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#26 2018-01-22 09:59:13

Kingston1an
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."

 

#27 2018-01-22 10:30:27

RobbieB
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Re: Peaky Blinders style

As I am follicly challenged I find a flat cap can be a useful form of Headwear. Around Essex it may be interpreted as an East End,  barrow boy market trader look but when I was in Ireland an Irish Republican mate thought I was going for a English landed gentry look. So my 'cheese-cutter' appears to cross the social divide.
I managed to get to episode 4 of Peaky Blinders. What a load of old 'pony'?


'I am a closet optimist' Leonard Cohen.

 

#28 2018-01-22 10:43:43

stanshall
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#29 2018-01-22 11:08:31

mhalat
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Re: Peaky Blinders style

I find the newsboy is similar to the fedora - often worn by toffs who see them on a television show and just kind of toss them on with whatever they're contemporary dress is, and it just looks like an awkward anachronism/is highly distracting. Worse though, as mentioned in thread, are the fellas that know a bit about the historical context, and dress like they're about to run their hounds at something. I'm largely of the belief that men's headwear is, outside of athletic hats, dead in the water - though that could be my 8+" noggin talking.

 

#30 2018-01-22 16:21:39

Jeff Reed
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#31 2018-01-22 18:27:07

stanshall
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#32 2018-01-22 20:07:32

mhalat
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#33 2018-01-23 03:50:48

Chet
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Do you know what a Palmist once said to me? She said: will you let go!
Vivian Stanshall

 

#34 2018-01-23 04:09:16

Jeff Reed
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Re: Peaky Blinders style

I understand that a fair number of men are costuming it up. There is the Fedora Lounge after all. But still, hats are functional.

We can look at a photo from the past like this:

http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/9d81c4ffea524001a4b3023d2dc2a8a0/crowd-in-bleachers-during-baseball-game-forbes-field-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-fk08rh.jpg

and confidently say that the ubiquity of hats, as there, is not coming back. But we can probably say the same about the suits and the ties. And what exactly is the function of a tie? And why is that item not picked on like the hat? I wear ties all the time when I don't have to. Then I am in costume, but none dare call it costume.

 

#35 2018-01-23 06:42:28

Kingston1an
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Re: Peaky Blinders style

People who go outside for any length of time will always want some protection for their head from the wind and rain. Unless they choose to look like bedraggled Premier League managers.

A hood can provide protection, but peripheral vision is compromised. Umbrellas are not the best in strong winds.


"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."

 

#36 2018-01-23 06:50:59

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#37 2018-01-23 07:57:15

mhalat
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#38 2018-01-23 10:16:15

Kingston1an
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."

 

#39 2018-01-23 10:21:48

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#40 2018-01-23 10:30:19

mhalat
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#41 2018-01-23 10:32:11

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#42 2018-01-23 10:56:38

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#43 2018-01-23 11:07:56

Kingston1an
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Re: Peaky Blinders style

For this to apply in the UK you would dress like Bob from ‘The Likely Lads’.

I am not sure the world is ready for that yet. On the other hand, Terry did wear a cloth cap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lvYf73Y4Ww


"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."

 

#44 2018-01-23 12:31:17

woofboxer
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'. 
John Simons

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#45 2018-01-23 12:37:01

stanshall
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Re: Peaky Blinders style

/\  excellent post Woofboxer


"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#46 2018-01-23 12:46:02

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Peaky Blinders style

I agree with stan, excellent post... I'll own up to using "superiors" here, my bad - Army mentality... Of course you're 100% right, seniors not superiors is the way to view it...

I personally am fortunate to be in an environment (higher education) where you can get away with a lot... Also, not being a business context, I stick out like a sore thumb anyway, haha... But for job interviews, etc., I try to blend a bit more...

That old adage, they should remember you, not your outfit... (and if they do remember your outfit, it should ony add to their positive impression of you...)


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#47 2018-01-23 13:22:14

stanshall
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#48 2018-01-23 13:25:57

mhalat
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Re: Peaky Blinders style

I'd quote everything that I'd like to in this conversation, but the post would be simply massive. Suffice to say, you are all stand-up fellas, and it's been a joy shooting the shit with each one of you.

 

#49 2018-01-23 13:47:05

stanshall
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#50 2018-01-23 13:54:32

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Peaky Blinders style


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

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