Back in November 😬 @Antonio Centeno sent me a very nice thank you for supporting the group as a premium member. When I received it I was both shocked and perplexed... Shocked at the generous gift, and perplexed with how to best use it. Now to explain: Some of you may know I'm in the middle of a weight loss journey that started at 570 pounds in August 2024. As of today I've lost 217 pounds, with about 93-123 pounds remaining to get to my goal range. I found Antonio's channel when I started shopping for new clothes, trying to figure out who I am stylistically. The gifts, by the way, are a Navy Silk Knit Livingston Tie, Stainless Tie Bar, and Berlin Paisley Pocket Square from The Dark Knot. Needless to say, in this transitional period, suits have not been a part of my current wardrobe, hence the conundrum... I've finally decided what I'm going to do with these gifts, and I hope that I'm doing them justice. When I stabilize in that goal range, I'm going to celebrate by, among other things, getting my first proper suit, in dark grey herringbone, with an equally suitable pair of Chelseas to go with it... @Antonio Centeno , thanks again for the gift. I really appreciate it. I'll be sure to share the milestone with the group when I reach it.

Got this today

I had an appointment downtown this morning and had some extra time, so I decided to stop by my local menswear shop. I wanted to take a look at the current fabric options for some Rivelino, made-to-measure trousers. I wasn't planning on ordering anything today; I just wanted to look at the options and pick out a few candidates. After all, I pretty much blew my clothing budget for last month and this month a couple of weeks ago, when I ordered a made-to-measure, three-piece suit and a made-to-measure sportscoat (technically a blazer) from this very store. I was expecting it to take a month or so for my order to come in, so I figured I'd have a couple of weeks to consider my options for trousers and get a second look at the fabrics when I stopped by in a couple of weeks to pick up my order. As I was looking through the options, there were two shades of blue in a wool-linen-silk blend - one of which I had ordered for my three-piece suit. I couldn't remember which of the two I had decided upon, and voiced that aloud. The manager pointed to the darker one and stated that I had ordered that one. I was surprised that he could remember so easily, and stated that, as well. He laughed, walked around the corner, and returned with my suit in hand. My three-piece suit and blazer had arrived in just two weeks! I tried everything on and it all fit perfectly - excepting that the unhemmed pants need to be hemmed. The blue is the three-piece suit, the red is the sportscoat. I didn't order an extra pair of pants for the suit, as I figured - correctly, it seems, seeing how well it worked with the outfit I just happened to be wearing today - that I could just wear the jacket as a sportscoat when the pants wear out. The red blazer is going to get a lot of wear. It's butterfly-lined, so it'll be cool throughout the summer. It has antiqued pewter buttons, working cuffs, accented buttonholes, and peak lapels. The suit jacket also has working cuffs, accented buttonholes, and peak lapels - but it has slate blue buttons.

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