Where to buy Ascots?

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Leadig from the thread on Ascots I've realised there are several Ascot wearers in the LL. I was wodering where you can find them these days, and which are your favourite?

Or do you simply wear pocket squares as ascots?

[Guest]

Buenos Aires is an unexpectedly good place for ascots, both buying and wearing (on that, see my thread under "Elegant Living"). As for wearing as an ascot something other than an ascot: I'll confess that I once was quite pleased with the effect given by an old Hermès kerchief; my mother, however, was much less pleased.

[Guest]

Buenos Aires is an unexpectedly good place for ascots, both buying and wearing (on that, see my thread under "Elegant Living"). As for wearing as an ascot something other than an ascot: I'll confess that I once was quite pleased with the effect given by an old Hermès kerchief; my mother, however, was much less pleased.

'Sorry, forgot to sign. I wonder whether there's a way to sign these things automatically for those of us who don't mind following Michael's urging that all but the OP in a thread do so?

RWS

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Buenos Aires is an unexpectedly good place for ascots.

Whimsically, the Argentines were once described to me as "displaced Italians living like the British in French house in South America". That they favor scarves around the neck seems to support the hypothesis.


DDM

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There is a shop called Old Hat in London and the owner - David Saxby -claims that he has the biggest selection of cravats (ascots) anywhere. He has them made up for his shop so the lines are exclusive and I suppose that he could do to order as well.

[Guest]

. . . . Argentines were once described to me as "displaced Italians living like the British in French house in South America". . . .

Or, as Italians who speak Spanish and live in French houses but think that they are English. There's some truth to each jest.

RWS

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Some of them must have been mighty confused for a period in 1981..........
NJS

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It's amazing: there's still a good deal of anglophilia among . . . certain classes in Argentina, but with far less reference to the United Kingdom (or so I'm told, including by Argentine cousins of English descent). Instead, people will use the English language or espouse ideas long cradled in Britain (freedoms of press or speech, for example), all without mentioning a single British politician or British newspaper. And the local Anglican churches neither show nor say anything, beyond acknowledging that they are anglicana, that would indicate an origin in Britain.

[Guest]

It's amazing: there's still a good deal of anglophilia among . . . certain classes in Argentina, but with far less reference to the United Kingdom (or so I'm told, including by Argentine cousins of English descent). Instead, people will use the English language or espouse ideas long cradled in Britain (freedoms of press or speech, for example), all without mentioning a single British politician or British newspaper. And the local Anglican churches neither show nor say anything, beyond acknowledging that they are anglicana, that would indicate an origin in Britain.

Good grief! Once again, I forgot to acknowledge the posting. Perhaps I should avoid this section of the Lounge altogether.

RWS

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Maybe we should have gone to Argentina rather than Brazil. If it's all very English without mentioning modern britain (ie the place that it has unfortunately become), its politicians and newspapers, it might be potential paradise. Having spent (my wife has another word for it) most of the day in the Lounge, I must now stop - as we are having the neighbours for dinner - and I have to look out a nice Chianti.
NJS

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A warning against Argentina, if you seek paradise on earth! But I'll PM you later.

If I knew enough Portuguese to wish you a pleasant supper, I'd do so.

RWS

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Bom apetite! - similar to the Spanish.
TTFN
NJS

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Bom apetite! - similar to the Spanish.
TTFN
NJS

That in fact is nearer to the French version (bon appétit) than the Spanish (buen apetito, but we never say that, as it used in another meaning, to denote that one eats a lot, and our expression for bon appétit is "buen provecho"). I always find strange that Portuguese tends to have more similarities to French or Italian than to Spanish, given that it was developed from the later.

I find very peculiar the pan-European definition given here of Argentinians. In spain we simply call them show-offs, and it is said that the best business you can do is buy an argentinian for what is his real cost and sell him by what he says he costs. Maybe they took the show-offness of each of those countries?

Guille

PS: maybe we should return to the original topic.

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In spain we simply call them show-offs, and it is said that the best business you can do is buy an argentinian for what is his real cost and sell him by what he says he costs.

It wouldn't have taken much to convince Borges to add an extra chapter to a certain Universal History he wrote to include this...

C

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PS: maybe we should return to the original topic.

Marinella makes elegant ascots, too, with their typical small prints and tasteful colour combinations. The substantial silk twill and the generous size make them a pleasure to wear.

C