One caveat -Can I give my answers as to what I would actually wear ( as in what is already in my wardrobe) or what I should wear.

The reason I ask for clarity is I probably (other than some penny loafers or some ocbd) don`t have a great deal of Ivy clothing.

but do have (far too much) English country clothing.

It may be intresting to Establish a convergence or divergence of the two styles -English country/Ivy -which for all intents and purposes meet and shake hands under the banner of trad.

3) Drinking & playing pool with mates -

For me that's just drinking then!

I'm guessing this is nowhere too smart & we are in a pub not a bar or a club. An English pub and an English bar are quite different things. Pool tables are rare in bars (or clubs) unless they are the sort of places which cater to pub-people wishing to venture a little up-market but still bringing their lovely Prole-y pub-behaviour with them (Gawd Bless 'em!). This snobbery isn't mine, btw, this is just what England is like in my experience of the dear old place. If we are in a pub then we are in the country again. In London we'd be in a bar or club & be better dressed. Sharper.

Cord jeans more likely than Denim jeans.
Boats/Camp Mocs/Desert Boots, even.
Nothing special sock wise.
Pea coat or Field Coat or Cannadienne (It still smells!) or G9 or G4 or Carhartt Detroit over the top.
Underneath - No jacket! - At this time of year it's a BD & a Shetland. OCBD of any kind - plain, check or stripe. A Tartan BD even, as only the collar & cuffs are going to show (I like Tartan in the Autumn/Winter).
Instead of an OCBD & Shetland how about a Pendleton with a White-T underneath for a change? Be careful not to look to much like a Gay Lumberjack though especially in the country ("...We don't hold with them sort 'round here. Abominations be what they are.."). Always look in the mirror before going out.

In the warmer weather just a half-sleeve or polo shirt with jeans or really broken in slim cut Chinos, but more than likely jeans which wouldn't be Cord in the Spring/Summer - They'd more than likely be pale coloured canvas or twill. No socks. Boats or Camp Mocs.

Russell Athletic (no logo) sweatshirt with White-T undernath showing at the neck for that cool crew-on-crew look? Nice.

Lots of choices but pretty scruffy. Shorts, even, if we are out in the Beer Garden - 9", uncuffed, flat-front, Madras, Seersucker, Chino, old cut-down jeans or Khakis, old cut-down Reds...

j.

5) An afternoon's culture in  Museum -

So I'd be in London again...

I'd go TJCJ again I think - Tweed Jacket, Cords, Jumper.

Maybe Khakis would be better though - Museums are always over-heated.

I'd wear old Brown Boats or Camp Mocs because I'd be on my feet all afternoon wandering around.

I'd leave my Mac & brolly in the cloak room...

Tan Cord Sack or Slack jacket with Khakis is another route - Candy striped blue/white OCBD, White-T underneath. Maybe an Oxford Grey  sleeveless V neck... They have such 'schoolboy' charm...
No tie.
Comfy socks.

Maybe a Chambray BD? That would be quite creative - Khaki Cords (Cuffs!), Moss green or Donkey Brown crew neck, Chambray BD, Camp Mocs. Soft fawny coloured Sack or Slack jacket of plain Cotton or Herringbone Tweed (Not that I have a Tweed Slack yet...).

D.

Mrs.Monkey and I hit the town:

This will involve  pre dinner drinks-a nice meal -and post dinner drinks.

So I wouldnt want to be too tightly done up-therefore no tie- It`s some years since I have felt the need to wear a tie other than when the sittuation arises and warrants it ( a formal occasion or club dinner etc.)

I would probably wear a black and white dogs tooth check- 2 button single breasted Jacket-(Daks) with a white spread collar shirt ( nice little tailoring company called Charcoal and chalk) a Red paisley silk pocket square.

Dark grey wool flannels flat fronted with turn ups- no belt loops but side adjusters ( had these tailor made a number of years ago-couldn`t find just what I was looking for any where)

grey and black argyle patterned socks.

Loake buckled monk shoe ( highly polished by my good self)

I would envisage the evening to be summer so no need for a coat for warmth- but you can never predict the precipitation so I will carry with me a lightweight stone /buff coloured mac by Wellington of Bilmore with a detachable leather collar.

If the evening goes Ok Mrs.Monkey will have too much sparkling white wine and want to return to the hotel-which I will off course accompany her to-once she is tucked up in bed -I will murmour something about  not being tired just now and say I am going to the Bar for a nightcap- at which point I will head directly for Spearmint Rhino and ask for my pocket square to be "Perfummed" ( no doubt at a cost of a few hundred pounds)

Last edited by Cheeky Monkey (2007-12-06 05:27:57)

6) Teasing an old chum's clit -

Shame I haven't got her in the evening in a bar - the clothes would be a little bit more interesting...

For this I'd be in London again because London is where all my old friends mainly are.

Being 42 with a broken back and a nose like a Toucan I'd want to be at my most youthful, spunky, dangerous, flirty & attractive best. Urbane, witty, funny, charming, disarming, knowing just when to introduce a little whistful pathos into the conversation and then suddenly to have her laughing her head off at something really inane straight away afterwards - In short the whole rollercoaster of fun which is the giddy world of romance -

(And I'd lean forward when I talked & look into her eyes too!)

Charcoal Grey John Smedley (Not black, but the really nice grey they do). Maybe a White-T underneath... No, in fact maybe not. Just the Smedley.
Khaki cord jeans, but well pressed & still smelling of washing powder (women like that).
Peacoat in the cloak room.
Grey sox & battered up old Brown Bass Boat shoes (scuffed white sole).

Maybe I'd get her into The Groucho to impress her. I've a chum who gets me in, I'm not a member. Being an old friend The Groucho would impress her because it's a place which meant something in the 80's. Sadly now though it's a nothing kinda place, but odds are she won't know that.

We wouldn't eat because that wouldn't be seductive or flirty enough. I'd get a nice bottle of red wine and a bowl of chips (no, really!) because  finger food is always sexy and I'd put my head on one side when I talked a lot because it makes me look young and harmless. Chips are always sexy becasue they are forbidden fruit to London girls. After the chips will come the chocolate... (You have to have the right setting to pull the Chips trick though. 'Quod' in Oxord would work too). Oh - BTW, Chips are French Fries in England. Important to say that.

At some point when I gauge she is drunk enough I'll move from youthful and fun to youthful and really attractive - I'll do this by looking up at her from under my eyelashes a lot. I will hint at a bitter-sweet vulnerability only very slightly just to give myself the appearance of depth, but I'll mainly impress her with what fun I am and how I have this really lean cat-like body...

I will somehow avoid looking & acting like a metrosexual.

I will encourage her to touch my nose which always fascinates women & children. Without me ever saying a word she will somehow imagine that I'm really well hung because my nose is so strong and firm and full (I do hope my old pal mpscb is loving all this!).

... And then I will go back home to Mrs David & dear little Porkpie.

D.

Uncle what would you wear to attend:

1. a summer sporting fixture ( sport and venue your choice)?

2. A winter sporting fixture ( same applies)

3.A lap dancing bar

4.A wedding of a dear friend

5.the funeral of a dear friend

You are fucking good at this - and to be honest isn`t it nice to be chatting about clothes especially clothes in  a setting and situation.

CM

i'm going to switch to a mono wardrobe:

cordo tassel loafers
navy socks (if i wear socks)
white or blue boxers
white or blue oxford cloth shirts by brooks
khakis or grey flannels
braided leather belt
navy blazer
argyle and southerland tie (if i wear a tie)

every day and every place i'll be dressed the same

i'll be easy to recognize

Another quick one of these from Cheeky's list -

1. A summer sporting fixture:

Polo!

Sack Navy Blazer & pale, pale Khaki twill jeans. Jeans are very Polo. Trou. not so much.
No socks & Brown Boats or Cordo loafers.
Candy striped OCBD - Let's make it Burgundy/White (Not Red/White which looks a little cheap compared with Burgundy) as a change from Blue/White.
- And a nice striped surcingle belt - (Preppy lovers may swap this for a Ribbon belt) - Maybe have a little bit of fun with this item? Yellow on Navy single stripe? I have a Kent & Curwen one from the old Picadilly shop - A lovely weight & thickness. I find that Cordings make them too big & chunky. Hackett sometimes do nice ones too ...

Nice women, nice horses, fizzy drinks.

j.