Classic.

Fashion is a Western European creation. Without fashion, you have no movement in clothing and without movement in clothing, you cannot produce the so called "classics". Compared to what most of the world has worn for most of civilization, the suit is very much a fashion item.

It's interesting concerning plainness and variety in mens clothing. it seems like during the eighties and nineties, a lot of choice disappeared for men in terms of texture/patter/color/cut/details and what was left (Perhaps a result of manufacturing ease desired by the clothing industry) became "Classics".

Heres a picture of Don Knotts in a pin dot print shirt. A shirt that is enjoying a revival now but wouldve been considered outre just a few years ago.

http://popculturesafari.blogspot.com/2014/08/todays-best-picture-ever-don-knotts.html


Anyway, in the USA a double breasted chalk stripe is in no way a classic. It would be considered a very stuffy, fancy suit. I like the look personally but it is overkill and one would find people so overly interested in the style that it would fall from grace from the Classics Cloud. Part of what men mean when they describe an article of clothing to be a classic seems to be that it's well done but unremarkable and completely defensible (In the sense that no one can find fault with it).

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Thinks she's James Brown at the beginning there

You are probably on to something there. The US obsession with youth manifests itself in many ways.

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