Talking about malapropism… the shame…

Yes, three piece suit, the vest was definitely made out off the same cloth as jacket and trousers, so most likely not a two piece with an added vest. The fit was perfect.

Last edited by Fritz the Cat (2012-05-24 14:30:45)

Saw a man in a pale pink short sleeved button down with horizontal white butcher stripes set about an inch and a half apart. Didnt look bad.

The Andover Shop has some beautiful waistcoats but I picked a vintage dead stock Irish tweed patch waistcoat with leather buttons (not Andover Shop) off eBay.  I had to lose weight to fit into it so a damn good investment at $60 including postage.

Someone told me today that I couldnt wear a striped shirt with a striped suit. I asked him if was an iGent?

Before I boarded the plane on Saturday morning for a 10hour flight to Houston, I noticed a gent in a dicky-bow and a Brooks blazer. He must have been in his late 70s, if not 80. The rest of the flight consisted of the usual Ecco wearing shoe brigade. The only other jacket sporting dude was me.

At breakfast in the hotel each morning the usual incriminating RL pony logo was being sported by men who said a silent prayer before eating, I said a silent prayer for them too. Not much other evidence of button-downs in this part of Texas.

Another thing I have noticed, is that the office windows here are made out of sunglass shaded glass and when you look out everything looks dark and depressing, as if there is no sun at all and a storm is due.

It's true I was at the Johnson Space Center for the party.

A mate was invited to the Mayoral Dinner. An invite list of 150. Solid middle class local government area of 150,000 people.

He asked me about wearing a Dinner suit and Black Tie - the invite said "Formal Dress". He doesn't own a Dinner Suit. I suggested he save the $ and just wear a dark suit and dark tie and white shirt as the last Black Tie invites I'd been to had only been 3 over the last 3 years and I was one of less than 5% of men in Black Tie. Mine were small "private" with less than 50 people. At some of Melbourne's Clubs.

The mate is a jeans and Doc Martins bloke most days - very neatly put together as a rule. Lawyer - not corporate - occasionally, but not regularly,  wears a suit - not ignorant of dress codes.

I also suggested he ring up the contact and ask what "formal" meant and what was expected. The person who invited him was the partner of the last Mayor and would be wearing a Dinner Suit as he owned one.

Official advice was "formal" on the invite means jacket and tie.

Anyway he turns up - dark lounge suit and tie - white shirt - there were only 3 Dinner suits in the whole place and one of them was a  scruffy looking ill fitting sack.

He said he would have felt funny - out of place in a Dinner Suit - given the dress of the rest - which ranged from "fun" ties on cacky green striped shirts through to sober dark suits and ties on white.

The meal and wine was very good. Conversation excellent. The Live band afterwards played Fleetwood Mac covers mostly.

Last edited by fxh (2012-09-02 10:38:21)