28 September 2008

Seersucker Scenarios



Should I buy a seersucker suit? If yes, where can I find a great one? If no, where can I find a decent one? Oh, and what shoes should you wear with it?


Your battery of questions raise one (1) very crucial question:
Why do you think you might need a seersucker suit? Are you going to the Kentucky Derby? Are you attending an outdoor summer wedding in the Hamptons?

Assuming you really, truly need a seersucker suit, here are some answers:
  1. Check vintage stores for a stylish, period seersucker suit. You might even be so lucky as to find a straw hat (always check for fleas if you buy a used hat).
  2. Don’t buy a cheap suit or you will look like you are sporting a glorified paper towel.
  3. Traditionally, you wear a light-colored, buckskin lace-up with red-rubber soles or a similar-colored saddle shoe with a seersucker suit. However, saddle shoes are seriously dorky, so I suggest you consider red tranny patent leather platforms just for fun. At worst, you’ll sprain an ankle. At best, you’ll be forced to stay home because you can’t walk.
XO,
Adj.

1 comment:

skillet-thief said...

Just make sure all the lines are running the same way and you'll be fine.

There is my advice.