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21 January 2011

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

Sometimes it's best to just dive head first into things. So, for the first run of the "real" collar pin, I decided there was no better shirt to stab holes in than one of my made to measure numbers that actually cost me a considerable sum of money. 

Because I got those weird club/not club collars on these shirts, it was decided immediately that the only way to wear them is pinned. So much the better with a real pin. It really does hold things together far better than my old falsie. There's no turning back now. I also really dig the combination of the round white collar and pin with a striped tie and a big fat shawl collar sweater. Got a nice 1930s vibe about it, no?
As a side note, I've discovered that paired with flannels, a big navy cardigan makes an excellent casual alternative to a blazer, and it has been officially decreed (by me) that a cardigan is best when it's long enough to wear it with at least three buttons open at the bottom.
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10 comments:

  1. Silk RegimentalJanuary 21, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    It's fantastic!

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  2. stylez g. writeJanuary 21, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Like.

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  3. Gentleman's GazetteJanuary 21, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    The collar pin looks great on you. Not long ago, I wrote an article about the collar pin that might be of interest to you and your readers.

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  4. Roger v.d. VeldeJanuary 22, 2011 at 2:15 AM

    This is how my grandfather dressed at the weekends, and you have it down to a tee. It's an excellent look and the tie really sets it off.
    I wear a similar tie with a grey flannel three-piece. I don't have a shawl cardigan like yours, but I did have a knitted vest that went well. I need to get a cardigan!

    Overall, a classic look. I imagine you wearing a straw boater to top it off.

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  5. Yankee-Whisky-PapaJanuary 22, 2011 at 5:54 AM

    The truth is, these longer heavier sweaters call for the bottom 3 buttons to remain open. At first, it seems a bit odd, but the fit goes to 100% with 3 open. If you are standing perfectly still, perhaps more, but since Buckingham Palace doesn't have a Regiment of Curlers standing guard in sweaters, movement is not only expected, but in the design.

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  6. Old SchoolJanuary 22, 2011 at 6:45 AM

    Excellent look. The pin serves to shorten the length of the collar points and also narrow the width between the points.

    Yes, long cardigans defınitely look adult.

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  7. LLPJanuary 22, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    It seems cool and "informed", by some time long ago (i.e., the 1920s or before). But it is too much so and thus a costume; professionals who must in every form of communication command their audience(s) attention with substance (not fashion) are embarrassed. Substance & Style make Content. However cool and sweet it is, save this one for, as Roger noted, your weekend's theme party.

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  8. TRVSJanuary 22, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    I love this look...~M.

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  9. GiuseppeJanuary 22, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    GP,

    therein lies the beauty of dressing this way by choice and not requirement. Such an ensemble would be absolutely inappropriate in a board meeting. But I don't attend board meetings, I work in a wine shop. These togs seem absolutely appropriate for the business of discussing the relative merits of this or that Bordeaux.

    Roger,

    Even I can't manage to make a boater look anything less of a quaint anacronism. Let's not push it, now.

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  10. ADGJanuary 23, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    Bingo. And remember everyone....slide on/clip on collar bars=clip on tie/suspenders.

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