Not much has changed in the last 11 years. Those Mercer shirts I bought then are still going strong and really have proved themselves the match of old Brooks. I found my passion for PTBs/brogues again and think my Trickers are superior to my Alden in robustness and materials. Have dabbled with other elements of Americana in recent years - too much chambray and Red Wing boots, which I have combined with Ivy with mixed results. I do think herringbone, chambray, denim and corduroy harmonise with good sturdy boots in a natural way. For a man approaching 60 I have what is probably an inappropriate love of good jeans, and still wear white ones quite regularly. The Peaky Blinders cap became overdone and I can only wear one when it's absolutely freezing. All those old blokes in Simons looking like The Goodies - it just became a cliche, though JS himself still looks super in his of course. Not sure I miss Keydge. They didn't age well and often compromised on the quality of build and materials, unlike my 1960s Brooks tweeds which are still magisterial. And the hair is a problem. Despite hair loss commencing in my teens I have never reconciled myself to the realities of the situation and if I could afford some Rooney plugs I might well get it done. Then I would sport a nice sensible Newman side-parting. Alternatively, anyone know where you can get a nice, low-key Ivy toupee?

I don't recall the last time I saw a study of JS when he wasn't wearing his cap (even indoors).  Didn't he refuse to remove it when requested to do so in a downpour?  Quite right, too.  The Simons look has always been interesting and full of surprises: like a hip jazz musician slowly evolving.
I still regret his refusing to sell me that green scarf I used to see him wearing circa 2008.

It must have been Barfing Pug, the Artist Formerly Known As Woof-Woof.  He increasingly resembles a clergyman I once knew who, though married, was clearly batting for the other side.
'Talk Ivy' once had an openly gay poster called, I think, 'Mike'.
It also had a closeted one called, I'm pretty certain, Frosty Mellor.

Regarding the Talk Ivy Gay Movement, how can you forget Jo-Bo, the man who had the hots for Woof and Chens and often talked off his fantasy threesome in the backseat of Woofy's Thames Valley Saab.