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#1 2012-11-18 03:26:49
- Kingston1an
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Even The Guardian is against it now
http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/2012/nov/18/alex-bilmes-suit-without-tie
''I hate ties and never wear one.
Mind you, I've never had a decent job or been anywhere upmarket.''
Last edited by Kingston1an (2012-11-18 03:29:37)
"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."
#2 2012-11-18 03:44:12
- Drum Thunder !!!
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
If only I could find the email Jim sent me, we pretty much plotted out the revival of the tie in the mainstream 3 months ago. Fashion and trend when held up to the light, is really just a big of shit.
Wear ties with suits, wear socks with brogues. Don't tuck your shirt in if you're wearing shorts. That type of thing.
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#3 2012-11-18 12:33:43
- Film Noir Buff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
#4 2012-11-18 12:57:03
- formby
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#5 2012-11-18 23:36:35
- ivanoff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
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#6 2012-11-19 01:50:13
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
/\ Surely this is profoundly wrong?
How can a tie ever just be a tie, a decorative item?
Here's a thought: Is a tie even more present by its absence?
To not wear a tie is to reference the notion of the wearing of a tie even more so than to actually wear one.
#7 2012-11-19 02:02:37
- ivanoff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
Does your head hurt from all that thinking?
That can matter--depending on the formality that the scenario demands
Tieless in a culture that doesn't put too much stock into wearing ties ain't gonna turn heads.
On the contrary, wear a tie in a society that eschews them and you'll get noticed.
#8 2012-11-19 02:08:37
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
What rot.
You have contradiced yourself utterly here.
First ties mean nothing and then they do?
I had some respect for you untill now, but now you show us that you'll say anything to anybody. You're like a typing prostitute.
#9 2012-11-19 02:12:43
- ivanoff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
Are we being half serious?
Objectively ties have no function other than for purposes aesthetic or for social convention.
#11 2012-11-19 12:47:12
- ivanoff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
What? I see your stratagem.
Through artifice and cutie pie stupidity you've derailed the topic from Filmbuffy's ludicrous list making pompousness into a sort of hide and go seek game.
You've won this round sir, but at least I don't have to make buffy-the-list-maker dinner every night
#12 2012-11-19 12:54:10
- Drum Thunder !!!
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
Showing your age with the Buffy reference, early 30's? Single? Dead-end job? Forum trolling, the only way to break the monotony? It's what's kept me going.
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#13 2012-11-19 13:11:30
- ivanoff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
The Vampire show? I've heard of it, haven't most?
Single, no...I've been lucky in that regard. Dead-end job? Those who do better might say so, but I earn well enough to distract myself.
You should join some organization or club, might be a better monotony killer than list maker's forum.
#14 2012-11-19 13:17:16
- Drum Thunder !!!
- Son of Odin
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
1. List are important.
2. See, 1.
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#15 2012-11-19 13:37:42
- ivanoff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
Are you lonely? I used to get lonely, until I learned how to hate.
But seriously, join some social club...or become a hobbyist of some sort, NOT a suit hobbyist--you need money to become a suiting hobbyist and it won't get you any positive attention.
If it wasn't for wrestling and a few other hobbies my social circle would be dramatically limited.
#16 2012-11-19 14:46:53
- Drum Thunder !!!
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
If I want to wear spandex and grab at men, I can go round Jim's
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#17 2012-11-19 17:04:36
- carpu65
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
I dont' like the tieless look with coat.
This is XXI century and ties are out of fashion?
I not agree,but if it is so...well, i don't want resemble to Ahmadinejad.
No ties in this century?
Therefore i want this look:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b4u4IxCi3OU/Sy1jTkRwhVI/AAAAAAAAEdc/FA6coJEhb5A/s400/billington_bishop.jpg
#18 2012-11-19 17:33:30
- ivanoff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
Don't compare yourself to a dictator or populist power grabber, that's punching above your weight.
Lots of people don't wear ties, many architects I deal with, for instance, don't usually wear ties.
I've worn a nehru suit before, I like em.
#21 2012-11-19 20:13:11
- ivanoff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
Oh it's this guy again.
#22 2012-11-20 01:01:04
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
I personally think that Ivanoff is dramatically poor - I have no interest in his marital status.
He just sounds so poverty stricken.
Everything is just so meagre about him...
I propose we have a whip round.
#23 2012-11-20 01:08:59
- ivanoff
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Re: Even The Guardian is against it now
What is a whip round? Yes, let's do it.