[afraidfortherepublic]

#2 suit was very di regueur in Houston, TX in the oil biz in the 60's and 70's, although the shoes would be all white, or black and white with more white than black. #1 jacket looks like it escaped from a barbershop quartet.

My husband wore a suit like #2 to London in the summer to call on a customer, and an oil driler bought his shoes right off of him. Insisted. 'Cuz there was nothing like that available in London.

'Ya think?

[xsmommy]

well let me tell you, neither would have ever been appropriate in DC the 34 yrs i’ve lived here.

[Texan5]

I vaguely remember seeing The Great Gatsby the first time around. I thought the characters were pretty despicable, and the movie was boring, but I was younger then...

I’ve actually never seen suits like that on anyone outside of a GQ or some other magazine. If anyone wore that to a club or restaurant in a city in this part of Texas, they would be knocked to the floor by the scornful laughter alone. When I was in college, a few guys from the city took to wearing white loafers-I would not be/have been seen with a guy wearing those, but I’m ranch raised-to my eyes, they look as silly as leisure suits, and spell “lounge lizard”......