Posts by Bounder

Quote:Originally Posted by Alvinbmx Why is it useless? It's useless because you should buy a trouser press instead.

Man. SF is in a world of trouble when I am the sartorial guru in a thread. 1) Unless you are a waiter, the only black pants any man owns had better be part of a tuxedo. 2) Anything that is described as "classy" or "dressy" isn't. 3)...

Quote:Originally Posted by phantom23 Yea, I would agree...not always a good look.  But if you have the personality for it,  more power to you! Personality for it? You mean like some sort of escapee from the 60s? It certainly...

The other day, I had to go to an outside event at the last minute. It was pretty cold and the only thing I had available that was half-way appropriate was a corduroy jacket and non-matching corduroy pants. The jacket was a sort of...

Quote:Originally Posted by jerrybrowne +1. lovemontra has to be the most irritating spambot I've ever seen. Yeah. Someone needs to explain the rules to him. He should really keep all these posts in his official Affiliate Vendor...

Quote:Originally Posted by robert2012 The issue is that I don't have good Winter gear! and also looking for Oxford Button Down collar Shirts. If you really want to buy these, you had better get them before you leave. But they are...

Quote:Originally Posted by Quadcammer And what social messages do brown shoes send? That you aren't color blind? That you are more interesting? That you don't need to wear the same "uniform" as every other london banker or...

What everyone else said. In the past, there was a pretty hard prohibition against pinstripes at social events. But given the general state of suit wearing these days, it really doesn't apply anymore. You should try, though, not to...

Quote:Originally Posted by R.O. Thornhill I find it funny how SF obsesses so with shoes - objectifying them outside a worn context. On this I guess I am more Brummell than Castiglione Also contextually, brown shoes in the City of...

Quote:Originally Posted by StumpjumperE Would that be the road trip where he put the dog on top of the car?   Nah, that was back in the 80s. This was just a couple of years ago. And even that story illustrates the point I was...