Broke and Bespoke

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17th May 2013 | 66 notes

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

15th May 2013 | 235 notes

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

14th May 2013 | 15 notes

A colleague of mine recently returned from a trip to Florence, and as a gift of appreciation for my having covered a class of his I received this lovely Florentinian silk pochette. The colors are very fall so I’ve yet to wear it, but I am convinced I can sneak it into a S/S get-up.

14th May 2013 | 26 notes

A.P.C.C.B

As with all other pairs of APC jeans that I’ve owned, these have given up the ghost with a pretty huge crotch blowout. I am debating whether or not to get these repaired, or keep them as is for those casual events where jeans with a huge hole in the crotch are the dress code for the day.