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Here's a chap who would disagree:

Like the wing collar, the jabot is still in use in British and Commonwealth legal circles, particularly by female barristers and judges.

But for how long?
http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/courtdress/index.htm

Dr. B. wrote: I note there is very little response to my initial posts. Perhaps because you posted your account in "Safari Room." I thought, & I could very well be wrong, that this category was more about travel per se than the sartorial wonders one finds while travelling. Why don't you try moving y...

My reservation about lighter colors is that they do not have the visual effect of reducing bulk, which, for me, is always a consideration.

Moi, aussi.

Found a photo in one of my old books of the DOW in a double-breasted with vest, 4 on 2, quite natty: URL=http://img205.echo.cx/my.php?image=dow2x2ec.jpg] http://img205.echo.cx/img205/1757/dow2x2ec.th.jpg [/URL] Also notice how large his trouser cuffs are; rather unexpected for a shorter man. Love th...

Dear Mark,

Warning: I'm bringing my daughter's digital camera on Thurdsay!

And Mark: you have unsuspectingly revealed yourself as a lawyer, using "discrete" instead of the (proper) "discreet." I repeatedly made that mistake "back in the day."

Regards.

Photos, please!

At least, Mark, wear it on Thursday evening.

Manton:

Your figures on the historical prevalence of the vest seem much more reasonable than those of my stale, unrefreshed recollection of the statistics from a dubious source.

Regards.

Dear smoothjazzone, Esky #21, posted by the estimable Tutee in the Photojournal, has the look to which you should aspire: http://thelondonlounge.net/gl/gallery/Esquire/db_gray_suit_copy Flusser published this illustration in Clothes & the Man . It's been over a decade since I last read it, but I rec...

Robb,

I love Sauternes. Since I must economize on something, I usually eschew the Chateau d'Yquem & settle for a Chateau LaTour-Blanche. That's my "house Sauternes," so to speak.

Regards.

Dear Fellow Lizards, Hello to everyone. Although a member for about a month now, I've been experiencing technical problems, which Michael has attended to, so I am just now "making the rounds" of the forum. The Lounge & its predecessor Yahoo site have been a wonderful experience. I have met so many n...

I'm afraid that I will sound a little declasse, but nevertheles: try eBay. You have to wade through scores of mass-produced & "folk" walking sticks, but there always a dozen or so antique sticks up for auction @ any time. Over the yrs., I've acquired 4 antique sticks on eBay.

Regards.

Is it Mme. Berlutti who advocates this approach? She does, but she stole it from Beau Brummell. But, his attribution of the brillance of the shine on his Hessian boots to the use of Champagne as polish was only a jeu d'esprit. Returning to the main subject, Mr. A does not explicitly mention the wir...

"Alas, when he married, he was asked to retire his saber "

Weren't we all?