Turn-ups and Waistcoats

[Grand Fromage]

Am thinking about a new suit, and was wondering whether turn-ups and waistcoats are still fashionable as well as smart?

Couldn't find a clothes forum but no doubt this is in the wrong place.

[ian in lancs]

Grand Fromage said:

Am thinking about a new suit, and was wondering whether turn-ups and waistcoats are still fashionable as well as smart?

Couldn't find a clothes forum but no doubt this is in the wrong place.

I think you need to look a little further than Oxfam...

[ShadownINja]

Harsh but fair.

[THX138]

OP Be sure to watch 'Withnail & I ' for more fashion tips..

[GreenDog]

Platform shoes with that'd be lovely

[BringbacktheP&P]

A waistcoat would probably not be considered fashionable but will always be stylish.

Turn ups?

[Grand Fromage]

I've been wearing suits with turn-ups for years now, has everybody ben laughing at me then?

[GreenDog]

Grand Fromage said:

I've been wearing suits with turn-ups for years now, has everybody ben laughing at me then?

You're always the last to know .....

[Swilly]

Grand Fromage said:

I've been wearing suits with turn-ups for years now, has everybody ben laughing at me then?

...and all this time you thought you were just a funny guy !?!?

[jnm23]

I think the last time turn ups were fashionable was my last year at primary school - 1987!

a very eighties thing IMO. also, dust collects in the turn ups (so they tell me)

[david968s]

No, get the turn-ups on some nice multi-pleated trousers and set them off with some verys shiny loafers with tassles. I see other people wearing this sort of stuff all the time, so it must be fashionable.

The waistcoat could look classy, but only in the right circumstance and it must be a classically cut suit, not something contemporary. With a monocle and pocket watch, preferably.

Has anybody noticed the dress sense of that faux-Scot fat bellend on The Apprentice - white cuffs/collars, braces etc? Does anybody wear that sort of stuff and thinks it adds any gravitas at all? Or is it just me who thinks it looks like city-boy wannabe?

[Shaw Tarse]

thegavster said:

jnm23 said:

I think the last time turn ups were fashionable was my last year at primary school - 1987!

a very eighties thing IMO. also, dust collects in the turn ups (so they tell me)

Did you not notice we're bang in the middle of an 80's fashion revival?

:whohoo: <Goes to look in cupboard for espadrilles sp? & olls up sleeves on jacket>

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/miami-vice-40.htm
Though it was a problem going to the loo wearing white trousers

[rlw]

Don't give a toss about fashion and I wouldn't wear trousers without turnups except for jeans/cords etc. Don't know about waistcoats though.

[ipwn]

Never knew there was such thing as fashion in the suits area

Turn ups......I have never known anyone to even look closely enough. I couldn't care....

However waistcoat wise, if you plan on looking like this, you will look like a tit imo..