seersucker suits

[Tomasso]

Lilac and white, lord ha' mercy, I'd sooner die than be caught wearing that!

Why?

 

[davestlouis]

I'd feel like I was wearing a costume of some sort...I would wear a shirt in the lilac and white, just not a whole suit.

 

[davestlouis]

tomasso, I'm looking at those swatches you posted, and had a thought...wouldn't the creme tend to look dirty, compared to the white background? Or would the white get grungy and become a cream color with repeated use and laundering anyway?

 

[Fu Manchu]

mmm...

That "white shadow stripe" looks amazing. It would be like wearing natty, tailored pajamas to work.

 

[davestlouis]

I'd feel like Mr Roarke on Fantasy Island in an all-white suit...de plane, de plane!

 

[Tomasso]

I'd feel like Mr Roarke on Fantasy Island in an all-white suit...de plane, de plane!

I suppose that's one way to look at it .....

I prefer another.....

 

[davestlouis]

Say what ya want, Cary Grant was a good looking guy. Some pics of him as an older man are amazing...I have a practical issue with really light-colored suits...I have 7 kids and 3 dogs, and the chance of my getting out of the house, much less anywhere fun, in a white or off-white suit is somewhere between slim and zilch!

 

[Tomasso]

I have a practical issue with really light-colored suits.

Who doesn't

But these comments led me to believe that it was more that an issue of practicality:

I'd feel like I was wearing a costume

I'd feel like Mr Roarke

 

[davestlouis]

Oh yeah, no question I'd feel funny wearing white. I'm so used to seeing myself in charcoal gray wool that I'd feel really strange in such a light color.

 

[WH1]

Did anyone else happen to see Terrell Owen's suit at the Kentucky Derby yesterday. It was a 3 piece, peak lapel, single breasted, 2 button in what looked like traditional seersucker. It looked pretty sharp IMHO. First time I have ever seen one like it and I liked it a lot.

 

[1961MJS]

Hi

While the concept of my wearing white is a giant spaghetti sauce incident waiting to happen, all white would be better than the whole pastel stripe thing, too Baskin Robbins.

Later

 

[samtemporary]

What type of fedora with a seersucker?

I'm thinking of getting one for the south Florida climate where I live and work. Suede bucks are a given, but I wasn't too sure on the color/fabric of the top piece. Any suggestions?

Thanks - you guys are the Keepers of Class!

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

Hat with seersucker?

As I see it, you have three choices:

1) Panama
2) Panama
3) Panama

 

[Mario]

Beg yer pardon, but you forgot to mention a Panama!

 

[samtemporary]

Thank you gents - Panama hat it is!

 

[BurlyNate]

As I see it, you have three choices:

1) Panama
2) Panama
3) Panama

boater

 

[Charlie74]

I had a seersucker suit which I wore with white bucks and usually wore a bowtie with it. The trousers did have cuffs. Unfortunately, the closet atmosphere has shrunken the suit so I can no longer wear it

 

[Fletch]

Senate Seersucker Thursday is June 17

That said, I disapprove of such a day. It's a bit of classic Washington misdirection. What Seersucker Thursday is really intended to do is not to make light-colored clothing appropriate for the dance of power, but to make it exceptional - to effectively restrict it to one ceremonial day.

 

[carldelo]

boater

Or a Milan straw...

 

[Richard Warren]

On Monday I wore a light-weight blue wool blazer, and sweltered. On Tuesday, I wore seersucker, and was as cool as could be.

BTW the pants have cuffs and the shoes were brown penny loafers.