Spring and summer boating type striped blazer to make me stand out from the riff raff...help me decide

[Badger_Boom]

If you are slightly daring you could go for the cords in lemon, but such a colour in my opinion would be more suited to spring and summer, not autumn and winter and with them being quite heavy and thick could you wear such trousers in the warmer months? Even 'thin' cords are too warm for me in the warmer months.🤔

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Specification​

• 100% Cotton
• Woven for us by Brisbane Moss
• 8 wale
• Weight: 17oz | 520 gsm

https://www.cordings.co.uk/lemon-yellow-corduroy-trousers.html

I have a pair of Cordings cords in lemon. They’re fantastic, and I’ve only once been asked if I’m wearing them for a bet (by a fellow clad mainly in beige man-made fibres).

 

[Accy cyclist]

I have a pair of Cordings cords in lemon. They’re fantastic, and I’ve only once been asked if I’m wearing them for a bet (by a fellow clad mainly in beige man-made fibres).

I would wear such a colour, but maybe not in autumn and winter.🤔

I wore my bottle green Marks & Spencer cords while out today. They've served me well, seeing as they were only £16, albeit in a sale offer. I'm looking forward to my Cordings cords arriving. The Cordings moleskin trousers I bought the other week were dispatched and arrived in just over a day, but these cords are talking their time getting here. I'm thinking many have taken Cordings up on their autumn trouser offer and they have many pairs of pants that need the legs sewing to requested lengths, hence the delay.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The cords arrived yesterday. I wore the 'cinnamon' ones on my shopping trip. I received a few friendly looks and one nice comment.

 

[Fnaar]

I went through a cords phase in my 30s, when I was busy fathering and bringing up children, and had a new job which sort of demanded that I dress smartly... I was training people every day, and had to make a good impression on them. I had three pairs from M&S in different colours (green, blue, brown). I pretty much exclusively wore those to work, only occasionally choosing different trousers. I kept this up for quite a while, till I heard one of the trainees whispering to another "always bloomin' cords!" to another as I entered the room

 

[AndyRM]

I went through a cords phase in my 30s, when I was busy fathering and bringing up children, and had a new job which sort of demanded that I dress smartly... I was training people every day, and had to make a good impression on them. I had three pairs from M&S in different colours (green, blue, brown). I pretty much exclusively wore those to work, only occasionally choosing different trousers. I kept this up for quite a while, till I heard one of the trainees whispering to another "always bloomin' cords!" to another as I entered the room

"Sort of demanded"?

So... you wear a smart pair of strides and a Napalm Death t-shirt? Grow a mullet with business at the front and the party at the back?

 

[Fnaar]

"Sort of demanded"?

So... you wear a smart pair of strides and a Napalm Death t-shirt? Grow a mullet with business at the front and the party at the back?

Lolz ... you were expected to dress smartly, but it wasn't written down anywhere ... people just did, but it wasn't in your contract or anything ... smart/casual I mean, not suits and ties

 

[AndyRM]

Lolz ... you were expected to dress smartly, but it wasn't written down anywhere ... people just did, but it wasn't in your contract or anything ... smart/casual I mean, not suits and ties

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQa_vjHVSEk

 

[Accy cyclist]

I kept this up for quite a while, till I heard one of the trainees whispering to another "always bloomin' cords!" to another as I entered the room

I would've thought/said out loudly "Mmm, what colour cords shall I buy next"🤔, or something similar when they were in hearing distance.

 

[Fnaar]

I would've thought/said out loudly "Mmm, what colour cords shall I buy next"🤔, or something similar when they were in hearing distance.

Lolz ... the person who said it actually ended up getting a job there, and we became colleagues and friends, though he was mortified when I told him, subsequently (about a year later) that I'd heard his comment

 

[winjim]

I am a bit disappointed that Levi seem to have discontinued their corduroy carpenter trousers that I'm wearing right now. I doubt that many carpenters actually wear corduroy on the grounds that it probably attracts sawdust like nobody's business, but they're a well fitting, cosy practical trouser for a busy parent in cold weather.

Totally smart casual, the look of a cord with a tapered cut and the practicality of a cargo trouser but no big bellows pockets. I love 'em.

 

[Accy cyclist]

My Brook Taverner catalogue arrived yesterday. I really should cancel it as I haven't bought anything off them for 2 years or so. Anyway, it seems that 'cinnamon' , turmeric, terracotta or whatever you see it called is 'in fashion' this autumn/winter.🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

It's that time of the year when we should be thinking about taking our stripey blazers out of wraps. We must fight back against the tidal wave of black polyester, 'puffer' abominations! 🧐

https://thechap.co.uk/2018/11/05/rowing-blazers/

 

[Accy cyclist]

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good idea. What with all the crap weather we've been having, there must be a surplus of deckchair material that needs using up.

 

[Drago]

I popped round Accy's for a cup of tea and to smell up his bathroom, but his butler pointed to the sign above the door and slammed the door in my face.