Trad contest finalists

[josepidal]

How far can you take conservative business dress without Manton crying foul?

 

[zjpj83]

Well deserved, Alan! Had I voted, it would have been for you.

 

[crazyquik]

Originally Posted by Kent Wang

I'd like to sponsor some other contests in the future. Any suggestions?

Black tie?
Savile Row inspired?
best combination of multiple patterns?

 

[AlanC]

Originally Posted by Kent Wang

Congratulations to AlanC, the tradliest of them all. Your square is in the mail.

Thanks to all the other finalists and contestants, and thank you to Manton for judging. I'd like to sponsor some other contests in the future. Any suggestions?

Thank you, thank you!

For the record, I actually voted for Brownshoe. That said, I still wanted the pocket square.

I think the best idea for a future contest would be multiple pattern matching to go along with Manton's recent threads on the same. It has the most potential for the greatest heights and the greatest disasters.

 

[crazyquik]

Originally Posted by AlanC

It has the most potential for the greatest heights and the greatest disasters.

And pocket squares would be an integral part of any winning ensemble.

 

[Nantucket Red]

Congratulations, Alan!

It's also good to see Brownshoe in a very respectable second place. Well done, gents.


Best conservative business dress would be one obvious suggestion for a contest. And following the example of the Corduroy Club, "Exceptional Use of Corduroy," "Exceptional Use of Tweed," etc. might be other possibilities.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by josepidal

How far can you take conservative business dress without Manton crying foul?

I will cry foul as the mood strikes me. Part of the fun of conservative business dress is the intellectual dishonesty behind the critiques.

 

[Nantucket Red]

Originally Posted by Manton

I will cry foul as the mood strikes me. Part of the fun of conservative business dress is the intellectual dishonesty behind the critiques.

Meaning the joke's on anyone who's been trying to memorize the dance steps.

 

[Larry Lean]

"Trad", eh?

... So just what is it then?

We hear about it.
We see certain photos.

Probably it is that Alan C. look...

Why it is probably is more interesting than what it is (well... to me anyway).

I'd love a neat little summing up from Alan C.

You up for it Al.?

Yrs.

Russell Street

 

[Brownshoe]

That was a lot of fun. Congrats Alan, richly deserved.

Thanks Kent and Manton, and everyone for their kind comments.

Now that Terry and Vaclav have chimed in, what more can be said?

Long live Trad, Shad, Ivy, TNSIL, Preppy, or whatever you want to call it!

 

[Larry Lean]

Originally Posted by Brownshoe

That was a lot of fun. Congrats Alan, richly deserved.

Thanks Kent and Manton, and everyone for their kind comments.

Now that Terry and Vaclav have chimed in, what more can be said?

Long live Trad, Shad, Ivy, TNSIL, Preppy, or whatever you want to call it!

can I still please tease alan tho'?

I miss this stuff...

 

[LSeca]

Congradulations AlanC.

Everyone had a good showing, thank you for taking the time to share your tradliness. I enjoyed watching this contest, good job Kent Wang for making it happen.

 

[AlanC]

Larry, we kept waiting for your entry so you could show us how it ought to be done. We're all the poorer for its absence.

 

[thinman]

Originally Posted by vaclava krishna

This contest, is a shad.

Are you, implying there is, something fishy going on?

Congrats to AlanC!! I enjoyed lurking and seeing all the contributions.

 

[josepidal]

By the way, might we ask AlanC for suggestions on how to adapt his look for younger guys, a sort of more contemporary or youthful trad for the 2000's, as self-contradictory as the term might sound?