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G.Q. Gets It Wrong Again

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Sneakers with Suit- Mistake!Men's magazine's are generally awful.(Men's Vogue MAY become an exception) Esquire used to publish some of the best short fiction out there - but now its best contributor is Tucker Carlson.

But GQ has fallen furthest from it's prettified heights into Maxim idiocy. IN a recent issue - they published a pullout that had 25 tips. One of them is pictured here. Sneakers absolutely do not go with a suit. The only possible exception is a seersucker suit paired with pure white Jack Purcells.

But a rule that says "Buy a two button suit." - is useless. Buy a two button suit. Buy a three button suit. Buy a bespoke suit, buy a one button suit with an English cut. Buy a suit from Saville Road - or from a firm famous for shirt-making like Turnbull and Asser. Buy made to measure from Gucci for all I care. If you have the means- don't buy off the rack.

It is no wonder men dress like slobs - if their etiquette magazines (that is what men's magazines are - whether they accept their role with grace or not) have to start off with something like "Buy a two button suit." . It might as well say "Change your underwear everyday - maybe more than once if you are playing sports."

Posted on 9/30/2005 05:23 AM by Registered CommenterMichael Brendan Dougherty in | Comments1 Comment | References1 Reference
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    Source: GQ Rules
    by A Bunch of Fools at Men's Style on 9/1/2005 01:37 AM
    "Buy a two-button suit"

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I wear sandals with my suit. But that might be a Californian thing.
10/8/2005 05:26 PM | Unregistered CommenterShedletsky

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