Posts by ysc

Any ideas on brands / sources for a cape / poncho like this? My girlfriend has announced she wants one and her birthday is coming up. My first thought was Pendelton, but they don't seem to have anything like that at the moment. Also...

I have had a pair of the Herring Keswick for 3 or 4 years and frequently wear them to the office with jeans and a tweed jacket in bad weather. I treated them with water-proofing wax when I first bought them and have used them in snow...

I have this problem to some extent. Mostly because my gf doesn't know that many people in London (where we live) and although she has been here for a while she was commuting long distance for a lot of that time and working in a very...

I have recently had to cross a similar span at work, I sort of wear two different (figurative) hats. I find on a typical day I wear dark denim or some chinos with an ocbd and some suede boots. With the shirt un-tucked it is pretty...

Just quit my miserable awful job that has been eating up all of my time. Stressing me out when I was there and preoccupying me to distraction whilst I wasn't there. A grey area in my contract meant I could give notice and just walk out...

My gradfather wore (used?) a monocle although he eventually stopped because it became so unusual. Anyway I have a couple of his monocles, one has a sort of small metal frame projecting from the monocle itself (exactly like the one below,...

Quote:Originally Posted by F. Corbera I am glad that we have settled the question to everyone's dissatisfaction. Let's go on to the next one: fly on semi-formal trousers...what's more proper, button or zipper?* * Or should it be...

Quote:Originally Posted by recondite ... Kinda like the cachet one might attract by driving an original, but mechanically sound through repair, Type 41 Bugatti with original paint that is in otherwise perfect condition including a...

Quote:Originally Posted by chrispy179 Thanks everyone for the advice. Kinda surprised at the amount of people that suggested Bristol .. Will definitely look into it. Right now we are quite keen on Edinburgh. Any Edinburgh residents...

^ London really is not that unfriendly. No worse than any big city really. I really don't think people are rude, certainly people don't stop and chat with random people in the street or on public transport, but that is just big...