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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:53)
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I have a particular hang-upabout gentlemen's dress sense. I don't even want to get into a discussion about chavs/hoodies/gangstas/people of the lower orders, as my loathing of them may be taken as a given. No, what really upsets me is when chaps attempt to dress correctly but just cannot seem to get the grip of the product of a million years of fashion evolution. Here follows a list of the worst crimes:
A shirt that is darker in colour than one's tie, particularly if that colour is purple or black.
A suit worn with trainers.
Unpolished shoes.
Shiny suits. Good God man, don't you realise M&S do perfectly serviceable suits for £100?
Tie knots the size of a fist. It doesn't make you look big or cool. In fact rather the opposite - you look like an estate agent or a footballer. Take your pick.
A dinner suit at a wedding. Ever. Even if you have the great misfortune to be in the United Colonies of America.
Come on you fellows - it's not that difficult to look smart as if you actually mean it. Let's not let down the male sex, alright?
/rant
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 12:43, 14 replies)
My dear boy, if I may be so bold as to add--Novelty ties.
-Novelty waistcoats
-Cufflinks with a single cuff, button shirt.
- Belt and braces.
-Gold cufflinks in anything but a yellow shirt.
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 12:59, closed)
Can I also add:-Socks with cartoon characters on.
-Jeans in any other colour than blue or black.
-Navy blue double breasted jackets with brass buttons.
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Anthropos Was making beer on, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 14:17,
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Yes, novelty socks, cufflinks or any other novelty clothing is despicable.But as the OP was regarding sartorial codes for the well-dressed gentleman, I would be inclined to ignore denim trousers, what what?
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 14:38, closed)
Well since I am aRoyal Navy Midshipman, I have a fondness for the double-breasted ones. In fact I recently acquired some peculiarly splendid buttons for it.
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 16:27, closed)
Indeed, indeedand may I add to the above:
A hat worn within a dwelling or public house.
Brown shoes during the week in town.
More than one shirt button undone without rolling the shirtsleeves up.
A pipe that extends below the facial hair.
Blazers worn with dark trousers.
Wearing a Hawaiian shirt and flip flops to a nuclear practice alert. (The late lamented Pater, RAF XXXX, 1977)
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 15:04, closed)
Ah, the buttons rule...If one must insist on being so uncouth as to unbutton one's shirt, here are the rules-
One button in the daytime.
Two buttons in the evening.
Three buttons and it's the Bee Gees.
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 15:16, closed)
I'd always thought it was1 button: professional (when not required to wear a #%@$ necktie).
2 buttons: casual
3 buttons: Greek
4 buttons: "I am soooo gay" (in severely camp accent)
It could just be a regional thing, though.
(, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 15:22, closed)
no one has mentionedstrutting around with all the suit jacket buttons done up ...
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 16:04, closed)
I hate people who come to lectures at uni in Navy uniform....what?
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 17:33,
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HAHA!Bitch.
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 22:23, closed)
The Clarkson lookSuit jacket, t-shirt, jeans and white runners.....appalling
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 18:21, closed)
See also: scarves indoors, and flat caps without the regulation whippets.Though you don't see so much of the latter now.
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The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 19:21,
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a suit worn with trainerswell, it worked for doctor who
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 2:08,
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