Good actually,
I now have to wear a belt for these trousers that were too small for me like 2 months ago.

Well I don't need to wear a belt that much but my shirt was coming untucked.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:00, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

To not wear a belt smacks of sartorial negligence

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:01, Reply)

Talking at me like a prick doesn't impress me fyi

(PsychoChomp, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:03, Reply)

I'm not trying to impresses you
I'm mearly stating that to not wear a belt leaves an outfit incomplete and makes you look like an internet lock in leaving space for his wotsit stretched gut.

FYI using the acronym FYI makes you look like a prick BTW
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)

not true. see below.
depends entirely on the outfit. A gentleman certainly shouldn't wear a belt in conjunction with a jacket, for instance.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:07, Reply)

I bet being Brad Pit wouldn't impress you either.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)

hahahaha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:08, Reply)

depends
wearing a belt on smart/suit trousers is a massive sartorial faux pas. It proves the trousers don't fit you and therefore that they weren't made for you and therefore that you are a cheapskate.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)

The correct answer to all of this is, is of course braces
However as most people don't have trousers made for them and suit trousers come with belt loops they should be filled witha belt that matches your shoes.

Don't get me started on suits and brown shoes...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:11, Reply)

braces are for cunts as well
it costs about a fiver to have a tailor alter an off the peg pair of suit trousers and you'll look a fuck sight better. a £100 suit and £30 spent at the tailors will look better than anything short of a fully fitted job.

I wear brown brogues with my blue pinstripe suit but only if I'm not wearing a tie so I can were a more casual shirt. Nowt wrong with that, although brown shoes with grey or black deserves disembowelling.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:14, Reply)

Cunts have stolen the brace as method of holding up trousers
However my tailor always said they allow the trouser to hang far better than a belt.

£100 for a suit will not get you very nice fabric, I've found with cheap suits they go shiny on the points of wear rather quickly.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:16, Reply)

it won't last, I agree
but if you only wear a suit for court and weddings, that route is a better spend of £150 then buying a slightly better off-the-peg suit.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:19, Reply)

Bollocks will a £100 suit with a few adjustments look almost as good as a tailor made suit.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:18, Reply)

until it wears out or goes shiny
the fit is more important than anything, even the material. Unless you're letting someone look at it close up.

I'm assuming here that the person concerned has some taste in what they buy.

In any case, you're misreading what I wrote. Nothing looks close to a good tailor made suit, what I said was having a cheap suit altered is the next best thing, ie better than spending £500 on an off-the-peg and NOT having it altered. Fit is almost everything.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:23, Reply)

No it really isn't.
That's just you as a terrible suit and food snob talking. Most people really couldn't tell the difference between off the peg and tailor made unless they were looking closely, as long as you bought your off the peg suit in a size that fits pretty well then having nasty cheap looking material is a lot more noticeable to the "common" man than the fact that your trousers do not require a belt.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:30, Reply)

Shall we agree on a combination?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:36, Reply)

nah, Al just likes arguing over these kind of things
now he can't angerwank over rswipe. Don't deny the man his needs.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:38, Reply)

horseshit.
anyone with half an eye can spot a suit that doesn't fit. Even a tailor wouldn't spot the difference between a classic coloured wool-rich blend for £100 and Italian wool for £500 unless they were close to it.

"nasty looking" and "cheap" aren't always the same thing, you know.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:37, Reply)

Again, you're talking as a terrible suit snob
most people do not wear suits all the time, most people do not see suits all the time and therefore most people cannot see if your off the peg suit has had the waist taken in slightly.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:41, Reply)

A casual observer wouldn't notice a waist tuck
however a poor fitting suit is pretty obvious, there is something about a skinny weasel faced chav in a high 3 buttoned baggy suit that upsets me greatly.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:43, Reply)

the jacket cut matters far more than the trousers to be fair.
most off the peg jackets are cut awfully for most people.

and I don't wear suits much. I'm a fucking academic, I wear jeans and tshirts. Doesn't mean I'm blind.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:44, Reply)