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#51 2012-03-05 20:02:23

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#52 2012-03-05 20:51:48

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#53 2012-03-05 20:57:58

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#54 2012-03-05 21:07:39

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#55 2012-03-05 21:14:48

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#56 2012-03-06 01:56:51

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#57 2012-03-06 04:52:49

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I had missed FNB's requests for my shirt preferences.

My shirt collection is roughly 50% fine/bengal/candy stripes (several colours) and 50% white and blue solids (poplin, oxford and end-on-end). Small spotted or plain grenadine ties are worn with the bengal and candy stripes. My work suits are blue or grey and single-breasted.

I prefer a bengal stripe or plain shirt with a tweed jacket depending on the pattern. A bengal or candy stripe looks good with a windowpane. I am not a fan of multiple pattern look, especially tattersall shirts and hunting ties with tweed jackets that you see on the websites of country outfitters.

My choices, admittedly conservative, are personal and have remained constant over the last 30 years. I don't follow any tribe or have any style icons that I try to copy. And please don't confuse being opinionated with being curmudgeonly.


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#58 2012-03-06 06:45:42

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#59 2012-03-06 07:16:11

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#60 2012-03-06 09:53:46

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Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.

 

#61 2012-03-06 10:28:12

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Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.

 

#62 2012-03-06 11:18:35

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#63 2012-03-06 11:30:11

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#64 2012-03-06 12:21:02

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Extreme reactions? I rarely react or comment strongly on anything here other than iGent inanity. Our host took exception to my comments on Duchamp, one of his favourite brands, a few months ago. If I offended him, I apologise.

FNB may have a false impression of London. It is rare to see well-dressed men outside Mayfair/St James's these days. Standards have slipped in the City too. Most of the men in my part of West London wear denim jeans (often grubby) with t-shirts. A few office and shop workers wear poor-fitting suits. Such a contrast to the city that I loved in the 80s and 90s!!


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#65 2012-03-06 13:23:58

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#66 2012-03-06 14:51:48

dick james
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#67 2012-03-06 16:07:59

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#68 2012-03-06 16:47:19

Oo Bop Sh'bam
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Re: The outer limits of shirting

I hate to say I agree with Briggs, the standard of men's dress in London is pretty poor, I always think chaps that come into our store look better in the italian suits we sell, than the Jermyn Street labels they might be wearing, but that's RTW I couldn't comment on M2M as I haven't a clue.

Back to shirts though, I find the tie and shirt combinations pretty tasteless on the websites and in the stores of most of the Jermyn Street retailers. In fact I find it quite hard to understand why people get so excited by what are quite often really ugly shirts and ties. Drakes ties all seem to be in really good taste compared to T&A, N&L and H&K.

Again, I'm not big on the scene, but I'd hold Drakes taste up as being better than most when it comes to what I think is cool about the UK look.

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#69 2012-03-06 16:48:23

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#70 2012-03-06 16:58:06

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#71 2012-03-06 17:42:49

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#72 2012-03-06 19:56:39

fxh
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#73 2012-03-06 22:01:06

Simon
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Blatant Modernist.

 

#74 2012-03-07 01:34:40

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''If I can't share my faith in Christ here, I'd just as soon not have to put up with people advocating drug use.''

 

#75 2012-03-07 03:41:26

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