Clashes with the overall view on here re-suss and all that in that it's not exactly a subtle a look, is it? Especially in the UK it's not. Not meant as criticism as such, it just takes a certain type I guess....

Last edited by Alex Roest (2010-07-16 12:54:51)

As you probably all know, full-on seersucker is not a problem at all in the American South.  Even people who generally don't care about clothing will probably have a seersucker suit somewhere in their closet.

I've been entertaining the notion of getting a seersucker jacket, but my idea of wearing seersucker is different from that which is usually seen over on AAAT.

My inspiration is the gent who sold clothing for George Good in Berkeley, California. A man of steady habit, he would take his morning cappucino at Cafe Mediterraneum between the hours of 10 and 11. A place where "No Drug Dealing" signs are posted and a few protests and riots have been conceived, Cafe Med is more accommodating to the patchouli and dreadlock crowd. And yet, he didn't seem out of place.

The gent regularly wore a seersucker coat during the Bay Area's mild summers. He rounded out his kit with medium gray tropical wool trousers, black penny loafers (no bucks - tan or white), and a white or blue oxford cloth button down. His choice of ties ranged from striped repp to knit silk, none of which were in the bright, summery pastel colors.

It's a look I prefer: serious yet comfortable.

Last edited by Uncle Oswald (2010-07-17 06:49:27)

Last edited by Alex Roest (2010-07-17 13:00:18)

The full sucker is almost costume at this point.  Maybe a few fascist fraternity types in the south still sport it.  The senile in New England; younger if they're safe in their country clubs.    But I think you can still pull off the trou or the jacket but both is almost too much.  Like a Tom Wolfe thing.