It struck me as odd that he claims that he wants to pack so much stuff for travel - more than his wife even.

That behaviour might have worked when people had steamer trunks and crossed the Atlantic by sea.

Then there is all his fretting about what to wear in the one week when it is neither Summer nor Autumn, Winter nor Spring etc.

There is only so much you can say about clothes anyway.

Because I don't believe his story & I don't approve of people selling things using bullshit.

Frankly, it sounds like a (slightly) more sophisticated take on the sort of story peddled in high school locker rooms, which as we all know were aimed at raising ones respect among 'the guys'. Here, I suspect the story is designed to appeal to the credible iGent who Will thinks will be convinced that by wearing a challis bow tie & yellow chamois gloves his chances with a French showgirl may be raised.

For this sort of strategy to work it would require Will to be a little younger, better looking & a LOT more interesting. Its quite amusing that he thinks he could fit the bill ... the gap between the perception of ourselves & reality is often extremely wide, as any honest tailor will probably tell you.

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That would be hypocritical of us .. we give comps et al a hard time, why should we exempt someone who profiteers through hawking overpriced gee gaws by creating a bullshit sartorial ideology along with a made up lifestyle. He is a Snake oil salesman.

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I thought Will was married. While many older married guys probably enjoy hobnobbing with 20-something cabaret dancers (or would enjoy it if they don't), it does seem rather impolitic to publicize it in this matter. Or have he and Mrs. Boehlke split up...or do they perhaps have an "open marriage"? (Now that was a very '70s concept that sure died on the vine!)

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^ He seems a decent sort though.

Neither he nor Cromps are models and they have to work with what God gave them.

Safari suits and such like are his biggest mistakes.

I think the male fear of loving clothes is more of an anglo thing. Certainly most everybody I grew up with in PR was attentive to dress and as a matter of fact, those who weren't were seen as lacking a necessary skill.
The fear of being too attentive to appearance in the anglosphere is not just a male thing. I also remember growing up recognizing the American mothers of my classmates at a glance by how shabby they dressed compared to my other PR friends mothers.
To this day, as a Plastic Surgeon, the single question that gets asked at almost every single consult is: "Doctor, do I need this?"
To my mother, who is north of 80, or to any of my sisters or nieces that question does not even make sense. Of COURSE nobody needs it, but who wouldn't want it?

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Will and Crompie are not now - and never have been - cross-dressers. I hope that is clear.