How to combine charcoal and tan. With a khaki transition.

We all know that you can't really wear charcoal and tan.

Well, you can, if you choose another colour as a transition.

In this case it's khaki.

Have a look:

Charcoal sweater by Hemlock

Shirt by Gilberto

Belt by some Italian shop

Chinos by Dockers

Over the calf socks by Burlington

Half-Brogues by Gordon & Bros.

Underwear by H&M and GANT

Today's get-up: Nothing special at all!

Dark brown Shetland sweater

Deep green corduroy trousers

Tan half brogues

Burlington socks

Saint Nicholas Presents and today's get-up.

As you might know, we Germans celebrate Nikolaus or Saint Nicholas Day on the 6th of December.

Many children (every age!) put a boot called Nikolaus-Stiefel (Nikolaus boot) outside the front door on the night of 5 December. 

St. Nicholas fills the boot with gifts and sweets overnight, and at the same time checks up on the children to see if they were good, polite and helpful the last year. If they were not, they will have a stick (Eine Rute) in their boots instead.

This Nikolaus, my Mum had a special present for me: A "Piccadilly Tea Time Hamper" from "The British Shop".

It contains

• "Shortbread Fingers" and "Belgian Chocolate Chunk Biscuits" by Walkers/Scottland
• "6 Tea Cakes" by Tunnock's
• "Chocolate Mints Crisps" by Bendicks
• "Twinings Tea Selection"
• a small bottle (0,375 l) Amontillado-Sherry "Los Arcos" by Emilio Lustau
• "After Dinner Mints" by Ross's of Edinburgh
• "Toffees" by Walker's Nonsuch
• 4 small jars of jam and Marmalade by Wilkin & Sons Ltd.

Here's today's get-up:

Herringbone Tweed Jacket, Tattersall shirt and merino sweater vest. This get-up begs for a tie!

Wheat-coloured corduroy trousers

Half-Brogues

Detail

Tweed and Tattersall.

Grey Herringbone Tweed

Navy sweater vest

Chinos and half-Brogues

Tattersall shirt

Burlington over the calf socks

First frost. Needed to scrape ice from my windshield.

Brown Shetland jumper/sweater

Emerald  14 wale corduroy by Barutti (20 Euros TKmaxx find)

Half-brogues

Burlington over the calf socks

Corduroy jacket and POW trousers.

Dark Prince of Wales trousers

Wind and rain and Tweed.

Harris Tweed and Half-Brogues.

Unlined tie today.

Today I'm wearing an unlined tie which creates a tiny knot (but still with a dimple :D).

I kind of look like Blacky Fuchsberger from the old German Edgar Wallace movies...

Joachim "Blacky" Fuchsberger and Eddi Arent in "Der Frosch mit der Maske" (The Fellowship of the Frog) - Germany 1959. Please notice that Blacky matches tie and pocket square, which is a sartorial Faux pas.

Layers.

Double collared Trench coat with zip-off quilted lining.

Donegal jacket and a charcoal sweater vest. Out of focus. I don't care...

Houndstooth trousers.

Out of focus Pt. II

Shine your shoes!

 

New corduroy trousers. Needed some dark browns. Here they are.