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And salaries by contrast... http://www.salary.com/careers/layoutscripts/crel_display.asp?tab=cre&cat=nocat&ser=Ser372&part=Par546 If his job on TV is any guide, "dad" is earning more than twice what he used to. This Father's Day, Salary.com has revealed what the most popular TV dad characters of all...

I wonder if "slip knots", if that is the proper term, is necessarily a sign of better quality construction? I have rarely seen these threads which one can gently pull to straighten out a bunched tie. I haven't seen it on the Marinella but the Rubinacci sfoderata does have them, which Mr. Rubinacci ...

This is my best attempt at illustrating the Talbott seven-fold pattern, which is my favorite execution. I cannot say the same for the silk itself. I have another Talbott seven-fold that is simply unwearable. http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7466/t7fl1le.jpg http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2929...

it would make certain bathroom procedures very tedious, and certain stretches potentially injurious! Very much so... I only saw this kind of contraption once, as I happened to be early on a fitting appointment with my shirtmaker and she was fitting a young man who was a dancer to a very slim stage ...

Happy Holidays to alll!

I was at the Begg showroom a few days ago and there was an absolutely stunning cream version of this particular paisley (the paisleys were pastels) that I immediately ordered. What I have found with Begg is that when they DO have a clearly masculine pattern or design they only make it in 59 inch le...

I met the people from Begg at Premierevision last year. At the time I posted some pictures of the Begg paisleys, in a rich camel color. The people at Begg did not consider them to be for women at all. As a matter of fact, their brochure that year featured a man wearing a lovely dark grey paisley. I...

Note that while the size for each is 14x72, Mr. Four-in-Hand considers them women’s scarves and has told me that Alex Begg also markets them this way (and they release different patterns every year). They both look pretty good to me and I can’t see why they are inherently feminine. Are these simila...