Style in one's lapel (the boutonniere)

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Manton

I absolutely deny that I was making an FNB reference. I though the Town & Country name-drop deserved some high-octane snark from either you or RJ. Snark, I need hardly add, directed at Bill.

I have considered your wise words, and have now merkur-ed my original post.

It properly lives on quoted your reply.

As for T&C, I think that we have now established that you hate white people.


- B

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by dopey

Sorry. I thought by "weigh-in" you were trying to make a fat joke, one of your signature FNB cracks. But I had forgotten about your promise of detente and I should have given you more credit.

I suppose I should turn in my badge to the nearest moderator.

"Weigh in" was a reference to your recent habit of "weighing in" on weighty threads.

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by Manton

"Weigh in" was a reference to your recent habit of "weighing in" on weighty threads.

As a deputy post-flagger, I am now a public servant and I don't think dispensing snark really befits me new, elevated station.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

If it has a lapel buttonhole, I'll stick it in.

Nice. Describe the outfit a little more. You have a better shot of the studs?

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

Nice. Describe the outfit a little more. You have a better shot of the studs?
The tuxedo is a Ralph Lauren; the shirt is a custom piece. The dress set is vintage 1940s Cartier in yellow gold. These are the cufflinks:

Bowtie is by Sulka and the frames are Cutler & Gross. Handkerchief was Irish linen of a particularly high grade.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

The tuxedo is a Ralph Lauren; the shirt is a custom piece. The dress set is vintage 1940s Cartier in yellow gold. These are the cufflinks:

Bowtie is by Sulka and the frames are Cutler & Gross. Handkerchief was Irish linen of a particularly high grade.
Interesting. You always seem to be wearing different stuff but still have your own recognizable look.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

Interesting. You always seem to be wearing different stuff but still have your own recognizable look.

I look like an expensive nerd most of the time.

 

[LaoHu]

Originally Posted by Manton

The holy grail for me is the blue cornflower, but they are seasonal, and even in season, most florists don't have them. Understandably, they simply don't bother with boutennier flowers because so few men wear them any more.

They are impossible to find at the florist unless someone has specially ordered them for a wedding and there are some leftovers. I actually bought seeds to grow 'em in the yard. Never got around to planting them, alas. Next year.

 

[Will]

Grow red carnations. They are essentially weeds and take no care beyond watering and picking the flowers. Half a dozen plants will keep a lapel in flowers.

It helps to live somewhere without

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