Weejuns, in all their plasticized, made in the dominican republic glory. They do nothing for me. Sorry to say.

1966, i'm wiling to agree on white levis / trous. probably would wear them if i was 20 years yonger + 20 kilos thinner than i now am though.

Must say, madras jackets and patch madras shirts would be a no no for me as well though i have seen them worn in a way that pleases the eye.

as for shorts, i don't think those madras shorts look that bad really especially as the chap is young. would look very bad on me or any fat git in his forties though.

Two for one.

The Andover Shop are proud to present the worst of American and British styling at considerable cost to your pocket:-

http://www.theandovershop.com/web/men/sportcoats/22.htm

(British waistcoat would not have shiny buttons though)

Yes, some of the Andover (and Press) stuff looks plain bonkers to me.  Some of it, were I to be seen dead in it, might bring a sour smile to my wife's lips, but that's no reason to go forking out for it in the first place.  I like seersucker, particularly for a shirt, though I can understand why some might have reservations when it comes to suits because, like some Madras, it hovers on that uncomfortable borderline between American cool and jaw-dropping awfulness.  Let's face it, there's American and there's American, and I could never wear a bow tie, anything Reyn Spooner-ish or, as Kingstonian says, with little animals on it.  Twee or what?  Tartan is also difficult - very.  I tend to favour an exceptionally conservative look on the whole: dark suits, even if darted; striped repp ties; pale blue or white or university stripe shirts, dark socks, black or brown shoes.  Republican lawyer on his way to court house somewhere in New Hampshire.  Mind you, Staceyboy and I do like the 'off duty' look - astronaut and particularly golfer, in Robert Bruce and Brooks woollen trousers - and I will push my USAAF colonel look till my dying day.

clumpy shoes. just HATE clumpy shoes!

I dislike patch madras and believe critters are okay on belts and ties, but not on my pants.

But the line I absolutely will not cross is that of the tassel loafer.

I would never buy Bass again.  For loafers, I might have a search for old Sebago.  Do Alden do a good loafer?  Florsheim I similarly wouldn't bother with again.  J.M. Weston are nice, but I wouldn't cross the street for Paraboot.  English made Clarks' chukka boots are worth having, but not their Vietnamese-made dessies.  If I had to make a choice of just one pair of shoes right now it would be a toss-up between AE and Jarman.