Groupthink or Connoisseurs' Consensus?

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

They do have a lot of clients but they produce some sort of time challenged drape silhouette both from a quality and design standpoint. This can be nice for certain sorts of people operating on the fringe but is a bad choice for most men who want to be taken seriously.

BS, the quality is first rate, the second-best sewing I have seen on the Row.

The rest of your stupid personal grudge and obsession with modernity I pass over in silence, except to say you are probably the only person alive who thinks and A&S suit somehow stands out in a garish way. They are the most understated suits around.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Stupid question but why don't you guys switch from the archaic form of "connoisseur" to the modern day one of "connaisseur"?

How about "connasewer"? It could work on so many levels.

 

[Wes Bourne]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

This can be nice for certain sorts of people operating on the fringe but is a bad choice for most men who want to be taken seriously.

Which sort of person wears a multi panel jacket?

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Stupid question but why don't you guys switch from the archaic form of "connoisseur" to the modern day one of "connaisseur"?
It is the standard English spelling. It entered the English language when you guys still used the former spelling. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/connoisseur

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by Wes Bourne

Which sort of person wears a multi panel jacket?
In general a Trad, that type specifically? A Trad Dandy.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

They do have a lot of clients but they produce some sort of time challenged drape silhouette both from a quality and design standpoint. This can be nice for certain sorts of people operating on the fringe but is a bad choice for most men who want to be taken seriously.

- B

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by Wes Bourne

Which sort of person wears a multi panel jacket?
Clowns who want to be taken seriously?

 

[yachtie]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

How about "connasewer"? It could work on so many levels.

Connesewer? Two for one then.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by iammatt

It is the standard English spelling. It entered the English language when you guys still used the former spelling.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/connoisseur

As you can see I was aware of that. I'm such a spelling cognoscenti. See what I did here.


Note for the non-connoiseurs: a cognoscenti is pretty much the same archaic word but in Italian.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

- B

V, he was aiming for me, but he did not stop to think that his blast would have collateral damage. He will be along shortly to kiss your ass and explain why you are not covered by the insult.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Manton

BS, the quality is first rate, the second-best sewing I have seen on the Row.

Who is the best you've seen...Sedwell?

Originally Posted by Manton

The rest of your stupid personal grudge and obsession with modernity I pass over in silence, except to say you are probably the only person alive who thinks and A&S suit somehow stands out in a garish way. They are the most understated suits around.

Well, it is true, to support FNB a little bit, that A&S is upper class in the way that Corvato is not.

Cruizer, for example, would like a two button Corvato over a 3 roll to 2 A&S.

- B

 

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Stupid question but why don't you guys switch from the archaic form of "connoisseur" to the modern day one of "connaisseur"?

I believe kwilk is a conne-sseur.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Well, it is true, to support FNB a little bit, that A&S is upper class in the way that Corvato is not.

Cruizer, for example, would like a two button Corvato over a 3 roll to 2 A&S.

- B

Originally Posted by Manton

V, he was aiming for me, but he did not stop to think that his blast would have collateral damage. He will be along shortly to kiss your ass and explain why you are not covered by the insult.

Are you sure about that?

- B

 

[RJmanbearpig]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Stupid question but why don't you guys switch from the archaic form of "connoisseur" to the modern day one of "connaisseur"?
Have you been reading Le Champ Fleury again?

Originally Posted by Fuuma

As you can see I was aware of that. I'm such a spelling cognoscenti. See what I did here.


Note for the non-connoiseurs: a cognoscenti is pretty much the same archaic word but in Italian.
Wouldn't it be "cognoscento" in the singular form you're trying to employ above, Foima?

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by Manton

V, he was aiming for me, but he did not stop to think that his blast would have collateral damage. He will be along shortly to kiss your ass and explain why you are not covered by the insult.

By why isn't it modern according to FnB though? Not sure I get it as A&S style has been hugely influencial among the designer set for quite a while.