When you are too cheap to support local business and value online discounts instead (short term thinking). lt's cheap prices over service, and to hell with developing good relationships with local people.

When you talk about things online that usually don't matter.

When you think you know nearly everything about clothing, while in reality you know f*** all (false GODS, see my signiture...even Sator is onto them now).

When you buy with your eyes instead of your brain (not much substance in their decision making). Eg, buying expensive John Lobb and Edward Green rtw because they look sooo nice and because the forums think they are all that.

When you think you are all that.

When you take delivery of boxcloth braces in novel colorways.

^ I wouldn't bother about S.F if I were you, as it's already tipped over the event horizon. Witness, Mafoofan's desperate attempt to inject some clothing discourse into the place with his current '1Shoe' thread. To little to late, I'm afraid.

It takes all sorts to make a good forum and when you start to ban experienced, albeit, controversial posters at the behest of a coterie of small minded, egocentric fellow posters the writing is on the wall.

Bishop of Briggs wrote:

When you adopt a false Italian-sounding name to publish a book on tailoring.

I wanted to use the name Justin Knowell or Nico Honduras but the publisher wouldn't let me.

Russell_Street wrote:

... When you really start to think that you are one of the last bastions of... whatever... Writing with a fountain  pen?

Using a blotter...

NJS wrote:

I wanted to use the name ... but the publisher wouldn't let me.

My Lord Lucan, if only you had used your name of real for your book...

Last edited by Alexandre Orlov (2011-04-01 16:54:03)

You Know You're An iGent When...

...you have perfected, after many hours practicing in front of a mirror, how to stand with an air of tightly-coiled nonchalance.

Film Noir Buff wrote:

Big Tony wrote:

You Know You're An iGent When...

...you have perfected, after many hours practicing in front of a mirror, how to stand with an air of tightly-coiled nonchalance.

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It's interesting to me that men show off so many photos of themselves. I know women like to be appreciated but men have themselves to blame for that form of vanity. After all, women ARE the product and we both want to admire them and we cannot hold them to fault for wanting to be admired. But, could it be that men think the same values they apply to women should apply to themselves? For instance, men seem to value women for their youth and yet women whom you would think would be devastated by this yard stick seem to worry about it far less (in front of me at least) than men do. is it possible that men feel they should be appreciated or valued the way they value women and even to a greater extent? It would explain the every day fashion show and the desire to be objectified.

However, iIt would not account for the desire to have people applaud really ugly tailoring like this.

There is a theory that women and men think fundamentally differently in the sense that women are "horizontal" thinkers, while men are "vertical". I.e. while women are more concerned with the relationships they enjoy with those around them, men are concerned with how they personally rank among their peers.

When a woman tells a funny story, she is thinking "this is a great way to make the social environment more lively and amicable." Whereas a man tells a story so his peers will think of him as a "good story teller" and afford him the appropriate respect. Hence, when you get two males in a conversation with a girl, it's very often turns into a thinly veiled pissing contest.

Applying this to the dysmorphic world of clothing fora, one might argue that iGents seem to be less concerned with the messages their clothes send, and the appropriateness of their dress (and behaviour) in a social context, than they are occupied with ranking themselves above their peers as "dressers". Their number one aim is to be acclaimed as a "good dresser" by other males with the same intent.

Practially, this thinking leads them to be brand whores (the more boutique and exclusive the better), wear anachronistic and inappropriate clothes and, most obviously, seek the public admiration of other men through the medium of clothing fora.

Conversely, women tend to overreact when you don't ask them how their day was when you/they get home.

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You wonder if disowning your son is a  bit harsh as a consequence of his observation that the pattern on your shirt sleeve placket is mismatched by 1/32 of an inch.

prince nez wrote:

Film Noir Buff wrote:

Big Tony wrote:

You Know You're An iGent When...

...you have perfected, after many hours practicing in front of a mirror, how to stand with an air of tightly-coiled nonchalance.

http://forums.filmnoirbuff.com/uploads/ … 1_1280.jpghttp://forums.filmnoirbuff.com/uploads/ … ypreps.jpg

It's interesting to me that men show off so many photos of themselves. I know women like to be appreciated but men have themselves to blame for that form of vanity. After all, women ARE the product and we both want to admire them and we cannot hold them to fault for wanting to be admired. But, could it be that men think the same values they apply to women should apply to themselves? For instance, men seem to value women for their youth and yet women whom you would think would be devastated by this yard stick seem to worry about it far less (in front of me at least) than men do. is it possible that men feel they should be appreciated or valued the way they value women and even to a greater extent? It would explain the every day fashion show and the desire to be objectified.

However, iIt would not account for the desire to have people applaud really ugly tailoring like this.

There is a theory that women and men think fundamentally differently in the sense that women are "horizontal" thinkers, while men are "vertical". I.e. while women are more concerned with the relationships they enjoy with those around them, men are concerned with how they personally rank among their peers.

When a woman tells a funny story, she is thinking "this is a great way to make the social environment more lively and amicable." Whereas a man tells a story so his peers will think of him as a "good story teller" and afford him the appropriate respect. Hence, when you get two males in a conversation with a girl, it's very often turns into a thinly veiled pissing contest.

Applying this to the dysmorphic world of clothing fora, one might argue that iGents seem to be less concerned with the messages their clothes send, and the appropriateness of their dress (and behaviour) in a social context, than they are occupied with ranking themselves above their peers as "dressers". Their number one aim is to be acclaimed as a "good dresser" by other males with the same intent.

Practially, this thinking leads them to be brand whores (the more boutique and exclusive the better), wear anachronistic and inappropriate clothes and, most obviously, seek the public admiration of other men through the medium of clothing fora.

Conversely, women tend to overreact when you don't ask them how their day was when you/they get home.

It could be, it could be. More than one way to skin an iGent.

I have seen many over time who need to not only get clothes they like, not only post pictures for others to admire them but also to assert that their way is the best way; very Yrtle the Turtle.

Many of have seen some famous posters make absolute fools of themselves fighting over this imagined style hegemony and even wreck forums. It was amusing watching low brows trying to ape gentlemen. Waste of time really because a gentleman eschews others copying his style.

If you've got children and open the door to visitors wearing jeans theres something very wrong with your parenting skills surely?

Goodyear welt wrote:

If you've got children and open the door to visitors wearing jeans theres something very wrong with your parenting skills surely?

What a terrible example to set for the children. They need to learn that tradesmen should always go to the side door and speak to the butler.