Houses with 'No Shoe' Rules - Page 36

Do anyone wear Togas anymore? but I can see that should Toga become the next big thing there will be people who rediscover its many secrets. If let say 1000 people decided they want authentic togas, I am sure someone somewhere would be willing to do it. In time if Toga became a returning theme, it will once again be perfected - if it were ever perfect.

The same is true of Pyramid. I would also like to add, if we are to build a pyramid today we would built a better one. Our development on architecture and material science are far more advanced than back in the day.

I am not saying we will return to the same specific item. We certainly don't wear the same exact cloth as 100 years ago, but the idea of fit/comfort, and the ability to achieve them would still be retained.

I am not sure about my grand parent's generation, but I am certainly more casual than my father. However, my nephew certainly pays more attention to his clothing than I have at his age. Maybe it is just a byproduct of the current mass media trends, but I do not believe the relationship is so straight forward. I am convinced in the next 30 years we'll swing back to dressing well as opposed to dressing down.

I generally do not agree.

We focus less on clothing because there is so much more competition for our attention. Nowadays I have to devote disposable income to tablet computers and data plans; to movies on disc; to 20 household cleaners; to dishwashers and fish tanks and far more toys for the kids than I ever had. There is less room for a nice set of duds.

I also believe that we are not quite so much an impressions-matter society as in the past; appearances matter, but I think the balance between appearance and ability has shifted a bit and even as a style nut, I'm glad for this. If we are judged less by our clothing than before, then the value of clothing drops.

And then there is the matter of variety. There is so much of it these days, clothing-wise, and it's all so accessible! Online shopping or a quick drive nets me thousands of different choices. So I'm going to be pulled in more directions, want to have more items in my wardrobe and therefore will spend less money per item so that I can pick up more items and enjoy more of that fabulous variety. And I'll want to mix and match as much as possible so I'll select less formal, more casual items.

To those who feel that "we'll swing back to dressing well" do you really think any of these trends are going to abate? I sure don't.

Fair enough, I don't have to; I choose to.

Nonetheless my point remains: we have more choices than before, and on average will tend to put our hands in more pots than before as a consequence. This is not a trend that is going away.

I'll tell you what more likely will happen.

At some point the company making needles will not have enough sales and they'll all shut down.

The companies that make and sell thread on small scale will do the same.

For that matter so will the companies that provide small bolts of fabric to tailors.

If the interest in the old ways happens early enough then people will be able to use old stock. That's if you're lucky. If not you'll need to reinvent the whole eco system. You won't just need learn how to make a canvassed jacket by hand you'll need to learn how to make your own sewing needles.

This isn't going to happen on any scale.

Or just glance at all the threads about people not being able to find somebody to make button holes on a jacket sleeve. Every jacket has at least one button hole. Every pair of pants have at least one button hole. Every shirt has many buttonholes. Yet the skill for making button holes is already disappearing.

On the formal scale. The lounge suit is a fancy set of PJs.

I beg to differ. Well I am off to Subway to get a cardboard tasting sandwich and cookie (saving over 30 cents from the snooty all-local fresh yummy tasting organic subshop next door).

Is it bad that this actually made me hungry for subway

That was the style back in the day - barefoot and pregnant.

Always happy to help.