Mid-October Three-piece Monday. . .

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 with tags still attached for around US$8. I snapped it up, needless to say, took it to the cleaner's the next day, and then to my tailor at the time. With the exception of a few more alterations following some weight loss over about 18 months back in 2020-2021, this number has been one of my favorites ever since.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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Mid-November Monday. . .

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