Clever title.

Let's get things rolling. Former turnstile-hopping Missionary-tuned-architect decides to start dressing better, since there's no more work for architects:
"I'm a 31 year old architect in Richmond, VA, and I recently ran into the blog "Art of Manliness" which led me to others and generally got me thinking a little more about how I dress. I expressed this to my wife, and for Christmas some family chipped in, and I was given a budget of $250 for a new suit."

Good luck, Corbusier.
http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … t-10-or-so

DukeGrad, long a favorite with many around here, is posting virtually stream-of-ununsciousnessly, with some help from his ghostwriter Jim Beam:
"Hi gentlemen. you can walk into the CJ bench made shoes for 600-800.Polo loafers are CJ also some I have been Alden all my life Also save a buck Shipton and Henage here does a nice brittish shoe They use a very good maker in England Not Peals crap there are rancourt and oak street members here have nice made boat shoes and mocs for 250 FUI. ben Silver has CJ online if you want soon C J may be cutting out online stuff I am understanding cordovan another shoe I never wore in 60 years I find a non cordovan leather lasts longer in a shoe just my input Get cordovan wallets only nice dsy "

Plenty more where that came from.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … ost1269122

I like the way he dresses, but I would compare his influence on current men's style to Quentin Tarantino's or Wes Anderson's influence on my fellow student filmmakers: he has a distinctive personal aesthetic, and he pulls it off very well, but he makes it look easier than it is.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … 5574-Hello
Our old "suedehead" pal the Earl is back, hooray!

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … lling-PA-s

I have decided to go with AE PA's for my formal wear shoe. I purchased and returned two patent options( AE Copley and Forsheim Kingston). The Kingstons were incredibly bulky looking and, overall, patent leather is just not a look I am comfortable with. It seems to make an otherwise fine brand like AE look like a cheap rental shoe. I know this is heresy for some, but the decision is made, so please refrain from proselytizing.

I plan to reserve the PA's for semi-formal events and very formal business occasions ( I have AE Hales that I like for daily wear). I intend to bull them, and watched a few Youtube videos on bulling. For some reason, in each case the person only bulled the toe cap, not the entire shoe. Is this a standard convention? I would assume a high polish / bulling to the entire calf upper would be more fitting when worn with semi formal attire.

I would also like to know if there is any real difference between the Kiwi wax polish (in the tin) vs the similar product sold by AE. I use the AE cream polishes (in the tubes), but bulling requires the wax version.

Patrick wrote:

Gilgamesh2003 wrote:

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?115591-sartorialist-photo&p=1269122#post1269122

I like the way he dresses, but I would compare his influence on current men's style to Quentin Tarantino's or Wes Anderson's influence on my fellow student filmmakers: he has a distinctive personal aesthetic, and he pulls it off very well, but he makes it look easier than it is.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … 5574-Hello
Our old "suedehead" pal the Earl is back, hooray!

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … lling-PA-s

I have decided to go with AE PA's for my formal wear shoe. I purchased and returned two patent options( AE Copley and Forsheim Kingston). The Kingstons were incredibly bulky looking and, overall, patent leather is just not a look I am comfortable with. It seems to make an otherwise fine brand like AE look like a cheap rental shoe. I know this is heresy for some, but the decision is made, so please refrain from proselytizing.

I plan to reserve the PA's for semi-formal events and very formal business occasions ( I have AE Hales that I like for daily wear). I intend to bull them, and watched a few Youtube videos on bulling. For some reason, in each case the person only bulled the toe cap, not the entire shoe. Is this a standard convention? I would assume a high polish / bulling to the entire calf upper would be more fitting when worn with semi formal attire.

I would also like to know if there is any real difference between the Kiwi wax polish (in the tin) vs the similar product sold by AE. I use the AE cream polishes (in the tubes), but bulling requires the wax version.

Up top: More like a character in a Jess Franco movie.

Below: What on earth is "bulling"?

It's what soldiers call highly polishing the toe cap of their boots. Its was a British term originally.

A rare visit to the cesspit called Andyland produced this gem

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … ost1268380

"I usually do not do this, and I know the difference between the suit and the sport jacket, but I do not have enough space in my luggage and I will be traveling abroad for a week of meetings and I am thinking in pack two suits (blue and grey), and two more trousers. I intend to use as suits (for the more formal occasions) and also the jackets as separates intending to have 4 combinations for a week of meetings. Is that OK or it will look weird? Any suggestions?"

And the one and half breasted jacket - http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … ted-jacket

Bishop of Briggs wrote:

This is a classic iGent post - http://thelondonlounge.net/forum/viewto … mp;t=10555

Verbose, pretentious tripe!

...Troll soup.

Bishop of Briggs wrote:

More inanity on the Costi Lounge - http://thelondonlounge.net/forum/viewto … 345#p61345

Although he seems to be innately inane by virtue of his  cheesitudinal euro-zone coordinates, what is inane about this particular post?

You know, I was wearing a Duchamp Harlequin split tie today and some homeless derelict stomped by ranting about a kaleidoscopic tie; for a split second I thought he might lunge at me from behind. I thought to myself, if the good Bish could only hear this, he would approve.

Ali Kebab wrote:

Costi is my hero.

Please don't say a bad word about him.

He states the bleeding obvious on that thread. On other threads, his posts are worse than those in Private Eye's Pseud's Corner.

fxh wrote:

How should I dress for an academic conference?

Dear MC,

I have to present a several conferences in the next couple months, and I have no idea how to dress. I don't really want to ask the people in my department because they are slobs. I was thinking a navy blue suit, shell shoes and a simple tie, or is that too much? Should I ditch the jacket and just put on a sweater?
Love, Teger

http://www.styleforum.net/forums/thread … eid/283391

Theres nothing particularly inane about the post in itself.

Well, except that the bloke claims to be employed as an academic, y'know, people who observe, research, think, analyse, and yet he doesn't know how men dress at academic conferences in his discipline. I assume hes presenting in his discipline, although these days - who knows.

Maybe in past conferences hes looked around and sen what presenters dress like, maybe hes even noticed what the audience dresses like, maybe hes even thought about how to dress to impress the audience and be taken seriously - the audience who incidentally wont be iGentts?

No the bit that worried me is that this dude is a veteran with 15,000 posts to his name on a Mens Clothing Forum.

Yes thats in excess of 15,000 posts on a mens clothing forum and he doesn't know how to dress for his work. And presumably hes an academic who is trained to do a Lit search?

One can only adopt the young persons articulate vernacular and say -  WTF?

What post?

Anyway, I have seen members there with twice that number of posts who know how to dress for any occasion. Why single this poor guy out?

Southern gentleman sees the error of his ways and apologizes for snark - which the moderators had already deleted anyway.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … ost1268949

He pointed out that Dukegrad was talking about Scotland when the post concerned Ireland. Thread continues discussing the plethora of strange currencies used in Europe and in-depth analysis of the current economic situation.

Good job the poor man does not post here or he would be forever apologizing.

prince nez wrote:

Kingstonian wrote:

Southern gentleman sees the error of his ways and apologizes for snark - which the moderators had already deleted anyway.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … ost1268949

He pointed out that Dukegrad was talking about Scotland when the post concerned Ireland. Thread continues discussing the plethora of strange currencies used in Europe and in-depth analysis of the current economic situation.

Good job the poor man does not post here or he would be forever apologizing.

This reminded me of a time lined up for immigration at Heathrow when an American behind me felt the need to explain to his wife that "England doesn't have the Euro - they have the British pound"... "Oh really!?" was the amazed response!

The Irish and the Scots are similar people and often band together to fight the common enemy. Didnt any of you see Braveheart?

prince nez wrote:

Film Noir Buff wrote:

prince nez wrote:

This reminded me of a time lined up for immigration at Heathrow when an American behind me felt the need to explain to his wife that "England doesn't have the Euro - they have the British pound"... "Oh really!?" was the amazed response!

The Irish and the Scots are similar people and often band together to fight the common enemy. Didnt any of you see Braveheart?

I thought the moral of Braveheart was that the Jews started all the wars in the world?

Right actor; wrong movie ...