Men's suit, pants question -- cuffs or no cuffs?

That man is an abomination.

 

Hey, that's not his tie, a friend of his left it in Irvin's closet.

 

About pleats (at least with me), I can't fit in no-pleat, flat-front pants. My big arse won't allow it. So i go with pleats and almost always cuffs. I can't think of any pairs of pants I have without pleats/cuffs.

Then again, murcielago knows I'm not exactly fashionable. I try to go with what fits and what works for me.

EDIT: Fixed name.

Also, where the hell are y'all getting the money for these clothes? Jeebus. I can't afford shit.

 

Ragu, I've seen your shape. You want to look slick?

Hugo Boss Jam -- two-button, good lapel with a sweet shadow stitch. Grey with a pinstripe, just a whisper of purple in it. Flat-front pant, skinnier cut (the jacket has a bit of waist in it), but they're not bag-huggers. NO FUCKING CUFFS.

Wear it with a dark brown shoe, crisp white shirt, sharp purple tie.

The suit's not cheap, but it's not ridonkulous, either. You could probably find it for $800. Up here, it's around a grand. But I think it toes that fine line between traditional and modern, and it will last you a long time.

Give it a shot, and when I'm dead, speak well of me.

 

Jones, as always, comes to the rescue.

You just want to hit on Ragu (I saw you two at the TO outing).

Taking a break from your Drink Tour Across America?

 

About three years ago, I met a few of my drinking buddies at a local bar after work. I had my work clothes on - which included a pair of dress pants with pleats (apparently) and cuffs. And a shirt with an open, spread collar that was about two inches two big for my neck. Hideous, but I didn't realize it.

As soon as I walked in, they went absolutely through the roof. I was a laughingstock for the rest of the night, and not 20 seconds went by without more spasms of laughter from some pleat comment. I didn't even know what pleats were! Someone would eye me up and down, then burst out laughing.

Suffice to say, I did some serious studying up after that and have never once since that day been seen in pleats. I can't bring myself to do it.

Oh - and before anyone talks about how I need new friends, etc., etc., etc., they're good dudes. Did me a favor actually. And you all know how guys like to ride each other (not literally).

P.S. I am constantly amazed at how 99 percent of the men in this business have a tin ear to style (including, obviously, myself at one point). I mean, this is how you present yourself to the world. Is it that tough to match belt and shoes? Pants and socks? Not wear pleats? Even editors and people with very high-up jobs don't have the fashion sense of a gawky eighth-grader.

It's fun to look good. It really is. One of the simple pleasures in life.

 

Ragu must be built like he has a heroin addiction if that suit will fit him.

He should consider taking a little HGH and adding some bulk.

Jones - such anger at cuffs - were you once fired by an editor wearing cuffs.

Ragu if you go with the suit that Jones suggests get a pair of bono sunglasses. You will really look stylish.

 

I wouldn't wear anything but rounded-toed. Sometimes when something comes into fashion, you have to ask yourself why it's never been "in" before. Cause it's really ugly, that's why!

 

I like my friends, but I can't think of one I'd take fashion advice from. Most of them don't know, don't care. One of them doesn't even buy his own clothes, his wife picks them out.

 

Hey, you're the one always wearing fancy sportcoats.

My sense of style is my own -- as my parents have often told me. When I need to look nice -- suit or khakis and a sportcoat -- I can pull it off well, down to the dress shoes or Gucci loafers.

The rest of the time, I'll be as casual as I can get away with without demeaning myself or my place of employment. And as long as I can get away with wearing my gazelles, I'm wearing the fuckers because they make me happy.