Whenever I look at today's illustration I wonder whether the man in the double breasted suit might not be the seated man's attorney or some such. There certainly aren't many reasons to wear a cream-colored DB by the water otherwise.
But if a man must be dressed while others are wearing as little as possible, here is one way to do it well. Cream shirt, cream and sky blue necktie (the exact tie or its close relation is offered on Drake's web site where I got mine) and spectator shoes. The suit itself looks like gabardine. It's certainly not rumpled enough to be linen.
We should also note that the attorney's sky blue socks do not match his trousers. That's fairly radical behavior for a man of the law even though you and I might do it all the time.
I'm hoping to get my own cream colored DB back from England in the near future. Unfortunately, it looks as though I'm going to miss the season.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Cream-Colored DB
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5 comments:
i like.
Our 'attorney' appears to be carrying a yatching cap. Perhaps he practices Maritime Law.
Naah, the lawyer is on his way to his boat. His younger brother appears to have already stripped down to his underwear, but I guess that's a swimsuit. He's talking indulgently to the village idiot, who is sucking his thumb, wearing a blazer with shorts, and worst of all, wearing socks with boat shoes.
Great pic, as usual. An earlier pic from Marc Guyot with light blue as the theme looked too studied. And I like contrast. But I guess a relatively more monochramatic look is good at times. How can we learn from this gent in the pic without becoming too studied ourselves?
Oh marmer! You've done it again!
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