Sartorial mythbusting

[George]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

It scares me to fathom the dress of a nation where such an ensemble isn't that bold.

As opposed to a nation who dresses like this:

Try harder...

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by joshman

You really need to travel more and open your eyes up.

You mistake rejection for ignorance. It's not as if I am unaware that people wear shirts like that--doesn't matter where. I simply think it's ugly.

Originally Posted by George

As opposed to a nation who dresses like this:

Luca's style isn't emblematic of his country, nor would it matter if it were. Whether or not all of England dresses as as you suggest, it doesn't change the fact that I think it is ugly.

What both of you seem to ignore is that it doesn't influence me one way or another that something might be normal in the UK.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

What both of you seem to ignore is that it doesn't influence me one way or another that something might be normal in the UK.

- B

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

- B

+1

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by grayson

Nice combo, FNB. Very English and very T&A-ish.
Agree with George about foof. The young man has a long way to learn.

Below are 2 similar examples

Does FNB like being compared to Francis Bown, whose pictures these are?

Here is a full on glamour shot of the same subject, reflecting the marriage of Italian and British style:

 

[George]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

You mistake rejection for ignorance. It's not as if I am unaware that people wear shirts like that--doesn't matter where. I simply think it's ugly.



Luca's style isn't emblematic of his country, nor would it matter if it were. Whether or not all of England dresses as as you suggest, it doesn't change the fact that I think it is ugly.

What both of you seem to ignore is that it doesn't influence me one way or another that something might be normal in the UK.

Where did I suggest that all England dress like that? What I said was it was acceptable in England to dress like that. Most English people dress as **** as they do in the U.S.

The point of the younger Rubinacci photograph was to show that colourful dressing isn't just an English trait, look at the Sartorialist blog. Italy's youth tend dress colourfully. Unlike you I've actually lived in Italy.

It's also a picture of a man's style you admire, which is much more colourful than FNB's shots. Do you think he looks good in that photograph?

 

[George]

Originally Posted by RJman

Does FNB like being compared to Francis Bown, whose pictures these are?

Here is a full on glamour shot of the same subject, reflecting the marriage of Italian and British style:

A marriage that's sadly destined for divorce.

 

[DocHolliday]

The nationality debate strikes me as a blind alley. I like color, even like the striped shirts the English are known for (though not so much for myself). But, like anything, the bold shirt look can be done well or done poorly.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by George

Unlike you I've actually lived in Italy.

What makes you assume I haven't?

Originally Posted by George

It's also a picture of a man's style you admire, which is much more colourful than FNB's shots. Do you think he looks good in that photograph?

Since when do I admire him? I don't dress anything like Luca, or aspire to. Perhaps you have him confused for his father.

 

[George]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

The nationality debate strikes me as a blind alley. I like color, even like the striped shirts the English are known for (though not so much for myself). But, like anything, the bold shirt look can be done well or done poorly.

Exactly

 

[HORNS]

I haven't read all of the pages of this threak, but I would assume that a hand-sewn "loop" stitch would allow more shearing motion than it would elasticity, thus allowing more movement than a locking stitch.

 

[George]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

What makes you assume I haven't?

Well, have you?

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Since when do I admire him? I don't dress anything like Luca, or aspire to. Perhaps you have him confused for his father.

No, I've read some of your posts and reading between the lines I'd say you admire his style. IIRC you started a thread about a cloth you had seen him wearing and having a suit made up out of it, I would take that as admiring his style, no?

 

[apropos]

Originally Posted by George

No, I've read some of your posts and reading between the lines I'd say you admire his style. IIRC you started a thread about a cloth you had seen him wearing and having a suit made up out of it, I would take that as admiring his style, no?
Liking a cloth is hardly 'admiring [a] style'. I like the fabric FNB is wearing, but dislike the overall appearance.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by RJman

Originally Posted by George

A marriage that's sadly destined for divorce.

Give the man credit for getting a lot of that free.

England invented clergy with working balls.


- B

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by George

Well, have you?

I spent a semester in college living in Rome.

Originally Posted by George

No, I've read some of your posts and reading between the lines I'd say you admire his style. IIRC you started a thread about a cloth you had seen him wearing and having a suit made up out of it, I would take that as admiring his style, no?

Since when does liking a particular cloth equate with admiring someone's style?