Brownshoo:  you need to get yourself on t.v dude, l mean like asap.

Regards: The Shooman.

Blending in with all the other punters today!

tan suede chukkas, fire-engine-red Falkes, yesterday's jeans and belt, blue slim-fit Brooks OCBD, unlined LE field jacket in 'vintage olive'

Daniele. you are by far the best dressed chap on this forum in my opinion. The photo of you on your scooter you posted before was fantastic. I thought at first it was from a fashion shoot until I discovered it was actually you.
Don't get worried, I am a heterosexual married man, but you are one cool customer. Good luck to you chum, you look great.

Beatnik, cheers mate, you're too kind! Sometimes, maybe, taking photos with the scooters helps distracting observer's eye from possible flaws of the clothes, ;-)

Gibson Gardens, compliments for your Italian! May I ask you if you're an Italian expat or so?

The suit:

Who: a tailor in Lodi, near Milan, now retired. He said that cutting that suit for me brought him back to his youth's years, in the late 50s, when he did his apprenticeship in Milan and coats' hem was supposed not to touch the scooter's seat while you're riding.

How: it's a 2 button (both done up) suit with short jacket and 6 inches side vents, natural shoulder, slanted slit pockets. 2 pairs of trousers, one uncuffed, one with a 1''1/2 turnups, medium-low rise, adaptors at the waistband. Fabric is Crispaire Holland&Sherry Mohair-wool, in a grey-blue shade. Good amount of handstiching. Mother of pearl buttons.

When: Spring 2007

How much:  honest price, cheaper than many Milan high street shop's suits.

The Town: a small town 30 km from Milan.

Ciao!

Last edited by Daniele (2009-06-27 01:23:18)

Have the say all three photos above are of some really smart dressed guys. Very cool

No, they aren't! I've met some of the smartest guys ever on those Shores.. Maybe I'm helped, to the eyes of British observers, by a touch of 'exotism', being Italian. You know, the grass looks greener in the neighbour's garden..:-)

GG-John: thankyou for apreciation, and very interesting question. I have to say that general reaction is good, Italian men can be quite competitive about the outlook and interested in it, and normally a good outfit is aknowleged (?) and apreciated. Probably, this happens nowadays also because the kind of stuff i wear blends quite well with current fashion trends (you know, fitted jackets, slim trousers etc.). Twenty-twentyfive years or so ago, when the oversize Armani look was considered 'the top of cool' (yuk!), most people likely thought I was hangin arond with my grandfather's wedding suit..:-)) Luckily the re-discovery of traditional silhouette and styles, as you correctly said, got rid of certain designers' excesses.
As for getting the references, outside of the mod-related circle, only few people can spot them (there's an interesting thread going on on www.noveporte.it website about this topic in these days, fuelled by a couple of photos I've posted there. I'm a troublestarter, ahah!;-)). Normally people maybe know they've have already seen a similar look in 60s movies or so, and identify it under the generic 'English Style' label.

All the best Gentlemen,

Have a nice weekend!

Daniele

Last edited by Daniele (2009-06-27 01:27:06)

Hello Colin. They're pretty big, I must say. I bought a 'small' after expecting to pick up a medium or even a large. Not sure if they might do an 'extra small' - loads of stock on the rails in my local store. Original price was £70 by the way.

Staceyboy