Yes, Tom - like that, that would be a 3/2.5 roll:

http://www.gentlemansgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Fabrics-at-Knize.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sr9HMF-k2Fk/VAcm71srakI/AAAAAAAACpA/khDQG3ENhKo/s1600/hackettcollage.jpg

I much prefer the second style - I've always referred to that as a "tipped roll". As you say I think it's more elegant.

I'm not averse to the former though - but not with the proportions in the first pic, which I think are horrible.

I've grown to appreciate the 3/2.5 cut as well, though not to the point of abandoning the 3/2. I like it because it's a little more functional. It's not that I often button the top button (excepting cold weather) but rather I don't like the vestige of having a button that doesn't even work. I also like it because a 3 button silhouette is flattering for my height, and I kind of want people to notice the third button! I feel like the layman doesn't notice the difference between a 3/2 and a regular 2.

I don't like vests. I mean, occasionally I'll see one that looks classy (typically a tweedy number, maybe with lapels) but even those I don't think I could pull off (nor would I want to). I don't mind three-piece suits but I don't like odd vests and it looks too early-2000s hipster to wear a vest without a jacket.

I do own a gray three-piece suit that was a gift for college but it's less Ivy and more Mad Men- slim, tapered, and a decently classic-looking cut but it's double vented and 2 button. I've worn it maybe once...

Sperry CVO's

Controversial?

The pointy toes, Woof. Ivy league's winklepickers. Plus the knock-offs look like the shoes retirement home players wear...with slacks. Bad juju.

For me the acid test is whether sneakers are comfortable. I seem to be in between sizes in CVOs, UK 9s pinch like hell but 10s slop around on me plates. Converse Purcells and Keds seem to suit me best. I don't think the Keds I have got are Champions, they have a tab on the back with an eyelet in it. Keds don't seem to make them anymore, I wish they did as they are so comfortable and I would buy two or three pairs, even if they make me look like a cheerleader. What I do at weekends is my business.

Fresh pair of green suede Pumas are on their way to my doorstep. Probably my second favorite old school sneak after Incontinence pants Campus/Gazelle/et al.

When it's really hot, or if I'm poolside, etc., I prefer my Sperry CVOs or my white canvas Supergas.

Shoes with tassels.

I don't hate them but I dislike them.

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Real men don't wear tassel shoes!

Ha ha! Personally, since reading stan's post, I've purged my closet of all my __________ ____________ ___________ and __________ ________ . It was all a bunch of drek (dreck?) anyway.

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