Last point first. Stacking like that is typically not allowed but it never hurts to ask. The 25% FF discount will, however, apply to the 2/$1600.

As to appropriateness, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it, no matter what your age.

 

Last point first. Stacking like that is typically not allowed but it never hurts to ask. The 25% FF discount will, however, apply to the 2/$1600.

Excellent, I plan on getting 2 1818 suits.

Would you wear sharkskin year round?

Thanks so much for your reply.

 

For me, sharkskin is an excellent 3 season fabric. The gray is neutral enough to let you play the seasons with accessories.

 

Excellent, I plan on getting 2 1818 suits.

Would you wear sharkskin year round?

Thanks so much for your reply.

I would (wear year round). In fact, I do.

 

The cloth is fine, but I very much dislike the cut.

 

I wish that I had the figure to pull off a suit like that. Alas, that cut would look dreadful on my frame. Anyway, to echo others, you can wear that suit all year if you choose. To me, it would be more of a 3-season suit. However, I am just picky that way.

 

I wish that I had the figure to pull off a suit like that. Alas, that cut would look dreadful on my frame. Anyway, to echo others, you can wear that suit all year if you choose. To me, it would be more of a 3-season suit. However, I am just picky that way.

So when you say 3 season you mean except summer?

 

So when you say 3 season you mean except summer?

People use the term to mean either "except summer" or "except winter." For that one, I'd like "except winter," since it's a light color.

 

^ Yes sorry. I meant 3 season as in except Winter.

 

That's a really nice suit and I wish they offered it in a Madison or Regent fit so I could wear it! :biggrin:

I think something like a sharkskin, nailhead, or tic weave is a good option once you already have a plain weave grey or navy suit.

 

As noted above, perfect 3 season (not winter) suit. IMHO, it's a wonderful wardrobe basic as it is a medium gray suit which leaves you so many options for shirts, ties, etc., but being shark skin, it brings just a little something special to the table (which one only notices subtly). And I don't see anything age-specific about shark skin.

 

So I saw this suit in the store today and actually ending up buying it. In places with definitive seasons I would definitely agree that it's more of a spring, summer, and fall suit. Here in Charlotte, where winter is normally mild and fleeting, I may try to stretch that a bit.

Bear in the mind that this suit does have a bit of a pattern beyond just the traditional sharkskin pattern. It really is nice though and from 10 feet away it just looks like a medium grey suit.

 

When you said stupid, I thought you were going to ask if it was made from real sharks.

I always wondered that myself.

Well is it ?

 

When you said stupid, I thought you were going to ask if it was made from real sharks.

I always wondered that myself.

Well is it ?

People are apt to think it's some form of mock shark.

 

^^Ahhhhhhh...while entertaining such flights of sartorial fantasy, if only sharkskin fabric could be as durable as real shark hide(?)!