Wednesday 6 May 2015

Richard's Wear 7 May 15 Thurs


 This is a suit I made about 15 years ago of stretch 
light weight (for summer) burgandy material with two obi patterns of patches.   It is VERY comfortable in mid-spring-mid-summer weather.  The sleeves are remove-able and the front (if you blow the photo up) is open not overlapping, which lets the whole jacket breathe in hot weather--a BIG difference from usual trite men's jacket designs by ALL the famous un-imaginative brands that TV apes.  

The shirt inside is gorgeous kimono material with a subtle pattern and wonderful light reflectance.   I have exaggeratedly large collar and cuffs on it and overly long sleeves as extra sleeve length is perceived by folks as "rich looking".   The collar is detachable (I have two others for this shirt) so I usually wash only the collar once every 3 to 5 years (I have 600 suits and shirts so I do not wear anything more than a day or two.  
The leg uses patches from the same two obis but randomly shaped (not pseudo-randomly shaped).  Our research found true random shapes attract eyes best and longest.   The back is a pseudo random shape, however, that out-tested true random ones we generated---we have NO idea why this works best.   From a distance it is clear NO designer item of clothing, male or female, in the world has this combination of shapes and obi patch patterns so UNIQUENESS or an EYE MYSTERY is generated from 5 or more meters away.   

The hat is a normal cheap looking crap hat with the shitty band manufacturers put on it thrown away and a ladies belt used as replacement = commonsense.   NOTHING from a manufacturer is not terribly ugly.    You HAVE TO WEAR IT to appreciate how much BETTER it feels in hot weather than any other kind of material out there.   Stretch, very thin, open front, sleeveless---this is VERY comfortable to wear today!!!   Probably I will wear it a few more days this week.   I have blue one to replace it with--when eyes get tired of burgundy.   

The necktie--as all my neckties--was HATED by the Chicago Bulls of the Michael Jordan era---that is, I bought it at the 2 shops on Roosevelt Road frequented by Michael Jordan (where his elegant suits came from) DURING their annual August sale (whatever for a year no one bought was marked down to 1/3 or less usual sky high prices.   

I looked at 22,000 neckties all over the internet a year or so ago and could find NOTHING like the pattern on this and my other Hated by Chicago Bulls neckties.   History does NOT repeat itself in neckties so much then.  






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