The London Lounge

Sort of a printed blog...

UC, since I know how much you are fond of pictures (though, to me, you don't appear shy with words, either!), here is my dowdy self - some years ago, admittedly - in rather dated '30-ish casual attire a la Esky / HRH & Co. : http://imageshack.com/a/img922/7600/W3hxYd.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img9...

UC, so you wish for a personal picture album, not a book...

uppercase wrote:Thanks for dusting off this old thread.
Lots of forgotten gems here, particularly Alden's musings.
Too bad Alden never put his thoughts down in a book. !

...yet!

Assuming you know your tailor and your tailor knows you, I see no impediment. If you know him, then you know what to ask him to do differently. If he knows you, then he will likely interpret your instructions to your satisfaction. If he's not Neapolitan, don't ask for a Neapolitan coat. If he is Nea...

Gentlemen seem to be masters of style - the rest seem to be slaves of immediate fashion That reminds me (and I am not sure if I am not repeating myself with this) of a scene that took place a few years ago in Prague. As I was strolling around downtown on a free afternoon, I spotted a shop window fu...

Clothing has no value to anyone except to ourselves. What "value" does the body possess? Remember man that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return. ...or, for those in favour of the soft chest :) , "[...]We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.[.....

Hector, you WISH you were 20-superficial

You know it better than me - I am only learning: the tragedy is not that we grow old, but that we remain young...

Luca wrote:Only Ken dolls are perfectly symmetric.

And only they are forever 20, too...

The rest of us had better come to terms with mortality and its feared heralds. The sooner, the better. It's a lot more relaxing.

Dressing is a creative act, which I do exclusively for myself.[...] If on a desert island, I would certainly not dress. Almost in one breath... :) Robinson did. In goat skin. Begin with the body. Self respect for oneself. Discipline. Standards. Vitality. Health. Vigor. Right! RIGHT! Left, right, le...

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

Fun read, Luca

Even with tailors' cloths there is a high likelihood that an extra length ordered to replace a mistake will come from another bolt, with a slightly different colour. This may be more or less visible, depending on colour and pattern. So far it never happened to me to have a piece of cloth ruined by a...

I find myself unable to commit to buying Xm of any cloth without seeing it and holding it in my hands On this I fully agree, culverwood - I also prefer going to fabric shops and being able not only to touch the cloth, but unroll a metre or so from the bolt, drape it over the edge of the table, see ...

Hector, of course you are absolutely right. I should have added "tongue-in-cheek" to my clearly sweeping statement - which was meant more to tease culverwood on the "interest in clothing" thing

Since when do you take me so seriously?

Culverwood, I am worried. Much more than you. If THIS is why you forego LL cloth, what else are you missing out on? And wherefore? :cry: Plus you ARE "too" interested in clothing, aren't you? I mean, 10 years and 340 well-thought posts is no small feat. Do you think your tailor has not made that out...