tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post6028834952273966229..comments2024-03-15T04:27:26.708-07:00Comments on An Affordable Wardrobe: Italo-American StyleJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212956969066796818noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-12997129918852586152013-08-18T05:37:36.781-07:002013-08-18T05:37:36.781-07:00Yeah you have a point that men's clothing can ...Yeah you have a point that men's clothing can be easy, because good stuff tends to go with other good stuff. We can wear fashionable and affordable clothes if we are creative and imaginative just like <a href="http://sparklesrhinestones.com/" rel="nofollow">Wholesale rhinestones</a>, its affordable and fashionable. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535346162005473175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-77252693074661231592013-08-06T18:05:00.560-07:002013-08-06T18:05:00.560-07:00Just a general comment... I've been following ...Just a general comment... I've been following your blog for a year and always find your advice worth reading. I live in a small tourist town on the west coast where the only men who wear jackets or suits are the lawyers at the county courthouse. Around town and where I work, most men my age (mid-50s) wear baggy jeans and T-shirts, so my button down shirts and chinos are almost formal. Maybe the west coast is a little more casual than the rest of the country. Even when I go into the city, I aim for Tom Ripley on a good day or Dickie Greenleaf on a bad day. Smart, but not too smart.Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423717999872991379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-54763876877598782602013-08-02T16:21:01.412-07:002013-08-02T16:21:01.412-07:00I'm with JMC.
As a Midwesterner who isn't...I'm with JMC.<br /><br />As a Midwesterner who isn't likely to make it Bostonward anytime soon, I say go ahead and pepper us with shop-talk. I would rather hear of your successes than guess at them.<br /><br />Thanks again for the penny loafers.Masonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-27610186977495960562013-08-01T12:09:45.883-07:002013-08-01T12:09:45.883-07:00hogwash! we're all a part of this story and y...hogwash! we're all a part of this story and your advice isn't all that ground-breaking anyway. we read the blog as fellow travelers, and we have an interest in things you have an interest in. didn't blog readers invest in this store anyway? you better keep us updated. and please, stop apologizing when you post about it - we're interested, ok? we need more stories and less advice from the internet men. <br /><br />if you want to give advice, have some workshops! (i emailed about that a while back). JMCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-47717343163512857292013-08-01T08:57:21.194-07:002013-08-01T08:57:21.194-07:00There seems to be a general American opinion that ...There seems to be a general American opinion that American clothes are loose and European clothes are slim, but it's simply untrue. In Italy (and in old Italian films) predating the mid 60s, it's clear to see that clothes were fuller-cut, like almost everywhere else clothes were being cut at that time. English clothes aside from fashion trends and drawings, were also cut fuller and you can still get that cut.<br /><br />I also read statements along the lines of "we Americans, being a bit bigger in the chest/ shoulders..". This is also a myth spread by the likes of Alan Flusser. It makes no sense anyway, since the genetic origins of all white Americans is European there can't possibly be a typified structural difference other than that caused by food intake. America has its fair share of 9 stone weaklings and short-arses. Europe has its share of well-built types. <br /><br />Here in Benelux the three most commonly sold jacket sizes are 52, 54, 56, (equated to 42,44 and 46 U.S. sizes). It's true also for places like Germany and 50/52 are also widely sold in Italy. So please let us stop this business of 'small/slim European clothes'. The absence of a balloon seat and 60 inch waist on trousers does not make them 'slim'.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00354635601579291164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-23492874184003317652013-08-01T07:34:41.112-07:002013-08-01T07:34:41.112-07:00I like to think that my solid navy ties (repp and ...I like to think that my solid navy ties (repp and knit) add a bit of Italian flair to my otherwise pure Ivy outfits.Boston Beannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-80264462958576397452013-08-01T06:26:06.656-07:002013-08-01T06:26:06.656-07:00You're repping University of Illinois, hard, w...You're repping University of Illinois, hard, with this Orange & Blue combo. I-L-L! I-N-I!Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301435928833071586noreply@blogger.com