Thread: The Gentlemanly Arts & the Real World

Originally Posted by Greaser350

... but must ask where on earth you were able to find a flared lapel jacket? I have found a few, but all far out of my current price range. Lately, I've been making due attempting to pass off a single breasted jacket as a sack coat.

It was actually a gift from my Grandfather... Bluntly put, they are LOADED. I mean, my family is well off, my father makes a great income, I'm in a nice college, etc... But... My grandmother could buy this college... They were, before the economical downfall, on the verge of millionaire-ism... They lost a chunk when they cut out of the stock market, but... Well, the money they lost could probably put me through the next year of college if I had no financial aid... With my financial aid, that loss could pay all 4 years, and some of grad school... And this loss barely dented their estate...

I feel guilty saying this... but I've kissed enough ass that I know something in the will has my name on it...

Wow, way off topic...

Point being, my grandfather was also fond of eccentric attire and, delighted that he FINALLY had a grandson with the same interests, set me up with the suit... It's a black Jacket (I don't want to say coat tails, but it has the extended back, with the slit up the middle... Like a peacoat?) with flared lapels (think Circus Ringmaster, but not as ostentatious) with a crushed emerald waist coat (3 buttons on each side, full vest, not a faux back), Plain white shirt, Black Cravat, fitted pants, and a pocketwatch.

It was a great gift, that was when I was 17 (about a year and a half ago) and thankfully it still fits (although the chest is a little snug, damn you college food)

The jacket looks somewhere between these two

Victorian Formal Tailcoat

and

Victorian Cutaway Coat - Black

The top of the front is like the first link, but the bottom of the front doesn't cut away like that... it's more like the second link.. But the back, and the length are a good approximation...

It's still one of the best gifts I've ever gotten, and since then I've added a Reproduction Crush Cap to it (An Opera Top hat, the kind that you can "crush" flat, and slip into the jacket, then pop back open) and a brushed silver cane.

Whew, that was lengthy, sorry guys!

Edit: The waistcoat is the color of the Cutaway coat, but a little more green, but the style is more akin to the tailcoat... God, I wish I had a digital camera... Trying to describe all this is so much more difficult than a picture >.<

Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

It was actually a gift from my Grandfather... Bluntly put, they are LOADED. I mean, my family is well off, my father makes a great income, I'm in a nice college, etc... But... My grandmother could buy this college... They were, before the economical downfall, on the verge of millionaire-ism... They lost a chunk when they cut out of the stock market, but... Well, the money they lost could probably put me through the next year of college if I had no financial aid... With my financial aid, that loss could pay all 4 years, and some of grad school... And this loss barely dented their estate...

I feel guilty saying this... but I've kissed enough ass that I know something in the will has my name on it...

Wow, way off topic...

Point being, my grandfather was also fond of eccentric attire and, delighted that he FINALLY had a grandson with the same interests, set me up with the suit... It's a black Jacket (I don't want to say coat tails, but it has the extended back, with the slit up the middle... Like a peacoat?) with flared lapels (think Circus Ringmaster, but not as ostentatious) with a crushed emerald waist coat (3 buttons on each side, full vest, not a faux back), Plain white shirt, Black Cravat, fitted pants, and a pocketwatch.

It was a great gift, that was when I was 17 (about a year and a half ago) and thankfully it still fits (although the chest is a little snug, damn you college food)

The jacket looks somewhere between these two

Victorian Formal Tailcoat

and

Victorian Cutaway Coat - Black

The top of the front is like the first link, but the bottom of the front doesn't cut away like that... it's more like the second link.. But the back, and the length are a good approximation...

It's still one of the best gifts I've ever gotten, and since then I've added a Reproduction Crush Cap to it (An Opera Top hat, the kind that you can "crush" flat, and slip into the jacket, then pop back open) and a brushed silver cane.

Whew, that was lengthy, sorry guys!

Edit: The waistcoat is the color of the Cutaway coat, but a little more green, but the style is more akin to the tailcoat... God, I wish I had a digital camera... Trying to describe all this is so much more difficult than a picture >.<

I admire how you're unwilling to let your peers or anyone else influence your style of dress! You must also be a drummer, because you clearly walk to your own beat! I tip my hat to you!

My look in high school was even more "old school," if you can believe it. I was a huge Shakespeare fan at the time (I remain one today of course, but it was newer to me at the time and I was simply captivated) and I wanted more than anything to feel like I was a part of that era. While the other guys my age were saving up for cars, concert tickets, Rohypnol, or post-secondary education, every dollar I earned went towards my wardrobe, which, because it was hardly available off the rack, I had to have tailor-made. I wasn't fanatical about historical accuracy or anything, since I was limited in budget and professional resources (my tailor was a woman who used to babysit me when I was really little), so I had to accept the fact that the best I could hope for was to capture the general feel of the era. The look. I mean, the troglodytes who attended my school didn't care whether I dressed "Tudor" one day or "Elizabethan" the next - they beat the crap out of me regardless.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of my costumes from back then either, but they looked something along these lines (picture less facial hair and more pimples!):



To keep this on topic, I eventually lost the spark I once had. Don't let that happen to you. It starts with school...then the job...then the nine-to-five...and it just doesn't stop. Before you know it, it's all about instant coffee, rent or mortgage payments, work shoes that won't give you blisters and...ugh. I'm sorry I brought it up.

Fortunately I can shave pretty quickly, if not faster than the way I used to with disposables, so I've yet to give that up!

This is a great topic, by the way.

Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

It was actually a gift from my Grandfather... Bluntly put, they are LOADED. I mean, my family is well off, my father makes a great income, I'm in a nice college, etc... But... My grandmother could buy this college... They were, before the economical downfall, on the verge of millionaire-ism... They lost a chunk when they cut out of the stock market, but... Well, the money they lost could probably put me through the next year of college if I had no financial aid... With my financial aid, that loss could pay all 4 years, and some of grad school... And this loss barely dented their estate...

I feel guilty saying this... but I've kissed enough ass that I know something in the will has my name on it...

Wow, way off topic...

Point being, my grandfather was also fond of eccentric attire and, delighted that he FINALLY had a grandson with the same interests, set me up with the suit... It's a black Jacket (I don't want to say coat tails, but it has the extended back, with the slit up the middle... Like a peacoat?) with flared lapels (think Circus Ringmaster, but not as ostentatious) with a crushed emerald waist coat (3 buttons on each side, full vest, not a faux back), Plain white shirt, Black Cravat, fitted pants, and a pocketwatch.

It was a great gift, that was when I was 17 (about a year and a half ago) and thankfully it still fits (although the chest is a little snug, damn you college food)

The jacket looks somewhere between these two

Victorian Formal Tailcoat

and

Victorian Cutaway Coat - Black

The top of the front is like the first link, but the bottom of the front doesn't cut away like that... it's more like the second link.. But the back, and the length are a good approximation...

It's still one of the best gifts I've ever gotten, and since then I've added a Reproduction Crush Cap to it (An Opera Top hat, the kind that you can "crush" flat, and slip into the jacket, then pop back open) and a brushed silver cane.

Whew, that was lengthy, sorry guys!

Edit: The waistcoat is the color of the Cutaway coat, but a little more green, but the style is more akin to the tailcoat... God, I wish I had a digital camera... Trying to describe all this is so much more difficult than a picture >.<

That cutaway coat you linked to was what I had in mind, but it is out of my grasp at the moment. I got my spats and gloves at that site. I also would like to add a grey topper and a cane at some point to finish off the loo, but alas I must save slowly. On top of this, the play I'm currently in has required me to cut my hair, making my pompadour hairstyle impossible and limiting me to the 30s and 40s style, no more fifties (which means I can't wear my black pants and tweed coat Elvis style anymore)


Me looking like Buddy Holly


Me looking like Elvis

Anyway, sorry for derailing the topic