Comments on: Street Style | Mr. Jay Walter

By: Hugo

Hugo — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:31:29 +0000

It’s a great look, even if it’s not what I would choose to wear myself.

Two buttons on the sleeve: de rigueur for sack suits, but not my style. I also don’t care for the 3/2 roll–but would you expect anything else from someone working at J Press?

Suede shoes: Cary Grant and Fred Astaire sometimes wore black suede oxfords with suits, so it’s not like what Mr. Walter is wearing is completely unprecedented. The color is also something that men into shoes would likely approve of. Having said that, I find the soles make the shoes too casual–for my taste–to wear with a worsted wool suit. (Perfect with seersucker, though.)

No one seems to have noticed that the sleeves of his jacket are so long that they cover his shirt cuffs. I’d go with shorter sleeves and show some cuff.

By: Thomasjosephroche

Thomasjosephroche — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:23:44 +0000

pinky ring. on point!

By: Tintin

Tintin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:11:44 +0000

Mr Walter is a charming man swimming in duende. His stories are a connection to the famous and not so famous of an authentic New York of the 60’s and not some ersatz TV show. He is the real thing and like a small handful of men who sell clothes in this city – - Tom Davis at Brooks comes to mind — we’re lucky to have them.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:38:14 +0000

I love me an old man with style. People on here gotta learn to love and loosen up a bit. The shoes with the suit cool it up a bit. I like the warmness of the shade of suede against the grey. He looks comfortable, and it works! Keep up the good work Michael.

By: robbo

robbo — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:05:34 +0000

who cares what he is wearing

does he like pine or oak ?

By: BOBT

BOBT — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:52:00 +0000

are there companies besides j.press and brooks brothers that sell sack suits and sports coats

By: leon

leon — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:27:28 +0000

well played jay, any good three button jacket lapel will happily “roll” into a two button with the top hidden…that and the shoes in suede are a happy nod to the season, relax it’s summertime!

By: Happy

Happy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:43:51 +0000

In response to Erics question about the photo….in front of the photo is a cool little bronze sculpture of two dudes slugging it out. The photo in the back is, I think from Take Ivy and features some kooky krazy roller skating ivy young princes of new england or new jersey.

By: gooner

gooner — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:33:32 +0000

Love the shoes. If this photo had been taken in Milan, people would have been waxing lyrical about “sprezzatura”.

Michael – You used to have a link to a blog called Medium Format, what happened? That site had some great images.

By: Sonny

Sonny — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:30:32 +0000

Its a MTM Brooks suit made by Greenfield with a J. Press label.