Ripense bespoke suit. Les Dandys MTM shirt. Handson tie. Charvet burgundy braces. Stefano Branchini oxblood oxfords.
Off to the monthly lunch with a dozen younger members of the Travellers Club Paris:
The Club’s tie, with its black, orange and white stripes, is probably the single most difficult tie to match with any outfit — at least it’s distinctive, so you’ll never bump in to someone wearing a similar tie who is not actually a member of the Club, but that’s about the only benefit of this god-awful color scheme.
Orazio Luciano La Vera Sartoria Napoletana CMT MTM handmade suit from Jean-Manuel Moreau, from wool & cashmere fabric picked up cheap as odd length on eBay. Thomas Pink shirt with bespoke collar by Moreau. Finsbury black brogues. Charvet gray braces.
H. Hunstman & Sons MTM mohair & alpaca 1B suit, thrifted NWT on eBay. Di Castri MTM shirt. Malo cashmere knit tie, thrifted on SF. Burgundy Charvet braces. Altan antiquated patina oxfords.
Canali suit. Courtot bespoke shirt. Faconnable tie. Green Charvet braces. Gray John Lobb balmoral oxfords, thrifted on loboncoin.fr, patina’d black on the toes, sides and rear quarters by Paulus Bolten.
Vintage handmade DB by Chester Barrie for Harrod’s, thrifted on eBay.
Three lessons from this fit:
1) yellow (Charvet) tie works better on midnight blue suit;
2) diminutive tab collar does in fact work with wider DB lapel, which is somewhat counter-intuitive;
3) widely-spaced stripes can work without looking like Al Capone, so long as the stripes themselves are not too thick.
Paul Stuart suit thrifted on eBay. Charvet tie thrifted at Simon’s.
Gieves & Hawkes birdseye DB thrifted on eBay. Albert Arts shirt. Handson tie. Drake’s ps. Albert’s braces, made by L’Aiglon, exactly the same as Charvet at 2/3 of the RRP. Dimitri Gomez bespoke oxfords thrifted at Albert’s.
Ravazzolo suit. Charvet shirt. Lobb shoes.
Corneliani birdseye suit. Truzzi shirt thrifted on eBay. Charvet tie. Stefanobi oxfords thrifted at Albert’s.
Di Castri bespoke suit, RTW shirt and MTO gray grenadine tie from a Boivin bunch. Houndstooth silk ps. Gray Charvet braces. Finsbury derbies.
Camps de Luca bespoke suit. Profilo Italiano MTM shirt, fatto a mano. Charvet braces. Di Castri tie. Comptoir des Chemisiers ps. Aubercy shoes.
Use of green. Ripense bespoke suit. Finamore shirt thrifted BNWT on eBay. Lander Urquijo gre(e)nadine tie. Comptoir des Chemisiers ps. Charvet green braces. Dimitri Gomez bespoke oxfords.
Boggi tie & shirt from Albini fabric. Bespoke vintage 1999 Cifonelli wool & cashmere suit with muted stripe and herringbone weave, thrifted chez Stephane. Drake’s silk ps. Charvet braces. Finsbury oxfords with rubber sole.
SBPL Gambler MTM suit from a Loro Piana 85% wool 15% cashmere flannel (brushed serge). Charvet RTW shirt. RLPL tie. Emling oxfords.
