To hate red trousers on men?

[abacucat]

This seems to be a status marker meaning I am very posh, so it doesn't matter if I look like a total nob.

The mayor of Bristol a few years ago was famous for his red trousers.
I loved sending him pictures like this...

My DH calls them 1000 acre trousers as usually worn by wealthy landowners

"Red trousers" can mean many things.

here and here

I must inform DH that he is an old, rich, posh Tory voter.

Only ever seen One pair. Dh's junior colleague wore a pair to our party. I thought he looked fabulous and told him so.

I can't get the first link to work but the men on the second link are gorgeous and very stylish.

My son (28) wears red jeans (and orange and bright blue)

It has to be a money thing.
Look how much more expensive these red trousers are as compared to some tracksuit bottoms.

I love colourful clothing. It brightens my day.

Good find ChesterGreySideboard !

Every time a man is standing too close to an exhibit/painting in an art gallery or museum so no-one else can get a look, in my experience you can guarantee they’ll be wearing red trousers!

I love cord/red trouser spotting in tetbury. I'm really upset when it's hot and there's not many about.

We may have to visit Tetbury. It sounds exactly the sort of place we could do well in our twat-spotting game. We have a scoring system:

Red trousers score 10 points. Additional twat points awarded to red-trouser wearers forthe following:

Viyella-type window pane check shirt 5 points
Tweed flat cap/panama hat* 5 points
Tie with ducks or labradors on 5 points
Field jacket 15 points

20 bonus points if you spot a full house and double points if they are wearing Le Chameau or Aigle boots, unless they are actually out shooting.

Spotting anyone wearing red trousers while out shooting is an unbeatable 100 "twat" points, unless the wearer produces a medical certificate stating that they are red-green colour blind, in which case we let them off.

• there is an ongoing debate about whether there should be more "twat" points awarded for any man wearing a Panama after the autumn equinox but before the spring equinox. I maintain not, as this would be unfair in an Indian summer.

One of my favourite people wears red, pink, mustard, orange trousers regularly. He usually pairs them with an old shirt and a baggy knitted jumper. He has a beard, curly hair, and one of his hobbies is welding things.

He’s very interesting to talk to, and is also completely skint.

I believe his colourful trews complement his personality.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Well done mumsnet, I didn’t think you could suck the fun out of a thread like this but you’ve proved me wrong again.

That web sight is amazing . Can’t wait to show dh. He’s going to laugh so hard he’ll shit in his low slung grey joggers !!

I have never seen a man in red trousers

I have never seen a man in red trousers

Then every single man you have ever seen ever has been poor.
Even Prince Philip.

My 19 year old student DS has red, yellow and orange trousers just because he likes them. We are absolutely not posh or Tory voting and he bought them before he was a student.

Most men who wear these are otherwise very conservatively dressed. That is a disagreement.

I think you mean a paradox rather than a disagreement OP?

The problem is that for the type of man who wears red trousers they are considered conservative casual dress.

It seems contradictory to you but perfectly acceptable to them.

Based on this thread I’m pretty sure you’d consider what I’m wearing, the house I live in and the car I drive “status markers”

But I didn’t buy any of those things because they reinforce or advertise my “social status” I bought them because I liked them, thought they were a good quality, practical item and because I can afford them. I don’t care in the least what other people think about them.

Also, to be brutally honest, I could dress from charity shops and my “social status” would be entirely undiminished.

It’s entirely unfair I agree.

My 19 year old student DS has red, yellow and orange trousers just because he likes them. We are absolutely not posh or Tory voting and he bought them before he was a student

Likewise my 28 year old student son. We are a little posh and he went to a private school on the other hand apart from underwear he hasn't bought any clothes which didn't come from a charity shop/second hand shop in at least 10 years.

LakieLady I think the only people deserving "twat points" are you and your fellow players.

If DH drops dead I will seek out a man wearing red trousers because I can't be doing with someone common at this stage in my life.

I live near a top public school though, and I'll need to be careful these red trousered men aren't employed at the school, as while educated and reasonably posh, they probably won't be as rich as I'd like.

This is just one of my imaginary problems.

Many years ago DH got very drunk on a night out and swapped trousers with a lad in the kebab shop queue (long story). DH ended up with red trousers and this other lad ended up with DH's baggy ripped jeans (which I remember he mocked rather mercilessly). DH wore those trousers for years after. Because he doesnt give a toss about fashion. Not because he's posh. Really. Some people just wear things with no thought to the message their clothes convey.

What's so posh about East Sussex?

It's not really that posh but there's a fair amount of "old" money. West Sussex is much posher (they have 2 dukes, the best East Sussex can manage is a couple of viscounts).

There are a fair few big country estates within a few miles of where I live and Glyndebourne isn't far. A huge chunk of the county is the Ashdown Forest, very rural and full of big houses set in large grounds. Camilla Parker-Bowles grew up here. It has a hunt, which used to be regarded as an indicator of poshness and lots of boaty people.

And it has an agricultural college, which always means a fair amount of hoorays. Unlike the Royal or Harper Adams, it's not a very good agricultural college, so they tend to be thick hoorays.

It also has a surprising amount of deprivation. There are 3 towns that have qualified for EU social fund money.

Lynette you win the thread!

I hate inverted snobbery

YAVBU, Matt Bellamy looks ace in them!

Not to mention Father Christmas - are you dissin' Santa?