The men's dress style thread..

[Drago]

I already have those Skipton Tweed rust coloured trousers. I'm thinking of buying either the above green or brown jacket and those navy cords. Both jackets are 21 ounce tweed, which is what I want for the forthcoming cold and wet months.
I like the below suit, but it's only a 15 ounce tweed which isn't warm enough for me for those months.
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Do not under any circumstances wear brown shoes with a blue suit or I'll be forced to end our friendship!

 

[Accy cyclist]

🤔

 

[grldtnr]

Given he doesn't have a wife, and no longer cycles, I'm not sure that will be too much of an issue

Could always tuck them into his fairisle long socks ?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Could always tuck them into his fairisle long socks ?

While you're still signed in, which of the above do you think is nearer in colour and pattern to the middle one? 🤔

 

[grldtnr]

Do not under any circumstances wear brown shoes with a blue suit or I'll be forced to end our friendship!

A bit conservative Draggy, mind you I 'spose wearing that heavy serge dark blue suit every working day, with those bright shiny buttons and a whistle on a chain, and big black boots, with a 'tit' on yer head ,might make you a bit officious!
Drago, the style policeman,!

 

[grldtnr]

While you're still signed in, which of the above do you think is nearer in colour and pattern to the middle one? 🤔

Oh, I don't know but as long as there's a shocking colour clash, that's the way to go.

 

[Drago]

A bit conservative Draggy, mind you I 'spose wearing that heavy serge dark blue suit every working day, with those bright shiny buttons and a whistle on a chain, and big black boots, with a 'tit' on yer head ,might make you a bit officious!
Drago, the style policeman,!

I was actually issued a rain cape when I joined (21st January 1991) but I never wore it and they were withdrawn a year or two later.

 

[grldtnr]

I was actually issued a rain cape when I joined (21st January 1991) but I never wore it and they were withdrawn a year or two later.

I remember those,practical , but mightly out of fashion, sure Accy would have loved one!
Did you wear one of those handlebar moustaches and mutton chops to go with it, swinging a lantern as you crept around the spooky foggier parts of your manor?

 

[Drago]

I recall a time when we discovered a loophole in the Farce Appearance Code. I turned up for work with friendly mutton chops, another lad with a handlebar moustache, another with a Van Dyke, and other than grumble under his breath a bit there was nothing the inspector could do.

 

[grldtnr]

I recall a time when we discovered a loophole in the Farce Appearance Code. I turned up for work with friendly mutton chops, another lad with a handlebar moustache, another with a Van Dyke, and other than grumble under his breath a bit there was nothing the inspector could do.

So a superimposed piccie ,you'd have a full set, the 'mugshot' must have been pretty ugly, even if your handsome features were the main feature....

These days the scruffy 'Erberts seems to have the customary bum fluff, rather than a full Jimmy Edwards, or a fine full Naval set.
My neighbour is with the 'Farce'.
I of course wear a full set myself, I give it the occasional strim, and a weeding.
Nice to have a beard on those cold mornings walking the streets delivering mail.

 

[Drago]

I went full on Uncle Albert last year but manged to extremely painfully trap it jn the zip on my fleece. Now I maintain a short full beard.

 

[winjim]

I recall a time when we discovered a loophole in the Farce Appearance Code. I turned up for work with friendly mutton chops, another lad with a handlebar moustache, another with a Van Dyke, and other than grumble under his breath a bit there was nothing the inspector could do.

I knew a guy once who was and NCO in the paras and he took the facial hair regulations to their most logical and absurd conclusion. He shaved exactly along the lines he was allowed to so he ended up with these weird triangles of hair on his cheeks. Not sideburns and not beard, just two patches unconnected to anything else.

To be fair that's NCOs and facial hair for you...

 

[grldtnr]

I went full on Uncle Albert last year but manged to extremely painfully trap it jn the zip on my fleece. Now I maintain a short full beard.

Less chance of squirrels and small birds nesting in the Chin warmer, I quite like the idea of growing long enough to plait, and put rings and other adornments in it, but that means long hair, which i dont like.
But then it runs the risk of dangling in the soup ,or getting caught in the chain, can't have that.....

 

[Drago]

I knew a guy once who was and NCO in the paras and he took the facial hair regulations to their most logical and absurd conclusion. He shaved exactly along the lines he was allowed to so he ended up with these weird triangles of hair on his cheeks. Not sideburns and not beard, just two patches unconnected to anything else.

To be fair that's NCOs and facial hair for you...

I always resisted a moustache when I was in the green machine. I was always worried I'd look a bit too much like Freddie Mercury. I mean, don't get me wrong, the guy was hugely talented but it wasn't an impression I sought to make.

 

[grldtnr]

I always resisted a moustache when I was in the green machine. I was always worried I'd look a bit too much like Freddie Mercury. I mean, don't get me wrong, the guy was hugely talented but it wasn't an impression I sought to make.

Those impressions would only materialize if you had a penchant for wearing tight white Singlets, and close and snug fitting leathers, but given your record with underpants , this isn't likely