June 18th, 2012

Haven’t done one of these in a while, but here’s the deliberately ridiculous ‘fit I put together for DC’s 2012 Seersucker Social. Because getting all dandified up in a costume-like fashion hits on an edge of menswear I don’t particularly subscribe to, I was a bit reluctant to participate. Then, I was promised drink tickets and the rest is history, now documented in my brand of confusing, borderline bothersome *makes obnoxious air quotes* “comedy” over at Four-Pins.

Latest Four-Pins post, ‘Occasionally Dressed: The Seersucker Social’

Big thank you to my buddy Eliot Payne for hooking up the bow-tie. It’s so over the top that I like to describe it as “just crazy enough to work.” Check out Eliot’s shop, Accoutre.me for other head-turning designs.

All in all, the look was off the wall, but I was strangely comfortable with the overall results:

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