Would you wear this in public?

[Rooster]

Just found this today. It's light blue and grey wool. Is the color a little to obnoxious to be worn in public? If it was cream and brown I'd be a little more comfortable with it. And what's up with the pants, no belt loops or suspender buttons. Big ol' lapels, but I'm gueesing it's a late 70's or 80's product. Am I wrong?
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/***maker/bluesuit1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/***maker/bluesuit2.jpg[/IMG]

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Don't see why not.

bk

 

[MrBern]

Whats wrong with Blue & Grey? Its not like its lavendar & pink...

 

[Tomasso]

Is the color a little to obnoxious to be worn in public?

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Public, private, wherever

I would love to see a man wear that suit.

 

[The Wingnut]

...as long as it's actually wool and cut / drapes properly. A lot of those '70s suits had a 'thick' quality to the details and cut that looked horrible.

 

[Feraud]

I would wear it with a black shirt and loud, fat tie.
Gray hat too.

 

[jamespowers]

I would wear it with a black shirt and loud, fat tie.
Gray hat too.

Why is that bringing up an image from an old Kojak episode in my mind? Not the suit on you but the ensemble.
I think I might also be hearing the theme from Shaft.

Regards,

J

 

[jamespowers]

Yep, I do hear it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZzBrxj-Gjo

 

[The Wingnut]

Beware the ides of March, baby.

 

[The Wingnut]

...I might mention that changing the buttons from the monochrome look to a contrasting color may be a critical detail for steering it away from being obviously '70s. A dark blue or gray horn would probably work.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Actually, Kojak's jacket looks pretty darn cool in that photo. (What little we can see of it.)

 

[The Wingnut]

Indeed. I noticed what a nice pattern that is after I posted it.


...funny thing, I was pretty bald as a baby and a toddler, so my parents nicknamed me Kojak.

I like Tootsie Pops, too.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Indeed. I noticed what a nice pattern that is after I posted it.

See, that's the frustrating thing about some '70s clothes. In a few details, they're spot-on golden era. But in many other details, well ...

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[The Wingnut]

No doubt. So many great fabrics and details wasted in that era.

The early '70s weren't so bad, but as the decade progressed, it got so much worse. By the time I was born, the disco era was just starting to bloom and even the more pedestrian fashions were getting horrid.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

By the time I was born, the disco era was just starting to bloom and even the more pedestrian fashions were getting horrid.

I was 11 years old when the disco era really bloomed. Imagine the nightmare of hating it and having to live through it at the same time. That was my purgatory.

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[Tomasso]

I don't belive that Brooks Brothers, Hickey Freeman, Oxxford, H.Freeman, etc......went disco. It was those foreign designers.:eusa_doh:

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I don't belive that Brooks Brothers, Hickey Freeman, Oxxford, H.Freeman, etc......went disco.

Oh, they adapted, all right. Slant pockets on trousers, so-called straight legs that *slightly* flared, lower waistbands, longer jacket vents
and w-i-d-e pocket flaps ... you get the idea.

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[Rooster]

I"M MORTIFIED! I tried the coat and pants on last night to find the pants taper to the knee then flare WAYYYY out to the bottom......They're freakin' BELL BOTTOMS! Oh good Lord!:eusa_doh:
As you folks have pointed out to me , the learning curve is very steep...lol
Now where are my old blue and white spectator platform shoes. Dam they would have gone good with this suit.

 

[Tomasso]

the pants taper to the knee then flare WAYYYY out to the bottom......

They can easily be tapered by a competent tailor for a nominal charge.