[mdellison]

Check out this item that just sold on the bay and critique the pros and cons please....inquiring minds want to know if you would/could see wearing it. Thanks!

 

[outrigger]

As a night club suit I think it would look alright, but the red contrasting button holes on the left sleeve would be a deal breaker.

 

[rgrossicone]

Its certainly not very traditional, but i like it, and would wear it, but I'm free to dress more creatively at my job. In fact, I have a similar suit, a navy Hugo Boss Chalk Stripe. Thats a bit more traditional than this one though, but certainly cool looking...I like the ticket pocket and the double vents...and the bright lining. Maybe a nice fat tie and some bright white sneakers would give it that "creative" look I try for at times.

 

[brokencycle]

Definitely social - not business at all. I am curious though, is there a difference between Oxxford and Oxxford Crest? Is it a lower line? A higher line?

I do notice on that particular one the stripes don't match up well on the breast pocket and with such bold colors it seems obvious to me.

 

[jackmccullough]

Definitely over the top for me, and not because it's black. I think the stripes are way too bold. Oxxford or not, it wouldn't get a second look from me.

 

[Victor123]

A little too flashy for my tastes.

 

[Jim In Sunny So Calif]

Too flashy for me too. Are those red stitches only one one sleeve? If so, that seems rather strange.

Cheers, Jim.

 

[Jovan]

It looks like a Gomez Addams suit if he wore sacks.

... I kinda like it.

 

[eagle2250]

^It certainly fits my definition for over the top!

 

[medwards]

I am curious though, is there a difference between Oxxford and Oxxford Crest?

https://askandyaboutclothes.com/community/showthread.php?t=64032

 

[suitsyousir]

Too flashy for me too. Are those red stitches only one one sleeve? If so, that seems rather strange.

Cheers, Jim.

Almost certainly a custom job to distinguish the wearer (as if the chalk-stripe suit wasn't unusual enough). Sounds like an interesting touch, but red might be a little OTT. Something subdued like a lighter blue or purple would work for me.

 

[dcjacobson]

If you're trying out for the role of Nathan Detroit in "Guys and Dolls," then it is just perfect for you!

 

[johnm]

It looks like a Gomez Addams suit if he wore sacks.

... I kinda like it.

I can think of no better way to put it.

 

[Jim In Sunny So Calif]

Almost certainly a custom job to distinguish the wearer (as if the chalk-stripe suit wasn't unusual enough). Sounds like an interesting touch, but red might be a little OTT. Something subdued like a lighter blue or purple would work for me.

Seems like an odd touch to me.:icon_smile: Maybe he needed that touch to tell his right from his left.

Cheers, Jim.

 

[Matt S]

The red stitching on the one cuff is the most tasteless part of it. The beaded chalkstripe is a bit too thick for a black suit. I don't know if this is the correct way to say it, but the stripe appears to be 3 warp yarns thick. However, I think it would be much nicer at 2 yarns thick. A think pinstripe would also work. A stripe this thick I think would look great on a medium to light grey, but a thinner chalkstripe or pinstripe is needed on a dark suit to avoid the gangster look.

 

[ilikeyourstyle]

I think it is incredibly ugly. I might wear it on Halloween.

 

[StephenRG]

I have a DB suit - not remotely as fine a quality (though it fits me better than it has any right to!) - with a similar looking fabric. I wouldn't wear this because it's SB not DB. IMO you have to go all the way - DB or not at all.

 

[Cardcaptor Charlie]

I've seen worse. I would consider it a regatta blazer and wear it with cream trousers. But the red stitches on the buttonhole is just plain nasty...

 

[Jovan]

The thing is that it's a whole suit, not just a coat.