I was in Cincinnati last week for work, where the weather was that transitional spring weather that’s neither warm nor cold.
Sometimes I overthink packing for just five days. Particularly since I’m in the office when I’m in Ohio, I like to wear a jacket every day and I don’t want to wear the same one the whole time, so I usually bring two. Then it’s a game of versatility with shirts, pants and shoes (and ties if I choose).
This time, I packed two sport coats (both cold weather weight, my emerald green cashmere blend jacket and my navy cashmere blend jacket), two pairs of shoes (light suede tassel loafers and light suede jodhpurs), three pairs of trousers (mid wash denim, copper chinos, and white jeans), and four shirts (two blue OCBDs, a cutaway collar blue stripe shirt and my washed denim popover).
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Monday was my travel day, so Tuesday’s the first day worth showing. This blue stripe end-on-end weave Eidos shirt is one of my all time favorites I own. It looks great dressed up with a tie but equally awesome dressed down worn open collar with jeans. Since it was transitional spring weather, I picked things that kind of offset one another: white jeans (warm weather associations) with the dark green cashmere blend jacket (cold weather associations). Boots (which I wear more in winter since they’re taller and wear warmer) which offset the saturated blue shirt (which I feel is right at home in springtime).
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Green winter weight sport coat (mine is a cashmere blend tonal herringbone emerald Eidos jacket in the NMWA cut): Suit Supply cashmere blend green jacket
Framed white stripe blue shirt (mine is from Eidos with the Marcus collar): End on end stripe fabric at Proper Cloth; Framed stripe cotton linen blend fabric at Proper Cloth (use this link for $20 off your first order)
White jeans: J.Crew 770 slim straight white jeans (mine aren’t stretch but who makes non stretch denim anymore?!)
Suede jodhpur boots (mine are Christian Kimber x Eidos collab from FW2015): The high-water mark of jodhpurs, Saint Laurent Hedi boots or Meermin suede jodhpurs
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Wednesday I said to heck with alternating days and wore my white jeans again. I figure, people wear the same normal jeans every day, why should white ones be any different? I wore my tassel loafers, though (sockless!), and alternated jackets (donning my navy one). Paired with my other favorite Eidos shirt (a really cool light blue stripe from the 2015 Ischia collection in a cotton weave called “Airtex” that’s super breathable and light).
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Navy winter-weight blazer (mine is Eidos): Navy textured blazer from SuitSupply (check out this post for several navy blazer options)
Shirt:
Leno fabric shirts at Kamakura. It’s a similar style of open weave cotton.
Proper Cloth carries Airtex fabrics, too, though currently only in navy. The Soft Roma Cutaway collar is very, very similar in shape and size to the Marcus collar; use my referral link here for $20 off your first order.
White jeans: J.Crew 770 slim straight white jeans (mine aren’t stretch but who makes non stretch denim anymore?!)
Suede tassel loafers (mine are Allen Edmonds’ Acheson model, made for Club Monaco a few years ago): Meermin suede tassel loafers
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Packing is all about versatility. I brought these chinos by wearing them on the drive up to Ohio. I wanted to wear them during the week, but realized they sort of clashed with the shade of suede on both pairs of shoes I’d brought. They have a more mustard yellow undertone, where as the suedes had a bit more of a pink undertone. I wore them anyway, and it maybe was a bit of a swing and a miss below. But up top, I’m always a fan of the washed denim shirt with basically anything.
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Green winter weight sport coat (mine is a cashmere blend tonal herringbone emerald Eidos jacket in the NMWA cut): Suit Supply cashmere blend green jacket
Light wash denim shirt (mine is from Proper Cloth who does washed denim runs several times a year): SuitSupply light wash slim fit denim shirt
Spier & Mackay chinos (the copper color is out of stock now but Rust is somewhat similar)
Suede jodhpur boots (mine are Christian Kimber x Eidos collab from FW2015): The high-water mark of jodhpurs, Saint Laurent Hedi boots or Meermin suede jodhpurs
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Bonus weekend pic of our happy family!
Since it was 75° and sunny I broke out the tan summer suit, though I broke it up and wore just the jacket with my Spier & Mackay off white cotton-linen trousers. Paired with my Eidos Airtex shirt, navy grenadine tie, and my Beckett Simonon punch-cap shoes.
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Tan suit (mine is Eidos in a breezy weave of 65/35 camel/wool): No Man Walks Alone Eidos tobacco linen suit would be my top alternative (Link to the jacket. Link to the trousers.); the Spier & Mackay tobacco linen suit is likewise really great
Shirt:
Leno fabric shirts at Kamakura. It’s a similar style of open weave cotton.
Proper Cloth carries Airtex fabrics, too, though currently only in navy. The Soft Roma Cutaway collar is very, very similar in shape and size to the Marcus collar; use my referral link here for $20 off your first order.
Spier & Mackay off white cotton-linen trousers (alternatively, Brooks Brothers Red Fleece has this same fabric in a chino cut)
