Wardrobe fails otherwise known as the back of the closet…..

[Anesthetist]

Alright guys and gals, what stuff do you have lurking in the back of your closet? Or maybe it's hanging in the basement or stuffed under the guest bed. Anyway you look at, we all have an item of clothing that just isn't working but can't seem to let it go. Maybe you spent too much on it or you like it and the wife hates it, there are lots of reasons why it happens. It doesn't matter how it got there, dust it off and lets see it!

For me, it is my Dale sweater coat that I bought about 5 years ago before getting into the heavy Japanese stuff. I had been collecting Dale knitwear for a while but always wanted a Dale coat, but found them cost prohibitive. I finally found one on sale online and in my size. I just had to get it and ordered it before really realizing what an ivory and pale blue snowflake sweater really looks like when on a person. I think I wore it about twice before realizing I looked like a Christmasy Stay-Puft Marshmallow man. It still lives in my guest closet awaiting the day that I finally book that skiing trip, probably the only environment that I could see it looking good on me!

[Giles]

Another potentially classic thread.

[Giles]

I simply have no idea what I was thinking.  8 years ago I bought these Paul Smith boots.  They are incredibly well made, but….....All I can think is that they were super-cheap, but even that is a crap excuse for this epic sartorial fail.....

[mclaincausey]

Are you putting those up for sale?

PMed

[Anesthetist]

Are they dyeable? They have a lot of potential!

[Giles]

Sold to the man in a coma….

[Snowy]

I think we're all likely to have some Paul Smith at some stage in our lives, especially those that have the UK influence. He's such a weird label/brand/designer/icon.

[mclaincausey]

I saw some orange plastic framed shades of his with three "eyes" yesterday. Looked asinine.

[jdl1279]

Do I take over this thread now or wait a bit? lol

Although both examples given are quite dashing…maybe the boots WITH the sweater[emoji23]

[Anesthetist]

Bring it JDL! Though truthfully I applaud your taste concerning the unique and interesting.

[jdl1279]

Thanks…I think! I like bits and pieces of everything. Much of which, like most here, is derived from other periods in time. Sometime it works, others not so much. (Still love my tassle loafers)

[jdl1279]

And to show I can admit failure (and keep a color scheme) I offer this Woolrich jacket up as example. Is it a trench, deck, sherpa, hybrid? Who the hell knows, but it really doesn't work for me (hence the basement pics)

[Maynard Friedman]

@Snowy:

I think we're all likely to have some Paul Smith at some stage in our lives, especially those that have the UK influence. He's such a weird label/brand/designer/icon.

I should post a pic of my velvet-esque, floral, baggy type III style PS jacket from around 1989/90. I used to wear it with off-white Liberto jeans. I still have it in the attic for potential fancy dress!

[Megatron1505]

Paul Smith is from my area….so his bizarre taste is not surprising.

[Snowy]

Does that also explain your tastes Mega? I like most of what you wear. Now I'm confused ::)

[CosmoSix5]

I'm going to reinvigorate this thread

[Anesthetist]

@CosmoSix5 do it!!!

[CosmoSix5]

I paid like 75 for this shirt in 2008? That was half off. Never wore it. Until! Until I had to sing a special for a Christmas concert. We were supposed to wear plain white dress shirts. I "couldn't find one" so I wore this to freak out the conductor. It worked. That's silk baby!

[Anesthetist]

That one takes fortitude for sure