Cravats

[BareSolid]

I'll start wearing a cravat when I join the dad's army brigade the UK independence Party.

 

[TheWraith]

I think it's achieved some small measure of popularity here in Australia in recent times due to one of the hosts of Aussie MasterChef on TV wearing one practically 24/7.

 

[Brogued]

It is hard to do without being costumey. I wear them with some regularity, but I'm a musician and so I am kind of wearing a costume while on stage. The ladies do like it.

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by PTWilliams

How about like this? I agree that a tie and pocket square benefit from being different, but I'm not sure that necessarily applies to cravat? Opinion?

You're showing too much cravat (and skin around the cravat)--leave only the top button of your shirt unbuttoned--the cravat should be subtle. Matching a cravat and pocket square seems to me identical on the scale of sartorial sins to matching a necktie and pocket square.

 

[dekdek]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

You're showing too much cravat (and skin around the cravat)--leave only the top button of your shirt unbuttoned--the cravat should be subtle. Matching a cravat and pocket square seems to me identical on the scale of sartorial sins to matching a necktie and pocket square.

Agreed

 

[DocHolliday]

I wear some bonkers stuff, but cravats are one of those online forum-isms that I can't imagine wearing in the real world. I've only seen a few dudes under 50 wearing them IRL, and all the dudes were exactly the type of guy you'd expect to be wearing them. Pass.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

I've only seen a few dudes under 50 wearing them IRL, and all the dudes were exactly the type of guy you'd expect to be wearing them. Pass.

- B

 

[DocHolliday]

Did you see what the cravat did to his pants?

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Did you see what the cravat did to his pants?

Fine, let's remove the ascot:



[click pic for NSFW version]

Happy now?

BTW, you were on the hook for last week's digest...you can do a double week next Friday as penance.


- B

 

[PTWilliams]

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE, MUCH APPRECIATED. I'll listen to my sage SF colleagues.

Personally, I think that ties are way overdone. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting another guy with a tie.

One question is for something so rare as a cravat, are there really any rules? Should I buy a shirt with the right sort of collar for a cravat?

How many of you guys have stepped out of your fashion comfort zone (I'm not talking about really weird stuff, just out of your comfort zone)? A cravats sort of perfect for this, fashionable, but what will others think? You know if Sean Connery was wearing one he could pull it off in spades (I know, I'm no Sean Connery). Fashion should be fun.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Fine, let's remove the ascot:

[click pic for NSFW version]

Perhaps there should be an exception for the hirsute.

BTW, you were on the hook for last week's digest...you can do a double week next Friday as penance.

I haven't forgotten. Christmas was just a slow week and the digest was busy discussing the year in review. So I'll do a double, Betty and Veronica style.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

So I'll do a double, Betty and Veronica style.

A man after my own heart.

Happy New Year, Doc.


- B

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Happy New Year, Doc.

Same to you and yours, V.

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by PTWilliams

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE, MUCH APPRECIATED. I'll listen to my sage SF colleagues.

Personally, I think that ties are way overdone. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting another guy with a tie.

One question is for something so rare as a cravat, are there really any rules? Should I buy a shirt with the right sort of collar for a cravat?

How many of you guys have stepped out of your fashion comfort zone (I'm not talking about really weird stuff, just out of your comfort zone)? A cravats sort of perfect for this, fashionable, but what will others think? You know if Sean Connery was wearing one he could pull it off in spades (I know, I'm no Sean Connery). Fashion should be fun.

I think a cravat works best with a button-down collar. I have worn them successfully with some non-BD shirts, but rarely.

I can't comment on the rest, as I am not sure I have a "fashion comfort zone." I have certainly felt comfortable wearing cravats/ascots since I started doing so back in the early '70s.