Office this morning. Into the city for afternoon meetings and a networking event this evening. This is the office outfit, swapping the Cardigan for a Sport jacket this evening. OOTD: Black/Navy Herringbone Cardigan Light Blue Dress Shirt Navy Trousers Naavy/Blue Shadow Strip OTC Dress Socks Antique Brown Calf Lazyman's Meistersinger Lunascope Hope you all have a fantastic Thursday!!

As I’ve shared, I travel a Lt for my job and usually I’m finished my day around 3 pm leaving me with a lot of free time especially on a day like today that saw me see one customer then drive twoish hours and have my afternoon rescheduled until the morning. So I did what I normally do and stopped by the Dillards to take a look around. While there, it was dead, I saw the very nice and informative Charlie. I shared with her about my weight loss and asked her about how to measure , which she offered to do a proper measurement for me. We went on to discuss proper fit of suits, shirts, and pants. She spent the better part of an hour with me, again teh store was empty, and really taught me a lot. She shared the two pictures with me and I wanted to share with y'all as it shows about collars, cuffs, buttons, etc. Hope you learn something.

I rarely get over to the shoe discussion but a recent exchange with @Steven Hotchkiss about three great shoes he inherited from his FiL inspired me. He recieved a horse bit black loafer, a burgundy captoe and a suede penny. Each of these shoes are absolute classics and have so many uses. In fact less popular today but nevertheless timeesss is a cordovan or oxblood (burgundy) leather. Because this color crosses over the hump between outfits that are brown tans or outfits that are blue/greys, it is the most versatile color shoe a man can have in his wardrobe. In doing a little inspirational research on Pinterest for some combos I thought I would share to the whole community if that’s alright Steven. In American classic timeless menswear, shoes are much less restricted than in many parts of the world. The two perfect examples are the loafer and the brogue. In England for example loafers (especially thinner soled ones) are kind of impractical apparently because of the persistent rain as well as the un-even pavement and muddy ground (although this last issue i find a bit odd since many cities in Italy (home to the Gucci loafer) are older than England and have all kinds of surfaces like cobble stones etc). The loafer fits perfectly with the American comfort sensibility-: looser sack fit suit, full cut oxford shirts, button down collars (which are fine with a suit by the way) full leg double pleated trousers etc. while a loafer can be worn with a suit ( as can a button down oxford shirt), unquestionably they are a significantly less formal accessory. Furthermore there are suit loafers and sport coat loafers. This last aspect is dictated by whether the shoe has a moccasin toe(aka apron toe) or raised lake (aka welted toe.) These descriptions can go down some weird rabbit holes- https://shoegazing.com/2023/03/26/guide-types-of-apron-front-and-split-toe-seams/

Today I’m wearing this style: Dark grey shirt Black tie Dark brown suspenders Dark brown trousers Dark brown jacket Black fedora hat Black shoes Actually, this outfit is a couple of days old, but on the day I wore it I didn’t have the chance to post it here. Then I spent a day sick with a fever, so I could only share it two days later. It’s my first time wearing these trousers with the jacket—I actually got them at a big discount, by the way. That’s about it, thanks for reading