Glen Plaid and Stripes. Khakis and Monks.
Brooks Brothers, Brooks Brothers, and Brooks Brothers.
Vintage Natural Shoulder Goodness from Brooks Brothers
Like the W.W. Chan blazer I posted this morning, this one also only cost $1.50 at an estate sale over the weekend.
Jacket: Southwick for The Andover Shop, thrifted $17
Shirt: BB Slim Fit, thrifted $7
Tie: English Silk Repp from Cable Car Clothiers, thrifted $2
Pocket Square: Solosso, courtesy of Solosso
Boo Tradley.
Coordinating, but not necessarily matching…
I’m a fan of having some sense of a through-line in an outfit to make it cohere. I’m also not one who shies away from wearing a little color. One simple way of doing both is having a color that appears 2-3 times in an ensemble. Sometimes, I think any more repetition than that and one runs the risk of looking a little too ‘matchy-matchy.’ Choose an item that will showcase the color (in this case the orange in the shirt), and then add an item or two that subtly include that color. Today, I’ve chosen a vintage pocket square that has a little orange in it—nothing too overwhelming. Since the shirt is quite loud already, and is also fitted with a fairly casual button down collar, I chose to forego a tie as that might have brought this outfit into the realm of costume (which isn’t always a bad thing, it’s just not what I prefer to go for).
Jacket: Vintage Brooks Brothers linen sport coat, thrifted $3
Shirt: Lands’ End tailored fit ‘Paintbrush’ shirt, clearance $12
Pocket Square: vintage, thrifted ~$2
Jacket: Southwick, thrifted $8
Shirt: J. Lawrence Khaki’s MTM, courtesy of Khaki’s of Carmel (review forthcoming)
Pants: Brooks Brothers, $30
Details.
English Silk Repp
A little bit rumpled by the end of the day is a good thing.
Hot weather…
Shirt: Brooks Brothers Slim Fit OCBD, thrifted $4
Jacket: Michelangelo Linen-Cotton Unstructured Sport Coat, Yoox $100 (purchased w/ Visa gift card)
Pants: Garment Dyed Jeans, Uniqlo $30
Socks: Richer-Poorer, purchased w/ credit at Refinery29
Shoes: Allen Edmonds Brookwood, thrifted $9
The Brooks Brothers White OCBD
An unstructured jacket.
I had a short conversation with a gentleman at the Beckett & Robb/StyleForum meetup about how ties are always something you can find when thrifting. I popped in to a local thrift yesterday and added a couple of ties to my vintage Brooks Brothers collection. A cool geometric and shantung silk stripe. Grand total $3.
Traditional but for the square…
