Recent content by Oscar Tong

The owner of the local hat shop where I live calls the newsboy a poorboy. That's what I call it, too. I don't think I've heard that name anywhere else, though. Maybe it's just her. :p

What an awesome picture! :eek: Bravo! :eusa_clap You're lucky you get to own so many hats. :) Do you wear them all? :p

"Servility and desperation" my bum! I'll never stop wearing ties, no matter how many glares I get or job interviews I lose! Recently, I've switched to wearing bow ties. Today's ties are, in my opinion, too long. (Moreover, the colors are too fruity. They're ties, fer cryin' out loud, not Fruit...

It's okay, BellyTank. I was wondering how we got from suits to that George guy. :p The nature of conversations is funny, isn't it? I picked the materials myself! :D Can you tell me more about this traditional Asian finish? It sounds intriguing. :) I asked for a more visible waist twice, but...

More Pics, Part 3: Trouser Details Trouser Details Both trousers were identical, so I only photographed one. (Click for full-size image.) Well, that's it, then. If there's gonna be a next time, I think I'll go for a brown suit, maybe a three-piece. :) Ta-ta!

More Pics, Part 2: Jacket Inside Jacket Inside (Click for full-size image.) Grey Jacket Black Jacket

More Pics, Part 1: Profile (Side) and Back without Jacket I wonder how I managed to coax my camera's dying batteries into working again and again. Anyway, I've snapped a few more pictures. Since there are more than ten, I'll post them over three posts. (Click for full-size image.) Profile...

Aww, thanks! I'm just glad I can share my enthusiasm with like-minded types. Nobody in Vancouver or Hong Kong understands me. *sniff* XD I've been called everything from "clown" to "grandpa!" lol I had to take the pictures without any help, ya know—I'd feel too embarrassed asking someone to...

Pics I'm slightly jet-lagged, but with some work, I managed to take a few pictures of myself wearing the suits. Have a look. :-) (Click for high-res versions.) The tailor says the suits should shrink after their first dry cleaning. If she's right, the jacket sleeves should recede a...

Oh, my...how flattering. :o *blush* That reminds me. There's one other detail (or lack thereof) I hadn't expected from the tailor. She had cut only one lapel buttonhole on the double-breasted black jacket. :( I really wanted two, one on each lapel. When I asked whether she could cut the...

Pick-up day (well, sort of) Today, I went to pick up the suits. Amazingly, the finished black jacket looked nothing like the unfinished version. The lapels looked spot on! :eek: The tailor was still working on the trousers, so I only got to try on the jackets and one of the shirts. Sorry, but I...

I knew it!! Thanks for verifying my perception, Feraud. I don't know if I can get them changed this late, though. I pick up the suits on Tuesday, and my ticket home is for Wendesday! (It's super-early Monday morning right now.) I really wish I could trust myself more and weren't so...

Lapel panic I'm having a really big panic attack about the black suit's lapels. After seeing the new suit Matt made for Dagwood and browsing several pictures of peak-lapel jackets in the Show Us Your Suits thread, I said to myself, "I knew the lapels on mine looked too small! #$@^#@#$^!!!!"...

Wow! What a nice suit! It's just a first impression, but still! :D I like the collar and lapels particularly. :p

(Gasp! :eek:) Matt, are you serious?! Dressing nice can cost you your job?! Isn't that discrimination????? Grr...this makes me sick. :rage: The world's turning into an Idiocracy. Is this anti-professional CEO your boss, or somethin'? I've never worked in a corporate environment, so I can't...