The London Lounge

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Cedar is nice, but as mentioned, does dry out. I use open wire shelving for my shoe storage, which has the advantage of allowing fairly free air circulation around the shoes, particularly the soles.

Sorry, but this so called 'monochromatic look' surely is the ultimate in bad taste and not a look for a gentleman under any circumstances. Smacks of cheap looking Hollywood actors wearing 'four in hand' ties because they are unable to tie a bow tie with there 'black tie' evening wear. Totally sad a...

DD MacDonald wrote:rip, here is an image of a fresco that I recently used.

DDM

That's it, and almost the same color. Now, how does this differ from crepe?

I have a very rough idea, but have yet to find any good pix of fresco cloth. I was surprised that Holland & Sherry's fabric guide doesn't even list fresco. I have a Burberry suit that I think is made from fresco; it's similar to crepe, but not as loosely woven.

I read an earlier reply on the subject of pocket squares/hankerchiefs. A Mr. Larsen was under the impression that pocket squares should ONLY be worn by those at or above 35 years of age? Is this common law, or personal opinion, as i am 25, and i think a pocket square would complement a suit very ni...

This is the only reasonable answer to tacky roll-around luggage: http://cgi.ebay.com/Louis-Vuitton-wardrobe-trunk_W0QQitemZ6604716254QQcategoryZ16085QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quite lovely indeed, but how does one fit it into the overhead compartment on the airplane? (Although I've seen ...

This is the only reasonable answer to tacky roll-around luggage:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Louis-Vuitton-wardr ... dZViewItem

Once again, if we must have this semantic debate over what is a "rule" or a "standard" or a "practice" or a "guideline", I am prepared to have it. In the meantime, I would only ask those who inisist that there are no rules and mock anyone who insists that there are: Would you wear a purple notched ...

The question was rightly asked, "From whence cometh the rule?" What was absent was any kind of reasonable answer, only that it was "Ugly, ugly, ugly!" But it is only ugly because someone once upon a time made up a rule that henceforth, button-down collars and french cuffs together would be ugly, ugl...

I am enclosing an email from The Harris Tweed Authority concerning these labels: Dear Dr Griffith Thank you for your email. Apologies for the delay in replying - we were closed all last week. I have been asking one of the producers about the blue label as I myself have never seen one. He tells me th...

My Savile Row waistcoats have six buttons, the last cannot be fastened. My old Central European ones had five, all could be fastened, yeat the bottom one was always left undone. You need to compare this to a 3B SB coat. Usually, only the middle button is fastened, sometimes the top two. To fasten a...

When did it become fashionable to leave the bottom button undone on a vest? In watching a couple of films from the 1940s recently, I notice the men had their vests buttoned all the way down. Edward Arnold and Edward G. Robinson in "Unholy Partners" and Clark Gable and Adolph Menjou in "The Hucksters...

The mystery seems solved! The blue label is Canadian, in both English and French, and possiby of older design. The red is the standard label.

From time to time, I have found some wonderful antique linen handkerchiefs at various fleamarkets. They were usually made for women, but go quite nicely in my breast pocket. I've also found some very lightweight linen table napkins I have used as pocket squares. I'm also likely to shop among women's...