Starting the Blog

Embarking on a sartorial adventure.

Ok, starting this blog

I aim to catalogue my embarkation on a ‘grown up' wardrobe – aided in part by the tailoring prices here in Doha, it has the down side of being awfully hot here in the summer.

Im about to get a number of suits made

I’ve found my tailor, had one three-piece made already I like the quality,

A black and red pinstripe.

Im headed off to Hong Kong

yardage of JJ Minnis fresco & Rangoon fabric in hand. A lovely oatmeal.

Im going to take the following as an example of the wardrobe I need


As found as a comment on http://asuitablewardrobe.dynend.com/
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MajTJKingKong said...

I love the square root rule and I extend it a bit.

252 business days implies
Business Wardrobe:

16 shirts
// breakdown of shirts
-2 white as you won't normally wear them during the day

-2 ecru solid & semi-solid

-4 blue solid and semi-solid

-1 pink poplin or oxford

-6 stripes, including a blue banker's stripe and a maroon banker's stripe

-4 checks

8 suits (Half as many as shirts)
8 Odd Trousers

4 Sport Coats (you need one for each decade you are old or half as many as you have suits.)

24 Ties = sum of suits + shirts
(You might not always wear a tie with a sportcoat.)

3 Over coats
Black, Brown, Rain

2 Umbrellas (English Cane style)
Black, Green

2 Brief Cases
Black, Brown

6 pairs of Shoes (midpoint of suits and jackets)
2 Winter boots in black and brown
4 Laceups in Black and shades of brown and various patterns.



Weekend Wardrobe:
10 Shirts
1 Country suit
1 Black Tie Suit or Tux
1 Hacking Jacket or country Jacket

1 Overcoat/country jacket (I could be convinced of two, but one Barbour is fine)

country weekend shoes
1 Boot for work
1 garden boot of rubber
2 loafers in black and brown
1 water shoe
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