Red trousers?

[Greenheart]

Quote from the 'Magazine Monitor' article, above:

The Guardian newspaper fumed that they signify those "utterly devoid of self-awareness but wealthy in idiocy".

I'm getting a pair.

 

[Dick Atcherley]

You may have to fill in the missing letters, but this is quite a funny site
http://lookatmyf**kingredtrousers.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Toff

 

[Boo2]

At the tender age of 44 I have bright pink trousers, red cords, yellow cords, and even a pair of port/stbd trousers I had made.

I'm up there with Michael Portillo.

I've got some berry coloured cords, don't claim to rival Portaloo though

Boo2

 

[Greenheart]

I think it might be interesting to undermine the reputation for witlessness which these trouserings are assumed to indicate.

I actually rather like the way they look (not the garish ones, but the dull faded reds) especially with the right pair of brogues.

Certainly they're very distinctive - but I think it's unfortunate if they only denote daftness. I'm going to have a pair as my sailing trousers.

Does anybody make deck-shoes which resemble Lobb brogues?

(Although I fear we may be on a subject which doesn't relate closely enough to boating, to belong here.)

 

[Adamastor]

Now please excuse the Kultchrill Ignorance here; are Red Trousers a sign of poshness-that-needs-a-good-wastepaper-basket-full-of-water-poured-on-the-wearer's-head, or is it more like we have in the Sarf of Africa? Here we have the poseurs who wear European namebrands and ponce around wearing nonexistent regatta shirts with twee little nautical flags.
I think faded red trousers, irrespective of the pedigree, would single one out for the wastepaper-basket treatment just as a precaution, and besides- when we Saffers wear shoes it's usually because we have to see the magistrate/father-in-law/bank-manager, let alone worrying about pink pants!

 

[VO5]

:encouragement:Absolutely, Owld Chep, Wun would not dream of going ashore at Cowes without the wight kit;

tatty leather decks, wed trizers, weefer or pea jacket, club tie, well worn and creased(just out of forepeak locker)white or blue formal shirt(if going to the Squadwon or Island), large country check shirt if one of the other clubs, westuwant, or the Anchow--

and of course, the Breton, with Club, Association, or Service kep badge.

These days, pipe clenched in teeth, cold or hot, tends to be frowned on, perhaps an e-pipe instead???

If Wun tends towards Davies rather than Cawwuthers, then a grey Norfolk Jecket is just the ticket-

It's an age thing, I think- I used to wear a Norfolk Jecket, grey, or a Blazer for posh when younger, but now have two Weefers, two pairs of wed Cuwwys, three Bretons AND a Prinz Heinrich*!
* ( Our 2013 Hun Fwiesian trip, dontcha know, got to keep Davies soundings up to date)

It's the baldness, the cold raindrops(no, a Musto/baseball cap does not keep you warm at sea- only good for Solent day sails-wrong sport- an Alaska or Canadian trapper or hunters ear flapped cap more useful !).
Also, the older circulation, the skinnier limbs, the aching joints from previous injuries and wear & tear.......etc, etc.......:ambivalence:

I must point out you have overlooked the finest point of all, which is that the wearing of faded red Currys is never complete without a cravat to add the finishing touch to the blazer. However you must be careful not to drift into areas traversing strange latitudes as you may incur the disapproval of less sartorially sophisticated individuals or groups.

The secret of faded Currys is to repeatedly expose them to strong sunshine. They will fade naturally to a splendid pink colour.

In higher latitudes where the frequency and intensity of brilliant sunshine is not a given, unfortunately the alternative is persistent and repeated mechanical washing, which does fade them but effectively weakens the textile, thus making them annoyingly vulnerable to unwanted rips and tears.

If you are fortunate to inhabit the former rather than the latter, the process of fading by sunlight can be accelerated.

There are meticulous individuals known to hang them on the washing line in the sun to achieve this natural effect because they look better faded with a club blazer rather than the opposite which (and I know this will annoy some people) smacks of the arriviste.

There are so many posers to be observed in the main thoroughfares nowadays. They all like to dress as if they were yachtsmen, wearing deck shoes, shorts, polo shirts and canvas hats, funny, in a pathetic sort of way...dear oh dear....:encouragement:

 

[Hadenough]

On the subject of clothes.
The upper class twassock I bought my boat from, when at the marina, always wore an absolutely filthy, and I mean filthy, hi viv coat. He apparently thought it created some sort of synergy with the working classes there.
The working classes there considered it to be an insult to the working man.

 

[Capt. Clueless]

Whilst down working on my boat at Woodbridge today, we went for a look round the charity shops. I bought a fantastic Billabong snowboard jacket for a tenner !, BUT there was also a pair of bright red trousers hanging there............Superb for a bit of Woodbridge mincing, but not my cup of tea.