If you like them then wear one. But definitely for a very informal scenario e.g. a barbecue. With chinos and loafers maybe.

Personally I detest them.

I don't want to be seen as one of those old fuckers who dresses like a twenty year old. But in reality is past his prime. Anywho, I rarely meet people and I never do social functions. It is just me, my books and the cat and the chickens. And the rooster, of course. What if he get to thinking I am testing his authority?

'I rarely meet people and I never do social functions'

I doubt wearing a fun shirt will have much impact on your life, but if it does then it will probably improve it. I think we all want you to go for it.

The old Makers fun shirts were the greatest, and maybe with time you can locate one on ebay etc, but until then the PRL you mention above would be good for you. Who knows you might end up getting a collection.

I have heard of people in these dismal Derbyshire towns to the east having fun with chickens.

There is often a substantial fine to pay.

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Duluth could perhaps buy the rooster a knitted tie.

I've heard it a film at some time.  Definitely not as a compliment.

'Yes and strangle the Rooster with a Rooster.'

That made me laugh. And want to listen to Howlin' Wolf. (But NOT the Rolling Stones.)

At the risk of invoking His name, there are a number of snaps of Mr.Simons seemingly in a jovial mood at Chiltern Street - sometimes alone, sometimes with other people - just as there were snaps of he, Jeff and Kenny taken at Russell Street.  They would sometimes be wearing, say, shorts: once, perhaps, an Ivy staple but now to be seen on every other young and old silly git in creation.  That's probably as close as the average UK Ivyist is going to get to merriment.  In England, as some will tell you, Ivy League dressing is often a serious business.  Perhaps it's as well that it should be so.  Skegness pier is not an adequate substitute for some secluded but well-equipped drinks-wise harbour in New England.

Kingstonian: I get that fun shirts, critter pants and christmas sweaters get a lot of ire, or is looked down on, from the Ivy "purists". Now, I'm not writing that to be derogatory.

In 1996 Volkswagen offered an option on their smaller models (Golf and Polo) called the Harlequin paint scheme which was multi coloured panels, so the roof might be red, drivers door green, passenger door yellow, bonnet blue … you get the idea. They looked terrible, you still see the odd one around. They still look terrible.

Woof woof: So what you are saying is that it is a car you wouldn't dowload?

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So, no fun in the UK.  At least, not in the shirt line.  Madras, for various reasons, is an exception to the rule - and some will certainly tolerate seersucker.  One of my favourite shirts around fifteen-plus years ago was a claret and blue striped seersucker half-sleeve from Austin Reed worn with jeans and a G9.  But many - probably most - currently on this forum will avert their eyes from anything too garish.  Remember Ian Strachan's 'unremarkable' socks?  Remember, too, the single 'stand-out' item favoured by the Ivy Shop staff, the Brooks white shirts favoured by Mr.Strachan.  I see a great many lurid shirts and items of knitwear being offered on Ebay, often at jaw-dropping prices - but, like those blanket items that are filed under 'Pendleton', sold by the Japanese, I wouldn't have them as a gift.