Prince Charles' Style: Like or Dis-Like?

Brummagem Joe · Nov 30, 2009

....I just took a look at the pics of Charles so kindly provided above and he's wearing a striped tie in all except one where he's wearing a pale blue ground with a white spot......the tie he's wearing when he's walking with Camilla looks like the Royal Navy tie

Mysterious Mose · Nov 30, 2009

Brummagem Joe said:
.......I don't think you'll get many takers.....

cptjeff · Nov 30, 2009

Brummagem Joe said:
......I was in the UK a few weeks ago and Prince Charles popped up on their antiques roadshow at some house and furniture collection he'd been instrumental in saving......he was dressed "casually" in way that would bring cheer to your heart.....double breasted sportcoat in brown and cream largish houndstooth and what looked like cream linen pants......can't remember the shirt and tie although unusually with a sportcoat they had french cuffs.....as ever he looked great and actually every bit as cutting edge as Matteo

That would indeed. Sounds like a great outfit.

I guess being from the colonies the only real knowledge I have of how a royal 'should' dress is from seeing the threads on here, with the duke of Windsor, the dinner jacket originating from a royal... I guess I just expect somebody with no real responsibilities to have a little more freedom of dress and total job security then your average MP. Historically, the royals were perceived viewed as fashion leaders, were they not?

Visconde · Nov 30, 2009

Marc Chevalier said:
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Anybody: please show us photos of a living man who dresses better than Prince Charles.
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Maybe Luca di Montezemolo would be up for a nomination?

Smithy · Nov 30, 2009

cptjeff said:
I guess being from the colonies the only real knowledge I have of how a royal 'should' dress is from seeing the threads on here, with the duke of Windsor, the dinner jacket originating from a royal... I guess I just expect somebody with no real responsibilities to have a little more freedom of dress and total job security then your average MP. Historically, the royals were perceived viewed as fashion leaders, were they not?

Yes but times have changed, royalty do not enjoy the level of support that they did of say 70, 80 years ago when you did see more flamboyance. If Charles were to dress extravagantly in this day and age he'd cop a ton of flak over it and not just over what he was wearing. Charles dresses absolutely correctly and appropriately for the next-in-line. As I've mentioned earlier in this thread it also suits his personality and demeanour. I don't want my future King swanning around like a dandy or some fashion statement, it wouldn't be appropriate for his position.

Marc Chevalier · Dec 1, 2009

Smithy said:
I don't want my future King swanning around like a dandy or some fashion statement, it wouldn't be appropriate for his position.

Yes. He is not the Duke of Windsor, nor should he be.

Matt Deckard · Dec 1, 2009

Marc Chevalier said:
Yes. He is not the Duke of Windsor, nor should he be.

But he's soo Bland

Where is the Duke of Windsor?

Geesie · Dec 1, 2009

Matt Deckard said:
But he's soo Bland

Where is the Duke of Windsor?

Berkshire.

Orgetorix · Dec 1, 2009

Matt Deckard said:
But he's soo Bland

Where is the Duke of Windsor?

If this is not-bland, I for one am glad Charles is bland.

Big Baby Macoy · Dec 1, 2009

Ozwald Boateng

Ozwald Boateng is by no means as classic as Prince Charles but his designs are his own and his style is razor sharp, classy and is a living example of classic, timeless fashion.

Anybody: please show us photos of a living man who dresses better than Prince Charles.

(This will be interesting!)

.[/QUOTE]

Tomasso · Dec 1, 2009

Big Baby Macoy said:
Ozwald Boateng........a living example of classic, timeless fashion.

Matt Deckard · Dec 1, 2009

Going to Oswald pretty quick... Watch this. All of it.

Better dressed and not stuck in the classics. It's okay to do that, but I'd like a Prince to lead now and again, even if he's just a figurehead. Yet that's his choice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5hOVmFCt24

Italian-wiseguy · Dec 1, 2009

If you care to hear my personal, unrequested opinion,
the Prince of Wales is really, really well dressed, almost flawless;

and while Luca di Montezemolo is without doubt a well dressed gentleman, he lacks something; maybe he lacks just the "almost": he looks "perfect" on purpose, while Charles appears to really live in his clothes, if I can put it this way.
Obviously we're talking about slight impressions and "nuances", which makes my opinion even more personal.

As for mr. Matteo Marzotto, everyone here in Italy says he's a sharp dresser, but I'm not completely of the same opinion.
He comes from one of the major italian families in the trade of wool, textiles, fashion and stuff; he has access to each and every sartorial advice he needs;
still, he looks to me as he's always up for his First Communion;
as someone pointed out, the suit is wearing him.
Also, his way to look non-chalant and casual is too studied and too ostentatious (don't even know if this word exists in english

): mis-tucked tie etc.

It puzzles me that everyone here in Italy consider mr. Marzotto to be so unique, while I've seen a lot of persons dressed exactly like him, and many even better than him;
but I've personally known no one better dressed than Prince Charles.

Ciao!!

PS
I forgot about mr. Boateng, sorry:
wow! Great style and very personal; and it works perfectly on him.

Edward · Dec 3, 2009

Boateng's outfits don't speak to my personal taste, however, seeing the way he has constructed such a distinctive look and so clearly owns it when he wears it, he is someone whom I would certainly consider approaching as a tailor, were I looking in that soet of price band for someone to produce suiting to my preferences. I particularly find interesting the longer line jackets which look less to my eye like a modern take on the zoot suit, and more owing to a contemporary reimagining of the Teddy Boy drape, itself a reincarnation of the Edwardian frock coat. The only stain on his reputation is that last outfit, a ghastly mishmash of formal daywear (appears to be a swallow-tailed morning coat), evening wear, and a wholly inadvised four in hand and coloured shirt therewith!

HoundstoothLuke · Dec 4, 2009

I'm not a great fan of Boateng's suits. I've always felt they just look ridiculous and over the top, not elegant enough for what should look good.

Marc Chevalier · Dec 4, 2009

HoundstoothLuke said:
I'm not a great fan of Boateng's suits. I've always felt they just look ridiculous and over the top, not elegant enough for what should look good.

Agreed.

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Richard Warren · Dec 8, 2009

1. It is difficult and dangerous to judge anyone's taste or other attributes from a few selected images.
2. This is particularly true when the images are divorced from context.
3. This is particularly true when the individual's position in life requires extreme formalism in certain contexts.
4. This is particularly true when we do not even know whether the individual has actually had any choice in what he wears.
5. This is particularly true when the individual lives in a foreign cultural and semiotic environment about which one knows little or nothing.

With those caveats, and since you asked, I think the prince is a ponce. His clothing choices seem to be a sorry combination of rigid adherence to traditional forms combined with a pathetic attempt to show some personality in the peripheral details. Signs of a weak and possibly passive aggressive character. A secure person wears clothes like a fish swims in water--without thinking about it overmuch. The prince looks like he tries much too hard.

Mysterious Mose · Dec 8, 2009

Richard Warren said:
His clothing choices seem to be a sorry combination of rigid adherence to traditional forms combined with a pathetic attempt to show some personality in the peripheral details.

:eusa_clap Can I have this on my gravestone?

Garrett · Dec 8, 2009

Alright - I'd like to see photos of the above lounge members (dressed in their best) who have commented negatively about Charles' attire. If you cant put up, then....you know the rest

Tiller · Dec 8, 2009

Mysterious Mose said:

fftopic: That's something you don't see here in the States anymore. I'm a tad jealous that the Top Hat see's some use across the pond, even if it is only in the ultra upper class lol.

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