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#1 2022-02-01 09:09:43
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Early Spring Option: Tweed jacket and flannel shirt
Lifting and borrowing again.
TRS spoke last year of his attachment to the Russell Street/Chiltern Street flannel shirts.
I'm thinking of teaming my Stanley Blacker jacket with a slightly worn L.L.Bean flannel shirt for - hopefully - a fairly distinctive NYC/Woody look. Probably choose slightly shapeless chinos (Silvermans') if they're still a decent fit, and, in the absence of saddle or dirty bucks, these new sand or dark khaki Astorflex might do the trick. Would Keds be dressing it all down a little too far?
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#2 2022-02-02 04:47:55
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Re: Early Spring Option: Tweed jacket and flannel shirt
I'd draw the line at sneakers but otherwise go for it.
The only reason I don't do this more is most of my flannels are alpha sized and the sleeves are slightly long. That doesn't matter when I'm layering up in sweaters but I can't have an inch of shirt sticking out of my tweed jacket's sleeve.
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#3 2022-02-02 05:05:02
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Re: Early Spring Option: Tweed jacket and flannel shirt
I very much agree about sleeve lengths.
#4 2022-02-02 05:30:28
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Re: Early Spring Option: Tweed jacket and flannel shirt
Get the cheap silver elasticated shirt sleeve grips from EBay. Cost about a quid.
Looks a bit like an old time card player - but that’s OK
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#5 2022-02-02 05:57:53
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Re: Early Spring Option: Tweed jacket and flannel shirt
I wear them on occasion - exactly like my barber grandfather. I rather like them.
#6 2022-02-02 09:02:58
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Re: Early Spring Option: Tweed jacket and flannel shirt
I've got those gizmos and use them sometimes but it strikes me as a bit fussy given the casual nature of the whole thing
On the other hand, someone asked me if I was an Irish poet when I was covering an environmental talk. Slouchy tweed and a Viyella shirt with an open collar, plus I needed a haircut so had a lot of white hair flying around.
I said "Nope, half Lithuanian, half Korean." They looked at each other wild a wild surmise. "Is he jerking us around?"
Otter : Take it easy, I'm pre-law.
Boon : I thought you were pre-med.
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