A partly cloudy cool day today here in the Grand Duchy. Probably the last one suitable for cotton chinos until the late Spring. The overall look wasn't bad. A mix of vintage with newer items, reasonably pried with more expensive yielded a pleasing combination. It would have been very comfortable were the high temperature for the day around, say, 70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, but I was a little chilly all day. Oh, how we suffer for our art! Time now, however, to finish the semiannual swap and exchange the chinos and gabardines for corduroys, flannels, and heavier tweeds. Which ain't a bad thing. Not by any stretch. -- Heinz-Ulrich
A much cooler, damp Monday after a rainy weekend on into and through Sunday might. A bit blustery today, so perfect for a vintage Polo wool flannel three-piece suit like this one. Easily one of the softest, coziest, and comfortable suits in the fall-winter rotation. Today worn with vintage Polo braces that feature medium-sized gray and maroon paisleys on a navy background. Well-hidden beneath the vest/waistcoat, but I knew they were there. Worn with the Borsalino fedora and trench coat, I looked as though I had beamed in from the 1940s. No matter, I have reached an age where I am comfortable with not looking like everyone else. And if that sartorial nonconformity brings a chuckle and smile to someone when passing by, so much the better. No one has ever criticized me to my face for dressing thusly. Best of all, and as I have related here before, I found this 40R suit back in 2013 or so in one of my old haunt thrift (charity) shops -- in Bloomington, Illinois no less -- new