Posted on 09/06/2010 10:28:15 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Hey, I wasn’t trying to be condescending if the truth be told....
We are on the same page, my friend. Have a good night!
Thank you for all of the information.
I can't say I carry it that far (and in my case, I'd have to oil the hair on my back)- and I believe spats and the suits would be the only items we've discussed that would date back to those times. Saddle oxfords were a shoe of the 1950s and early 60s, and white bucks a shoe of the 1950s. Saddle oxfords have never died out for (a) private school girls and (b) golfers (although they are often black on black, or brown on tan).
As for white linen suits, I don't know that you can be a lawyer in New Orleans or Jackson and not own one. During a Jos. A. Bank sale when you could add on "any" Signature suit for $99 after purchasing another suit (also on sale), I had my salesman call a New Orleans store and order a white linen suit.
JAB doesn't advertise them, but they sell them in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Jackson (MS), and a few other locations.
For $99, you don't have to wear it often (I also purchased a white on white seersucker suit), and with white bucks, it's a great summertime suit here in Atlanta.
And the compliments outweigh the costs of dry-cleaning.
Add some over-the-calf argyle socks (available from golf stores that sell knickers) - or powder blue or pink socks (again, golf stores) with a matching tie.
And the argyle socks go great with khakis and the saddle oxfords.
he comes the closest when you read into this guy.
he comes the closest when you read into this guy.
I loved to talk to my Grandparents about the old days before WW1, I learned that people did wear saddle shoes in those days, patent leather, and what a hooker cost in Saskatoon in 1910.
Scars from a motorcycle accident David?
OMG!!!! you win the post of the day award!!!!
Hmmmm...will the REAL barack obama please stand up.
Is that why he always puts his feet up? I have so many photos saved of his feet on the desk, coffee table, etc. in the oval office and elsewhere. Who in the hell puts their shoes on fine antique furniture?
You sound like a dashing fellow!
bttt
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