#21

I had a purple satin one with embroidery on it, wore it with a white frilly shirt iirc (I was 8)

#22

Made a note of everyone who has said yes for future torying call outs

Good thread

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#23

Yeah, this. Oh, and the multiple other waistcoats I own as well. Oops.

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#24

yeah, when we visited a tudor house on a school trip and had to dress up like little tudor children

#25

Wedding (mine) - look was not good with hindsight

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#26

Yeah once, at my wedding. Plus the time I tried it on in Moss Bros. Dread to think how much worse my belly would have looked without it.

#27

Bookmarked for when everyone claims to have shown solidarity as a kid by dressing up as a 19th century coal-miner

(I wore mine as part of a suit obvs)

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#28

Yeah, only when dressed up by Mum for family events though (28 years old I was etc).

#29

Last time I wore a waistcoat I was playing a tamale vendor in a school production of A Streetcar Named Desire. I was also wearing a paper hat cadged off the bakery section at Tesco. My role was to come out at the beginning of the play carrying a tray, walk through the audience shouting “RED HOTS! REEEEEED HOOOOOOTS!”, walk out the back of the hall, take off my costume and then go to the pub with Ian for the rest of the night. Great waistcoat memories, thanks.

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#30

you should’ve worn more than just the waistcoat, in hindsight

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#31

I desperately wanted one last year and trying to find a waistcoat for a plus size woman is a fool’s errand. So I bought one from a website that sells them for work uniforms. The material is cheap as shit and it’s quite ugly but it works for the purpose I need, I guess.

I know for many plus size women there’s a frustration about finding pretty clothes but I don’t find that’s an issue; I find it an issue to find good wardrobe staples. I would be thrilled if a website could just sell simple skirts in three lengths, four styles and a range of colours; waistcoats in a range of colours; blazers in three lengths and a range of colours… :frowning:

#32

Never been a professional snooker player or a sommelier, so no.

#33

When I used to play in brass bands, a waistcoat was always offered as the percussionist alternative to a full on jacket.

Wore one once, looked like an absolute dickhead, just went shirted from then on. The last band I was in (the really good one) just wore DJs anyway, which I was happy to wear because I looked dapper AF.

I did however have to wear a lot of bow ties, which we can all agree make everyone look like a massive tool.

#34

Does hi vis count?

#35

@xylo can wear the fuck out of a waistcoat.

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#36

i used to proper fret about the board thinking i was a cunt for ever wearing one. in hindsight that was a bizarre time of my life.

waistcoats, at the right time, are nice.

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#37

Suits Reginald pretty well.

Actually, don’t think he wears one. Leads me to believe that he might not be a Sommelier.

#38

Never worn one and for some reason Steve Arnott off of Line of Duty has been wearing some awful waistcoats recently. Not so much the cut, but the silky material on the back. Awful.

#39

The working class waistcoat.

No

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