What do you guys think of this?

[jeanfor]

I personally think that the vest is too long or the skirt should be a kilt or a plaid pattern keeping black/white. It seems that the skirt here does not go well with the top...

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[JohnH]

I agree the suit coat is too long for the skirt. Also I agree that the skirt does not match the coat. An alternative for the skirt would be to have it made of similar material to the coat. A suit coat needs to be shorter than usual if the bottom (skirt or pants) is knee-length or shorter, or the bottom needs to come down to the ankles.

[Pythos]

Coat too long, skirt too.....I don't know.

Overall it is a dooable look...once men wearing skirts is a common thing.

But, this look needs a shorter coat. Heck with that coat slightly modified, removal of the skirt, some leggings or tights, and nice shoes, you could have a stylish male dress like outfit.

[Since1982]

Is there another picture I can't see that has a vest?? I also think the pattern on the skirt should match the pattern on the coat. They look the same, but the pattern on the coat is tiny and the skirt's is huge.

[sapphire]

Coat is too long. It is also tailored so that shortening it would not be easy. The coat needs to be redesigned so that its proportions fit in line with it ending at the same length as the sleeves.

The socks have got to go. Wear knee highs or shortie socks or hose. Men's dress shoes are OK and appropriate.

I have no problem with the big pattern/little pattern combo. Its in the same palette.

[phathack]

Overall I like it.
I think the coat is the right length, the 3 button style makes it look long.
I am not a fan of the waist coat style so I don't care for shorter jackets.
The choice of skirt could of been better something that matched the Jacket better.
Socks and dress shoes under a skirt just look funny, perhaps Tights or different socks would pull that together.

[Stu]

Looks OK to me as office attire.

Stu

[Don]

It's a little too "jarring"! From the waist up, it's very conservative, maybe even a little boring. From the waist down, it fits the MIS notion nicely, but there's a big bump at the boundry line! I would bag the print and and go with a solid color for both the skirt and the tie (I like the idea that they match)! I might liven up the look with a touch (but no more than a touch)of "bling"...

[ethelthefrog]

I'm with Don. You said exactly what I was thinking but I was completely unable to articulate.

Well said.

[Jayce]

If the jacket was "one button" smaller it would expose more of the skirt and be better proportioned. I bought a Tweed Jacket to wear with my kilt and had a tailor cut off the bottom 7 inches and re-hem it. Jayce

[Kirbstone]

Depends what your eye is used to, but to mine, this fine figure of an athlete almost pulls off a credible 'office or workplace' look in dowdy clothes.
To my eyes the skirt is just too feminine for a bloke. The pattern 'buzzes', in that it's not plain and it fails to make a bold statement as most tartans do. The hemline should be shorter too.
Yes, the jacket is far too long and baggy. This bloke could easily wear a shorter more fitted cut which would show off his figure to advantage.
Pity we don't see his footwear. Presumably he's wearing short socks & shoes.
To my mind when exposed the feet also should make a statement....Well toned-in kilt hose or long under-knee stockings combined with handsome brogues.
In short, I'd kilt him up and get the proportions 'right'. The whole could be in solid colours, if that's what's being aimed at.

[skirted_in_SF]

The jacket is the traditional length for a men's suit jacket. I wear one four days a week and am familiar with the length. All my suits are two button and worn with only one button done up. But that is because I'm an older, more traditional guy. I think the three buttons, all done up is a more trendy look.

From my observations on the sidewalks of San Francisco, a woman's skirted suit frequently has a shorter jacket. More often top of the hip to mid-hip in length. As others have commented, maybe that compliments the around knee length skirt. Thinking about it, I think what is jarring is that a fairly conservative fabric/cut jacket would normally be paired with a matching skirt. But then again, I'm old fashioned and wouldn't pair a suit coat with a non-matching pair of pants. A more blazer look jacket might look better with that skirt.

[crfriend]

My thought on the matter is that the jacket is too long for the length of the skirt, and whilst the designer and model tried to pull the disjoint look together by trying to create a link between the skirt and necktie the effort failed. I find the look out of proportion and dowdy -- almost clown-like because it's so far off.

The long jacket is fine for trousered looks which reach the top of the foot; this is because you're essentially cutting the figure in two and most folks traditionally try to split things up fairly evenly, and for traditional menswear that tends to mean "in half", and it works.

When one starts introducing skirts (and shorts, in tropical millieu) one begins to cut the form into three parts: "upper body/torso", "lower body/torso (covered)", and "legs (uncovered)" which dramatically complicates the issue because now there are three components to the proportion instead of two -- and that's why a traditional suit-coat or blazer looks "odd" with shorter skirts (or shorts) even though it might look OK (if possibly somewhat forced) with longer skirts. So, as the uncovered length of leg lengthens, the skirt (or shorts) will necessarily shorten, and if one is to keep things in proportion then the jacket must shorten as well, but not quite as fast as the skirt might shorten (it's a ratio recall, and I wish AMM was here to comment on the maths). This problem begins to appear as the skirt approaches the knees and really manifests itself at or above the knee. (The use of more than slight heels can complicate the matter further, albeit less than adjustments to hem length.)

The footwear in use, I think, should fit the setting, and in the case here regular men's dress shoes would likely work quite well (I'd pick black for the above rig but might pick brown for a more Earth-toned jacket/skirt pairing). Socks, for the length of the skirt pictured, I think would be best as "shorty socks" to not really show at all; if knee-socks were in use they might cause some undue problems when the skirt was in motion and be distracting. Hose would obviate any of those problems but is not to many folks' taste.

[Big and Bashful]

Eek! It's so complicated, no wonder women wear trousers!

[Gmerc]

Just goes to show we all have different ideas of what we want to wear & what looks good on our frames. B&B's right, it does sound complicated; as the Monty Python boys said "My brain hurts!"

I'm having fun seeing what works for me & one day I might post some piccies - probably after I buy a camera!

Graham