Not inane, just fasinating. Charley makes his appearance and talk about his favourite subject, top hats.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=38484&page=9

Have any of you seen the HBO series Deadwood? The more I learn about Kabbaz the more he reminds me of E.B. Farnum. If you haven't seen it, do.

Morning inanity:

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?108259-Clip-on-suspenders
Like a pack of Shar Peis fighting in a wet paper bag, Andylanders ineffectually nip at one another about clip-on suspenders and social class. I ask you, Andylanders, what's so fucking bad about looking working class? A corollary - I don't think any of the bloodless, mannered homonculi who take advice from Ask Andy run the SLIGHTEST risk of looking like working men.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?108286-Is-the-quot-guardsman-slant-quot-a-good-idea&p=1149597#post1149597
And aloha to you too! Please remember that your quaint affectations and mental illnesses do not necessarily obtain in the world at large. Also please bear in mind that Hawaii does not enjoy an international reputation for fine traditional tailoring, although the islands do host the world's greatest expert in the Traditional and Most Serene Alden Shoe Manufactory Concern. I'm going directly to the sauciest part here, but you might find this whole unspeakably stupid conversation about "the Guardsman Slant" amusing.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?108288-Two-of-One-vs.-One-of-the-Other
Question: are you a grown man? If so, you should be able to cut the Gordian knot of this dilemma all by yourself.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?108289-Professional-Photograph
iGents sure do get photographed a lot. I enjoyed the advice to bring an extra, interesting shirt to the photo session. "I say there my extremely good gentle 'photog', don't you wish for me to change my attire so that we may register another set of fine sartorial images?" "No."

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?108282-Is-it-okay-to-use-burgundy-Allen-Edmonds-cream-on-merlot-shoes
No, this will ruin the shoes. Jesus Christ. Here, iGents, here's a table of what color polish you can use on your shoes:

SHOE -----------> polish
Black, midnight, subterranean vista, fuligin, deep galaxy - black
Marron de Provence, root, burnt umber, poopington, brownly, earth - brown
Allen Edmonds Proprietary Shoe Color Chili - chili
burgundy, cordovan, merlot, wine, bright purple, redly-brownly - cordovan (COLOR!)
Ecru, chestnut, walnut, Brazil nut, Walloon tan, oak gall - tan
#8 Shell Cordovan - contains all the colors of the rainbow, should just be brushed gently and reverentially

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Remember when he met Mafoofan and wrote a raving review about it. The silly one was completely over-the-moon and excited about the whole thing.

The pinstripe mafia:-

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?108316-Does-a-navy-suit-with-white-pinstripes-look-quot-mafia-quot&p=1149935#post1149935

How to be the capo di tutti capi on your auditing team. He winds up cuffdaddy but not one of the great trolls of all time like Mrs. Wedding Suit nearly was.