Bought of late : indigo Wrangler straight legged jeans 'Sly' type, button fly, dry finish ( really handsome wash and stitching ), PS cotton jeans in stone, Lacoste LS window pane check BD in white/beige/sky blue/black ( off the top of my head ), pale green, 3 button slimfit Hugo SS polo shirt as well as a slimfitting mid grey long pointed collar shirt from the same label. And those :

http://www.oipolloi.com/store/RalphLauren-LSSeersuckerShirtRedWhite-1376.html#

Pony in green on mine, bought here in town ( The Hague )

http://www.hackett.com/index.cfm?page=1052&productid=M40272006&productvar=M40272006-629-SML&refpage=1255

Jumper in pink with blue contrast inside the neck as it happens, smallish logo in blue on chest too, bought at the same store BTW....

Alex

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I'm actually currently searching for a cotton khkai sportjacket. My tastes are more Italian than Ivy so I'm eyeing a Borrelli patch pockets, 3roll2, side vents cotton jacket, which actually might be considered Italian Ivy.

Greetings, Gentlemen.  This is my first post, after enjoying your company in silence for some time.

I was inspired by Mr. Lean's choice and almost bought the same jacket myself.  What I ended up with instead was this cotton/linen "canyon jacket" from J. Crew:

http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod82408391&catId=cat170060

They also have a very similar jacket in cotton chino on sale at the same price as Mr. Lean's LL Bean jacket:

http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod80983391&catId=cat170060

To complete the look, I got a J. Crew light blue BDOC, two pairs of RL tissue chino pants in white and navy, and a Band of Outsiders repp tie.

And to top it off, a Borsalino Panama hat from Ernest DelMonico:

http://www.delmonicohatter.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=IT451&Category_Code=SH1

I'm quite pleased with how it all looks together.

Thank you, Mr. Lean - I appreciate your compliments.  The look is a work in progress and I haven't thought of giving it a name yet. 

I live in a small town in the western US and the way the typical male dresses here, you can't tell if he is on the way to a wedding or going out to mow his lawn.  I enjoy dressing up though, and I am trying for a style that looks well put-together without looking like someone who is compelled to dress up for work.  I admire the look of the English gentleman (both city and country) as well as the east-coast "preppy" look.  There is not much selection in clothing locally so I get most of mine online.  Some favorites are polo.com, jcrew.com, tmlewin.co.uk, harvieandhudson.com, and brooksbrothers.com.