Touch of class

[byron]

In an effort to bring a sense of decorum and a touch of class to this forum. I shall in future wear white trousers, reefers (black buttons of course) and a club tie (or club cravat) when on-line in this forum.
I expect others to follow my lead but would remind forum denizens that only boat owners can wear reefers with black buttons, non-boat owners must wear blazers with shiny buttons. Real lower types will of course have a blazer badge, these types are more likely to be 'anonymous' in the 'who's on line' list.

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[Forbsie]

I'm with you there, Byron. I've been up all night re-sculpting my Royal Corinthian black buttons to MoBoChat ensignia with me mini-drill. Can I get a bit of sleep now before re-embroidering my tie collection?

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[EME]

Dear Sir

I would be extremely grateful if you would provide the following information:

a) The name of your tailor , obviously a cut above the rest
b) The name of your tipple and its supplier as it's obviously good stuff


Yours

Blazer-buttoned of Battersea


...I wanna boat please..

 

[burgundyben]

Lord Byron,

I never imagined you were dressed any other way and would have been hugely disappointed to discover such.

Regards,

Lord of Burgundy.

For sale, 1970 Triumph Spitfire-sold, 1947 Lambretta, 1922 Great grandmother, PM for details.

 

[tcm]

Re: clothes eh?

Well don't expect me to join in you in your dressing-up jollities. I am staying in bed for several more months yet.

 

[byron]

{i} Sammy Argus, Berwick St., W.1.
{ii} Cheap whiskey & diet coke

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[BarryH]

So where does my fishing smock and bobble hat fit in the scheme of things then!!

OK, to hell with it. Unbolt it and we'll use it as an anchor!

 

[oldgit]

Please sir.
I most wish desperately to obtain the status of "Motor boat Skipper" but as yet do not have the correct attire or acoutrements ie pipe,weather beaten complexion etc.
Please advise
Yours etc.

Just hold tight dear it will not be so rough when we get round the corner,trust me.

 

[coliholic]

Byron\'s Cravat - Does it have a place in history?

A bit of cut and paste here, but read on past the boring first para and all will be revealed......

It was George "Beau" Brummel who first elevated the cravat into a cult. Brummel gave particular attention to the cravat and indeed was the great inovator of cravat fashions. Brummel starched his neckwear, created novel, intricate knots, and might take up to an hour to tie one of his intricate knots. Brummel was the first to introduce starch into it, insisting that it should be stiffened to the "consistency of fine writing paper". He would change his clothes three times a day, taking three hours over the process each time, and a number of these hours were devoted to tying and retying his cravats, discarding them and often spoiling them one after the other until knot and folds achieved that degree of immaculate perfection which the standards of the dandy demanded. One had to tie the knot correctly on the first attempt or the starched tie would have to be discarded. Neckwear as a result of Brummel influence assumed great importance. Books were even written at this period with such titles as The Art of Tying the Cravat.

Cravats grew more casual again as the 19th century went on. Collars became lower, with wide enough gaps between the points to allow the head to move freely enough from side to side. Lord Byron, (now there’s a coincidence, must be his Grandad???) with his loose open collars, proclaimed a reaction against 'Brummellism" towards a more comfortable form of neckwear. A portrait of him painted by Sandars, in a Highland scene, shows his cravat, knotted in a careless bow, flowing away from his neck in the breeze, in fine romantic style.

So does this sum you up adequately my Lord?

 

[byron]

No No No., the pipe etc. are for dudes who own Yarmouth Yawls or whatever, believe that Super Tankers have to give way to them 'cos they're sail, have salt encrusted beards with strange little creatures living inside and come out with original pearls of wisdom about god would have made plastic trees.
Us Stinkies wave a G&T around and talk about how we were caught out in a force 12 in our Freeman 20 and had to slow down to 30 knots. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[tyger]

Re: Touch of Class

Jolly good show. Glad to see someone else paying attention to the correct form.

Of course bein' ashore, and as it's rather late here, I'm already dressed for dinner.

Bein' in the Tropics I'm wearing Red Sea Rig. That's dinner jacket without the jacket. Since we have had the Loyal Toast I have undone my tie - naturally it's a proper bow tie not one of those made-up jobbies - so it dangles with negligent elegance from my open collar.

Since I'm sitting at a desk you can't see what I am wearing below the waist so I have kicked off my patent leather pumps and black silk socks, and have removed my cummerbund and dress trowsers for the sake of coolth.

So important to keep up the standards when one's so far from Blighty.

Now where's that heavy breathing comming from....

 

[byron]

Re: Touch of Class

Super! Nice to see the traditions of the Raj are being upheld elsewhere. My spy camera has just seen Syd sitting at his PC in his knickers, unshaved, unwashed, one hand scratching his bum the other grasping a can of light ale, no wonder the natives are restless.

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