http://jackwills.com/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=2271&Colour=6770&Gender=10

yummy...

I had the misfortune to wander into a large designer clothes store the other day. And there was a huge Sebago stand with all their multi-coloured boating shoes on display. As I was browsing in disbelief, the super trendy young assistant told me that "Docksiders are huge on the club scene, they are flying out..." and then he informed me "preppy is the next big look for summer and already massive in Ibiza..."
God help us all

One thing i really want to unload on is that really horrible Australian waxed cotton rainwear. Anyone sporting that would, in the words of Bill Dean, need their bloody head examining.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sierratradingpost.com/eccStoreFront/stp/product_images/87914/F_87914_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.underthesunshine.com/item/b_2266/&usg=__u980F788ATd9Z5YS0hpzc-rHNUg=&h=600&w=600&sz=59&hl=en&start=12&um=1&tbnid=eZa9gWDMsqsXcM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwilderness%2Bwear%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

Particularly with the matching waxed hat.

Is the term "Australian Style" the world's greatest oxymoron?

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Press is sadly disappointing compared to it's former self. Vintage pieces from twenty years ago or so (and beyond of course) are worth picking up. I still buy the odd thing from them (the madras ties were nice this spring/summer) and I've found their customer service pretty good, but overall the merchandise is simply not worth the money, particularly the tailored clothing.

Things being prone to change, if not total deletion, on Wiki, here's a cut & paste:

The role of Internet trolling in the creation of the entirely artificial construct of 'Trad' should be included here in some form. The initial construct was proposed by the troll 'Harris' and then popularised online by the troll 'Russell Street'. 'Harris' was to disapear after his contradictory fabrications confused even himself and 'Russell Street' was to make an online career out of maipulating the construct to promote traditional American style in all its various manifestations and incarnations on all the websites mentioned above. He was also to manipulate the author of the Dandyism.Net blog into producing an 'Ivy' style blog and by his influence has spawned various other 'Trad' and 'Ivy' blogs. 'Russell Sreet' has long been exposed as not existing beyond being a loose collection of English 'Ivy' fans trolling the Internet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HoxtonLoyal (talk • contribs) 06:43, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

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"J. Press is the new Gap" - No harm in saying that it was Charlie Davidson who said that.

Press could be worse though, & it probably will be before it gets better (if it ever does, Brooks has been a long time in the wilderness & shows no signs of coming back home yet...)

So whatcha gonna do? Buy vintage? Go MTM or Bespoke? Give in, give up, go stupid & turn 'Trad'?

Options, options...

Woolrich have also grown worthy of a kicking...  even Pendleton...

"'Harris' was to disapear after his contradictory fabrications confused even himself..."