And how can you lose?

It certainly has its place. 
It's just alien to original old school Shetlands.
Old Shetlands would pill at the blink of an eye...
Was the American brushed up Shetland an attempt to fake that aged look from day one ?

We may never know ...

Shetlands were for if you couldn't even afford Lambswool over here, back in the day...
Bring back that rough little knockabout sweater !
Bring it on home to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl5usKhGz60

Last edited by Incognito (2014-11-14 05:06:23)

This time of year - just layers.  Layers and layers of goodness.  Cardigans, shetlands, herringbone tweed jacket, nice thick OCBD.

I like the Shaggy Dog too and it's nice to have them in addition to the flatter unbrushed Shetlands ... the Shaggy has its uses, it's warmer (especially when new) as everybody who's one worn one knows, but they do flatten and pill and also possibly are a bit less durable than a flat plain Shetland ...

unquestionably J. Press's effort to dandify a somewhat generic staple

Shags being so fluffy can overstuff or get hung up in the sleeves of a sport coat which is why fall and winter coats should be commodious and why slim-fit tweed sport coats generally blow visually, practically and conceptually

under the sport coat one would generally go flat Shetland ... at the old game circa 1959 perhaps you'd wear a Shaggy under a stadium or other roomy overcoat/topcoat and possibly skip the sport coat?  possibilities were/are rife ... and maybe ripe too if vintage/thrift/eBay/Etsy anything is involved

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but the workhorse is your oxford buttondown shirt, followed by your khaki chinos, and then your shoes, which make or break you ....

blue blazer is key but unless you've got the ocbd with it you're drifting .....

crewneck Shetland is as key as the ocbd but less year-round ....

good guys wear crewneck Shetlands and ocbds ..... if you've got those then whether you wear khakis, jeans or cords is a bit secondary (excluding low-rise nuthuggers which would ruin the whole deal and make everybody queasy)

and don't ruin all the good effort with some shoes intended for minivan s o c c e r dads

Last edited by stanshall (2014-11-15 00:16:15)

For me all good outfits start with a pair of surplus US Army underpants.

You a Blazer fan then, Mr. Sidewinder ?

How do you wear yours ?

I'm sure the jacket could be re-invented in some way....  It's just that for now, as life has changed, I wonder about its usefulness.

If you already have all the other jackets then having one makes sense just to ring the changes. But the old idea of it being the first jacket to get has to be long gone now.

No ?

I disagree - it's what you wear. If WM got on a plane in that outfit, landed in Heathrow with similar weather conditions, and refused to speak so no one could discern his nationality, the look would be just as good.

^ the word

Good thing you don't live in England.