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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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I've never worn a suit in my life. For grade 8 graduation and high school prom, I wore a rented tux... I've been mildly interested in looking into getting suits for a while. I may end up needing them for future employment positions, etc. Apparently, one side of my family is getting together next week for a family portrait and we're expected to dress up... My favorite "colors" to wear are white and black respectively. I've always kind of thought that white suits look cooler than black ones, but I don't know the social rules for them... Does anybody know what they are? I've been told that you aren't supposed to wear white suits, but never really understood why... And since I'm more partial to white, I'd like to find out so I better understand what should guide my decision in buying a suit... Any other suit-related advice is also welcome as I have absolutely no experience or understanding of them whatsoever... -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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wearetheborg
Queen of the Universe
June 2003
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Yeah, don't wear a white suit unless you're a gangsta going to your high school prom, or you're a gangsta making a music video. I've seen some grooms wear a white tux, so I guess it would be acceptable for a wedding as well. I vote for a black suit. You could reuse it for just about anything without looking out of place.
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I vote for a white suit. |
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kazzmir
Member #1,786
December 2001
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White top, black bottom. |
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count
Member #5,401
January 2005
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http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/fashiontip_300/389_fashion_advice.html Quote:
When to wear a white suit? Where to wear a white suit?
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Christopher Bludau said: When to wear a white suit? The 1970s.
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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LennyLen said: The 1970s. Michael Jackson was able to get away with it as late as 1987. But otherwise, yeah. Black pls. -- |
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Onewing
Member #6,152
August 2005
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Birthday Suit! ------------ |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Onewing said: Birthday Suit! So that's a second vote for white then.
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OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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Definatelly go for the black or dark one. If not anything else, they look way better than white suits. I've seen the white suits only few times at balls and I can tell you everyone's looking at you. And it's not always the thing you want. From what I've seen the wearers were quite douchebags, who just wanted show themselves. What is more, it's quite hard to get suited up in the white, only good looking shirt under white suit is white and you can't go with black shoes. Basically you look like some pimp, gangsta from bad rap video or 30's era Mafia member. Moreover you'd be frowned upon when showing up in this at work. I think your family wouldn't be pleased as well and if you plan on having only one, think about what would you do in case of attending funeral (that's openly asking for faux-pas). The only occasion when white suit looks good is a wedding and even then you have to be spouse. That said go for the black. [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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bamccaig said: Any other suit-related advice is also welcome as I have absolutely no experience or understanding of them whatsoever... If you can afford the extra money for a bespoke suit, it's worth it.
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Trezker
Member #1,739
December 2001
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Purple! |
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Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006
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Having been raised Roman Catholic, the only time I saw a white suit was at first communion. If the only other choice is black, go with it. Otherwise get a gray suit. By reading this sig, I, the reader, agree to render my soul to Bob Keane. I, the reader, understand this is a legally binding contract and freely render my soul. |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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Hopefully you know who this is...
They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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le_y_mistar
Member #8,251
January 2007
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black suit and have 4 shirts of different colours and keep rotating the shirts ----------------- |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Arthur Kalliokoski said: Hopefully you know who this is...
He looks kida like this guy: {"name":"scummvm_3_4_0-full.png","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/a\/c\/acc97cb5365158f198d37e4d206e58a3.png","w":640,"h":480,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/a\/c\/acc97cb5365158f198d37e4d206e58a3"}
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ixilom
Member #7,167
April 2006
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Definitely not white... Unless you want to look like a wannabe-gansta-dork. ___________________________________________ |
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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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{"name":"598886","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/9\/7\/979860c3719df9fbb88ed9104a8f7eb7.jpg","w":300,"h":225,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/9\/7\/979860c3719df9fbb88ed9104a8f7eb7"} My white suit preference was certainly influenced by Rufus Shin'ra in FFVII. wearetheborg said: Yeah, don't wear a white suit unless you're a gangsta going to your high school prom, or you're a gangsta making a music video.
So if I go for the white I also have to spring for a Glock... I can do that! OICW said: Basically you look like some pimp, gangsta from
OICW said: ...and if you plan on having only one, think about what would you do in case of attending funeral (that's openly asking for faux-pas). I can afford to get a second one, if that happens to come up, or even just for some variation. LennyLen said: If you can afford the extra money for a bespoke suit, it's worth it.
What does that even mean? References
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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bamccaig said: What does that even mean? It means you tell the suit designer what you want, or provide them with sketches or photos, and then they make it from scratch to fit you.
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Jonatan Hedborg
Member #4,886
July 2004
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If you want to be able to use it as anything other than a fashion statement, pick a black suit.
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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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LennyLen said: It means you tell the suit designer what you want, or provide them with sketches or photos, and then they make it from scratch to fit you.
You mean... Jonatan Hedborg said: If you want to be able to use it as anything other than a fashion statement, pick a black suit.
If somebody else is telling me what I have to wear then I might as well hit back a little bit. -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I vote for a white, baggy suit. |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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bamccaig said: but I doubt they can do that in the week or so before the portrait (unless I drop extra to speed it up).
For enough money, you can go to the tailor in the morning, and pick up your suit in the afternoon.
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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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My dad called me up and said that the store he was getting his suit from had a 2-for-1 sale on and that since he doesn't need a second one I can instead go and get one too. That pretty much means though that I was stuck choosing from the sale items... -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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Wearing a white suit is kind of like wearing sunglasses indoors. Or camo pants anywhere. (Except combat.) -- |
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It may have begun sooner though. I always did like gangster flicks and the like.
I could have them make the baggy jeans-like suit in my imagination? Otherwise, I really think it's probably best to let them design the suit... 
Of course, letting them design it custom to fit right and look awesome would be cool, but I doubt they can do that in the week or so before the portrait (unless I drop extra to speed it up)...
So I didn't try asking about a white suit or anything (THIS time) and just settled on a regular boring just-randomly-pick-one-cause-they-all-look-the-same-anyway suit.
