I'm wearing a gray flannel suit and quarter brogue shoes today, just as Gianni Agnelli did in this photo. A flannel suit falls between tweed and worsteds on the texture scale and needs a bit of visual interest in the shoes for balance. That interest can be either brogueing or suede in my opinion. I like semi-brogues and quarter brogues for the task as I find full brogues too heavy looking for the city, reserving them for tweeds.
Quarter brogues have a plain toe with a straight row of punches across the cap, another row around the laces, and a heel counter. Semi-brogues, which I think are equally appropriate with flannel, also have a straight row of punches at the toe and around the laces. They have a medallion on the toe, but no heel counter.
The surface interest of flannel makes it, with linen, one of my two favorite suitings. Wear either of them with shoes that complement the look.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Flannel Suits and Shoes
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3 comments:
Nice post Will.
I wear my brown suede C&J slip-ons with my gray Ralph Lauren flannel trousers.
I watched "To Catch a Thief" last night with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. My eyes are not great, especially at night, but I could have sworn he was wearing flannel trousers in warm weather. It made me think that perhaps there are different weights of flannel that would make it appropriate for summer as well. Mine are too heavy to wear in summer, and in fact, I will be putting them away after March.
Great post, Will. Flannel and linen are my favourites as well. I also like cotton. Tweed for odd jackets, trousers, and occasionally boxer shorts.
Tweed boxer shorts; do they itch?
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