Conservative Business Dress

[ted]

Oh for god's sake it's not the suit that's important, it's what on the inside that's important.

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by ted

Oh for god's sake it's not the suit that's important, it's what on the inside that's important.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by odoreater

Manton,

Does this outfit qualify as UCBD?

I have to admit, it's pretty damned close. Earlier critics are probably right that pocket flaps are more conservative than besom pockets, so you get a point there. However, I have to deduct a point for the Windsor knot; too much artifice. I can't tell if the tie is woven or not; if so, deduct another point. I suppose that the small amount of color in the tie is acceptable, but it might bump you back down to mere conservative business dress status rather that UCBD. Reds and yellows are thrilling, enlivening, and exciting -- Not Conservative.

 

[zarathustra]

Originally Posted by odoreater

Manton,

Does this outfit qualify as UCBD?

Tie is too flashy to be UCBD and there is way to much cuff showing. And again that is a spread collar. Def not UCBD.

 

[skalogre]

Originally Posted by lawyerdad

That makes sense. It is even a good neutral business gray colour!

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by ted

Oh for god's sake it's not the suit that's important, it's what on the inside that's important.

Wrong forum. This is the shallow forum where we only care about what's on the outside. I think Dr. Phil has one where they care about the inside.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by Manton

Wrong forum. This is the shallow forum where we only care about what's on the outside. I think Dr. Phil has one where they care about the inside.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by zarathustra

there is way to much cuff showing. And again that is a spread collar. Def not UCBD.
The excess cuff might be an illusion resulting from the low camera angle. I am giving the benefit of the doubt to the shirt collar, in that it looks more like a medium, centrist, moderate spread than a true spread or (God forbid) cutaway.

 

[ted]

Originally Posted by lawyerdad

Oh crap, now someone's bin steelin' my boxers. Least the shoulder pads in the suit are still there.

 

[summej2]

Clearly the problem here is semantic---Manton is stuck on half-way Claremont-esque UCBD. He needs to embrace the full Monty of UCBD

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=BY03H27

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by Manton

I have to admit, it's pretty damned close. Earlier critics are probably right that pocket flaps are more conservative than besom pockets, so you get a point there. However, I have to deduct a point for the Windsor knot; too much artifice. I can't tell if the tie is woven or not; if so, deduct another point. I suppose that the small amount of color in the tie is acceptable, but it might bump you back down to mere conservative business dress status rather that UCBD. Reds and yellows are thrilling, enlivening, and exciting -- Not Conservative.

The knot is a half windsor, not a full windsor, so I'll take half a point back. The tie is not woven, so I'll take another point there. I will let you know that the cuffs are french cuffs, so I will concede another point, but I will take a half point back because I'm wearing silk knots instead of cufflinks.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by odoreater

I will let you know that the cuffs are french cuffs

Clever the way you tried to hide that. Deceit is NOT CONSERVATIVE. And before anyone goes on a Bush-bashing bender, remember, this thread is NOT ABOUT POLITICS. We are talking about Conservative Business Dress, not Political Conservatism.

but I will take a half point back because I'm wearing silk knots instead of cufflinks

No way, man. It's the cuffs that count. If they're French, they are not conservative. In fact, anything French is not conservative.

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by Manton

In fact, anything French is not conservative.

 

[ted]

Originally Posted by Manton

In fact, anything French is not conservative.

Isn't that LePen guy conservative. Oh wait that's political......

 

[Teacher]

Originally Posted by Manton

Scour this thread for neoligisms. You won't find any. The closest thing was "irrealis," thrown out to impress us by that blowhard Teacher. But it turns out, that's a real word.

Right, like throwing out a five-dollar word like neologism wasn't just to impress us. You don't fool me; I deal with undergrads like you every day.

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

No more ok than forming plurals with 's !

That's how we form plurals of symbols and abbreviations/initialisms, like VP's. Sheesh.

Originally Posted by zarathustra

While the platypus rocks, it isn't the only mammal that lays eggs.

Echidnas actually lay eggs too.

And together they are called monotremes.

Come on, guys. I think it's a bit unfair to take advantage of me for free language work. I'm not Frasier Crane (though I am much more attractive).