What I am wearing today (13 August 2012)

Today I am wearing a beige colored glen plaid, 3-button, notch-lapel suit; a handloom-cotton, blue/white striped shirt with French cuffs; a silk tie with green and black alternating bold stripes; a Macclisfield printed silk pocket square; a pair of brown cap-toed oxford shoes; and a 1940 vintage Octo, manual winding, military watch.

 

 

 

 

 

What I am wearing today (12 August 2012)

Today I am wearing a silver sharkskin, two-button, notch-lapel suit; a white cotton shirt with tabbed collars and french cuffs; a silk tie with black/white vertical stripes; a white linen pocket square; a pair of black, half-brogue shoes; and a vintage Millennium manual winding watch with a black strap.

 

What I am wearing today (9 August 2012)

Today I am wearing a blazer/trousers combination.  The three-button navy blue notch-lapel blazer has silver metal buttons. The pleated trousers have light blue stripes over dark blue background; the light purple shirt has tabbed collar and French cuffs. Today I am wearing a printed silk tie with paisleys and other patterns over a greenish-blue background. The silk pocket square is yellow. Today I am also wearing a pair of black double-monk shoes and a (?) vintage West End Watch Company, Sowar, Prima, Automatic, Stainless Steel watch.

What I am wearing today (8 August 2012)

Today I am wearing  an ash colored, 1-button, peaked-lapel suit; a plain cotton white shirt with French cuffs;  a printed silk tie in black/white stripes, a white linen pocket square; a pair of black cap-toed oxford shoes , and a 1980 vintage Seiko 5 Automatic Day/Date in Stainless Steel watch

What I am wearing today (7 August 2012)

Today I am wearing  an ash colored glen plaid, 3-button, notch-lapel suit; a medium blue shirt with tabbed-collar and French cuffs;  a printed silk tie in red/blue/mustard blocks; a red silk pocket square; a pair of black cap-toed oxford shoes , and a 1960 vintage Seiko 5 Automatic Day/Date in Stainless Steel watch with black dial.

 

 

What I am wearing today (6 August 2012)

I have a weakness for the color red. Red is my most favorite color. So, whenever I can, I tend to overdo on red. Today I am wearing  a red pinstripe on dark blue, 3-button, notch-lapel suit; a red/white Bengal stripe shirt with French cuffs;  a silk knit tie in blue/red horizontal stripes; a red silk pocket square; a pair of reddish-brown, double-monk shoes; and a 1960 vintage Favre-Leuba, Geneve, Duomatic (automatic) stainless steel date watch with a blue dial.

 

 

 

What I am wearing today (5 August 2012)

Today I am wearing a blue pinstripe over dark blue, three-button,  notch-lapel suit; a blue on blue micro-check shirt with tabbed collar and French cuffs; a blue silk tie with  small white polka dots; a blue silk pocket square;  a pair of black half-brogue oxford shoes; and a 1950 vintage West End Watch Company, Sowar, Prima, manual winding military watch, with black dial and white hour, minute, and second hand. Notice that the watch is rather small (31mm, without crown), characteristic of watches from 30-50s.

 

 

What I am wearing today (2 August 2012)

Today again is a Thursday and like other Thursday’s today I am wearing a blazer/trousers combination. The hunter green blazer is single-button, peaked lapel and with metal buttons. The trousers are brown and the shirt is also brown/white Bengal Stripe. The shirt has barrel cuff. The shoes are brown monk-straps. I am wearing a maroon silk tie with woven white paisley patterns. I am also wearing a maroon silk pocket square.

Though I normally do not wear lapel pins, as an exception I am wearing one today to celebrate the Olympic spirit. This pin is from the Atlanta Olympic of 1996. I visited Atlanta just before the Olympic and this was a souvenir.

Today’s watch is a 1965 vintage Tissot Visodate Seastar Seven manual winding with a golden bazel.

 

 

 

What I am wearing today (1 August 2012)

Today I am wearing a grayish-check, 3-button, notch-lapel suit; a white shirt with French cuffs; a gray/red/blue striped silk tie; a white cotton pocket square; a pair of black cap-toed oxford shoes; and a vintage Rado Purple Horse automatic watch with a black dial.

 

 

 

 

What I am wearing today (31 July 2012)

Today I am wearing an ash-gray, 2-button, peaked-lapel suit; a blue gingham shirt with French cuffs; a blue silk knit tie; a Macclesfield printed silk pocket square in blue; a pair of black cap-toed oxford shoes; and a 1967 vintage Omega Officially Certified Chronometer automatic date watch.