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by vancehn
Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:28 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Are the days of tailored clothing numbered?
Replies: 74
Views: 7923

Re: Are the days of tailored clothing numbered?

Not at all.

If you need uplifting sites: come to Amsterdam.

If you do not wear a suit, one is frowned upon.

Having said that: stay clear from "coffee shops". . .
by vancehn
Fri Nov 17, 2017 10:41 am
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Shoe Care
Replies: 3
Views: 328

Re: Shoe Care

Every week.
Mirror finish.
by vancehn
Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:04 am
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environment?
Replies: 41
Views: 3721

Re: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environm

Costi wrote:E

:wink:

Basically there are only 2 categories of people: those who split people into categories and those who don't.

Fun read, Luca :D
:D
by vancehn
Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:14 am
Forum: The Sartorials
Topic: Craft, art and the pursuit of style
Replies: 41
Views: 4638

Re: Craft, art and the pursuit of style

couch wrote: "You can't teach the vision. What you can teach is technique for realizing the vision."
Hear, hear !
by vancehn
Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:15 am
Forum: The Sartorials
Topic: Craft, art and the pursuit of style
Replies: 41
Views: 4638

Re: Craft, art and the pursuit of style

Indeed
by vancehn
Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:39 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: God bless Saville Row
Replies: 5
Views: 859

Re: God bless Saville Row

pur_sang wrote:I don't mean to be rude, but why do people misspell Savile Row all the time?
Perhaps our distinguished member Hectorm has an answer to that.
by vancehn
Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:10 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Wedding Party Attire Plans
Replies: 23
Views: 1991

Re: Wedding Party Attire Plans

I must compliment you on your choices and how it worked out.
by vancehn
Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:28 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: Giles Coren on London Fashion Week
Replies: 10
Views: 626

Re: Giles Coren on London Fashion Week

"What" in bold and uppercase ? In the world of internet writing: you are screaming in an uncivilized manner. As for your "civilisation" with s instead of z , well....I believe it´s self-explanatory. Since it is not my intention to change the original post, I'll leave it as it is. With a "s" since w...
by vancehn
Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:51 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: Giles Coren on London Fashion Week
Replies: 10
Views: 626

Re: Giles Coren on London Fashion Week

hectorm wrote:in the world of internet writing.
The WHAT ?

Irrelevant of the enviroment one finds himself, civilisation is one of the indispensable pillars that make what we are.
by vancehn
Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:17 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: Giles Coren on London Fashion Week
Replies: 10
Views: 626

Re: Giles Coren on London Fashion Week

Oh, how civilized life would be when people did not speak in acronyms
by vancehn
Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:20 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Barristers of bespoke
Replies: 16
Views: 1657

Re: Barristers of bespoke

From The Gentleman's Art of Dressing with Economy , by A Lounger at the Clubs . London, 1876. In honor of this Gentleman, now long deceased, I would raise my glass of the best whiskey money could buy and make a memorial toast to "A Lounger at the Clubs", may he rest in peace. I do feel indebted to ...
by vancehn
Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:54 am
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: The Principle of Appropriateness
Replies: 41
Views: 2992

Re: The Principle of Appropriateness

You are mistaken, my dear Lucilius, if you think that luxury, neglect of good manners, and other vices of which each man accuses the age in which he lives, are especially characteristic of our own epoch; no, they are the vices of mankind and not of the times. No era in history has ever been free fr...
by vancehn
Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:11 pm
Forum: Elegant Living
Topic: Bicycles
Replies: 77
Views: 14190

Re: Bicycles

Bicycles need regular maintenance, and this is in particular true for the Gazelle brake- and gear-systems. They can get troublesome, if not looked after properly. The grips are one of the things that aren't the way they used to be. My current bike came with a pair of ergonomic grips that I didn't l...
by vancehn
Mon May 13, 2013 2:55 pm
Forum: Great Photos
Topic: 1950
Replies: 13
Views: 1323

Re: 1950

vancehn, if that's the waistband of the trousers, then you're proposing that the jacket -which has it's own waistband - is neatly tucked into those trousers ? (google WW2 British battledress jacket to see how thick the waistband of that jacket is). also, where are the belt loops or brace buttons of...
by vancehn
Mon May 13, 2013 1:30 pm
Forum: Great Photos
Topic: 1950
Replies: 13
Views: 1323

Re: 1950

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