... And FNB himself has always said that kosher Jermyn street shirts with Sack suits was always a very Traditional American style look in answer to the Trad's cartoon of the style...
Isn't this the style Osbert Lancaster claimed to have 'created'? I don't know it, but I've seen the style done by Viyella and I really don't like it. The M&S connection; yes; nothing to do with Princess Di at all, then (although it might well have been, I've rarely had a conversation with an American woman in which I wasn't quizzed about all aspects of our royal family). More crossover. Might please Eduard.
I'll wear a spread collar with a sack suit whenever the urge strikes me. Even with a knit tie. The buttondown can get monotonous. I don't think this was ever uncommon among sack suit wearers.
The BD can get monotonous, can't it? Sometimes I fail to see the point at all - as though the makers simply couldn't be bothered to think of an alternative. An English made shirt with a BD collar can often be laughable.
Hard to judge by just a photo...
This begs the question: would an American accustomed to a soft collar be comfortable with Anglo stiffness?
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Giving it a bit of an Italian look is what still appeals the most to me when we're talking (more) formal wear.
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Very nice. Very neat. I approve, but would others? 'Pinched and over-neat?' I don't think so.
Bill had his moments of looking, in the first place, slightly loopy, in the second place, after marrying that nice, plump blonde, overfed and a bit smiley. Off the drugs by then and into the funky shirts and jackets so beloved of jazz musicians who'd given up on their BDs and loafers.