Crap Weather For August

[Marco]

Oh - it's so easy to wind you up! I haven't worn a tie for at least a month, but if we are going out Happy likes me to be "un homme elegant"; just as I like her to look nice and well dressed. Anyway, I feel good wearing one.

Lol - I had a feeling you were kidding, but as I know you're a shirt and tie kinda guy, it was possible. I prefer 'smart but casual' [and most of all comfy]. Unlike you, I don't feel good wearing a tie, quite the opposite, and distinctly uncomfortable.

Plus, the problem with wearing a tie is that it dictates the rest of your outfit, by forcing you to wear a 'dress shirt' with long sleeves (unless you want to look like a tool, because unless you're wearing a jacket, ties with short-sleeved shirts just looks wrong), and long sleeves in this heat is a nightmare [as it is, I sweat enough in a bloody t-shirt], then the dress shirt forces you to wear 'dress trousers', which I'm not a big fan of either, and worst of all then forces you to wear restrictive, tight fitting 'dress shoes', which again in this heat aren't the most comfortable of things.

I'd probably rather wear sandals (and that's saying something)! So no, you can keep yer ties!!:

However, I do agree that brainless, superficial cretins often mistakenly believe that suit/tie wearers are 'wealthier' or somehow 'more important', thus judge people accordingly. This is somewhat ironic when you can pick up a cheap suit for buttons, and pay fortunes for branded designer t-shirts, jeans and trainers, so it's often the 'suits' who are the paupers

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

Lol - I had a feeling you were kidding, but as I know you're a shirt and tie kinda guy, it was possible. I prefer 'smart but casual' [and most of all comfy]. Unlike you, I don't feel good wearing a tie, quite the opposite, and distinctly uncomfortable.

Plus, the problem with wearing a tie is that it dictates the rest of your outfit, by forcing you to wear a 'dress shirt' with long sleeves (unless you want to look like a tool, because unless you're wearing a jacket, ties with short-sleeved shirts just looks wrong), and long sleeves in this heat is a nightmare [as it is, I sweat enough in a bloody t-shirt], then the dress shirt forces you to wear 'dress trousers', which I'm not a big fan of either, and worst of all then forces you to wear restrictive, tight fitting 'dress shoes', which again in this heat aren't the most comfortable of things.

I'd probably rather wear sandals (and that's saying something)! So no, you can keep yer ties!!:

However, I do agree that brainless, superficial cretins often mistakenly believe that suit/tie wearers are 'wealthier' or somehow 'more important', thus judge people accordingly. This is somewhat ironic when you can pick up a cheap suit for buttons, and pay fortunes for branded designer t-shirts, jeans and trainers, so it's often the 'suits' who are the paupers

Marco.

You're so fickle! Right, I want my kipper tie/hawiian shirt combo back!

[Macca]

I wear a baseball cap all year round. In summer to stop my shaved nut getting sunburnt and in winter to stop it getting cold.

I sometimes take it off when I'm in bed though!

I agree a baseball cap is the most practical, the peak keeps the sun and the rain out. It's a bit chavvy but I just thought might as well get hung for sheep as a lamb and got a NASCAR one. Useful when on holiday. Mates accuse me of looking like some Alabama redneck, I say that's exactly the look I'm going for. If Hunter S Thompson didn't give a shit then there's no way I'm going to.

[Joe]

I lost my last baseball cap on holiday in Cornwall some 20 or so years ago. These days I wear a Panama hat (not a proper one, a cheap knock-off). Depending on my mood, I either think I look pretty sharp in it, or just another ageing old fart. A young lady complimented me on it the other day, but she was collecting for charity, so she may not have been entirely sincere.

[Macca]

Panama can look okay. But it is an obvious affectation whereas the baseball cap is too ubiquitous to be seen as one even though, like any non-essential hat, it is.

[Marco]

You're so fickle! Right, I want my kipper tie/hawiian shirt combo back!

Lol... Short-sleeved shirts with ties (and no jackets) just looks BAAADDD.... Especially if you've got a beer gut, and the shirt is tucked into your trousers, which accentuates said gut! That's some sad shit, man

Marco.

[walpurgis]

The only other hat I own apart from baseball caps is a hand made (to measure) by 'Jill Corbett' dark tan leather porkpie hat. Very nice it is too, proper 'jazz club' job. Only worn it twice.

[walpurgis]

Lol... Short-sleeved shirts with ties (and no jackets) just looks BAAADDD.... Especially if you've got a beer gut, and the shirt is tucked into your trousers, which accentuates said gut! That's some sad shit, man

Marco.

With clip on braces!

[struth]

Hey. That's my look

[Barry]

The only other hat I own apart from baseball caps is a hand made (to measure) by 'Jill Corbett' dark tan leather porkpie hat. Very nice it is too, proper 'jazz club' job. Only worn it twice.

I like the sound of that - can you provide a link please?