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Well, not so much woe, as indecision. But we're a year out, so it's not yet a biggie.

Today I made up my mind that I wanted to wear a light grey suit at our wedding. It's a practical color, something to avoid the possible heat of late May in Chicago. Light grey would also go great with purple, our main color, and would add great contrast against the bridal white. I'd still look dapper in a bowtie, though if I had a grey suit, it should be a purple tie. I could possible still get away with a win… Continue

I've finished the oil sketch and am now working on the large painting. Here are some steps in the oil sketch.

The underdrawing, full of errors and what not:


It could have been better, but I fixed things. I forgot how long oil paints take to dr… Continue

I have ideas for what I want to wear for my wedding. I'm pretty sure that I want to wear a wing collared shirt with a black bow tie; they're a simple, smart and elegant choice. Also, a waistcoat or cummerbund would be appropriate and classy. However, the suiting options are what are bogging me down.

At the top of the list of my ideas are the black suit and the tuxedo, either probably made by Thick as Theives. A black suit is the more practical of the t… Continue

We've been pouring over ideas for weddings ever since we got engaged. I've always been a bit of a sartorialist, if only on the inside, so I've had a score of ideas since high school of what I could wear. But the ideas we've had together haven't been good for both of us, which is terribly important for a wedding; when our tastes overlap, they typically overlap in complementary ways.

But, while perusing images together over the innertubes, we came across one of a couple of polka dotted feathers,… Continue