow I must wear a suit. Advice please?
If the shirt is under the jacket it could hide your snazzy cufflinks from Men's Metals.
I brush my teeth with minty paste/I hate when Liquor goes to waste.