is there some kind of fashion initiation into the upper middle class in this country

[NyeEve]

and does it in volev quilted jackets, suede loafers on men, strange 1980s haircuts and wax jackets?

oh nad vile coloured cords?

Its like stepping back in time

i have never seen as much quilting in one place.

I'd like to know which shop specifically stocks mustard jumbo cords in a 42" waist

honestly.
it was another world.
the mens HAIR is so vile.

Do you mean the custard coloured cord look, I know they are vivid but I am strangely partial to them on sixtyish men.

Where have you been?

Races? Rugger? Wimbledon Village fair, sorry FAYRE was a riot of technicolour corduroy.

Me and dh have competitions to find the worst pair, or the gent who looks most like Mr Toad.

Don't forget the compulsory elbow patches too (in either leather or jumbo cord)

THey sell those cords in the back of the sunday times

where was your initiation then?

LOL. DH has a pair of mustard coloured cords. I try not to be seen with him when he wears them ...

no it was the quilted thing
and the barbour
and those long leather riding boots wiht laces

Oh I see you were somewhere where a shooting stick might have tumbled out of someone's 1982 Volvo, that sort of thing.

htere was a shooting stick
and lots of BAD jeans

I have just bought a Barbour coat, was going to post on here recommending it as an ideal school-run coat! Is quite a modern cut thought, not a big green waxed bag

Sounds like you were staying somewhere near me...not that I wear stuff like that, I hasten to add!!

these - rofl at surrey equestiran

Quilted body warmers for the ladies. Pref in dark green.

Paisley neck scarves.

Red ruddy cheeks for both sexes.

Sounds like an outdoor meeting of Bottom-patters Anonymous.

The other thing that is common amongst middle-aged upper class men is the wearing of red slighty too tight jeans. What's that about?

One of the mums at school is a classic sloane (sp?) ranger, pearls, neckscarf, quilted jacket the works. She sometimes even wears a green velvet hairband. She scares me.

Well I have a barbour jacket and a quilted body warmer and am as working class as they come. I do however spend a lot of my time walking my dog across fields and up hills in the rain.

I do not possess coloured cords.

Sounds like some of the parents at a school open evening recently...

I have a barbour and gucci loafers but no velvet hairbands .the men in golden cords are hilarious elegantly dishevelled

these are sloaney but I love them

yes they are lovely

They sell mustard coloured cords in the men's section of H&M. So maybe they're back in fashion.