Important birthday question

[yagathai]

I'm thinking of splurging on an absurd birthday gift to myself. To that end:

[Poll #1646325]

Comments

I think you're a very fine dresser, but

[parrismcb.livejournal.com]

seeing any man in seersucker jackets gives me horrible flashbacks to my WASP father.

Now, if maybe you could add some steampunk decorations, watch gears, optical lenses set in velvet, I could reconsider.

[aghrivaine.livejournal.com]

On any of our gay friends, that would be a fine jacket. Or, if you were to take up, say, barbershop quartet singing. But I believe that jacket would, to put it as politely as possible, send a signal about your preferences different from those you claim to hold.

[planetx.livejournal.com]

You are a dapper man.

But...candy stripes? Unless you're starting a barbershop quartet, I'm not sure ANYONE can pull it off.

[dressdragn.livejournal.com]

Ok, I don't think of it as a question of can I pull it off, but price per wear. It's very disincentive so you can only pull it out of the closet once in a while. On top of that it's summer only, and there will be reality few events that it will be right for.

On the other hand you could so rock that at the jazz age picnic some summer.

Anna

[babyraven.livejournal.com]

Must give props to your Jem icon. I was Jem for Halloween once, many years ago...

[lawbabeak.livejournal.com]

Are you trying to look like Dick Van Dyke in the sidewalk chalk dream sequence from Mary Poppins?

Having been back in the South over a year now, I have seen men pull off seersucker. It's generally the blue and white variety (pink/red and white makes me think of old timey ice cream vendors). You have to have a certain kind of personality to pull it off, and my impression of you is that while your personality is big enough, it's not quite the right flavor.

Also, one must either look Sharp in it, or semi-portly. You do not currently have the physique for Sharp. You are not a portly person, but seersucker would do that to you.

[mer-moon.livejournal.com]

I have faith that you could wear this with aplomb.

'sides, so what if a few people think, Huh, icecream/singing/lollipops? (It *does* put me rather in the mind of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9B_6PH4dhU )

[caudelac.livejournal.com]

/signed, esp the part about apolmb.

[eefster.livejournal.com]

We've discussed this. While you may well be able to carry it off, I do not think it's a wise purchase. Not now, not even on sale.

[lacyintx.livejournal.com]

I am sure you would wear it well, however I am not sure you would want to. I trust you to look good in anything, but I don't trust this jacket. I also agree with the price per wear comment above. It is very.... distinctive.

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

Not unless you're trying out for a road production of The Music Man.

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

"I have one word for you, friends, and that word is... monorail."

[xtingu]

Amen.

[mr-earbrass.livejournal.com]

I didn't see a "I have no idea but I would certainly love to see you try" option so I went with the one that seemed closest to that.

[ms-violet.livejournal.com]

I think you could, but not between September and May.

Extra points for adding crisp white T-shirt and jeans.

[babyraven.livejournal.com]

Your shoulders are too broad for that cut. And those stripes would not be flattering on 99.999% of the population.

[blanchemains.livejournal.com]

I think that in your particular city it would come across as costume-y, which is fine, as long as that is what you intend. May I suggest waiting to find a similar jacket second-hand and see how it would fit into your wardrobe before making such a big investment?

I've been meaning to ask- did you get the boots?

[glamour-junkie.livejournal.com]

Keep walking... That's not the one for you.
Electric blue blazer? Bright orange? Sure, you've got the style chops for that. Not this one.

Of course, if it makes you happy and you still want it, do it. It's your birthday. :)

[saltedpin.livejournal.com]

I like that jacket a lot (though not having seen you irl I can't comment on whether it would suit you), but I'm not sure about the price vs. the number of times you could wear it.

Take it from someone who has a red and white herringbone tweed skirt that cost $300 and a dark grey knife-pleated skirt that also cost $300 -- I love the tweed to death, but there's no way I'm going to get that much wear out of such a distinctive garment. The knife-pleated one gets trotted out regularly.

So I guess the moral of the story is... how often will you wear it?