I love the unexpected green shoes with this pretty straight forward summer look
I have talked before about matching a pocket square to a shirt, or a tie or sportcoat but I don’t think I have ever considered having it complement your hat-band. Well played sir!
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Paul
August 9, 2006 at 5:55 pm
I love the fit of his jacket. I think he looks very sharp in total. For me, not being a hat person, I find the hate adding too much to the look.
herringbonekid
August 9, 2006 at 6:50 pm
i wouldn’t call this look straight forward at all. the unusual shaped hat gives it a whole other feel.
Carlene
August 9, 2006 at 7:07 pm
This whole ensemble is just so…cool. But his face is the best part.
Tamberk
August 9, 2006 at 7:10 pm
Tres, tres raffine’! tres chic!
love the green shoes!
Kathleen
August 9, 2006 at 7:21 pm
I’m not a fan of the overall look: think it’s too busy, with the shoes, pants, bag, shirt, jacket, hankerchief, hat and hatband all working in different colour families.
But I DO like his shoes, and I LOVE the hat. It looks excellent, and the close-up shows that he’s very secure in the fact that it looks excellent. Good for him! He pulls it off.
WWND
August 9, 2006 at 10:18 pm
Sharp!
david20000
August 9, 2006 at 10:52 pm
The shoes are great, I need a pair. His smug expression seems to identify him as a fashionista, which undermines the seemingly carefree nature of his ensemble.
JA Firebrand
August 9, 2006 at 11:33 pm
Busy no, smashing and confident yes!
The Sartorialist
August 9, 2006 at 11:36 pm
David
thanks for the post
don’t forget some people are more comfortable in front of a camera than others especially when someone stops them in the street
I think the look you are seeing is more one of puzzlement over who I am and why i am stopping him to take his photo
fashmoda
August 10, 2006 at 5:04 am
Shoes, shirt, jacket … perfect. and the hat is gorgeous.
This is a style that should be seen more all over the world. Style not fashion.
Saluti da Milano
Crash
August 10, 2006 at 6:47 am
Very cool, love the details… Shame about the Prada bag…
dcinDC
March 25, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Why a “shame” about the bag? More bag snobbery… He’s got stuff to shlep around New York – what’s the issue with the bag. It’s just a bag!!!
Elessa
August 10, 2006 at 7:22 am
Complimenti per il blog…mi piace…
Nic
August 10, 2006 at 10:00 am
There was one thing that put it into the ‘love’ category for me: shoes! Perfecto! Men don’t experiment with shoe color so much and the green adds a subtle touch.
David
August 10, 2006 at 12:43 pm
The pocket square doesn’t match OR complement the hat band. They both have stripes, that’s all. Colorwise it’s closer to the shirt. My take with pocket squares is that they should pull together disparate parts (colors, patterns, or both) of the WHOLE outfit– they should never “match” any of it!
GusW
August 10, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Green shoes=fashion confidence
whyioughtta
August 10, 2006 at 12:55 pm
I like his look, like the shoes, but I wish he’d chosen a different bag–something more complementary to the summery feel of the ‘ensemble’.
Anonymous
August 10, 2006 at 2:31 pm
I like this alot, but it would look even more refined if he aged 20 years.
The shoes are fantastic. I’ve only ever seen 2 pairs of green shoes, on this man and on Nana Boateng earlier on your blog. They both looked fantastic. Maybe i should invest.
Anonymous
August 10, 2006 at 2:32 pm
oh wait those were yellow with a green jacket.
i’ll have to buy yellow AND green shoes now
Victor
August 10, 2006 at 3:41 pm
Best outfit on the blog for a little while. Some people just can pull it all off. Compliments to the wearer
SuMisura
August 10, 2006 at 11:51 pm
This outfit screams class, tradition and hip. Who says you cant go home again?
Jacket could be luciano barbera, but I’m not positive.
Either way it’s a winner.
martine
August 11, 2006 at 2:05 am
I absolutely love the bag!!! This page is pure undiluted pleasure. As a Frenchwoman I feel flattered that Paris is a favourite locale. But why so few of us older women?
bryan @ shotgunfreude
August 11, 2006 at 2:17 am
those shoes kick ass. I want them.
The combination of all the parts is terrific. Not many people could get away with making that hat fit together. Light jacket with dark pants is easy to screw up but he does it just right.
Anonymous
August 12, 2006 at 12:21 pm
A fashionable version of Indian Jones.
Anonymous
August 16, 2006 at 7:35 pm
now this guy definitely has style! bingo. but he looks a little high-maintenance, which i might find intimidating.