A Sweater will do
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Nothing new in fashion, my wife knitted me this in the late seventies.
I'm standing in the garden of our house in Marford, between Chester and Wrexham. The line of trees beyond the farmland, marks the position of the the main Road.
I believe there is now a housing estate covering the fields you can see behind me can see.
Should men wear pink swimming trunks?
Pink used to be a Boy's Color
Here's Why it All Changed: Pink Used to be a Boy's Color & Blue For Girls
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I've a pink Callaway golf shirt.
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1700's was when magazines first took off. I came across one article from that period that argued 'Pink, being based on red, is much too strong a colour for girls. It should be reserved for boys and girls given softer colours such as blue'.
Back when button down collars first became fashionable I remember being told by a friend who managed a clothes shop to avoid them, "They are an invention of people who don't know how to cut a collar so it sits properly". I won't say it is always true, but there is a strong element of truth in it in my experience.
I do like a good, silk tie, before the pandemic I was a regular in the charity shops, it always amazed me that one could find anything made of silk so cheap. I have also had more than one jacket with sewn up pockets and spare buttons that has never been worn and cost under a tenner instead of around £100.
Back when button down collars first became fashionable I remember being told by a friend who managed a clothes shop to avoid them, "They are an invention of people who don't know how to cut a collar so it sits properly". I won't say it is always true, but there is a strong element of truth in it in my experience.
I do like a good, silk tie, before the pandemic I was a regular in the charity shops, it always amazed me that one could find anything made of silk so cheap. I have also had more than one jacket with sewn up pockets and spare buttons that has never been worn and cost under a tenner instead of around £100.
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I've been buying and wearing Ben Sherman button down shirts for decades. I must have at least a dozen each of both short and long sleeves. All mostly small checks and a few self coloured.
I've not bought any for about ten years as I've enough to, "see me out."
I like to iron them myself. I do use a bit of spray starch on the collars. I've never found any problems with them.
I've not bought any for about ten years as I've enough to, "see me out."
I like to iron them myself. I do use a bit of spray starch on the collars. I've never found any problems with them.
Should the sport shirt be tucked in or tucked out?
Men wear white to play tennis.
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The trend in "untucked shirts" started in America where the increasing girth of the general male population lead to this sort of "tucked"
situation, demonstrated by a line judge in the women's final at Wimbledon yesterday. Not a pretty sight.
I still have a waist, so I wear my Ben Sherman shirts "tucked," usually into chinos, supported by my Ben Sherman leather belt. You can still pose a bit, even at my age.
As a member of a golf club, I'm used to the on course etiquette for men, which is shirts with collars and tails "tucked."
Though our pro shop is useless in checking what visitors are wearing who come in to pay before they play.
Until a few years ago jeans were not "permitted attire" for men in the clubhouse.
As I guess in many golf clubs, "women members and female visitors wear what they like anywhere."
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A friend in the clothing industry tells me they do a steady trade in levi 501 originals with button fly, all to men over at least 65.
There is a local Snap Fitness.
Some men wear sleeveless hooded sweatshirts.
Some men wear sleeveless hooded sweatshirts.
Some women have seen pictures of William, Prince of Wales like the following:
One lady declared: 'William would do up a button on his shirt. I don't want to see his chest hair.'
A second lady remarked: 'Or wear an undershirt. Or do men even wear them anymore?'
One lady declared: 'William would do up a button on his shirt. I don't want to see his chest hair.'
A second lady remarked: 'Or wear an undershirt. Or do men even wear them anymore?'
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Some do some don't
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Reminded me of one of the 1970s episodes of "Come Dancing" BBC 4 recently screened.
In one episode there were thee judges standing on the dance floor with their big cards giving the score for a couple of dancers in the "modern" section. Two were in the usual attire of evening dress. The one in the middle with bushy hair, wore white flares, a blue velvet jacket over an open-necked white shirt, with his chest hair showing. It made me laugh.
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My button-down collar small check Ben Shermans will never go out of style.... with me.