oh yes, today, earlier on, when having a pint with a good friend, discussing clobber, music, life and all that jazz:

white w navy tiny tattersall-ish check bd (brooks brothers), dark denim jeans w / 3/4" turnups, burgundy socks (falke), black belt, black brogues (vintage florsheim), cream short mac (loro piana), shades (brooks bros)

now, at home, slightly drunk, typing this:
a grey 'soul seed turku finland' t-shirt, dark denims, no turnups (levis), charcoal/grey/white argyle socks, no shoes, many cans of lager in my fridge

now, monday, a bit more sober than on friday lol:

linear (in 45° angle as opposed toi 'normal') gingham check ls 3 bd (ben sherman) a choc brown merino v neck (zara), black belt, dark denim jeans w / 3/4" turnups (h&m), black/beige/pale yellow/chock brown argyle socks (burlington), black brogues (same as friday), grey 3 button mac (daniel hechter)

It's a semi-Ivy day for me.  That's the way I like the style.  Informed by the past, but with elements that are a bit more continental, or contemporary, or whatever.  Maybe it's Progressive Ivy...

Enough of those musings.

Suit is black/white POW plaid with a light blue overcheck.  There's a quote floating around forumland from Buckley or someone about glen plaid being the idealsuit for the student for class, travel, the evening and all of life or something like that.  So, the Ivy credentials of the fabric are established.  The jacket has rather natural shoulders, patch pockets aloft and alow and a hooked vent.  So far, so Ivy, but the devil's in the details.  The roll is 3/2.5.  I like this look far better than two button or the 3/2.  Not inherently better, but it works for me and is a little more au fait today than the 3/2.  The lapels would not satisfy the desire of a Hard East Ender for razor thin execution, but they are narrow enough to suggest the Ivy influence without putting on a costume.  Then there are the darts.  Yes, darts.  I like the effect darts have on a coat.  Definitely non-canonical, but that's me.  You saw it coming, there trou are pleated.  Perhaps it's just delusions of grandeur, but I like a little room in the old bags.

The shirt is regulation Ivy white from Brooks Brothers.  Not a buttondown, though.  Ainsley collar with frog cuffs.  Might be Ivy, though.  I'd wager dollars to doughnuts you've seen Don Draper kitted out in this very model.  The usual tiki links in the cuffs.  Remember, the same people who brought you Ivy as mainstream loved to pop off to the local Poly-Pop Palace for great booze and egregious food.

Pink braces with blue and green stripes on some heavy, thick twill.  Don't honestly know what it is.  The tie is a simple, light blue field with a neat pattern of woven gold paisleys.  White linen in the pocket.  Not an oh-so-Ivy TV fold.  I'm not that Hard.  A sloppier reverse-puff sort of thing.  Shell cord gunboats.

For the most part, that's about as Ivy as I get and it is, for me, an almost ostentatiously restrained outfit.  It's Ivy how I like it: bits, pieces, hints and influences.  A choice for now and then rather than an everyday deal.  At least, that's how I like it when I'm not doing full-blown preppy on the weekend.

Last day at work, wondering what I'll be doing on Monday. Ain't life a hoot?

Keeping the clobber on the jaunty side, no 'undertaker raincoats' today:


sand desert boots with British racing green socks
lightweight pale grey H&M chinos
dark grey/maroon/beige stripy elastic snake belt (I keep meaning to break out those bright ribbon D-ring belts, but I just can't do it!)
pink Brooks OCBD, traditional fit. Tieless.
Brooks navy sack blazer

beige Brooks fly-fronted mac on top for outside

Kinda 'Collegiate' today... :

Fairmount Cordovan Pennies.
Grey Argyles.
Charcoal worsted year-round trou. Flat fronted & cuffed (1.5"). No break.
Plain Cordo Steerhide belt.
Sandhurst-esque repp.  http://www.messdress.com/ishop/820/shopscr331.html
White J. Press flap pocket Button-down.
1987 Brooks 'Own Make' Mid-Grey Herringbone Sack jacket. Patch & flap with upper welt pocket, non-kissing two on the sleeve, pronounced 3/2 lapel roll, 1/4" swelled edge to the lapels & welted seams, 2.5" pocket flaps, old school Brooks natural shoulders, 3.5" lapel. About $420 when new I think & the dollar was around 1.64 back then...

Back home now:

Grey Marl T. Fruit of the Loom.
Navy cotton crew. Bean
Classic Khakis. Bean.
Me slippers.

J.

Those Charcoal worsted no-break, flat-front, cuffed, year-rounders again from LL Bean.
Black Penny Weejuns.
Charcoal Sox.
Plain Black belt.
Blue Brooks Oxford cloth button-down.
Basic J. Press Navy 3/2 Sack Blazer.

Today's Tie:  http://www.smartturnout.co.uk/acatalog/info_2_GUY_11_Ties.html   Mine's an old one from Kent & Curwen & slimmer than ST's.

Jim

today i wanted to be less casual, but rather casual still, thus

a pale blue heavy-ish cotton twill bd w/ subtle navy/lilac check, a grey 4 button rtw tweed jacket (bought in the nineties wit rather a (cliche) mod / sixties style preference in mind than ivy, but in lack of a perfect natural shouldered grey tweed jacket it will do, for today.. wwhen my finances will be better i'll have one bespoke whenever i find a tailor who undestands the natural shoulder thing), beige sta-prest like narrow-ish cotton strides (i don't wear ultra slim but won't touch baggy trousers, wore too much baggy jeans in the nineties lol), chestnut brown plain italian lace-ups (polished w/ a burgundy polish tho), a chestnut brown belt, choc brown/gray/pale blue argyle socks, a vintage navy rain mac.

Down in the cellars of Maclennan Castle, clearing out junk. Just can't get the staff nowadays.

brown nubuck Hawkshead driving mocs
grey socks
H&M raw denim jeans (the slimmer, 'Sliq' fit), rolled up
plain grey sweatshirt

Buongiorno Daniele, have I spelt it right this time?

Last edited by Patrick (2008-09-04 09:17:31)