'...Doc wants people to know he has a suit made especially for him in the manner Americans know best a visual differentiation...'

I can understand that, but isn't the same effect created by fit and silhouette? Or do you think that's too subtle a Differentiator?

This trick of the three boutonnieres reminds me of a notchless lapel suit I saw on Keyshawn Johnson during an NFL broadcast last fall.

Is it too much to ask whether or not there may be an African-American aesthetic at work here whereby more license is in play with respect to tailored clothing?

I noticed that too during the game....it's odd but I like it, just for the fact the he (or his tailor or designer) thought it was cool and went with it.  At first I thought maybe it made it easier to stick a whole flower down the lapel

It's a detail that I've seen Paul Smith do last year, with 2 sets of lapel buttonholes.

Last edited by Tucker (2008-06-17 09:45:40)

Whatever you think about the three boutonnières, I see it as more a direction of suits in the future. Whether they got this right, it's the effort, the striving, the metamorphosis. It could be more entertainment or subculture but remember these men get viewed mostly by white fans and many of them work in offices. As this becomes more normal to them and meshes with their own desires to make their tailored clothing individualistic, the lines will continue to bleed together.

I really didn't notice the three buttonholes when I first glanced at the picture.  What leaped out at me is the fact that the collar of the shirt is all wrong for both the wearer's face and the scale of the lapels on the jacket.  Should scaled down considerably.

EDIT:  On the upside, I recommend the stance in picture 4 as the new, standard pose for all What Are You Wearing Today posts.

Last edited by AQG (2008-06-30 11:27:56)