I agree re:ACL. I find (most of) it an interesting read and I enjoy his angle on things. I guess a lot of that is me looking at it through British eyes. I don't find it particularly thought provoking or confrontational - or inspirational even, but I don't mean that as a critisism of him or his style. Far from it, I like the site's pretty easy going 'diary style' tone. I've never thought about it along Ivy lines although some pieces do touch on that (our?) world. The ACL view takes in a lot more in fairness. Now admitedly some of the men's fashion comment does make me chuckle but I know it's not aimed at people like me. His writing never makes my blood boil (a rare occurence these days when anger comes to me too easily) unlike with some other would be subcultural style gurus. I think we are bloody lucky here - there are some really interesting participants on 'Talk Ivy' and it gets better all the time. A definite doffing of the cap here to brother Weejun and his new site. A winner.

Staceyboy

I suspect I wrote the initial post badly. I do that. ACL I only meant to mention as an aside as being younger than I thought he was just like Chensvold is. ACL is fine - A careerist like Chensvold is & not a hobbyist like me.
I hope all these people can make their dreams come true on the internet.
I suspect that being older I find all this aspiration a bit alien to my way of thinking. Chens being so keen to make a name for himself that he'd do a blog on anything just to cash-in seems very odd to me, but clearly not to him.
I'm only here out of enthusiasm. He's here to make his name as a writer.
Agreed on Mr. Weejun's excellent blog - Far more my style, as are certain of the other 'Trad' blogs. I just like my fellow enthusiasts I guess, simple as that. All the aspirational guys leave me cold. Not just Chens, but the AAAT 'lifestyle' crowd too. I find their motives 'impure' from my way of thinking.

Peace, Tweed, Good Times -

Jim

You're right Russell, I think he's working hard at something.

He dropped me an odd email last night referring to some kind of online war but I was a bit confused. I won't post his message here because that's not fair as he sent it privately the Weejun's email address, but I will post my reply as I wrote it and I give myself permission.

Responding to MSg from Ivy Style:

hi Christian

Thanks for your message. I'm not really into the whole argument about which site/person/style is best/phoney or whatever.

I do appreciate your link which is most welcome even though it has the amusing title.

At 43 I guess that I am middle aged but a mod? that's hilarious. Americans just don't get UK tribal fashion and that having admitted to have declared myself one at aged 14 for 6 months is more of an embarrassing admission of the silliness of tribal youth fashions (recognisable by any other British person of any age) than any statement of modern day intent.

We once had a Chancellor of the Exchequer (in charge of the Treasury) in the UK called Dennis Healey. Somebody asked him to explain how come he'd been in the Communist party in the 50s. He countered by saying "Well, I also believed in Father Christmas once too".

There is a real cliche that Americans don't get irony but sometimes it is all too true.

Fetishist? Yes I suppose I would have to admit to that, in a style fetish kind of way of course. I can't say that I like other people's feet in any way at all, except perhaps for Mrs Weejun.

Anyway, you are always welcome as a reader of The Weejun and reciprocal links may well be forthcoming as a small 'thank you'

Best

The Weejun

... I'm very interested that Christian seems to be looking for a foothold into the Anglo Ivy scene, but has also dropped the J. Simons link from his blog - And I still don't have the story behind him doing that btw, but I've asked.

This is another one to watch. Is there any English Ivy fan who'll touch him out there now?

... Maybe they should.

He's trying to rip off Ivy so why not rip him off back?

And yet I'm thinking that our guys won't quite go for that. Just a hunch. Let's watch.

J.