The Look goes on...

[Mr Knightley]



I always thought this gentleman was very aspirational. But there are others 60s/70s movie actors like Marcelo Mastroianni, Terence Stamp, or Steve Mc Queen - of course - who are very stylish from our point of view. On another subject, the poll has started... http://www.styleforum.net/t/516536/...01-22-wrap-it-up-guys-show-us-your-scarves/15

Very cool! Sidney Poitier in the Cool of the Night. The FC poll is multiple choice. Interesting examples this week.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]



Sidney Poitier in the Cool of the Night.

Ahem. Heat.

 

[Mr Knightley]



Ahem. Heat.

Didn't think it sounded quite right - onset of dementia old boy!

 

[covskin]



That may be tangential to the main discussion and we may have done this before but I wonder if other viewers can boil down their ideal look to a handful of images like Cerneabbas. I wonder how much diversity we'd see from contributors to this thread.

Great idea. I never really had idols, certainly none these days, but I remember getting this book fairly soon after seeing it in Virgin and liking the look in the centre, when I looked pretty much like the look on the left (even down to the patch, which surprised me)

Wouldn't wear it today (no to the colours, the high 3 buttons and the buttondown collar) but its simplicity and attitude still encapsulates something for me (it is also remarkably similar to the photo referred to by Cerneabbas and Clouseau above!).

Mostly though it is just remembering people in my mind's eye.

 

[Soul Vision]

Has been posted before but here is a nice example from Mr K of keeping the mod ethic of detailing in a tasteful way alive at any age. Only somebody who really knows about 'the Look' would probably a) notice this and b) understand why it is done. It's not only the buttons but the beautiful sewing and shape of the pockets I think. In that way the 'secret code' they talked about in the 60's lives on...

Matching buttons on my bespoke Roger Crawford dogtooth trousers:

 

[Mr Knightley]

Gentlemen, the voting in the Friday Challenge continues until this evening - vote now!

http://www.styleforum.net/t/516536/...01-22-wrap-it-up-guys-show-us-your-scarves/15

 

[Mr Knightley]

My wife bought me a tie from shibumi for Christmas (first one from them) and I wore it yesterday:

http://www.styleforum.net/t/394373/...-part-iv-starting-may-2014/31845#post_8288275

It is perhaps one of the closest in look and feel to any that I had back in the day - in 1969 I had one with an almost identical pattern in blues, greens and lemon. Anyone remember these? Ties then seemed to be limited to woven stripe, plain wool or plain knitted or printed silk with a neat pattern. I don't really recall many others, do you?

 

[covskin]

Ties did seem to look a bit different back then, my dad's are plain wool or fairly plain polyester(?) with stripes/motifs not looking particularly woven. Colours fairly flat, could be a madder among them too. I remember printed silk even in my time, rippled if it got wet.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

I remember cadging a red paisley tie from my dad. He had a dark blue one with the arms of Ulster on it; I don't know why, we had no connection with Northern Ireland, Ulster Unionism, the Orange Order or anything like that. In 1969 almost all of my ties were striped, and I still have one of them somewhere (London University colours, I think).

 

[Clouseau]

My last find in the sales, a Brutus Trimfit shirt. Very poor picture quality, the colours are really nice when you see the shirt 'in the flesh'. I'm pleasantly surprised with the shirt quality.



The new friday challenge is 'In the pink revisited'. I won't contribute as i've got nothing in pink. Well apart the usual suspect of course.

 

[cerneabbas]

I also saw a couple of nice BD shirts today,Gant Diamond G.
The logo was a 'G' but tonal with the shirt,I had to put my glasses on to see it ( that doesn't mean a lot though).
Only long sleeves but regular or fitted and in OCBD or a lighter weight cotton,the OCBD had pockets the lightweights didn't.
The website shows pink,white and light blue,but I saw a yellow one in the lightweight cotton that reminded me of an Arnold Palmer that I had 'back in the day'.
I notice that House of Fraser have the Gant BDs at £40...not available in your size however....

 

[Gsvs5]

What the **** is that handkerchief doing in a shirt pocket ?

 

[Clouseau]

What the **** is that handkerchief doing in a shirt pocket ?

They sale it with the hanky, but it doesn't mean you have to wear it with the shirt though ! (Not me on that second picture

, i wear the shirt tucked in my trouser and with the neck button opened, of course)
Apparently, Brutus shirts always came with a handkerchief, even 'in the time'. Well you can always use it to wipe something... or to blow your nose.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

A bunch of nice Ralph Lauren b/d shirts turned up at the charity shop.

Size small.

 

[cerneabbas]

After Clouseau posted the picture of his Brutus shirt I spent some time looking for a plain Brutus online.
I found that they make an OCBD ( plain and striped ),I thought that it looked good (of course it seems to be out of stock everywhere).
I don't remember a Brutus OCBD 'back in the day',they were popular for their bright checks / tartans,and I remember them in bright red and also black,I would say they were more popular with younger teenagers here.