From J. Crew

[Matt Deckard]

http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod71857697&catId=cat75539

 

[Zemke Fan]

Great jacket, Matt...

And a great sale price currently. Too bad there's such a limited selection left!

 

[Matt Deckard]

So I can get the waist coat and the jacket though not trousers? That's not fair!

It's always about going out half shod thses days... what's the gimmick at this shop? They have nice suits too... lapels are a bit narrow per the modern aesthetic, though if they are going to make a matching vest and jacket they better bllody well make the trouser to go with the outfit.

I want a nice tweed suit. It's hard for me to buy off the rack... If it's piece meal then give me all the parts. That's all!

 

[Feraud]

I bought this sweet herringbone pattern suit from The Gap about six years ago. It bugs me there was no vest available!

 

[Matt Deckard]

Well trousers and jacket to me are always a better combo than jacket and vest with mismatched trousers. I do it, though I prefer the three piece look to the two pieces on top and different lower half.

 

[Feraud]

That is a good point. Better to have a two piece suit than a vest and jacket alone. I fdid find a vest that goes with my suit if you do not look too closely.

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

I got the ladies version of this tweed suit. It's very vintagey, and so cute, with suede elbow patches and a cute aline skirt.
JCrew used to be my favorite store. For a few years they were selling very high quality clothes, albeit they were pricey, they tend to go on sale quite quickly. The one near me has good service, I actually have a personal shopper who gets me invited to private sales when the store is closed. They usually offer this service for free, and the sales they have are really good. I wouldn't pay full price fo anything from them.

 

[RaasAlHayya]

They're all gone now. :eusa_doh:

--Leslie

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Well trousers and jacket to me are always a better combo than jacket and vest with mismatched trousers.

As usual, you have a good point. However, it's quite British to wear a matching tweed jacket and waistcoat with completely different trousers. This is a strictly country look: the trousers would be made of moleskin or whipcord, for example.


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[Marc Chevalier]

J. Crew used to be my favorite store. For a few years they were selling very high quality clothes ...

In the early 1990s, J. Crew was my favorite store for menswear. It was much better than that era's Brooks Brothers, and was on a par with Ralph Lauren.

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[Matt Deckard]

They were, and if they keep up the pace they will be again.

I just hope Banana Republic keeps on it's new coarse of reintroducing their safari wear here and there... they do more repro and I might just buy some adventure gear at the place that made it cool again.

 

[scotrace]

HS&M is showing a camel sportcoat this year. Pick-stitched and with ticket pocket, rather form fitting.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Sounds like a 2006 homage to a '70s homage to the '30s. We live in recycled times.

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