You are not logged in.
#1 2008-05-21 10:48:44
- Alastair
- Member
- Posts: 16
Aristocratic
Anyone else like the more European aristocratic look ? I like when Valentino does a really classic look its very classic and sauve . The baron de Rede and people you see with him in photos have the same kind of style.
Last edited by Alastair (2008-05-22 05:15:08)
#2 2008-05-21 21:47:53
- Film Noir Buff
- Dandy Nightmare
- From: Devil's Island
- Posts: 9345
Re: Aristocratic
Perhaps you could flesh out what you mean by aristocratic look? I could also fix the title of the thread, if you like.
#3 2008-05-22 00:55:46
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Aristocratic
I kind of get it & I kind of don't.
Valentino presents a certain de luxe fantasy of a certain kind of European nobleman and de Rede is always a good name to mention, but the reality of the European Aristocrat is something different again.
I see Valentino as being on the rocky road which leads to Versace (but maybe that's just me). It's a money look more than a class related look to me. Very different things in Europe.
Breaking this down a little more would be good.
Best -
#4 2008-05-22 01:18:45
- Incroyable
- Member
- Posts: 2310
Re: Aristocratic
Valentino has always struck me as more a St.Tropez Gstaad look than real aristocrat, which tends to bring up images of dated bespoke clothes and expensive little knick-knacks.
Last edited by Incroyable (2008-05-22 01:19:42)
Jukebox Babe
#5 2008-05-22 04:22:29
- Alastair
- Member
- Posts: 16
Re: Aristocratic
Maybe I just like the European playboy look. Polo playing with a tan, slicked back hair and the slighty more flash clothes.
#7 2008-05-22 04:54:35
- Alastair
- Member
- Posts: 16
Re: Aristocratic
No I'm more with Valentino and the Great Gatsby look . I like a bit of Versace but more the silk shirts for the sort of Pucci look. Theres a picture on the net of Baron de Rede sitting in a gilded room with two men. Both men are wearing the look I like a flashier aristocratic look. Does anyone know anything about Baron de Rede ? I've heard of him but don't know much about him X
#8 2008-05-22 06:17:21
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Aristocratic
Rede is an easy Google. The guy wasn't shy. There's a lot out there for you to read.
Gatsby & Valentino in the same breath has my attention even more. Thinking of who Gatsby actually was I think you've hit on something rather profound here.
#9 2008-05-22 06:22:16
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Aristocratic
Green Carnation or Rose in the bottom pic? Maybe it's a tiny cabbage?
http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/list/im/107im.php
#11 2008-05-22 10:33:54
- Voltaire's Bastard
- Member
- Posts: 967
Re: Aristocratic
Interesting how the Baron's narrow feet literally gave him a foot in the door in the post-war Parisian haute monde
Last edited by Voltaire's Bastard (2008-05-22 10:39:24)
“You know that saying, 'Caesar's wife is above suspicion'? Well I put an end to all that rubbish!"..”
#12 2008-05-22 10:56:55
- Alastair
- Member
- Posts: 16
Re: Aristocratic
Thanks for your replies you have been more helpfull than the other site I asked on. Think we have alot in common Russell . So where are you from my Viscount I'm from Scotland X
#13 2008-05-22 11:11:38
- Marc Grayson
- Member
- Posts: 8860
Re: Aristocratic
Last edited by Marc Grayson (2008-05-22 11:12:33)
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#14 2008-05-22 11:12:25
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Aristocratic
I once knew a chap called Alisdair - Is that more Scottish than Alistair?
I'm no Viscount (to me that's just a minty biscuit) but I was born in London against my mother's will. Out I popped before she could get back to Oxford & there I was.
... She often says that I ruined her best nylons in the process.
Women!
j.
#15 2008-05-22 11:23:22
- Alastair
- Member
- Posts: 16
Re: Aristocratic
I was talking to the Viscount below you. Maybe I should be in the Great Gatsby coustumes by Valentino scenery by Fourcade and Denning X
#16 2008-05-22 11:28:03
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Aristocratic
VT has never been below me - Check his avatar - He's a top!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_QqaqXTirg
#17 2008-05-22 11:30:51
- Alastair
- Member
- Posts: 16
Re: Aristocratic
Can't get onto his profile. So is he a real Viscount ? So are you an upper class chap ? X
#18 2008-05-22 11:30:52
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Aristocratic
"You're the top - You're an Arrow collar" - Never noticed that B4.
j.
#19 2008-05-22 11:39:07
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Aristocratic
Last edited by Russell_Street (2008-05-22 11:39:25)
#20 2008-05-22 11:46:40
- Viscount Tangent
- Member
- Posts: 350
Re: Aristocratic
Last edited by Viscount Tangent (2008-05-22 11:51:35)
#21 2008-05-22 11:52:37
- Alastair
- Member
- Posts: 16
Re: Aristocratic
Just a wanna be social climber. So how are you Mr Viscount ? Where you from ? X
#23 2008-05-22 11:58:44
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Aristocratic
Don't answer him, VT. He wants to talk to me but doesn't know it yet. The whole of the Internet is like this.
Edit: Too late, you answered him.
It's sad for me to be so old and slow. I've had a bad foot lately too...
Last edited by Russell_Street (2008-05-22 12:00:51)