"Ian Strachan's Raincoat wrote:
I took my kids out on Bonfire Night last year wearing a Stetson cap from J.Simons, a Grenfell field coat, green Paul Stuart cords and, most likely, wingtips, and my elder daughter (21) said I looked like a farmer!  Browsing the Andover catalogue made me think back to some of the stuff I've worn then rejected as being 'too English' - including one of those sleeveless quilted vests they sell. 
The newer Barbour jackets featured around 1978-9 as a minority thing, and I didn't actually wear Barbour until I lived in a village, when I got into Harris tweed, Daks, Dunn and Co., Loakes tan brogues and Burberrys' trenchcoats, Tattersall shirts, long scarves etc.  Believe me, I felt conspicuous until my jackets were ripped apart by barbed wire.  We then moved to a town and my wife said "You can't go out looking like that" etc. etc.  But I do see a bit of 'Sloane' creeping in here, which is a tad unfortunate IMO.  How many of us have inherited really good quality clothing from our elders?  Not I, for one.  Having said that, there just has to be something in common between 'Sloane' and Ivy, unless the Andover Shop is no longer Ivy and so following Brooks, Press etc.  But, the odd item aside, I still want to look American and not English."


I call your attention to an article regarding return to Posh style...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/1 … f-poshness

Being from the States, this seems somewhat related to Ivy/Trad/Prep.

Last edited by shuman2 (2009-12-21 20:51:54)