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LOL. Well put.
I think that this is what most people who follow lifestyle blogs are like. There's an awful lot of "aspiration" out there and in places like the US and Australia (and presumably the UK, too), pretty much everyone who is young and middle class assumes that they will be successful as they become older. Of course, the reality is sadly different...
In the UK youngsters have realised that their parents had better job prospects than them. Meanwhile the reality for us Old Age Pensioners is the free bus pass and the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Which is my exactly percetion of most forum/instagram/... users . You have a few senior ones who dress for fun, but most are young social climbers from all kinds of middle to lower class backgrounds with business degrees . Crompton's audience is the same, not including those who are in "the business" in one form or another anyway. There might be a few senior followers but most will be you professionals looking to play old money and give of an air of sophistication and class.
I'm on friendly terms with a good dozen shop owners/brand owners/craftsmen in the upper end of the market and their experiences run contrary to what Crompton writes. Young customers? Hardly any if at all. It's the 60+ self-employed crowd that keeps them going, not even those working for large corporations or in the public sector. Same goes for trunk shows, all senior doctors/lawyers/entrepreneurs in one form or another. While there are young ones coming up most aren't exactly bulk buyers while they have a very theoretical idea of style, no matter if suits or shoes and treat most of this as a one off. One guy tried to cater to a younger crowd with young craftsmen while running more contermporary styles and designs. It turned out to be a massive loss while almost alienating the old customer base. This up and coming group of young proefessionals who have quality and tradition in mind is simply non-existant and an invention of marketing departments.
While certainly the case in general, I know quite a few mid 30's and up clients I see at the trunk shows and shops. I fall into the self employed/ entrepreneur category, but only 40+ at the moment and I've been a customer since around 30.Hardly any if at all. It's the 60+ self-employed crowd that keeps them going, not even those working for large corporations or in the public sector. Same goes for trunk shows, all senior doctors/lawyers/entrepreneurs in one form or another.
Patagonia vest.
Last I read he was cheerfully admitting that that the whole journey into bespoke was just a silly, expensive hobby of conceit, and he has now joined the ranks embracing the ‘Midtown uniform’. I still don’t know if that foreign chap who called him an “oval headed dwarf” ever delivered his ten pairs of trousers at a grand each or if they’re still lost in transit.Izda Foosta no longa a customer of da bespock...?
Last I read he was cheerfully admitting that that the whole journey into bespoke was just a silly, expensive hobby of conceit, and he has now joined the ranks embracing the ‘Midtown uniform’. I still don’t know if that foreign chap who called him an “oval headed dwarf” ever delivered his ten pairs of trousers at a grand each or if they’re still lost in transit.
Why haven't you been updating the What's New with the Foo thread for usLast I read he was cheerfully admitting that that the whole journey into bespoke was just a silly, expensive hobby of conceit, and he has now joined the ranks embracing the ‘Midtown uniform’. I still don’t know if that foreign chap who called him an “oval headed dwarf” ever delivered his ten pairs of trousers at a grand each or if they’re still lost in transit.
Didn’t know it existed. I only really browse the front page of this end of the forum - link?Why haven't you been updating the What's New with the Foo thread for us
Last I read he was cheerfully admitting that that the whole journey into bespoke was just a silly, expensive hobby of conceit, and he has now joined the ranks embracing the ‘Midtown uniform’.
Didn’t know it existed. I only really browse the front page of this end of the forum - link?
at least, he obviously survives the GT3. well, a hobby, which buys you a lot of bespoke and of course he had the car bespoken for around 50k on top of the 200k price tag.
I love this kind of confessions. well done, the foo.
It's great that he's being honest and has moved on up. Self-reflection, it's a good thing, but don't live there on the psychiatrists chaise lounge.
Onwards and upwards, never get trapped in the past!
you're going to fit in just finehe looks like a late developing, emaciated 16 year who has turned up to his 12 year old sister's birthday party looking to get lucky
It's dated extremely badly as you say. But you watch some other stuff from the same period Magnum and The Fall Guy, they're actually quite watchable.
Check out Tom Selleck shilling for reverse mortgages on daytime telly ads to hook in all the gullible fossils. From the days playing the handsome and happy go lucky Magnum he hasn’t aged well and looks, speaks and acts like he too came from the Palaeolithic era!So on a lark I went and watched the pilot of Miami Vice, and I have to say its probably the one of the least dated vintage shows I've ever come across, which is amazing given the costuming. The title sequence alone probably has more artistic value than any TV show airing currently.
I saw an episode of Magnum last week and honestly it might as well have been from the paleolithic era it was so dated.
Jesus that just looks uncomfortable
how is cream "slightly unusual" if its also subtle?
He's a fucking hypocrite and it really starts to show.
He might question the business of travelling tailors and commend people to use what's local to them
He is starting to run out of things to promote.
So hopefully his website will die a slow death in the near future. Who in his right mind wants to dress like a homeless person and spend thousands of $ on it?
That model is actually far more sustainable and ecofriendly than customers from, say, the US travelling to the UK or Italy.
Especially compared to some twats travelling from Africa or the Middle East to have pictures taken at Pitti.
Compared to RTW clothing, bespoke is a lot more eco-friendly and not obsolete at all. If only to preserve the age old techniques.This might sound true but flying suits and personnel back and forth for measuring and fitting simply isn't sustainable and eco friendly in any way, no matter how you look at it.
If so, nothing is sustainable, not even a loin cloth made out of fig leaves.
This is true, but surely there are degrees of sustainability?
On the one hand, we have a culture of buying something that is cheaply made on the far side of the world and then trashing it after one or two wears. On the other hand, we have a culture of having a (hopefully) small selection of clothes that are made locally, that we can wear for years or even decades.
Certainly, the latter involves some environmental costs but they're significantly less than the first option.
What an excellent post. Succinct and incisive. You’ve absolutely nailed that bloody pompous charlatan!The trouble isn't how to make something sustainable. Is what sustainable really means in the first place. What's wrong with calling it "minimum waste", or "durable", or "local", like we did until the 1990s?
If you mean durable items, then you're perfectly right. Items that last longer are less likely to end up in the rubbish heap, and we make make fewer of them because people don't need to keep buying to replace worn-out stuff.
But no. That's not sophisticated enough. We have to attach a snazzy label and call it "sustainable", and give it that insidious veneer of virtue-signalling. Look! Here's a SUSTAINABLE T-SHIRT! I am a cutting-edge uber-minimalist designer! I MAKE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN.
Load of bollocks, the whole lot of them. Crompton alone has a bloated wardrobe that could clothe a hundred men. How is that sustainable? Only fifty sheep were slaughtered in the making of this movie. Only five hectares of land were turned into desert in the making of this shirt.
Menswear has disappeared up its own arse. This is the man, if you please, who lines surplus vintage combat jackets with real fur.
The trouble isn't how to make something sustainable. Is what sustainable really means in the first place. What's wrong with calling it "minimum waste", or "durable", or "local", like we did until the 1990s?
If you mean durable items, then you're perfectly right. Items that last longer are less likely to end up in the rubbish heap, and we make make fewer of them because people don't need to keep buying to replace worn-out stuff.
But no. That's not sophisticated enough. We have to attach a snazzy label and call it "sustainable", and give it that insidious veneer of virtue-signalling. Look! Here's a SUSTAINABLE T-SHIRT! I am a cutting-edge uber-minimalist designer! I MAKE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN.
Load of bollocks, the whole lot of them. Crompton alone has a bloated wardrobe that could clothe a hundred men. How is that sustainable? Only fifty sheep were slaughtered in the making of this movie. Only five hectares of land were turned into desert in the making of this shirt.
Menswear has disappeared up its own arse. This is the man, if you please, who lines surplus vintage combat jackets with real fur.