A printed summer scarf worn on a weekend day, paired with a linen safariana and trousers. I am wearing it over a dress shirt but it needs nothing more than a tee in the heat. 
The scarf is what Drakes London calls desert cloth, a very light combination of modal and a little silk (modal is a type of rayon made from beechwood) with a handblock print design. It is cool wearing and, important this time of year, very absorbent.
Monday, June 1, 2009
No Pith Helmet
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I readed your last posts about summer scarves.
And yesterday, in page 2 of the current Esquire magazine issue(Spain edition)... it was there!
A Hackett add with a young man wearing tan trousers, a linen herringbone sahara jacket, white shirt and light blue summer scarf....
Will, Your gig line needs to be straightened out! Buckle is slightly off the line!!
That is really a very interesting combination, though I would personally prefer the safari jacket sans epaulettes. The scarf is great. The painting in the background adds a lot of panache to the ensemble. No pith helmet, that is fair enough, but what for head wear would you favor in a sunny day? A Panama might be an option...
Regards
Marcel
Will, you look good. I especially like the way you are wearing the sleeves of your safariana. Would you consider wearing those sleeves pushed when paired with a tee? You could also undo a button or two on the coat, in the name of sprezzatura of course.
I applaud your sense of adventure. And I like it. In addition to the provenance of Esky/AA, this mode has sometimes been featured in film with varying success. And though film often offers only a negative example, I think I recall it looking rather good in The English Patient.
Pith helmit excluded, I too agree this outfit would benefit even more from headwear. The aforementioned panama/straw would be perfect. And despite the mixed metaphore, a tan or bone linen cap might look pretty good as well.
Quibles: The only thing I find very slightly discordant is the shirt fabric as seen on your cuffs. I coordinate patterns with some abandon, but there is matter of scale or intensity between scarf and shirt patterns that I couldn’t wear. Now it’s a minor issue, and seperated by that lovely neutral jacket. But it would still bother me.
And last quible: You’ve taught me to leave only one, not two, buttons unbuttoned when wearing my ascots. (Thank you!) But I have to wonder if one more left undone on the jacket might offer better balance.
Jacket, cuffs, scarf - all good.
Trousers - not working for me. Colour and cut. Too bright and too big.
i am not sure about this. Maybe it needs to be worn in? But then again, i have seen many starched british-Raj era safari uniforms to think otherwise. This is not an easy look to conform. I think it doesnt work for you. i am sure you can take some criticism,
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