Comments on: The No-Band Camp http://manolomen.com/2008/07/08/the-no-band-camp/ Fashion and Lifestyle Advice for Men Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:39:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mq, cb http://manolomen.com/2008/07/08/the-no-band-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-131515 mq, cb Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:38:27 +0000 http://manolomen.com/2008/07/08/the-no-band-camp/#comment-131515 Just so; look at Fred Astaire, see the Times Literary Supplement's report on The Fred Astaire Conference, held last month at Oriel College, Oxford. "... fashion writer G. Bruce Boyer, for example, [...] in his paper on sartorial style, [noted] how Astaire’s soft-collared shirts and comfortable sports jackets came to replace the high starched collars and constricting suits of his Europeanized counterparts. Astaire’s wardrobe, like his blithe personality, graceful movement, and natural vocal style, represented a New World of playful ease against an Old World of entrenched formality". http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4343804.ece Just so; look at Fred Astaire, see the Times Literary Supplement’s report on The Fred Astaire Conference, held last month at Oriel College, Oxford.

“… fashion writer G. Bruce Boyer, for example, [...] in his paper on sartorial style, [noted] how Astaire’s soft-collared shirts and comfortable sports jackets came to replace the high starched collars and constricting suits of his Europeanized counterparts. Astaire’s wardrobe, like his blithe personality, graceful movement, and natural vocal style, represented a New World of playful ease against an Old World of entrenched formality”.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4343804.ece

]]> By: The No-Band Camp http://manolomen.com/2008/07/08/the-no-band-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-131409 The No-Band Camp Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:50:43 +0000 http://manolomen.com/2008/07/08/the-no-band-camp/#comment-131409 [...] The No-Band Camp There is perhaps no more casually elegant shirt collar than the camp collar. Constructed without a collar band (the strip of fabric that fastens around the neck), the soft collar is part of the same piece of fabric as the body of the … [...] [...] The No-Band Camp There is perhaps no more casually elegant shirt collar than the camp collar. Constructed without a collar band (the strip of fabric that fastens around the neck), the soft collar is part of the same piece of fabric as the body of the … [...]

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