Dress like the Great Depression

Mark Anthony · Mar 10, 2009

Here is an interesting article from an Economist of all people who apparently ran a clothing shop at one time in his life.

Despite some flaws i.e. 4 button suits?? he does capture the simplicity and importance of dressing well. This is actually an update to an article he penned a few years back called How to Dress Like a Man. That article actually snapped me out of the slobwear trap I had fallen in to.

By the way, the website this is from is simply the best in the world if you care about the world we live in, in my not so humble opinion.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker141.html

Aperipan · Mar 10, 2009

Originally Posted by Mark Anthony

Here is an interesting article from an Economist of all people who apparently ran a clothing shop at one time in his life.

Despite some flaws i.e. 4 button suits?? he does capture the simplicity and importance of dressing well. This is actually an update to an article he penned a few years back called How to Dress Like a Man. That article actually snapped me out of the slobwear trap I had fallen in to.

By the way, the website this is from is simply the best in the world if you care about the world we live in, in my not so humble opinion.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker141.html

Interesting. Thanks.

SkinnyGoomba · Mar 10, 2009

That guy is pretty hardcore about it.

The casual CEO was somewhat geared toward tech firms IMO, they mentioned music, but alot of those that are successful in music suit up.

I think his recommendations were OK, except for the 4 button recommend.

I also feel he might be contradicting himself in that collar pins were actually quite common in the 30's.

Twotone · Mar 10, 2009

I agree with most of his points except for the four-button jacket (as others mentioned) and hats -- they mess up my hair (glad I still have some) and look a bit pompous in this day and age. Sunglasses and umbrellas do a better job.

Twotone

Mark Anthony · Mar 10, 2009

Oddly enough I was just thinking of hats today. Since I am now follically challenged and have adopted the clipper no guard look and feeling awfully cold today in a late season burst of winter here in Vancouver. Not sure where to start but would feel better if more people got back in to hats.

a tailor · Mar 10, 2009

check those pictures i doubt if there is 1% of the men without hats or caps.
although most of the suits are questionable, all all of these men try to look their best given very slim resources.

a tailor · Mar 10, 2009

check those pictures i doubt if there is 1% of the men without hats or caps.
although most of the suits are questionable, all all of these men try to look their best given their very slim resources.

JordanH. · Mar 10, 2009

Originally Posted by Twotone

I agree with most of his points except for the four-button jacket (as others mentioned) and hats -- they mess up my hair (glad I still have some) and look a bit pompous in this day and age. Sunglasses and umbrellas do a better job.

Twotone

i think hats still serve a useful purpose. in Texas (among other place), it gets very hot during the summer months. I believe a hat is still useful as far as shading the face and keeping it cool. and they look good.

jyook · Mar 10, 2009

Originally Posted by Mark Anthony

By the way, the website this is from is simply the best in the world if you care about the world we live in, in my not so humble opinion.

Libertarians unite!!

JetBlast · Mar 10, 2009

"Never take your jacket off, no matter how much you want to, no matter how hot, no matter how much people plead with you to do so. The jacket is part of your clothing, and gentlemen don’t take their clothes off in public."

I like this.

bmulford · Mar 10, 2009

Mostly ok, but disagree on the point about the "strange European fit" and his favor of wearing a sack suit.

JayJay · Mar 10, 2009

Nice article with several good points.

JLibourel · Mar 10, 2009

Except for the four-button recommendation, I might have assumed this Tucker chap was one of our own--a forum regular, a true iGent!

JayJay · Mar 10, 2009

I wonder what maker of 4-button suits he is recommending. I can't imagine one that looks good. This advice seems to contradict everything else he recommended.

Thurston · Mar 10, 2009

Originally Posted by JayJay

I wonder what maker of 4-button suits he is recommending. I can't imagine one that looks good. This advice seems to contradict everything else he recommended.

Since he seems to lack the language of clothes, he may well mean double-breasted.

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