WDIWT...5/5/14 A Taste of Color

I've been reluctant to wear these Tommy Hilfiger burgundy/maroon trousers that I picked up a few weeks back at Macy's for about $10. Granted I have some from Target's Merona line as well but although I've seen the color pulled off very well by others I hadn't gotten around to giving it a second try. Well I'm glad I did today. This was probably one of my most complimented outfits ever, from other teachers/adults to students.

I picked up these trousers from my tailor about a week ago where I got them hem and tapered to 8".

Details:
Jacket: Indochino Essential Navy Suit Worsted Wool via Indochino-$449 (price of suit, part of a 3 piece suit)
Sweater: Old Navy Navy V-Neck via Old Navy-$12
Shirt: Indochino Essential White L/S Dress Shirt via Indochino-$79
Trousers: Tommy Hilfiger Burgundy/Maroon Cotton via Macy's-$10
Socks: Penguin Navy/Red/White Argyle via DSW-$1
Shoes: Ralph Lauren Made in America by Allen Edmonds Sanderson Brown Calf via Allen Edmonds Factory Store-$85

Traveling Case...Get One

I'm surprised I didn't have one of the earlier, it's probably because all the ones you see in luggage sets are made of the same fabric as the suitcase and aren't at all great looking. I've seen leather ones before but they are usually in the $40 range and above, which I know is way more than I want to spend. Marshall's has a great selection of leather traveling cases for about $12.99 in beautiful brown leather. They carried both brown and black leather by Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein. I'm a big fan of brown leather as it looks great with everything and is simply a classic color. 

Here's mine from Marshall's from Tommy Hilfiger and it fits quite a bit of stuff. It was $12.99 but I got it as part of something I exchanged from my Secret Santa gift from NikeTalk.

NikeTalk's Secret Santa

One of the guys on NikeTalk, Grizzlyboy aka Jason, helped organized a very successful secret santa exchange. None of us on the thread really know each other personally, but we all have extreme respect and admiration for one another as adults and members of the thread. My Secret Santa Return of Bama aka Carlin is a great member and I was able to get him a few things, no pictures unfortunately. I sent him a white/red micro-check dress shirt, white/baby blue micro-check shirt, two ties, shoe trees, a shawl cardigan and shorts and a t-shirt from H&M.

The best part was wondering what my secret santa got me. Domc03 aka Dominic got me some awesome stuff, a white/red polka dot tie knit tie, wool socks, a denim shirt from Ralph Lauren which unfortunately was too snug and a white shirt from Marc Jacobs that too is too small.

Here's a pic:

Thankfully Dominic was more than understanding and he let me know where he got the shirts from. I went to exchange the shirt but they had nothing similar on in my size so I exchanged it for a few other things. I picked up a Henley hoody, some beautiful pocket squares and an amazing leather accessories case.

All Three

Geoffrey Been Pocket Squares

Tommy Hilfiger Travel Case