Conservative business attire for anti-war protests

[Sator]

Here is a recent protest on Savile Row:



It makes you wonder what happened to the good ol' days when troublemakers turned up dressed for the part:



Mrs Vlad should've reminded him about the pocket square though. And it is a bit sloppy keeping a DB coat open like that, even when you are wearing a waistcoat.

This collar is rather well turned out however:



And here he is almost a dandy:



The guy obviously had an eye for the latest Western fashions - in more than one sense...

 

[Kasper]

Originally Posted by Sator

Here is a recent protest on Savile Row:



It makes you wonder what happened to the good ol' days when troublemakers turned up dressed for the part:

I don't think that a person is a troublemaker or communist because they protest the Iraq war.

 

[The Happy Stroller]

IMHO, Operation Iraqi Freedom was a complete success. The great mistake was staying on after Brummer had captured the former Iraqi leader and the U.S. was convinced weapons of mass destruction were beyond locability (new word?).

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Anyone should have known that a war called "Operation Iraqi Freedom" would be a failure.

 

[The Happy Stroller]

How does liberal sound?

Originally Posted by Kasper

I don't think that a person is a troublemaker or communist because they protest the Iraq war.

 

[The Happy Stroller]

Sad indeed to see the paragons of sartorial standards no longer wear hats and upright collars. Morning dress in the City would have been more appropriate, too. And that English rose would look so lovely with a floral hat.

Originally Posted by Sator

Here is a recent protest on Savile Row:


It makes you wonder what happened to the good ol' days when troublemakers turned up dressed for the part:
...<snip>...

 

[The Happy Stroller]

Sator, are you sure jackets should be buttoned up when one has a waistcoat on?

I thought I saw an early 20th Century wedding photo of the British dukes with watch chains clearly seen on their waistcoats somewhere.

Originally Posted by Sator

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Mrs Vlad should've reminded him about the pocket square though. And it is a bit sloppy keeping a DB coat open like that, even when you are wearing a waistcoat.
...<snip>...

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by The Happy Stroller

Sator, are you sure jackets should be buttoned up when one has a waistcoat on? I thought I saw an early 20th Century wedding photo of the British dukes with watch chains clearly seen on their waistcoats somewhere.
That's why I said:

Originally Posted by Sator

And it is a bit sloppy keeping a DB coat open like that, even when you are wearing a waistcoat.
Gospodin (Mister or Sire) NYET....I mean Tovarish (Comrade) Lenin is quite right to leave his coat open as he is wearing a waistcoat. However, he is wearing a DB coat, which tends to look untidy when worn open, whereas an SB still looks perfectly neat worn open.

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by Kasper

I don't think that a person is a troublemaker or communist because they protest the Iraq war.
Did I say that? DA! Tovarish Lenin say to us to 'beat our swords into ploughshares'. But comrade say wear lounge suits at least when protesting. Tavarish say big NET! to dressing like crap for protest: Beloved comrade lead by example and wears nice little red boutonniere:

 

[LabelKing]

Here is a true dandy trouble-maker--Felix Feneon, the French anarchist and art critic.

When he was brought before a judge for firearms charges, the judge said: "You know you had on you everything you need to commit a murder"? Feneon replied: "Yes, but I also had on me everything I needed to commit a ****".

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Here is a true dandy trouble-maker--Felix Feneon, the French anarchist and art critic. http://locus-solus-fr.net/img/feneon.jpg When he was brought before a judge for firearms charges, the judge said: "You know you had on you everything you need to commit a murder"? Feneon replied: "Yes, but I also had on me everything I needed to commit a ****".
Excellent tobarish - my comrade! I like it. Here is another candidate for another troublemaker-dandy. He read anarchists like Feuerbach, and had an arrest warrant out for his participation in liberal uprisings in Germany: Richard Wagner. Sadly, he is remembered for the misuse of his music as propaganda by the facists. Forever in dept, he borrowed and spent money like water on expensive clothes and perfumes. Look at the silk facings - and the piping, if that wasn't enough - on this frock coat. I've never seen silk with such intricately quilted texture quite like that before, although Oscar Wilde and the aesthetes all wore similar quilted silk lapels. Quite extravagant for its time, Wagner makes Oscar Wilde look the very model of English understatement: Here is Wilde in aesthetic dress for comparison - notice the pleated facings: I am unsure what this coat is. It may even just be an extravagant smoking jacket with silk lapels:

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by The Happy Stroller

Sad indeed to see the paragons of sartorial standards no longer wear hats and upright collars. Morning dress in the City would have been more appropriate, too. And that English rose would look so lovely with a floral hat.

And if you are a native of Shanghai you may be the only one amongst us who has Communist Party membership. One of the reasons for the sorry decline of morning dress is due to propaganda which has depicted it as the de facto uniform of the Greedy Rich Capitalist:



And here you are telling us in the West to wear morning dress in place of the highly proleteriat lounge suit as worn by "Tob. Lenin" (Com. Lenin as it says in the poster)

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[DeSica]

Originally Posted by Vintage Gent

I guess "FREE LEONARD PELTIER" just doesn't make it anymore.


Didn't Little Steven write a song about Peltier? Now there's a guy who cleans up nice in a suit (Little Steven....though I imagine Peltier would look spiffy in a nice suit, too.)

 

[Dormouse]

Conservative business attire for anti-war protests

That would be inappropriate dress for liberals. Note, conservative. As in Brooks Brothers Riot.

 

[alflauren]

Originally Posted by reubencahn

I'm curious. When people use the phrase "Democrat" politicians and "Democrat" party, is it a deliberate attempt to insult?

It's a matter of semantics and a way of not ceding the word "democratic" to the Democrats. A Republican is a member of the Republican party. A Democrat is a member of the Democrat party, not the Democratic party.

 

[zjpj83]

Originally Posted by alflauren

It's a matter of semantics and a way of not ceding the word "democratic" to the Democrats. A Republican is a member of the Republican party. A Democrat is a member of the Democrat party, not the Democratic party.
I'm a whig - nobody bothes me.