Comments on A Suitable Wardrobe: The Delayed Return of the DB Vest

Double-breasted waistcoat without lapels... Though...

2010-05-21T12:10:14.508-07:00

Double-breasted waistcoat without lapels... Thoughts? Feelings?

Reiss in the UK are currently making an off the pe...

2010-03-26T09:26:08.777-07:00

Reiss in the UK are currently making an off the peg suit with a double-breasted waistcoat. To be honest, the pictures make it look a lot better than it is in real life, it doesn't look like a £450 suit, more like a £250 one with a £200 label premium.

LBT "DB vests? Not going to happen." ....I'm not ...

2010-03-17T05:53:31.918-07:00

LBT "DB vests? Not going to happen."

....I'm not sure I agree...obviously they're never going to surpass jeans but I've seen several over the past few months after never setting eyes on one since the sixties outside of weddings....a modest revival doesn't seem impossible since peaked lapel SB jackets have made a big comeback.

in the 70''s in London Take six brought out a D.B ...

2010-03-17T03:35:14.687-07:00

in the 70''s in London Take six brought out a D.B without lapels based on the Gatsby film

DB vests? Not going to happen.

2010-03-16T20:20:15.460-07:00

DB vests? Not going to happen.

Brooks Brothers had a great tweed suit (SB with a ...

2010-03-16T14:05:18.878-07:00

Brooks Brothers had a great tweed suit (SB with a peak lapel) that came with a DB vest. Not purchasing it was one of the things I regret most sartorially speaking.

I recently rectified by purchasing a medium gray suit with the same features though - DB vests are a great look!

What's perhaps most interesting is how the big inv...

2010-03-16T13:41:35.677-07:00

What's perhaps most interesting is how the big investment banks have gone.... get ready.... business casual in an effort to land the math geeks that develop their algorithms. You'd be out of place in many a white shoe bank these days with anything more than Dockers khaki pants and a golf shirt!

"there's still a feeling that banker types are peo...

2010-03-16T10:39:00.342-07:00

"there's still a feeling that banker types are people to emulate."

......All people in the financial industry are not evil.....and actually DB vests have long been considered rather flash and un-bankerish

What makes the vest so difficult to fit?

2010-03-16T07:37:27.946-07:00

What makes the vest so difficult to fit?

It's interesting that after everything that's happ...

2010-03-16T07:32:04.599-07:00

It's interesting that after everything that's happened, there's still a feeling that banker types are people to emulate. I would say that clothes don't make the man, but I have a feeling that the people who read your blog won't entirely buy that. In a post-heroic world, is the anti-hero the only idol? beingmanly.blogspot.com

I absolutely love them although I only have a coup...

2010-03-16T07:28:28.138-07:00

I absolutely love them although I only have a couple...About 20 years ago Brit TV did a soap opera series on the lines of Upstairs Downstairs called The Bretts about a theatrical family. It had without doubt the greatest selection of DB waistcoats I've ever seen been being worn with suits, sportcoats, blazers (which were all excellent too).....for those wanting a DB fix it can be found on Netflix I believe.