MY LORD IT'S HOT (Summer attire questions)

Mr_D. · Oct 24, 2012

Ok, I know it is October and weather is cooling off. But I have been offline for almost a year now and just now able to get back on this site and ask this.

This past summer was HOT AS (input term you like here). For this reason, I decided to drop the vintage attire and just blue jean and t-shirt it. Even dropped the fedora as even my summer hat was too hot.

So, How do you dress in the summer to keep the nice vintage attire, but not sweat to death? I am in the North Georgia area near the NC,TN line. So I an not dealing with the 120 deg Florida weather, but it did hit 106 deg here this past summer.

Thanks

Yeps · Oct 24, 2012

Metatron · Oct 24, 2012

You say you started wearing jeans, but jeans are way too thick for the summer imho! Chinos all the way!

I like most of the above looks, except the matchy-matchy ones. I'd also wear them untucked if we are talking about the kind of heat you are describing.

VintageMerchantMariner · Oct 24, 2012

Summer whites! A perennial favorite! Grab a nice cotton three piece suit in off white, cream, or searsucker, some nice white or pastel-colored shirts, some dashing pastel-colored ties (also good to have on hand for easter) and you're good to go! At the same time grab a straw fedora for all the style and far less heat!

RBH · Oct 25, 2012

Khakis and a nice tee shirt [I like the Carhart ones with pockets] make for good H O T summer wear.
A appropriate short sleeved collared shirt can add a vintage look with khakis.

Shangas · Oct 25, 2012

I live in Australia, where summertime temperatures regularly hover around the 30-35 degrees mark. On SUPER HOT days it goes up to 40, or even 45 (although that last one is rare).

Clothes mean short-sleeve shirts, shorts, and a panama or boater hat.

Chowderhouse · Oct 25, 2012

VintageMerchantMariner said:
Grab a nice cotton three piece suit...

Three-piece suit? As in, vested? In very hot weather? NO.

Shangas · Oct 25, 2012

I could NOT wear a three-piece suit in summer. Spring, maybe, autumn, winter...not summer. I would melt!

A two-piece yes, or a vest and trousers. But no way all three.

Mr_D. · Oct 25, 2012

Wearing my straw fedora killed me this past summer. I don't know if I could wear any kind of something that had a coat, but I like the kakies and polo idea.

Captain Lex · Oct 25, 2012

I went mostly with khakis and bowling shirts. But don't forget to keep the undershirt on! Cotton will do you better than most overshirt material.

Mr_D. · Oct 25, 2012

Undershirt is no problem. I am a Volunteer Firefighter so I keep a department shirt on at all times in case I get a call. (No not a Superman thing LOL)

Captain Lex · Oct 25, 2012

Excellent! Then a classic chinos and some clearance Steady shirts might do you some good next season.

samtemporary · Oct 25, 2012

I wear linens - shirts, trousers. Polos occasionally. Panama hat. Boat shoes, penny loafers, or light colored bucks. I'm in So. Fla., so it's hot 50 weeks a year. Although I do disagree about the "no waistcoat" crowd. Nothing wrong with a three piece linen/seersucker. Let's face it: we live and work in (mostly) air conditioned environs.

Mr_D. · Oct 25, 2012

samtemporary said:
I wear linens - shirts, trousers. Polos occasionally. Panama hat. Boat shoes, penny loafers, or light colored bucks. I'm in So. Fla., so it's hot 50 weeks a year. Although I do disagree about the "no waistcoat" crowd. Nothing wrong with a three piece linen/seersucker. Let's face it: we live and work in (mostly) air conditioned environs.

I wish, LOL.

I also do not do shorts for anything other the swimming.

filfoster · Oct 25, 2012

VintageMerchantMariner said:
Summer whites! A perennial favorite! Grab a nice cotton three piece suit in off white, cream, or searsucker, some nice white or pastel-colored shirts, some dashing pastel-colored ties (also good to have on hand for easter) and you're good to go! At the same time grab a straw fedora for all the style and far less heat!

What is the occasion? This would be fine for a daytime social gathering but not hanging around the house unless you're on the front porch, listening to Brick Polllitt play his saxaphone in the evening swelter. Ditto linens and seersuckers.
If it's just around the house, I recall the neighborhood dads in the 50's wearing shorts and white T's or even wifebeaters (I don't intend any bruised emotions over that term). Sneakers with or without socks.

Rathdown · Oct 28, 2012

Super light weight wool, linen, and searsucker suits in the office and at church or going to dinner, even if dining at a friend's home. Less formal? Linen trousers and a linen or raw silk blazer. Evenings the hat is a pale grey (almost white) fedora, during the day it's a Panama. My dress shirts are all cotton, and my casual shirts are a silk-like fabric made from bamboo fibers; light and very cool. In all but the most casual circumstances I wear socks. My "lace up shoes" are mostly high-end Johnson Murphy, some of which are now approaching thirty years old. My "slip-ons" are all Cole-Haan and I find these very comfortable sans socks.

jkingrph · Oct 28, 2012

Mr_D. said:
Wearing my straw fedora killed me this past summer. I don't know if I could wear any kind of something that had a coat, but I like the kakies and polo idea.

Get a straw with an open weave band all around the crown for ventilation. It makes a difference and to me feels cooler than no hat, creating a breeze across the crown of my nearly bald head when I walk.

A straw with no ventilation can be hot, especially one of the higher quality ones with a very tight weave. I have a couple of mid grade straw fedora's and they are relatively warm. On hotter days I put on my cheap ventilated model.

Buzp · Nov 1, 2012

Hi,

New to the forum, but I thought I'd jump in here and recommend linen slacks, guayabera shirt in light-weight cotton, sandals and an open weave hat.

Fastuni · Jan 17, 2014

Summer is still far away, yet it's never too early to gather summery clothes:

German 30's casual summer linen shirt-jacket - obviously meant to be worn over the trousers.

nihil · Jan 17, 2014

Very interesting piece!

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