The 'Best Of' Friday Challenges 2016

[Mr Knightley]

The first FC of March 2016 (Friday 4th) was No Patterns. Organised by @DiplomaticTies and won by @Murlsquirl


Winner @Murlsquirl




Joint Second Place @sebastian mcfox and @upr_crust


Third Place @Claghorn

 

[Mr Knightley]

For the Casual Elements Challenge of 11 March 2016 both Murl and Seb McFox were on the podium again with @sebastian mcfox a runaway winner with 40 votes. @Gerry Nelson was second on 21 with @Rais and @Murlsquirl sharing third on 18 votes.


@sebastian mcfox


@Gerry Nelson


@Murlsquirl


@Rais

 

[Mr Knightley]

The FC for Friday 18 March 2016 was #Menswear. I am not sure if I completely understand the term and, looking at the entries it seemed to leave plenty of room for interpretation! It produced some great entries though with @sugarbutch the winner on 15 votes, closely followed by @crappbag on 14 and @Gerry Nelson on the podium again with 11.


Sugz


crappbag


Gerry

There was a bit of a gap to 1 April 2016 before the next Challenge, which saw a return to 'business as usual' on the podium. @Anden @Cleav and @EFV - in that order.

Are you a Cardican or a Cardican't?

 

[Mr Knightley]

The Challenge on 8 April was another Herringbone one.

It was won by a very smooth @in stitches

@katabatic was second with @Cleav sharing third with @sebastian mcfox


Stitchy


katabatic


Cleav


Sebastian McFox

 

[Mr Knightley]

For the 15th April Stitchy came up with a great idea - The 20th Century Man Challenge.

It produced a very different podium (although EFV was still there!)

@CruzAzul - Winner as 1970s man


@EFV at the cottage in second place


@Clouseau as a 1970s Suedehead in joint third


@McDermott as 1970 Amsterdam skinhead featuring double denim!


Then a break to 29 April for the trickiest Challenge of them all? Navy Trousers Unleashed!

The Challenge was won by @AlexRamius , with @EFV in second. @Thin White Duke was third.

 

[DirkD]

Very nice, thank you

 

[Mr Knightley]

So, we are at the end of April - a third of the way through 2016 and have had 14 Challenges.

Each has been won by a different poster. The most consistent appearances on the podium are as follows:

@Cleav 6 top-three places and 1 win

@Gerry Nelson also 6 and 1

@EFV 5 times on the podium and 1 win

@Anden 4 times and 1 win.

Some of our FC winners have not yet made any other podium appearance in 2016 (as at end April):

@AlexRamius

@CruzAzul

@in stitches

@sugarbutch

Moving on to May it seems there was another gap to the 13th. Not a propitious date but the Ode to the Odd Waistcoat Challenge produced some good entries:


Winner @bienluienapris


Vintage @Roycru in second


Joint third place @AlexRamius


Joint third @An Acute Style

 

[Mr Knightley]

One more batch for your delectation - the oddly named 'Particular Jacket' Challenge of 20 May:

Winner @CraftsmanCo


Second - @Gerry Nelson


Third was organiser @bienluienapris

 

[Mr Knightley]

The last Challenge in May was hastily organised by @Gerry Nelson who kindly stood in - as last week's runner-up. It was also fittingly won by him! Second was @bienluienapris who is becoming a regular podium visitor and third was @jcmeyer

The Freestyle Friday Challenge of 27 May 2016:



@Gerry Nelson


@bienluienapris


@jcmeyer

 

[Mr Knightley]

June kicked off with a great Challenge - Seasonal Incongruance. This required entrants to mix items from different seasons in a tasteful manner!

I recall it was @Claghorn 's original idea. He came second with @Pliny in third. But the clear winner in this Challenge for grown-ups only was @Anden

 

[Mr Knightley]

@Anden chose the next Challenge - and to welcome in summer in the Northern Hemisphere he went for The Bow.

@Mr Knightley was the winner this week, 10 June with @upr_crust in second. Joint third were @An Acute Style and @Caustic Man.


@Mr Knightley


@upr_crust


@An Acute Style


@Caustic Man

Here is a bonus pic from the Challenge thread - The launch, on Winston Churhill's birthday, of the Bow Tie Club of Great Britain and Ireland at the Ritz, London (2012).

 

[Mr Knightley]

The next week, all the talk was of Pitti Uomo so I chose 'Pitti Peacock?' as the Challenge for 17 June.

There were some interesting entries with @sebastian mcfox a very clear winner on 41 votes - perhaps striking just the right balance between sprezza and trash? Second was @Claghorn on 12 votes and @mossrockss completed the top three with 11 votes.







As an antidote to all that colour the week before @sebastian mcfox chose 'Greyscale' as the Challenge for 24 June and came third himself.

It was won though by some truly great photography by @DiplomaticTies

@Claghorn was second again this week.







Nearly half-way through the year now and I am signing off for Christmas. Can't wait to post some more great pics soon.

Compliments of the Season to all!

 

[Mr Knightley]

Before we move into July a look back at the first half of 2016. We have had 21 Challenges at this point with a wide variety of themes and many different winners. Only four people have won more than one Challenge up to end of June and they are:
@Anden
@DiplomaticTies
@Gerry Nelson
@sebastian mcfox

All with two wins each.

Other winners are (in date order):
@upr_crust
@Andy57
@EFV
@justkwan
@Cleav
@Murlsquirl
@sugarbutch
@in stitches
@CruzAzul
@AlexRamius
@bienluienapris
@CraftsmanCo
@Mr Knightley

Most consistent Podium finisher to 30 June @Gerry Nelson with eight!

 

[Mr Knightley]

The second half of the year - 1 July and 'What the Hell was I thinking' Challenge:

Clags and AAS had their first wins of the year - as joint winners. DT and RoSaCe came joint second and Thin White Duke was third.


@An Acute Style in patched Madras


@Claghorn in Yohji


@RoSaCe in a rather sudden tie


@DiplomaticTies in a shirt that defies description


@Thin White Duke in a boating blazer much beloved of mid 1960s English Mods

 

[Mr Knightley]

The next Challenge was not until 15 July and was called the BD Collar Challenge.

Clear winner was @jcmeyer with @fieldofdreams and @Coxsackie in joint second. In joint third were @mossrockss and @FrankCowperwood


JCM


Cox


F of D


FrankC


Moss