I liked the part where Dick the WASP got a girl to break up with her boyfriend by means of a letter he had forged and then dumped her a bit later. Wonder how he forged the guy's signature?

I thought having a certain code of conduct was part and parcel of being a preppy, patrician WASP. By his own admission, Dick the WASP is a lowdown, lying scoundrel--certainly not the type I'd sponsor into a yacht club or country club, that's for sure.

Uncle Mac has all the qualities required, save one.

His dress sense consists of entirely old-fashioned clothing (blazers) word badly (with woollen polo shirts) and with stupid accessories (cordovan shoes and argyle socks) fetishised for their own sake.

He always takes photos in the mirror of the gents.

He loves "pocket squares".

He has intense relationships with people he doesn't actually know in which he encourages a degree of familiarity which has homo-erotic overtones.

His clothes neither flatter nor particularly fit him but his wardrobe is both immense and expensive.

The one quality he lacks is that he does not seem to pontificate about things of which he knows nothing, but I still regard him as worthy.

Yes my 3 votes (I hold some proxys) go to hockey insider. Spectacular demonstration of a raft of classic iGent qualities.

If only there was a shoe post by him of seeking advice on buying, complaining, returning, complaining etc then I'd vote for him to take out 2011 too or to win a specially minted perpetual trophy.

I think a prerequisite for iGent of the year nomination is that the nominee should be an "attorney" or perhaps there should be s special award for the  poster who best approaches iGentism without being an attorney.

Last edited by Saint (2011-01-11 12:27:17)

Matching your belt to your shoe colour is a good source of entertainment

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=218701

Merlot, chilli, walnut, beechwood, number 8, etc., etc. - just as well they won't wear black shoes. That would take all the fun away.