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Sep '24 (edited) • OOTD 👔

Tartan and Antonio Science regarding value

I hope this is more helpful than confusing.

So upon reaching the General Rank I was able to access the Style System and am working my way through it. I am going to make the presumption that many if not most of the guys here on Skool joined because understanding clothing value and combinations is a challenge for them. Just a bit of encouragement. For some higher ranks, achieving the General Rank and doing this course may be exactly what you are looking for. For some lower ranks-if this is your challenge-you might consider doing the discounted version that you receive at Rank 4? ( I believe). For many, that expenditure of time and dollars might be a great investment.

So in the course, Antonio talks about value. He creates a value number system that includes number of wearings; satisfaction with the garment ( fit function fabric) and the least important variable in considering Value = price.

Let me cite a personal example.

I updated my 1997 bespoke royal blue blazer with a new one a month ago for my son’s wedding. Based upon my experience of the old one and the number of wears (plus factoring in how much I dug the old one) If the new one holds up as well and I divided the number of wearings and my (FFF satisfaction) by the price-per Antonio’s scale, (over the life of the garment) I would give it an 8.1 over the past 27 years. Yes these numbers are a bit arbitrary but very useful. Comparatively I recently gave away a tweed jacket that had a beautiful green herringbone fabric with golden accents, but it fit poorly (Jo’s A Banks). In today’s dollars it was less than half the price of the bespoke coat. Given that the Fit was so poor (reason I gave it away) instead of the thirty times a year that I wore my old royal blue blazer, I probably only wore this one 5 times per year during the 21 years I owned it. So using this value formula, this coat, at half the price would represent a 1.12. (naturally the number would reduce down because of its seasonal limitation as a tweed which Antonio covers in Function and Fabric in his 3f pyramid- however by comparing my favorite Bespoke tweed built for me in 1994-that older tweed coat still comparatively delivers a 5.4).

•twice as high price new coat expect a = 8.1 value

•Half the price tweed I gave away =1.12 value

•Tweed from 30 years ago=5.4 value

MY POINT: why buy some flash in the pan “in fashion” piece or pieces and think you are saving money? If you are the quantitative engineer type, this Value formula is spot on. The trick is the number of wearings which in turn demands a timeless style- that fits.

Here is my ootd version today to illustrate:

•Royal blue Bespoke blazer (bought 8/2024 during fabric discontinuance sale at Tom James so saved a few hundred )

•White herringbone shirt ( bought June 2024 from CT during buy 4 shirts for $250)

•Black linen Harold’s pants (bought 30 years ago on summer end sale)

•Yellow tartan Tie (bought on vacation in 2000 in Verona Italy)

•black Cole Haan captoes bought from old employer who was discontinuing the brand in about 2007)

•Pendleton socks (Christmas gift)

It’s highly probable that I wore my older blazer with this exact same color combo several times over the past 25 years. (Last pic is the coat built for me in 1997)

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