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#1 2006-08-12 10:41:31
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Tartan?
I'm thinking of wearing some subtle tartan BD's under my Shetlands this Fall. It's a look I've been admiring in my old Brooks Catalogues.
I'll be wearing Olive cords, Cordo loafers & a Tan suede G9 on top.
Any tartan recommendations?
Dress Campbell & dress Stuart look fine as does McFarlan & Canedonian & Forbes.
Anybody with any other faves?
Never mind if I'm entiltled to wear tartan or not, such rules are very lower middle-class & have no place here. I'm addressing my comments here, as always, to the aristocracy of stylish dressers.
McMiles.
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#2 2006-08-13 11:06:42
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Re: Tartan?
The McKenzie & Stephenson tartans are not to be overlooked either I'm sure.
M.
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#3 2006-08-14 11:53:07
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Re: Tartan?
I really dont wear tartan shirts. i have a few tattersall, but no plaids really. Somehow I just consider that look too fuddy duddy for me. They would go well with a sports jacket. The lighter cottons for summer and the viyella ones for the tweed jackets.
I would get them in a button down which might be anathema for the Brits.
#4 2006-08-15 05:05:51
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Re: Tartan?
Makes sense.
I'm just thinking of them as a flash of colour at collar & cuffs under a Shetland crew neck. I think the look is nice & Ivy so therefore a certain fuddy-duddy element must come into it somewhere from an American POV maybe.
It's a 'Traditional' look anyway.
LL Bean seems to be the place as usual - dirt cheap & available in nice soft Flannel or wrinkle resistant Cotton.
All BDs, but limited choice of Tartans tho'.
Miles
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#5 2006-08-16 06:13:25
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Nice.
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#6 2006-08-17 05:24:03
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Re: Tartan?
Mercer & Sons have some tartans. They'll send you swatches if you like.
They're a bit down the page:
http://mercerandsons.com/swatches_and_pricing.htm
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#7 2006-08-17 08:24:40
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Cabela is a new name to me, thank you Mr. Grayson.
Mercer is a good rec. too, Mr. Horace... I have their swatches and like them very much. I think I'm looking for something a little bit more cheap & cheerful for a purely under-the-jumper shirt. Mean of me, I know.
I often see American visitors of a certain age in London/Oxford/Stratford-upon-Avon wearing Tartan shirts with chinos & blazers. Sometimes with Grey or Brown Tweeds too in the Autumn. Is this a common look in the US?
Can't say I've often seen much Tartan actually being worn in the States, yet my old American catalogues are full of the stuff.
Just an observation.
" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
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#8 2006-08-22 03:04:08
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" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.