That's a real shame, to put it mildly.  Talk about one little so-and-so ruining it for the rest of us.  But I can understand why Billax has decided he's had enough of the antics of the online world. With his courtliness, culture and natural style, Billax was always a class act, a cut above.  In the face of some grubby behaviour, he's exited with typical grace. But he'll be badly missed. He's pretty much the platonic ideal of the look, for me at least.

Shit happens man. I suspect that someone as appreciated as Billax will continue to post something somewhere - maybe even here.

It is a shame that someone has treated him in such a pathetic manner though.

Blimey, that's a low blow. Mind you we get it a lot in the creative industries - I too hope he returns, always liked to see Bill in all his finery.

What was the guy gaining from lifting Billax's work anyway? Strange behaviour indeed

So this chipper culprit is apparently a professional writer and journalism major. But he cannot spell 'discreet'...

Reek of dank underbridges and hairy feet.

But, yeah. What a shame.

Chipper.

Ruining it for the rest for us.

I appreciate your consideration, Armchaired, and if I am not welcome, then I won't stick around. I don't wish to defend myself publicly, except to suggest there might be two sides to every story (although I am sure my side is plain wrong). As for my misspellings, well, I stand guilty as charged.

With all due respect to all parties, and with no intention to inflame matters, may I offer that things can be misinterpreted out of context? When I suggested online, as Billax quotes me, that I will "plagiarize" the outfits of others, it was hardly said with ill intention, and in fact, it was used figuratively, to mean the borrowing of a look as a sort of sartorial plagiarism, as the flattery of imitation. And I admit, I do borrow wholesale, even down to socks on my feet, from the many fine examples I see on AAAC, here, and elsewhere. Is there any one of us who doesn't borrow freely from the examples of others?

As for lifting the language, yes, I admit that I may have done that, but frankly, I have no original thoughts of my own on Ivy trad style. I admire Billax's own original thinking, and if I lifted from it, I did not do so with the intention to misrepresent myself or discredit or slight Billax. For the record, I also apologized online at AAAC to Billax and any others I offended, and I also removed the offending posts. I was still banned, and without going into detail, I'd offer the banning had more to do with other ongoing drama.

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It was done both intentionally and subconsciously. But again, the intentions were not malicious--and I also have a hard time calling this plagiarism. I realize that's not a point I'm going to win, though, and I will cede that point.

If someone here, for example, posts an outfit that I fall in love with, if you will, that person can expect the flattery of my "plagiarizing" that look, the first chance I have. Isn't that why we post these things? I would be flattered as hell if someone posted a WIWT image that looked like what I wear (and I'm sure they would do it better).

In any case, I said I wasn't going to defend myself, and there I go.

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I really don't want to go into it, as it gets into personalities and perceptions, likes and dislikes, etc. I will say that I am extremely opinionated, and I am sure that my opinions and how I expressed myself put many people off.

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