Youri McAnespie Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ani said: Last wedding I went to was about 2 years ago, it was in Kentucky, no a person for either side of the wedding had a tie on. Disappointingly none of the Yanks wore full cowboy attire. Last funeral was my dads, did not even wear a suit. Ties are very 1980s Wearing no tie was very 1980's, unless it was leather and/or fashioned like a piano keyboard. Then in the late 90s and early noughties the wide tie big knot was en vogue. Then it was no tie. Then it was thin tie. Then no tie. Now it's tie again. Source: Savile Row Weekly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 29 minutes ago, Ani said: Last wedding I went to was about 2 years ago, it was in Kentucky, no a person for either side of the wedding had a tie on. Disappointingly none of the Yanks wore full cowboy attire. Last funeral was my dads, did not even wear a suit. Ties are very 1980s I'd like top think you strolled up sporting a pair of chaps, and wearing a pair of cowboy boots (that you'd borrowed off Zico) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 "I'm not wearing a tie - I'm not a robot..." Roughly translates as... "I'm a scruffy cunt..." Either be smart or be scruffy. Formal or informal. There's no inbetween. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, Sweep said: I'd like top think you strolled up sporting a pair of chaps, and wearing a pair of cowboy boots (that you'd borrowed off Zico) And very little else. The women were very very lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said: "I'm not wearing a tie - I'm not a robot..." Roughly translates as... "I'm a scruffy cunt..." Either be smart or be scruffy. Formal or informal. There's no inbetween. To counter your point I searched for 'cunts in ties' I will be deleting my search history with bleach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, Ani said: To counter your point I searched for 'cunts in ties' I will be deleting my search history with bleach. Good grief. I think the one in the school blazer is a tranny an' all - so not even sticking to the search terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted March 8, 2021 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Sweep said: I'd like top think you strolled up sporting a pair of chaps, and wearing a pair of cowboy boots (that you'd borrowed off Zico) I'd be more likely top go to a wedding in full cowboy attire than wear a tie next time few years ago, went to a wedding of an old friend of the other half, and decided to wear scruffy white trainers with my suit, dunno why, just did, maybe to make a point that I don't conform, or somthing for some reason they insisted on us being in some of the main wedding pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Trainers with a suit pretty much defines the 80s - bonus points for knackered nylon Nike Cortez... If more and more folk take the 'hey man, I'm hip, nobody tells me what to wear' naff idea of no tie with suits surely wearing a tie will become non-conformist? Imagine Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction or Thunderball without ties. The cool as fuck would become 'croupier from a crap casino on the tube home'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Ani said: Last wedding I went to was about 2 years ago, it was in Kentucky, no a person for either side of the wedding had a tie on. Disappointingly none of the Yanks wore full cowboy attire. Last funeral was my dads, did not even wear a suit. Ties are very 1980s I still wear a tie if I’m meeting a new client or for some of my larger clients where it is the Done thing at their end. also don’t mind wearing them at weddings and most certainly would wear one at a funeral. But it’s personal preference at the end of the day. if I was told I had to don certain attire to attend a specific event and I didn’t want to I just wouldn’t go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nordkurve Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) Wrong topic. sorry. I have moved it, but to stay on theme I have a lot of lovely Ties Edited March 8, 2021 by Nordkurve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 If I'm wearing a suit then it has to be with a tie. The look isn't complete without it. Given these daysy suit wearing is limited to weddings, funerals and christening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted March 8, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted March 8, 2021 Last time I wore a watch was 6 July 2017 when I went to Israel. Our Loft told me I didn't need it as long as I was there. I never put it back on and don't feel the need to by now. Especially now I'm a retired gentleman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted March 8, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 07/03/2021 at 14:25, Spider said: My sock drawer looks like the queue for an emo nightclub. All black. No patterns. No logo. None of this pairing up lost socks for me. Correct, you don't need a pair of socks, just two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted March 8, 2021 Members Share Posted March 8, 2021 I very very rarely wear a suit. The odd occasion with work, maybe twice a year and other than that my wedding. Cannot stand it, give me my shorts and trainers any day of the week. I don’t even like wearing dress shoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Easier to take a quick glance at your wrist than get your phone out of your pocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted March 8, 2021 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2021 I always wear a watch Same one 24/7 I wouldn't ever pay a fortune on one and stick it in a drawer but paid a few hundred for this one, which is plenty imo I like to know the time and don't always take my phone with me Fat Sam had an awful one on yesterday Prob 5 figures, mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Youri McAnespie said: Wearing no tie was very 1980's, unless it was leather and/or fashioned like a piano keyboard. Then in the late 90s and early noughties the wide tie big knot was en vogue. Then it was no tie. Then it was thin tie. Then no tie. Now it's tie again. Source: Savile Row Weekly. I hardly ever wear a suit or tie. But when an occasion arises where a suit and tie could be required, but not necessarily demanded, then I don't need asking twice. I'm in one quicker than a piss head going in to a curry house. I love a waste coat too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 10 hours ago, Underpants said: I hardly ever wear a suit or tie. But when an occasion arises where a suit and tie could be required, but not necessarily demanded, then I don't need asking twice. I'm in one quicker than a piss head going in to a curry house. I love a waste coat too. To take the bins out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Not in Crawley said: To take the bins out? I employ someone to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Sunglasses. Most who wear them are posing nonces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 14 hours ago, Underpants said: I hardly ever wear a suit or tie. But when an occasion arises where a suit and tie could be required, but not necessarily demanded, then I don't need asking twice. I'm in one quicker than a piss head going in to a curry house. I love a waste coat too. There's two types of folk - those who like the opportunity to don a suit and tie, like me and yourself, and those who don't - more commonly known as 'the accused'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 30 minutes ago, deane koontz said: Sunglasses. Most who wear them are posing nonces. I was of the same opinion, however I noticed I'd wear them overseas and when driving or riding (for insects mainly) but squint and scrunch my face up when it's sunny here rather than don shades lest I be considered a posing perfume ponce. Well not any more, I don't want to start getting crows feet on my youthful visage through squinting. I'm going to get some nice steel framed mirrored jobbies - like him in Cool Hand Luke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Youri McAnespie said: I was of the same opinion, however I noticed I'd wear them overseas and when driving or riding (for insects mainly) but squint and scrunch my face up when it's sunny here rather than don shades lest I be considered a posing perfume ponce. Well not any more, I don't want to start getting crows feet on my youthful visage through squinting. I'm going to get some nice steel framed mirrored jobbies - like him in Cool Hand Luke. Too posh for whoopsies and now this feeble excuse for peddling around looking like Dario Gradi's apprentice. What are you becoming Youri? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, deane koontz said: Too posh for whoopsies and now this feeble excuse for peddling around looking like Dario Gradi's apprentice. What are you becoming Youri? I know, I've sold out... Nah, truth is I've always been a 'do as I say, not as I do' type commie. I'd never wear smoky brown paedogogs though, like DarioG. The Whoops! aisle used to be excellent though - it made your mind up for you as to what was for tea. There's sommat immensely satisfying about filling a basket or trolley for a pittance then spending the savings on ale. Too many folk have cottoned on to it though and it's slim pickings now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Youri McAnespie said: I know, I've sold out... Nah, truth is I've always been a 'do as I say, not as I do' type commie. I'd never wear smoky brown paedogogs though, like DarioG. The Whoops! aisle used to be excellent though - it made your mind up for you as to what was for tea. There's sommat immensely satisfying about filling a basket or trolley for a pittance then spending the savings on ale. Too many folk have cottoned on to it though and it's slim pickings now. I once stole a load of whoopsies sandwiches out of an unsuspecting scutters trolley once when he wasn't looking. That was very satisfying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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