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#26 2014-08-20 09:34:32

formby
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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?

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You might, and I mean, just might, get away with Moore's look with a little tweaking...Make the jacket out of bottle green fine wale cord for example The cut, looks like a SBPL if so, it can provide a contemporary anchor. The shirt looks fun...in a Festive way.

A good looking young bloke could 'rock that' as they say in fora land.

The Persuaders has a great wardrobe. Moore designed much of his own stuff. He was knowledgeable, as were his contemporaries Stamp and Caine.

You have no chance with the ones you've posted as they make no contemporary sense, there's no anchor.


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#27 2014-08-20 09:46:22

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?

When I saw "cravat", the Moody Blues was the first thing that came to mind.  Then Jimi Hendrix Experience after that.  Keep in mind, I'm a 34-year-old American.  These are the associations I make.  The Moody Blues was a damn good looking band, as in handsome.  Definitely not saying that pic should be used as an example as a way to bring the cravat into the 21st century.


"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

 

#28 2014-08-20 09:55:47

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?

I just can't see it crossing the rubicon of it's association. I mean, it's literally the most elitist and pompous thing this side of a monocle in terms of connotation in modern society. The monocle might actually be more acceptable now that I think about it.

This shouldn't be seen as an attempt to deter anyone from it, and I'm sure the most enterprising of us could do it, but there's no way I can see this a mass trend. It wasn't even a mass trend when the Moody Blues were doing it, it was just a few artist types. It hasn't been common in a hundred years.

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#29 2014-08-20 09:59:28

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?

But see, my association was that of Swinging London, not really elitist pomposity.  That association is there too, but it's not as prominent for me.


"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

 

#30 2014-08-20 10:00:39

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

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#31 2014-08-20 10:04:18

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

 

#32 2014-08-20 10:04:27

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#33 2014-08-20 10:04:59

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

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#34 2014-08-20 10:05:30

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#35 2014-08-20 10:06:14

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

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#36 2014-08-20 10:06:33

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

 

#37 2014-08-20 10:09:53

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


"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

 

#38 2014-08-20 10:11:50

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


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

Souvent me Souvient

 

#39 2014-08-20 10:14:28

Dudley Clarke
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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#40 2014-08-20 10:18:34

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


"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

 

#41 2014-08-20 10:20:34

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


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

 

#42 2014-08-20 10:21:32

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


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

Souvent me Souvient

 

#43 2014-08-20 10:23:13

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


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

 

#44 2014-08-20 10:24:06

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


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

Souvent me Souvient

 

#45 2014-08-20 10:25:42

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?

Ha, even better.


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

 

#46 2014-08-20 10:27:37

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


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

Souvent me Souvient

 

#47 2014-08-20 10:32:10

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?

Jesus, white people are too funny sometimes.


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

 

#48 2014-08-20 10:36:37

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


"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

 

#49 2014-08-20 10:36:56

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


"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

 

#50 2014-08-20 10:38:38

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Re: Could the cravat make a comeback...?


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

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