Guy Talese said he wears suede shoes instead of trainers.

Yes - I often see dreadful looking post 40s blokes in sneakers and too narrow jeans. Almost makes one wish for a pony tail and earing instead..

It's difficult to get a good look at the suit due to ridiculous photography and lighting .. he has also put his hand in his jacket pocket and is pulling across it quite firmly which is going to cause pulling regardless to the cut of their suit .. that said it doesn't look flattering to my eye although you have to take into account that he is a rather portly fellow and short fat men usually don't look all that dapper regardless of cut .. there are limits what a suit can do and a good gym membership would probably be more useful in this regard (as well as improving life expectancy as a side) for this gentleman. Perhaps this agressive cut, high lapels, ight trousers is the tailor trying to shift with prevailing tastes in Italy and for 'Italian style' abroad..maybe just maybe he could cut a normal suit and by this I mean traditional Italian or English silhouette if requested, although Im not sure I would be brave enough to risk it!

Fruity

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its all so dated that it makes me think that he is dressing deliberately in 'period costume', some of the things he wears were finished at the same time WW1 ended. the combination of spats, spectators, double breasted waistcoats ..just a few things which come to mind but the list is endless. i dress traditionally and occassionally go to saville row for tailoring, so i am by no means a 'hipster' modern casual dresser..i like tradition and classic style, but this guy is really the worst example of saville row tailoring ive seen in a long time, its REALLY old fashioned, fusty and downright dowdy clothing at its worst. saville row has evolved from this but this guy is harking back to something which the saville row houses can do but moved on from .. contrary to a lot of opinion SR does change but there is a time lag on the row & they lean toward current trends rather than push the outer limits (like a designer brand attempt to) so nothing much has changed id say for about 30 years (since the last great batch of cutters created some of the famous house silouettes), this fellow is going back 100 years!

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i take your point FNB that he may associate with people with a similar disposition and that may or may not be the case, i dont know, but we all have to engage with the world around us to some degree & if you go to a restaurant / bar / show or whatever dressed like that people are going to think you are a strange fellow & probably not want to engage with you. as a social person i like talking to people around me, i am also a realist and understand people make snap judgements on who you are based on what you are wearing. its human nature. therefore you have to understand what signals you are giving other people by your dress, i dont subscribe to this philosphy of wear whatever you like .. what about wearing things other people like too? a good example is that i have dinner jacket which looks fantastic but i would only wear this in certain formal contexts as otherwise people would consider you an odd ball even in mayfair these days (unless they think youve just come from a formal event).

whats worse is that he combines hsi fusty old style with terrible choices in suit colours & in particular strange cuts. he seems to ask for 3 button jacket, with a peak lapels which to me look awful (a true 3 button is not going to have the luxury of legnth of lapel roll to move out to a peak lapel, therefore it looks contrived and not natural, the only way i think a peak lapel works on a SB is on a one button as you accord legnth to the roll out toward the lapel). he is asking for things i believe only to make them unique, perhaps in a mistaken belief that people will realise he is wearing bespoke and afford him some kudos, the opposite i would suspect is the truth.

interesting point raised about why he is worse than a hipster ..or hip hopper .. or whatever, i would say that at least these trendy types arent spending £3000 on a suit (ive heard he obtained freebies etc which would explain a lot, similar to compton, getting what you pay for ie not v much ), more like a hipster is spending £200 all in & dont care if they get drunk on a binge drink night out & are sick all over there 'H&M' or Zara shirt.

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