Posts by oldog/oldtrix

I have clothing and footwear in shades ranging from very light to very dark. The greatest majority of the time, at least during the day, I tend toward lighter shades in warm/hot weather and darker in cool/cold. But there are...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantabrigian I'm more of a spread collar guy but oxford cloth shirts are cool and really only work on in a BD. I respectfully dissent. Though I haven't seen them in RTW in...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantabrigian I'm more of a spread collar guy but oxford cloth shirts are cool and really only work on in a BD. I respectfully dissent. Though I haven't seen them in RTW in...

Over the years, I've purchased belts in the same way that I've purchased ties and handkerchiefs; when I see one that appeals to me for whatever reason I buy it without worrying about when or with what I might wear it. The upshot is that...

Never say never, but a solid navy jacket is never going to be truly hip; there are just too many unhip associations with the garment. It can be worn in a sophisticated way, however, and not appear stodgy. And that includes the use of...

This gentleman is wearing a classically cut suit grounded in the era seventy years ago when modern men's clothing reached its zenith, yet he looks not at all dated or costumed. The jacket traces his body, neither too tight nor too...

White, light weight oxford or broadcloth long sleeve shirt with soft collar (button down or straight, no fusing), sleeves rolled to or just above elbow, top two buttons unbuttoned. Tuck the shirt in, put a navy/red striped surcingle...

THE style icon, and I will brook no dissent, is Fred Astaire in the mid-late 1930s. The look of that era is still the basis of elegant male dressing, and no-one did it as well as Astaire. He may have borrowed a few ideas from the POW,...

The object in minimizing the appearance of large feet is to trick the eye: 1. The trousers are at least as important as the shoes. Trouser bottoms should be wide enough to span about two-thirds of the shoe's length, leaving only the...

HB is referring to a "collar bar." The term is derivative of "collar pin," a safety pin employed to bring the two wings of a collar close together, holding them in place much as do the tabs of a tab collared shirt. While the collar pin...