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#51 2022-04-13 00:37:15
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Re: A Richmond Ivy Shop Wardrobe, Circa Christmas 1987 -
My main aim nowadays is to keep it simple. Less baroque, as Frosty Mellor once said. Frosty, daft bugger that he often was, could take a nail, tap it lightly on its head, make a neat, substantial, time-enduring point.
Perhaps jazz can be used as an analogy: reducing from, say, Kenton to just Art Pepper and Chet Baker or - better still - Mulligan and Mr.Chet. Clean and precise.
Spendthrift is right: it never ends. Nor should it.
Ideal reduction: something like that Cal Tjader coffee can look: plain undershirt and chinos. He was probably sockless. Maybe wearing penny loafers or canvas sneakers. It's a pretty well-known study.
#52 2022-04-13 15:44:36
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Re: A Richmond Ivy Shop Wardrobe, Circa Christmas 1987 -
The main reason for revisiting the thread was really about an examination of style and taste versus fashion.
Also, to highlight something that's 35 years old but still resonates with how many of us on here aspire to dress today.
The igents, those legions in their too tight and short suits at Pitti, are the antithesis of this timeless description of IS.
Also, let's not forget that he worked in clothes shop so had unlimited opportunities to adapt his style or to showcase the merchandise if he choose to. Many would have expected this.
Instead we are provided with a template for a simple, elegant, considered style that has and will stand against the vagaries of what is today considered as menswear.
#53 2022-07-12 14:12:24
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Re: A Richmond Ivy Shop Wardrobe, Circa Christmas 1987 -
Heavy knitwear -
With a polo shirt
501s?
Bucks
Sold.