[Trad-ish]

If I ever go with a hat for seersucker, I think I'm going to go the coconut straw route like this pic from HTJ:

 

[Stubbly]

That hat looks good on him, and goes well with seersucker. I'm not sure this hat would look good on me. Finding the right hat can be a challenge for some people, while other people seem to look good in almost any hat.

If I ever go with a hat for seersucker, I think I'm going to go the coconut straw route like this pic from HTJ:

 

[Dieu et les Dames]

I feel this pain.

Finding the right hat can be a challenge for some people, while other people seem to look good in almost any hat.

 

[orange fury]

That hat looks good on him, and goes well with seersucker. I'm not sure this hat would look good on me. Finding the right hat can be a challenge for some people, while other people seem to look good in almost any hat.

With that said, I do want a boater. I've never tried one on and have absolutely no idea how it would look on me (other than "extremely affected"), but regardless, I want a boater lol.

 

[orange fury]

Update: dragging this thread up from a couple pages back, but yesterday I found a NWT Haspel blue/white seersucker suit for under $150 online and immediately snagged it. It's a 38L jacket/34x34 pants, and even though I normally wear a 38R or 40R, the measurements seemed to be spot on for my requirements. The pats will need to be hemmed (since I'm usually a 30" or 31") but that's a quick trip to the tailor. May even do cuffs with the excess.

I'll post it in the Feb Acquisitions thread when it comes in, but I thought I'd update here that I was able to find what I was wanting. Also, as an aside, I also got some RL Preston's in seersucker, that's apparently going to be my clothing theme this summer lol.

 

[Fading Fast]

Update: dragging this thread up from a couple pages back, but yesterday I found a NWT Haspel blue/white seersucker suit for under $150 online and immediately snagged it. It's a 38L jacket/34x34 pants, and even though I normally wear a 38R or 40R, the measurements seemed to be spot on for my requirements. The pats will need to be hemmed (since I'm usually a 30" or 31") but that's a quick trip to the tailor. May even do cuffs with the excess.

I'll post it in the Feb Acquisitions thread when it comes in, but I thought I'd update here that I was able to find what I was wanting. Also, as an aside, I also got some RL Preston's in seersucker, that's apparently going to be my clothing theme this summer lol.

Nothing wrong with a seersucker-themed summer. I have noticed that as even traditional manufacturers like Haspel hew to the new skinnier fit / shorter jacket aesthetic, one who is trying to maintain a more Trad fit has to adjust their purchases as you did. I would bet your 38L is the same length as a 38R would have been a few years back.

 

[orange fury]

Nothing wrong with a seersucker-themed summer. I have noticed that as even traditional manufacturers like Haspel hew to the new skinnier fit / shorter jacket aesthetic, one who is trying to maintain a more Trad fit has to adjust their purchases as you did. I would bet your 38L is the same length as a 38R would have been a few years back.

Essentially, yes. I measured the navy blazer I'm wearing today (which is a 38R), and the only differences I saw between that and the measurements the seller posted was that the sleeves are a touch longer on the Haspel (which I'm fine with, since the sleeves on my blazer are a bit shorter than I would like).

I did pay yesterday around noon and it still hasn't shipped yet, so the jury is still out on how this transaction goes...

 

[Fading Fast]

Essentially, yes. I measured the navy blazer I'm wearing today (which is a 38R), and the only differences I saw between that and the measurements the seller posted was that the sleeves are a touch longer on the Haspel (which I'm fine with, since the sleeves on my blazer are a bit shorter than I would like).

I did pay yesterday around noon and it still hasn't shipped yet, so the jury is still out on how this transaction goes...

My Ebay experiences - as long as the seller has a very good rating - have been on the whole good, so hopefully your jacket will ship quickly.

 

[Reuben]

Essentially, yes. I measured the navy blazer I'm wearing today (which is a 38R), and the only differences I saw between that and the measurements the seller posted was that the sleeves are a touch longer on the Haspel (which I'm fine with, since the sleeves on my blazer are a bit shorter than I would like).

I did pay yesterday around noon and it still hasn't shipped yet, so the jury is still out on how this transaction goes...

Relax, man. You've got plenty of time for it to arrive before easter. Some people ship faster, some ship slower, and some just don't update As long as it's within five business days, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[WillBarrett]

When our local Parisian stores became Belks, I shed many tears. Gone were the days when the stores would carry Zegna, RLPL, RT 7-fold and BOC, etc.etc. Now the best that they carry is standard Polo, T.Bahama, and for ties XMI and Countess Mara... just not the same. Our store in Trussville had some Haspel seersucker separates last year. Minimally lined with fairly natural shoulders, they just felt cheaper than the garments that I used to sell at the original Macy's (before the Federated acquisition).

Couldn't agree more. Even Preswick and Moore dress shirts were occasionally made in USA or at least Hong Kong - they were of very solid quality. The real sandess is that a man could once walk into a department store - not just a men's shop - and walk out with very high quality garments that would last a very long time. Today, once has to either go to a high end department store like Saks or a high end men's shop. This is a real mark of decline.

 

[orange fury]

Relax, man. You've got plenty of time for it to arrive before easter. Some people ship faster, some ship slower, and some just don't update As long as it's within five business days, I wouldn't worry about it.

Lol I didn't mean to give the impression I was worried about it. I bought it from a seller that I haven't done business with before and I saw a couple reviews after the purchase about bad communication, I just meant that I wasn't making a judgement about the transaction until I had the suit in hand. Either way, it shipped yesterday afternoon, so I should get it next week.

In any case, I just moved last weekend and am getting married next weekend, I have too much on my plate right now to worry about a suit shipment I have no control over lol :icon_smile_wink:

 

[Fading Fast]

Lol I didn't mean to give the impression I was worried about it. I bought it from a seller that I haven't done business with before and I saw a couple reviews after the purchase about bad communication, I just meant that I wasn't making a judgement about the transaction until I had the suit in hand. Either way, it shipped yesterday afternoon, so I should get it next week.

In any case, I just moved last weekend and am getting married next weekend, I have too much on my plate right now to worry about a suit shipment I have no control over lol :icon_smile_wink:

Orange Fury, congratulations on the wedding, the best for a great day, honeymoon and, most importantly, marriage.

 

[orange fury]

Orange Fury, congratulations on the wedding, the best for a great day, honeymoon and, most importantly, marriage.

I appreciate it, we've been dating for over four years and engaged for a year and 3 months of that, so it's been a long time coming, but we're excited to be this close to starting "real life", as it were.

...also, I'm looking forward to posting my tux in WAYWT that morning. Priorities, you know :icon_smile_big:

 

[Titus_A]

With that said, I do want a boater. I've never tried one on and have absolutely no idea how it would look on me (other than "extremely affected"), but regardless, I want a boater lol.

There was, at one point about four years ago, a gentleman who waited of summer mornings at a bus stop on Harding Pike in west Nashville wearing a boater. I envied him.

 

[Fading Fast]

I appreciate it, we've been dating for over four years and engaged for a year and 3 months of that, so it's been a long time coming, but we're excited to be this close to starting "real life", as it were.

...also, I'm looking forward to posting my tux in WAYWT that morning. Priorities, you know :icon_smile_big:

All good things and best wishes, but "a long time" is relative as my girlfriend an I have been dating for 17 years - it's all what works for you.

 

[MaxBuck]

I just moved last weekend and am getting married next weekend ...

Wow, lots of stress there (even though it's mostly good stress!). Can be a dangerous thing; take good care of yourself. And congratulations on the nuptials!

 

[sleepyinsanfran]

whoa - congratulations.

i personally cant bear to wear seersucker, from all the british-colonial imagery it evokes. i'm probably overthinking it

 

[Fading Fast]

whoa - congratulations.

i personally cant bear to wear seersucker, from all the british-colonial imagery it evokes. i'm probably overthinking it

Is seersucker associated with British Colonialism? I tend to think of linen suits for that and seersucker as a southern gentleman / New England prep thing - but my clothes history knowledge is not deep.

 

[Trad-ish]

whoa - congratulations.

i personally cant bear to wear seersucker, from all the british-colonial imagery it evokes. i'm probably overthinking it

I'd say you were over thinking it. Seersucker suits originated in New Orleans. The fabric is older but wasn't incorporated into suits until Haspel did it.

 

[Reuben]

whoa - congratulations.

i personally cant bear to wear seersucker, from all the british-colonial imagery it evokes. i'm probably overthinking it

Khakis are vastly more British-colonial than seersucker.

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