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  1. Lydia

    unbuttoned sleeve

    Long before I came to this forum, I was used to hearing the pretentious "button openers" berated. In fact, the idea of working sleeve buttons was introduced to me in this light. It's a silly question, though it does reveal a bit about one's philosophy of life. Often you pay extra...
  3. Lydia

    permanent fashion

    Now if only all the "permanent fashions" weren't cut for the typical middle-aged businessman. But of course it is he who can afford them. I mean, I realize that slim cuts are also just a passing trend and that the world will soon come back to its baggy trad senses, but until I grow...
  4. Lydia

    Fake Zegna suit sold for more than $400

    Just to clarify: I didn't mean to deny that there are plenty of people now in Shanghai who, quite proudly, wear the real thing. However, I have seen MANY fake zegna suits like that one. I would say that they are the most commonly faked suit here so far. The real Zegna has done a good job here...
  5. Lydia

    Fake Zegna suit sold for more than $400

    It's location is Shanghai. You don't have to know about suits. These people aren't doing all that much to hide that it's fake.
  6. Lydia

    Liberty Prints/suiting/velvet

    I was wondering if there are any good, low-priced, sources of fabric online. I have been interested in getting some liberty print cotton for shirts, but also suiting fabric in general. What about velvet? I have checked ebay and didn't find much fabric.
  7. Lydia

    Pink Linen Suits

    Yes, pink may be a bit too much. It's just that all of my friends have cream or tan linen suits and I'm a bit of tired of it. Clearly a more neutral color would be easier to match with my shirts (many of which are blue, striped, check, or solid or pink for that matter). I do thnk the African...
  8. Lydia

    Pink Linen Suits

    Oh, no. I can't remember if that's what he was wearing, but I was also considering a light - perhaps baby - blue. Which one do you think would be more attractive, if I want a colorful linen suit?
  9. Lydia

    Pink Linen Suits

    Keep in mind that I don't live in the States with its rigid style rules, that emphasize subtlety. It's obviously for casual wear in the summer. My girlfriend suggested it. I know women are not generally considered to be a good source for fashion advice. I was thinking of a relatively...
  10. Lydia

    Why GQ is bad for America

    My neighborhood is filled with men who fit this description. I have dinner with them sometimes. The average PRC male - obviously not including most who have benefited from the economic boom - seems proud of his loogie and sleeveless undershirt. It is almost as if this plot by the Politburo is...
  11. Lydia

    Streetwear in China

    Yes, man, at a 30 inch waist, you would be well-advised to commence purging immediately. I think you should absolutely move to Shanghai. It's one of the "fastest" cities in the world at the moment. It is becoming fashionable but it has a ruggedness lacking in comparable metropolises...
  12. Lydia

    Streetwear in China

    Interesting. It seems as though this is a pretty standardized system. Are you talking about the "birds"? I haven't really investigated. I've heard they're pretty much concubines supported by businessmen for pleasure when they are away from their wives. Not a bad system, I suppose. No...
  13. Lydia

    Summer clothing?

    It's not your calves, it's your upper legs and reproductive organs. They need to be ventilated. It's been seven years and the days I wore long pants in Taiwan are still painfully etched in my memory. Same for HK. But I wasn't wearing linen pants then. I think men with very slim legs and...
  14. Lydia

    Streetwear in China

    I. Intro: Hedi's Muse? A member requested that I comment on the streetwear situation here in China. He is apparently considering a move, and wants to know whether there will much of style to gaze upon. I met an extremely thin girl, wearing hot pink knee-length pleated shorts, in New York who...
  15. Lydia

    Bless me father for I have Sartorially sinned…

    come on. What else is one supposed to do with a collar on a polo shirt? Not pop it? Yes. So there are really only two options. Clothes are too limited for men as it is, without giving the few options that do exist bad connotations. I embrace any type of affectation - even ones as simplistic and...
  16. Lydia

    Dress codes,. written and otherwise

    It's funny that academics are thought of as being so badly dressed. I went to the USA's most eccentric slightly brandname U., and some professors were quite dapper. Their dress ran the gambit from bespoke to streetwear, and in both categories it could be pleasing. There was one professor who...
  17. Lydia

    Gordon Gekko from "Wall Street"

    Contrast collars are cool.  I would wear them.  I just wish I didn't sweat so much (or live in such a hot climate) because white collars show dirt rather well.  I suppose traditional men's style doesn't allow for contrasting collars in colors other than white. Gekko looked pretty imposing in...
  18. Lydia

    Polo showdown

    I second this. They're about as mediocre and ubiquitous as pleated khakis. Everyone fat middle-aged man in the developing world wears a fake lacoste or rl and aspires to own a real one. The rich fat guys in BMWs own the real thing. It's too bad that they became cool and hip a few years back. I...
  19. Lydia

    Trendy Shoes in DC

    That's interesting. Prior to coming to this forum, I shoe-shopped in that area. I remember thinking that there were a lot of stores with pretty cool shoes and then, up a little way, a few shops with more boring options. Of course, now I have realized that quality rarely comes in a flashy package.
  20. Lydia

    Spotted on the subway

    A different sort of violation perhaps: Today, I saw a man in a very baggy four-button suit with only the bottom button buttoned. That's right. And it's not that strange a sight in Beijing, but what distinguished this fellow was the large "LV" messenger bag strapped over his back...
  21. Lydia

    Shoe making...

    But it's hard to find a size 11 in any kind of acceptable quality here.
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