Styling cues from the Royals?

C'mon, you gotta give credit to the chap on his left for the tie and the smile.

Originally Posted by Tibo

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C'mon, you gotta give credit to the chap on his left for the tie and the smile.

Yes, not bad for a Brit!

Prince Charles is the same age as me. It would be as ridiculous for me to model my style on Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt as it would be for Prince Charles. I'm continually amazed at the paucity of imagination reflected in some of the comments posted here. I largely agree with the remarks made about the pic of Charles at the pub, it's pretty dire, but over the long haul he has been a model of how to dress in any situation. If I googled him I could find a hundred pictures of him looking fantastic in everthing from morning dress to a kilt. In any case the idea that one's dress style is drawn for one source is absurd. In my case it ranges from Cary Grant to Andy Warhol who if I remember correctly started the fashion for wearing blue jeans with a double breasted blue blazer. Of course we have to recognize Charles has infinite resources but he looks pretty good most of the time as do most members of Royal families in Europe. One of my favorites is the King of Sweden. He's not so obviously Saville Row as Charles but always looks exceptional in a very understated way. He also has a nice line in eyeglasses.

A pic of the King of Sweden...a cool looking dude


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Originally Posted by Orsini

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In addition to being part of the Royal family, the Prince is 59 years old. It is unreasonable to to criticize him because he does not dress like a pop star. It would be very age-inappropriate besides being unacceptable to his public. Besides, from the point of view of classic style, he dresses very well.

I'm not criticizing him as a 59 year old man, I'm just disagreeing that he is some fashion icon who regular people should aspire to dress like.

Prince Charles wears tailored expensive suits. This puts him above 99% of the population. Beyond the tailoring and the expense, I don't see anything about his outfits that would or should make him a fashion icon. I think your average person would do much better to aspire to look like George Clooney than Prince Charles.

Of course, I wouldn't aspire to look like either so maybe I should stop defending hollywood.

As per the OP's question, I still maintain that th Royals are pretty outdated and irrelevant as far as international fashion icons go.

I see a lot of people who wear tailored, expensive suits, and very few of them look as good as Prince Chuck.

Originally Posted by Ataturk

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I see a lot of people who wear tailored, expensive suits, and very few of them look as good as Prince Chuck.

Exactly. Leaving aside Clooney's pics in the glossy magazines, none of the "stylish" celebrities dress all that well on an everyday basis.

I don't believe you. Few look as bad. Hell, I was watchin the NBA playoffs and every coach I saw (not named Poppovich) looked a lot sharper and more stylish than Ol' Chuckles.

Originally Posted by Clench Million

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I was watchin the NBA playoffs and every coach I saw (not named Poppovich) looked a lot sharper and more stylish than Ol' Chuckles.

Then you and I simply differ on what it takes to be well-dressed.

Originally Posted by Clench Million

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I'm not criticizing him as a 59 year old man, I'm just disagreeing that he is some fashion icon who regular people should aspire to dress like. Prince Charles wears tailored expensive suits. This puts him above 99% of the population. Beyond the tailoring and the expense, I don't see anything about his outfits that would or should make him a fashion icon. I think your average person would do much better to aspire to look like George Clooney than Prince Charles. Of course, I wouldn't aspire to look like either so maybe I should stop defending hollywood. As per the OP's question, I still maintain that th Royals are pretty outdated and irrelevant as far as international fashion icons go.
You seem to be engaging in "cruiserfication"... As I indicated, from the point of view of one who aspires to classic style as described by Roetzel, Molloy, Flusser, Keers, et al., I can tell yo that he dresses quite well. But you seem to be indicating that he looks bad. If so, you are wrong. What would you suggest he do differently? Remember, he has to be appropriate to his social class and his public. If he dressed like George Clooney or Luca di Montezemolo (http://asuitablewardrobe.dynend.com/...ckets-fit.html) the press in England would tear him to shreds. You are entitled to your opinion, but it is also good to have some background on the subject on which one comments.

I take my styling cues from George Brett

Originally Posted by John Ellis

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.Prince Charles is the same age as me. It would be as ridiculous for me to model my style on Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt as it would be for Prince Charles...
Exactly my point!

Originally Posted by John Ellis

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...If I googled him I could find a hundred pictures of him looking fantastic in everthing from morning dress to a kilt...
From the point of view of their social class, stylisitc paradigm, and role in their society, the members of the various royal families in europe are perfect models for dress and style.

Originally Posted by John Ellis

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...the King of Sweden....
Another fine example. HRH King Juan Carlos I of Spain (http://asuitablewardrobe.dynend.com/...-for-king.html) as well.

I'm going to ignore both the royals and the celebrities. Both groups employ shocking levels of blandness.

But you seem to be indicating that he looks bad. If so, you are wrong. What would you suggest he do differently?

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Fashion is fairly subjective. It is pretty silly to say someone is "wrong" in claiming an outfit doesn't look good on someone.

But if you want my opinion, in that picture I'd say his tone color matching is bad. The outfit serves to make him look even pastier and blaher than normaly. Even just a bit darker shade of blue in the shirt would help. The tie is bland and doesn't go well with the rest of the outfit, imho. Also looks funny around his neck, but maybe that is just the picture. Pocket square looks like a crumbled up fast food wrapper, though again that might just be the picture.

Nothing about it gives off a sense of individual style. Beyond the fact that his suit is peaked and double breasted (a look I think he fails to pull off, but...) and he has french cuffs he looks pretty much like every middle manager in america in that photo.

Bland color suit with a light blue shirt and a bland striped tie.

To each his own though.

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Originally Posted by John Ellis View Post
.Prince Charles is the same age as me. It would be as ridiculous for me to model my style on Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt as it would be for Prince Charles...

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Who said anything about people in their 50s dressing like Johnny Depp?

There are PLENTY of stylish Hollywood people who are in their 50s, you know.