Comments on: Embrace the Alternatives http://blog.brooksbrothers.com/the-clothes/embrace-the-alternatives/ Wed, 01 May 2013 20:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: TerryWilliams http://blog.brooksbrothers.com/the-clothes/embrace-the-alternatives/#comment-196 TerryWilliams Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:54:11 +0000 http://blog.brooksbrothers.com/?p=5475#comment-196 "And by modern tradition, that’s ok. It’s appropriate. It’s Presidential even." This sums up what is wrong with Brooks today. A notched lapel is NEVER correct for dinner wear, even if the President does it. President Obama also wore a white tie with his notched-lapel dinner jacket. If the President is the paragon of style, then we can assume it is appropriate to wear a digital watch with dinner wear, a la Bill Clinton. Today, unfortunately, even our Presidents receive faulty advice on what is appropriate and in good taste. “And by modern tradition, that’s ok. It’s appropriate. It’s Presidential even.”

This sums up what is wrong with Brooks today. A notched lapel is NEVER correct for dinner wear, even if the President does it. President Obama also wore a white tie with his notched-lapel dinner jacket. If the President is the paragon of style, then we can assume it is appropriate to wear a digital watch with dinner wear, a la Bill Clinton. Today, unfortunately, even our Presidents receive faulty advice on what is appropriate and in good taste.

]]> By: JosephDaniel http://blog.brooksbrothers.com/the-clothes/embrace-the-alternatives/#comment-194 JosephDaniel Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:24:43 +0000 http://blog.brooksbrothers.com/?p=5475#comment-194 The Shawl has been the mainstay in my wardrobe since my first tuxedo in 1980! Nothing better! The Shawl has been the mainstay in my wardrobe since my first tuxedo in 1980! Nothing better!

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