The Male &#x27;Fashion&#x27; Thread IV

Original post by rockrunride

Wow. Magnificent things. Definite dilemma though. £200 is probably my max on any shoe at the moment. Which is a pity as I'd wager you can't get a great pair of Oxfords, for example, for any less.

Conversely (pun unintended), these are 'only' £370:

And the logical upgrade to a style I've championed since 2012. An early Christmas present, perhaps?

Just bought the pair of suede Wallabees I'd been on about before. Sort of a self treat for keeping my job!

Interesting; not my 'type', mind, but tasteful nevertheless. Paired with what?

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Green jeans; pink pinstripe:

(If anyone can recommend a medium-blue blazer fit for a 34" chest, I'd be much obliged.)

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Original post by Profesh

Conversely (pun unintended), these are 'only' £370:

And the logical upgrade to a style I've championed since 2012. An early Christmas present, perhaps?

Interesting; not my 'type', mind, but tasteful nevertheless. Paired with what?

Those boots are beautiful. 34' chest is very slender. You're gonna struggle trying to get that.

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Original post by Peachz

Those boots are beautiful. 34' chest is very slender. You're gonna struggle trying to get that.

My one serviceable blazer is a Topman 'XS', and possibly the best fifteen pounds I've ever spent:

If anyone can find me a similar garment (preferably velvet or moleskin) but in cobalt, the rep will be duly earned.

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Peachz

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Original post by Profesh

My one serviceable blazer is a Topman 'XS', and possibly the best fifteen pounds I've ever spent:

If anyone can find me a similar garment (preferably velvet or moleskin) but in cobalt, the rep will be duly earned.

Have you tried topman again?

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bhav777

Original post by Profesh

My one serviceable blazer is a Topman 'XS', and possibly the best fifteen pounds I've ever spent:

If anyone can find me a similar garment (preferably velvet or moleskin) but in cobalt, the rep will be duly earned.

River Island?

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rockrunride

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Original post by Profesh

Conversely (pun unintended), these are 'only' £370:

And the logical upgrade to a style I've championed since 2012. An early Christmas present, perhaps?

Interesting; not my 'type', mind, but tasteful nevertheless. Paired with what?

Lovely, pair of gems.

Wallabees are a semi desert boot with a bit of a higher sole. I'm used to having a pair of cheap tan suede loafers that look good but don't last, and I thought I'd try something a bit different on a bit of a higher price point to replace them. I'll wear them on pub nights and stuff with slim jeans, and also to work with chinos. Probably won't risk trying them with trousers,

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Original post by bhav777

River Island?

A near-exact replica! I heartily approve. Now all that remains is for me to stake-out eBay in wait for one careful – if fiscally imprudent and sartorially fickle – previous owner (read: Weightwatchers recidivist), and my ensemble will be complete.

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vespa

Original post by Profesh

A near-exact replica! I heartily approve. Now all that remains is for me to stake-out eBay in wait for one careful – if fiscally imprudent and sartorially fickle – previous owner (read: Weightwatchers recidivist), and my ensemble will be complete.

First of all, you want unspaced em dashes (—) not spaced en dashes. You don't customise your font so you can't be fussed with typography like those hippies at Cambridge University Press or Penguin. Since punctuation and grammar are presumably your concerns, the em dash is the best one to use, especially since it serves a completely distinct purpose to the en dash, which is used for chronological ranges and so on.

Second of all, you seriously can't afford to buy that blazer from River Island?

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Original post by vespa

First of all, you want unspaced em dashes (—) not spaced en dashes. You don't customise your font so you can't be fussed with typography like those hippies at Cambridge University Press or Penguin. Since punctuation and grammar are presumably your concerns, the em dash is the best one to use, especially since it serves a completely distinct purpose to the en dash, which is used for chronological ranges and so on.

As my dread, lingering presence on this thread relates I'm as much concerned with the aesthetics of syntax as I am with its grammar, and the spaced en-dash – while a heretical bastardisation of typography – has always sat better with me (and with the British news fraternity) than its Chicago counterpart. And besides which, **** prescriptivism.

Second of all, you seriously can't afford to buy that blazer from River Island?

Well, I could – heck, it took every iota of my self-restraint not to impulse-buy those boots on page 5 – but after squandering £80 last year on a corduroy jacket which I wore all of seven times I've become a little more reserved in my sartorial adventures, not least because I'm acutely aware that I'm far too lazy ever to return anything, however much I might regret the initial purchase.

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vespa

Original post by Profesh

Well, I could – heck, it took every iota of my self-restraint not to impulse-buy those boots on page 5 – but after squandering £80 last year on a corduroy jacket which I wore all of seven times I've become a little more reserved in my sartorial adventures, not least because I'm acutely aware that I'm far too lazy ever to return anything, however much I might regret the initial purchase.

Well, that's because corduroy is a horrible material that should be banned.

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Original post by vespa

Well, that's because corduroy is a horrible material that should be banned.

And... your position on velvet?

I'm asking for a friend.

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Original post by Dubes

What's a decent pair of shoes for the winter between £40-£80 and what type of shoes do people wear to look smart on night out?

Ikon are reasonably well-made and available in a range of styles: http://ikonfootwear.net/index.php?manufacturers_id=10

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