J.Press white broad cloth button down, Sta-Press type vintage chinos in a stone grey and Nettleton cordovan brogues. Rounded off with a pair of Shuron Ronstrongs.

Sounds great Hepcat. I'd love to come across a pair of those Nettletons (Leave it Shooey!).

Poly/Cotton count! At least they do for me. I own a lot of poly right now. Not good in this rather humid Summer we're having but nice stuff.

Deadstock White FotL T Shirt with breast pocket- US made
Stone twill Levis 519- US made
Artesanos Venetians in a nice chestnut brown- Made in Spain

On stand by
Tortoiseshell Wayfarers if the sun ever decides to appear.
Navy raglan sleeve cardi if it stops being so humid

No belt, No socks.

^The Nettletons are good, but not as good as vintage Florsheims. The rain damaged ones still need to go to an upmarket shoe cobbler, for which the local one cannot be trusted, I am thinking of the Royal Treatment in Amsterdam. The only question is time, or posting!

Below 8" is just silly - get tights if you are going that skinny

I normally go with 7.75 or 8, I think what looks good depends on your frame. If you're a really slim guy you can get away with 7.5, hell even 7 but otherwise as you say Rob you can end up looking a bit funny.

The knee WM, should've just taken it down the outside seam thou, think that's where it went astray. But to do that on this particular pair I should've just done it to 7.75''.

Yeah, 7.5 for someone our size is probably too much, (mine were 9 at the knee) I think for someone who is less than average height and size would be fine. 8 is ideal if you want it to break on the shoe, but I wanted to go for no break, and not have that flapping that goes on when you do keep to an 8, I'm getting another pair done next week, so I can see how that works out.
How were those Levis you got, are you having anything done to them?

Beautiful ratios Woof, what was the rise on those Libertos again?

No I think this is the type of thing that makes someone different from just being a fashionista, it is showing a real interest in the design of clothes, trouble is when you know what you want in your head and how viable that is in creating from either RTW or M2M, I think you have to at some point accept the limits of your proportions on getting the look you want. But it is important to explore these things, I'm lucky I work at a place with a tailor, so I get to try these things out, and even with that, you get gaffs and f@ck ups, clothes are bloody hard things to get right, which I guess is why it becomes addictive in trying to get them right, if anything is too easy it doesn't hold your attention. I'll let you know how I get on, I would still recommend getting a pair of Pakeman 5-pockets in the sale in a dark colour, everything is good, apart from the trouser cuff, they are a good basis, shame the quality of the fabric on the twill pair I have isn't just that little bit better.