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    Is this OK for a wedding ( help a newbie :)

    The suit looks good - I'd agree with what others have said about a 'country' look but you know the happy couple and we don't, so go with your instinct. It's a fine looking suit, that's for sure. My only comment would be that the brogues look like they're straight out of the box - a couple of...
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    Trafalger - the political correct way

    Reading over this again, I could only imagine Nelson and hardy played, respectively, by Paul Eddington and Derek Fowlds reprising their roles of Jim Hacker and Bernard Woolley from Yes, Prime Minister. Nigel Hawthorne's Sir Humphrey Appleby, of course, would be nowhere near the place, but...
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    Follies of an over eager rookie....

    Could be the man upstairs was trying to tell you something about DC with the lime already added...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Cheers, Smithy - like the Irwin, by the way...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Good show, old man...
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    Matching the pocket square to the tie

    For what it's worth, Royal Couturier Hardy Amies is quoted on this as saying that nothing else matters other than 'it must look like you use it, and you must'. So from that point of view, it should just look as thought it's been stuffed in there. As to colour, I was always told that the...
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    I can't believe this sort of attitude still persists today

    Hmmf. I apologise on behalf of my supposed 'compatriot'.
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    Trafalger - the political correct way

    It'd be less funny if it weren't so tragically accurate. Those in the US may not be aware that, during last summer's celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the 're-enactment' which took place in the channel was staged between the 'red' and 'blue' sides, rather...
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    What Are You Reading

    Wading through 'A Buyer's Market', volume 2 (of 12) of 'A Dance To The Music Of Time' by Anthony Powell. Heavy going, but it conjures up the period beautifully...
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    Tattoos.

    Esquire magazine was once talking about tattoos and said that when considering them, you should ask yourself whether you still wear any of the t-shirts that you bought at rock concerts you attended more than 5 years ago. That did it for me - a dilletante like me's never believed in anything...
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    "Where there's tea, there's hope"

    "Earl Grey, no milk." Somehow I'm not sure it'll ever challenge "Vodka Martini, shaken not stirred" as a throwaway to the barkeep but it works for me.
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Good day... Morning all (or indeed afternoon, evening or night, depending on your geographical or emotional time zone...) Living in the UK, and I've finally reached the age (and/or the maturity) where I can indulge the passion I've had all my life for the styles of the '20s to the '50s. I...
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    Ladies, what scents do you like on your men?

    Boucheron used to do a wonderful cologne - it's as rare as hen's teeth these days, so at least you can be sure nobody else is wearing it. Dunhill do a good 'suite' of fragrances - subtly similar for day and evening use. Unfortunately they set off my wife's tendency to migraine, so they're a...
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    MEN'S PAJAMAS and DRESSING GOWNS

    Fortnum & Mason do some splendid nightwear (and there's me thinking they just sold food...) Yesterday I fell in love with a selection of beautiful silk full-length dressing gowns. Unfortunately, at prices starting from £900, this particular affair will have to remain unrequited for the...
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    New WWII era British officer's greatcoat

    It's a thing of beauty, to be sure... I just hope you've got a strong back! My stepfather had one which had belonged to his grandfather, and I wore it for a while during my teens. To say it weighed a ton would be an understatement - it was almost certainly the heaviest garment I've ever worn.

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