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I don't normally see the point of publishing negative posts based entirely on criticism but I couldn't help it...
Is it just me or is this jacket just ridiculous from every possible aspect?

Luca wrote: Is it just me or is this jacket just ridiculous from every possible aspect?

Dear Luca,

you are a bit harsh, everybody has to start somewhere . So if the gentleman is 22 and wearing his first DB, why not.

Of course, it is too short and too tight. I wouldn't want to see him moving his arms.

Cheers, David

davidhuh wrote:.. everybody has to start somewhere

David is right. We all have to start somewhere with our DBs.
You should see the way this young gentleman dresses nowadays....

Luca, it's a very short jacket. which other aspects of it do you find ridiculous ?

We should take some solace from the fact that lots of young guys are now used to wearing shirts, ties and jackets. I may not share their taste for very tight clothes, but at least they're dressing up again, which is a distinct improvement on what went before.

I don't mind the tight-fitting look. It has been fashionable many times across the centuries and more than once in the 20th century only, which for me means that it isn't per se wrong or bad-looking. Extremely close-fitting coats have been the trademark of upper classes, when tight was standing for 'bespoke' and loose was standing for middle-class' ready-to-wear. Sometimes it also meant utilitarian workwear, like in navy uniforms or fishermen's ganseys. Propriety is also a very loose quality nowadays, so I don't feel like having much to say about someone's coat, especially when three quarters of the men sitting on the train buy shirts with collars two size bigger, keep the top button undone and the knot of the tie in the middle of their chest.

especially when three quarters of the men sitting on the train buy shirts with collars two size bigger, keep the top button undone and the knot of the tie in the middle of their chest.

(are you sure it is only three quarters?)

David

Amongst the younger crowd these days, this is the 'very stylish' shirt-tie-trouser-jacket combo. I emphasize VERY, as this is what their taste seem to prefer. I blame GQ (or any other magazine publishing to help sell the big brand names' clothes), they often show jackets that are too short, shirts that are too tight, lapels that are too slim etc. The interesting thing to me is that this really was a look of the Dior Homme by Hedi Slimane era that started over ten years ago, and yet people still seem to linger on to it. I realized a 'trend' tend to last 10-20 years no matter how bad it is (think crocs, cargo pants etc).

I will like to see men's fashion/style magazine promote the right way to dress, I personally believe men should not be loud with their clothes, leave the fashion and show to the ladies, they do it much better than men anyway. People should see the man well dressed as oppose to a well dressed man.

Too short?!?
It's practically a Bolero jacket...

Nothing against double-breasted (of course) and I agree that the currnet fashion for "dressing up" is miles ahead of the preceding "appear to be a convict" look. In the small picture the effetc is not as startling as in the larger version on the BB website. It looks like a man wearing a young boy's jacket.

Luca wrote:It looks like a man wearing a young boy's jacket.

Luca, I guess that's the idea behind

Beyond that, I prefer my jackets to be on the short side, too. Of course, there is a fine limit between short and too short. But I would still advise anyone to err on the short side rather than the long one...

Costi wrote:

Luca wrote:It looks like a man wearing a young boy's jacket.

Luca, I guess that's the idea behind

You mean a Ganymede sort of situation?
Not Brooks B., surely..

I agree with you, Costi, that the current fashion for jackets that don't drape too low on the body and fit a bit more snugly is good, but in mnay "fashion" garments it's taken to ridiculous lengths (or should I say, "shorts"? heh, heh).

What does the great brain of LL think about the ideal jacket length?

I don't know, let's ask him!

As for myself, I prefer as short as possible before "too short". Buttocks covered is OK for me, but this is no fixed rule - only the eye can tell each of us what the limits of acceptable length are. However, I think we should seek to determine the individual upper limit, rather than the lower one (as in "how long can my coats be before they look inherited").
If Zeus wants me in Olympus for this, then how can I oppose - but I tend to spill glasses a lot...

From an interview given in 1957 by Fred Astaire to GQ Magazine:
“ The coat should be just long enough to cover the rear. The way most of them are today, they nearly reach the knees. I put on one belonging to a friend about my size the other day and I swear it came down to my knees."

Costi wrote:

As for myself, I prefer as short as possible before "too short". Buttocks covered is OK for me, but this is no fixed rule - only the eye can tell each of us what the limits of acceptable length are.

Costi, You have perfectly got the point.

Angelo

Angelo, great to be in such good company

Luca wrote:
What does the great brain of LL think about the ideal jacket length?

A question asked, but never quite answered. So, what does the great brain(s) of LL think?

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