Quote from: Rod on March 07, 2021, 01:47:56 AM

I’ve seen post Corona predictions aiming both ways. Some that reckon there’ll be a resurgence of suits and ties and others that say the hoodies and joggers are here to stay.
When you think about it we’ve been on a slow march towards casual clothes for the last hundred years since lounge suits replaced frock coats, and any recent blip - the #menswear movement, influences of Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Peaky Blinders etc - has been short-lived. We’re not quite at the stage predicted by post-Star Wars futuristic space age films and TV shows of one piece silver sparkle lame jump suits (Space 1999 anyone?) but the recent pandemic has certainly sped up the move in that direction.
I see blokes on Styleforum who either work from home or are retired and still get suited and booted every day. There’s a part of me that admires that but I can’t help feeling it has the whiff of cosplay about it. Most of the pics I post when suited are things I wear for work. I’m not at the stage of counting the days to my retirement yet but it has crossed my mind that unless either me and / or society undergo a sea change in the next ten years a lot of my suits and jackets will be gathering dust thereafter!

Well,I'm not counting o any prediction just yet, we have a number of these knuckle draggers running certain states (cough*Texas*cough) that could drag the "plague" out, ad nauseam. But regardless.
If the masses out there want to spend their days in sweats and hoodies, so be it.
 As long as I can still get the gear I want, cool. I never would go out on a weekend without dressed for it, because that's what I wanted to do. As of now, I thnk I do it just for some shred of "normalcy", till this passes...BTW that "styleforum" bunch is a tough audience, ain't they??

Well , considering Texas along with Mississipi , Florida , the Dakotas and even Arizona are actually lifting the restricticions l think you have got it in reverse there , Mike .
What has Whitmer done? They will need to lock her up before she eases the lock down . .meanwhile in California. . it's the globalist t**ts that want to drag it out for ever. .ad nauseum

That paisley shirt is fantastic, Claudio`s paisley shirts are at the more tasteful end of the market, in fact i bought a couple from him just before lockdown last year, that i have`nt had chance to wear yet. I swore off paisleys a long time ago, regarding them as a younger chaps type of garment, but have bought a few in recent years after buying  a grey double breasted blazer from Wellers` RSAR range and thinking this jacket needs something....

Yes , l would agree that it is a rather good example of a Paisley, certainly more tasteful and hopefully a bit easier to mix and match with and of course we know that DNA shirts come with all the features we like.   

Quote from: Simon Bond on March 05, 2021, 08:53:40 PM

I don't usually wear Paisley Pattern shirts but this one caught my eye as being a bit more tasteful. .

I'm always toying with the idea of buying a paisley shirt but the ones I see don't convince me for one or other reason. That Claudio's one is very nice, pretty discreet stuff.

Yes , l often see other guys wearing decent Paisley Patterns and think yeah , but when l look at what is available l become uninspired again but the yin is a guid yin . Pity l cannot try before l buy 🙃🤑

 I don't usually wear Paisley Pattern shirts but this one caught my eye as being a bit more tasteful. .

Quote from: greenstreet on March 05, 2021, 06:09:58 PM

Maybe of interest for those of us lovers of ancient, arcane music. I plan to read it back to back with Iain Matthews recent memoirs for a contrasting perspective:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/richard-thompson-announces-first-ever-memoir-beeswing-out-2021-1082376/

Looks good. Have you read Ashley Hutchings and Judy Dybles books?

Amazon have started banning books so one might have to move quickly to get them . .