NEW DUDS FROM PORTLAND, FLORENCE

Here's my new suit from Duchess Clothiers of Portland (I was waiting for adjustments on the vest to be completed before I trotted it out, but when my new shirts from Simone Abbarchi came last week from Florence, I caved like a good little peacock and threw the shiny new plumage on my back.


The suit is a deep slate blue color with a subtle windowpane pattern in a more saturated blue. This is my first suit with peak lapels, but they are so modest, slender and pert that they are a rather nice detail, and not the short man's bane as they can sometimes be. The trousers are slim and the 60's style pockets do not bulge out at the hips--something I cannot stand in off-the-rack suits.



I love how the reds and pinks of the new shirt complement the blues of the suit. It rhymes with the Paul Smith tie and the suit's lining, which is a deep crimson (Oops--forgot to photograph that.)



The Missus calls this my "worried dog" look.



She doesn't have a name for this one. Less said, the better.



~W