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#1 2014-08-06 14:22:02

formby
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Brummell and beyond...


"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin

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#2 2014-08-07 08:18:29

Dudley Clarke
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Re: Brummell and beyond...

Interesting, even if one does not agree with so many heedless generalizations. For example, he avoids any discussion at all of the fundamental truth in the human condition that most people want to be noticed (for the right reasons) - that they always have wanted to be so noticed and they they always will. In the following anecdote, this desire is demonstrated superbly well: and, also wanting to be noticed and appreciated, I put in my bid for the prize tie for finding and sharing it:

"Look at me" Dustin Hoffman on Laurence Olivier -…: http://youtu.be/1M6Kh5AXF0M

Last edited by Dudley Clarke (2014-08-07 08:29:32)


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#3 2014-08-07 10:42:53

doghouse
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Re: Brummell and beyond...

There is a lot there to think about. Some of it is over generalized, some outright wrong. But I think many things good. One is the obvious that pretty much anyone who has graced internet clothing fora knows, Brummel was spare and precise. I would think that a significant portion of the general public actually knows this now really.

The contrasting of the Victorians and Brummell I find interesting, since the description of the Victorians is right on, but I have seen no real evidence on Brummelll's position one way or another.

Honestly, the most insightful part is about effort being common.


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#4 2014-08-07 11:56:19

formby
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin

Souvent me Souvient

 

#5 2014-08-07 12:13:43

doghouse
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#6 2014-08-07 12:18:59

Dudley Clarke
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#7 2014-08-07 12:20:13

Dudley Clarke
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#8 2014-08-07 12:21:19

doghouse
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#9 2014-08-07 12:22:32

Dudley Clarke
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#10 2014-08-07 12:25:28

Dudley Clarke
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#11 2014-08-07 12:32:43

doghouse
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#12 2014-08-07 13:41:46

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Re: Brummell and beyond...

Nor does the desire to be noticed always manifest itself in the form of outward appearance.


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#13 2014-08-07 13:45:10

Dudley Clarke
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Last edited by Dudley Clarke (2014-08-07 13:46:55)


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#14 2014-08-07 13:45:53

doghouse
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Re: Brummell and beyond...

^ It's a fun past time though.


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#15 2014-08-07 13:48:45

Dudley Clarke
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#16 2014-08-07 14:06:48

doghouse
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#17 2014-08-07 14:23:29

Armchaired
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


�Careful with that axe Eugene.�

 

#18 2014-08-07 14:25:03

doghouse
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Re: Brummell and beyond...

Of course.

Or he has an intermittent space bar issue.....


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#19 2014-08-07 14:26:53

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Re: Brummell and beyond...


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#20 2014-08-07 14:29:40

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Re: Brummell and beyond...


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#21 2014-08-07 14:36:00

Worried Man
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#22 2014-08-07 14:54:06

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Re: Brummell and beyond...


"McQueen's message was signaled through subtraction... in a tweed or herringbone jacket and a ribbed swearer he had an electric austerity".

 

#23 2014-08-07 15:19:04

Dudley Clarke
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#24 2014-08-09 04:31:04

formby
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Re: Brummell and beyond...


"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin

Souvent me Souvient

 

#25 2014-08-09 06:37:35

fxh
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Re: Brummell and beyond...

Is that still stuff from Niks book? Nice to see George Melly given a mention. He was writing about stuff  before many others.

 

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