[upr_crust]

The mention of 3 piece suits reminds me of the mid 60's when Chipp ran a range of 3 piece suits on the rack. At the end of the season we had about 70 vests that suit buyers left behind in spite of having paid for them.
Paul Winston
chippneckwear.com

You are not the first retailer from whom I have heard such comments.

For myself, I like three-piece suits, both with single and double-breasted waistcoats. I was at Ralph Lauren's mansion at 72nd and Madison recently, and he has, RTW, a navy windowpane double-breasted three-piece suit, with a double-breasted waistcoat. The waistcoat was quite handsome, but fit me like the skin on a sausage, as opposed to the jacket, which fit quite well and comfortably, but overall, the effect was rather odd - all beautiful pieces, but one cannot see the waistcoat when the jacket is buttoned, and wearing a double-breasted jacket open may take a bit more bravado that I am normally able to muster.

Now, if the suit remains on the rack, and gets marked down seriously this spring, maybe I'll pull the trigger - a misplaced sense of thrift can cause better judgment to be seriously clouded .

 

[upr_crust]

I direct you to my posting from this morning to WAYWT:
https://askandyaboutclothes.com/community/threads/what-are-you-wearing-today-2-0.238564/page-175

 

[upr_crust]

This thread, having been bumped recently by Oldsarge's latest postings, caused me to re-read its entries. I noted that someone maintained that one needs a washboard stomach in order to effectively wear a three-piece suit. As a newly minted senior citizen, with the requisite amount of excess avoirdupois one inevitably acquires with age, I beg to differ, with photos of myself, and my three-piece ensembles as evidence to the contrary.

 

[upr_crust]

Even with the dreaded ten pounds the camera adds to a person's body, you look like you still have a washboard stomach at your age (62 and up is a senior citizen, for what it's worth), upr crust. If you're still under 62, you're not yet a senior citizen.

However, if you just turned 65, you've been a senior citizen for three years now (which I guess is still fairly newly minted). I've got 17 years and six days to go before I'm a senior citizen.

Nice to see people taking the time to dress well. Beautiful suits.

Thank you, gentlemen, and for the record, I'm 65 and some small change. Any hint of washboard stomach, however, I will attribute to my tailor, not my abs.

 

[upr_crust]

Speaking of three-piece suits, my attire for today . . .

 

[upr_crust]

I re-iterate . . .

 

[upr_crust]

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WHITE socks? With a suit?

For what is obviously a fashion shoot, anything outlandish that will attract viewer attention is OK. Please note that the suit is a three-piece double-breasted combo, modeled by the impossibly thin actor Tom Hiddleston.

I look lumpy today in comparison, but my socks are a more proper color for my suit.