Ahhh....a kind of soft initiation into the black arts.....

I'd like to revisit this post -

http://www.filmnoirbuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3136&p=3  (69)

"This caught my attention:

http://thetrad.blogspot.com/2008/06/ralph-lauren-marine-corps.html

And this:

http://thetrad.blogspot.com/2008/05/ralph-lauren-and-us-army.html

Is it fair to say that for Ralph this stuff is all pretty much of a muchness? (Do you have that expression in America?)

A Regimental tie, a unit's badge... Why not a pair of boxers with the Presidential seal on the back too?

Somewhere there is a line between the iconic images we can play with and those which are in poor taste or even offensive.

Any thoughts?"

I'm AAAT loyal and trad to the bone, to coin an expression, so I was surprised to see Russell's support for this issue on Tintin's blog. Surprised and pleased. Tucker's blog had a thread not too long ago about the emblematic whale motif tie with people talking about being entitled to wear one, yet nobody is talking about being entitled to wear the military insignia which Ralph Lauren is now using. There is something very wrong here.

Steadfast.