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#26 2009-03-30 21:29:53
- Chris Kavanaugh
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- From: Westlake Village California
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Re: Pocket square questions.
I disagree.
'Cheap' and 'expensive' are qualities hardly defined by wieghts and measures.
Many ethnic fabrics are in great danger of vanishing. A quality japanese kimomo will set the wearer back @ $10,000, Cheap imports are $1000 and look like hell.
The square can be a affordable representative of many beautifull and comparatively rare cloths.
By patronising their makers, we become patrons of the arts. A weaver kept at their craft in Thailand is a cobbler kept at his in Europe.
Handstiching is not so much labour intensive as quality intensive.
A product made with deliberation reflects the care the consumer exhibits in it's selection
" Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashion. "
G.K. Chesterton
#27 2009-03-31 06:36:57
- flannel
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Re: Pocket square questions.
I have a drawerful of colored silks - it used to be that whenever I was at a haberdasher's of any sort, I would always ask 'do you have any pocket squares?'. Acquired all sorts, including some Hermès at extortionate prices (maybe 6 or 7). Found out there were only a couple I wanted to wear over time, and that many of my precious silk squares get 'old' with time. Somehow, crisp white linen never does... but, then again, I live in the world of business dress, where even a white TV fold is outré...
Then again, Mr. Kavanaugh above has quite a point with the elaborate square as an expression of craft, one we could all stand up for.
ETA: I realize as I type this that I am wearing a baby blue and pink silk paisley today (maybe there is hope for me yet on the fight against crisp white linen)
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#28 2009-03-31 08:38:54
- The_Shooman
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Re: Pocket square questions.
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#29 2009-03-31 09:40:58
- Chris Kavanaugh
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- From: Westlake Village California
- Posts: 271
Re: Pocket square questions.
In defense of your crisp, white linen; it is the topgallant on you, the yankee trader, clipper ship.
It is catching tradewinds scented with east India spices or tahitian vanilla as you race past more dowdy, slower vessels.
Last edited by Chris Kavanaugh (2009-03-31 09:42:19)
" Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashion. "
G.K. Chesterton
#31 2009-03-31 10:22:10
- Chris Kavanaugh
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- From: Westlake Village California
- Posts: 271
Re: Pocket square questions.
Tthankyou, it is.
Last edited by Chris Kavanaugh (2009-03-31 10:22:54)
" Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashion. "
G.K. Chesterton