When a man wears a silk scarf with a jacket instead of a necktie, tucking the ends into a sleeveless vee necked sweater vest reduces the flamboyance of the combination considerably.
When when one chooses to eschew a necktie this look is probably a less risky choice than an ascot (yes, there are those in the United States who continue to believe that they would be pummeled within an inch of their lives were they seen on the street with an ascot - and we honor their concerns). Like the ascot, it closes the neck, eliminating any glimpse of unsightly undershirt or that hollow at the base of the throat. But the scarf is more common, and unlike the ascot fulfills the practical task of keeping the chest warm at the same time it imparts a bit of silken elegance to the area.
Tuck in your scarf!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tuck in Your Scarf
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Good call, Will, although it does tend to make one look... a little bit pregnant.
Off topic, but lovely anyway:
Color film of London, 1927.
(Skip to minute 6:00 if you just want to see to see the elegance of regular gentlemen´s suits and hats those old times)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwahIQz0o-M&
Will,
First, the pocket squares arrived today - excellent!!!! I wish (and I am not criticizing) you had your site up where you can display your items for sale (such as ALL of your pocket squares). I would buy even more.
Second, and I don't mean this in a "mean tone": did people back in the "golden days" of dress (first part of the 20th century) REALLY dress up to work in a garden? The gardener receiving instructions from the ascot-man looks like he has some costly clothing on, and it would be a shame to ruin them with dirt and grass stains.
Finally, a question a bit off topic: I saw a picture recently of Merkin's closet where he had dozens of braces, and I have come upon Bown's Bespoke website (where he claims to have a brace for every pair of trousers because it takes too much time to change them). Do YOU personally wear braces with ALL of your suits and odd coats/trousers? According to the recent book "The Suit", no well dressed man would wear a suit WITHOUT braces. I have begun wearing them again with all of my suits and odd coats/trousers and had forgotten how much better clothes fit when not having to worry about constantly pulling up one's trousers to the proper height.
Look forward to your commments.
Regards,
Sam
those clothes are expensive now, but that's really all they had back then. Even ratcatchers wore tweed coats. those are rough materials made for working.
dark greys are good for working on the dirt. everything can be cleaned afterwards.
Excellent guidance, Will. For a more country casual look I wear a doubled-up long woolen flannel mid-gray and charcoal gray scarf tucked into a grey herringbone Donegal tweed jacket, matched to navy wide whale corduroy trousers. Not only does it close up the neck area and round off the look with a touch of restrained flamboyance, but I have no need as yet of an overcoat.
I have been wearing ascots for the past 7 years, at my home in San Francisco and on travels in Europe. I have never been pummelled, though some Irish ruffians did throw a sandwich at me once. Ascots -- or cravats, as our British brethren call them -- are da bomb. And if anyone thinks they're too prissy, check out Pierce Brosnan as Bond in the downhill car racing scene at the start of GoldenEye. Yes, that's an ascot, people.
I have been wearing ascots for the past 7 years, at my home in San Francisco and on travels in Europe. I have never been pummelled, though some Irish ruffians did throw a sandwich at me once. Ascots -- or cravats, as our British brethren call them -- are da bomb. And if anyone thinks they're too prissy, check out Pierce Brosnan as Bond in the downhill car racing scene at the start of GoldenEye. Yes, that's an ascot, people.
I do the same thing with cashmere scarves, maybe 45 inches in length, and fringed or unfringed without discrimination.
A cloud of warmth without the least bulk or pretense.
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