The London Lounge

I am fairly sure that this is a picture of F.M. relaxing in his garden at his country home at Penhill House, Sidcup and that what we are seeing here is his version of 'dress down'. I would hesitate to question his footwear when some of us, in a similar context, would be clad in little more than our...

Thank-you to Messers. Alden and Boyer for their posts which help me understand the context of the remarks about LL in the interview. Often the interview process, which takes a verbal interchange/conversation and reduces it to writing, looses something in that transition. I wonder if that did not hap...

At a website like The London Lounge, you read what those guys say about clothes, and right away you get the impression that if you don’t fold your pocket square a certain way, none of them will ever speak to you. If you don’t have your shoes made by John Lobb or Cleverley, you’re nothing. If I had ...

marcelo wrote:Non-native English speakers might appreciate a spell check tool.

Spell check would also be an asset for those whose primary language is English.
I also agree with cufflink that a grooming section would be welcome.
thanks,
jack

Gentlemen, Can any of you recommend a good stationer from which to procure engraved stationery? I've looked at Dempsey & Carroll, Smythson and Piccolo Press but have minimal experience with their personalized products. Where do you buy your personalized flat cards and letter writing supplies? Sailo...

I have been concerned in acquiring more items for my ever-growing library on the elegant life – in a very broad sense – than for my wardrobe. There is a great variety of interesting titles in this regard. My grandmother's younger brother (I guess that makes him a grand-uncle?) was a boarding school...

marcelo wrote:Thanks for this. Like the article on the LL recently published in the Esquire, is there any chance to read the text published in Country Life online? I have not been able to find a link.

Ditto to Marcelo's post above. Country Life not sold near my home or office.
Thanks.
jack

Unfortunately, I have lost quite a bit of weight in two and a half weeks. Apparently two inches from the waist, and one inch from the chest. However, the cutter said it should pose no problem, and such changes can be addressed in the four fittings. DRHF: This comment, along with your age prompts me...

RWS wrote: Go ahead, no Arabs here -- show us the soles!

Jack

Thanks....for a very well written article in this month's UK edition of Esquire. Get it at your newstands! I will try to make some web version of the piece for our members. Cheers Michael Alden I notice you describe the publication as the "UK edition".....is it available in U.S.??? Thanks in avance...

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marcelo: would also appreciate any information you could give me on the pencil holder/extender above. Is this antique? How does it work? Again, thanks for your patience/assistance.
Jack

[quote="marcelo"] http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo61/iconic_turn/Faber_Castell.jpg marcelo: I am intrigued (maybe even obsessed) with the above. Can you direct me to an internet website where I can get further information....maybe even add it for real to my own Christmas list....Hell, I might e...

Actually, storeynicholas, the way I originally heard it was that one evening Lady Astor (an "appeaser" during the 1930s) and the Great Lion (at that time in "the Wilderness") were weekend guests at a country house. Churchill had gotten a bit tipsy and combative regarding Hitler, facism and British p...

Thanks to both of you for the input. Costi: what do you mean by a "dinner suit"? Is this different from what, at least in my part of America, we refer to as a "business suit", which we would wear to the office (with dress shirt and tie, of course) and/or out for the evening to a restaurant or cockta...

Lady Astor: Winston, if I were married to you I would put poison in your coffee.

Winston Churchill: Madam, were I married to you I would drink it.