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.

No
Short-sleeved shirts are worn by ineffectual American insurance salesmen with sweat stains from the pressure of being so limp.
Manly forearms or not.

I had a House of Bruar catalogue through the post, have been worrying about it all over the weekend - why me?

I have actually been to House of Bruar.
It is utterly utterly awful.
Just one massive tearoom with shops off it - the sort of shops that no normal person could want. Like a deli with 79000 varieties of jam.

Prunerz

On the topic of men in hunting gear

what is NOT attractive is a little weedy fellow wearing camouflage stuff and bringing you 12 dead pigeons in a carrier bag, which you then have to give freezer space - not because they are for you, but because his mum wants a couple and he is going to live on them for the next 3 months.

Then you go round to his and he has cooked pigeon cassrole and it has got bits of shot in it.

And tastes disgusting.
And he thinks he is a big hunk for killing some pigeons and a squirrel, whose tail he kindly presents you with, and which you keep out of kindness for a while until it is eaten by moths or [something].

This man also demands oyu take artistic photos of his 'prey' on your kitchen table.

Oh how I laughed.

Tigerbites, DH similarly reassured that other people in the same boat as him.
He is statistically more likely to found aanywhere else in the whole world than shooting or fishing
Very strange
What else have you been ordering on-line?

DADDY wears these checkout colour range ]

his little boy wears this

cant wait to see it aBetaDad

GoppingOtter - seriously. I wear what the Daddy in your first link has on except for the tie which is not good.

I do have boots, cords and a shirt just like those. Bought just 12 months ago.

I have everything (including the shoes) in the second link except the trousers which are too loud.

Seriously look at the Ralph Lauren site for men's casual. I was wearing this quilted coat today (in dark blue) with good jeans, walking shoes and a jumper and shirt.

It is a good look. I think a lot of urban ladies secretly (and despite themselves) find it quite an enticing. DW did!

That link again to the the quilted jacket

please not in pink or 'corn'

You've got to have an Upper Class face to carry it off though!

I have corn and most of the other colours except ones with red elements in. I often wear with a pink/purple shirt or pullover.

I get lots of cuddles.

I have stayed away from Style and Beauty threads for too long and am considering coming on more often as there is clearly much work to be done here.

ABetaDad

always love your contributions to MN
you are a fine gent

aBetaDad please please update your profile (rear view is fine!)

There is quite the lady arrives in the car park of our school. A mahoosive great Mercedes Benz with personalised number plates, a wardrobe dating from the early 90's (albeit "countrified"), but most curious of all, I would genuinely like to know how she gets the long haired guinea pig to sit on her head so still for so long.

I checked your profile winestein, to see if you lived near me
She sounds very like a mother who had children at the local school and, yes, she too sported the guinea pig but sometimes covered loosely with a Hermes scarf.
The pig never moved. Even on windy days.

I'm now making a strange sound that I think only dogs could hear. I'm so glad someone knows what I am talking about Otter. "It" also never moves.

Abeta I rushed through my marking to get to bed the right side of midnight. Have come upstairs to find dp alseep, do you mind if I doze off thinking of you in cords and that fine jacket?

dh & I enjoy a game of spot the lurid trousers,we find Point to Points a good hunting ground.

I have a Belstaff style jacket [not Barbour though,got it from a game fair],and a lovely longline tweed jacket and have been complemented on both recently.I also wear brown boots,or Hunters.I am a country girl though and possess no sportswear of any description,it isn't my thing and wouldn't be practical.

I beat on a shoot and always want to snigger at shooting breeks,and those ridiculous garter things.Dh rough shoots and I have been watching him for signs of possible breek buying.He is very tempted by those Tattersall check shirts that most of the male population round here wear.
I have a weakness for men in jodphurs though.

GoppingOtter - I updated my profile with a rear view just for you.

Morosky - clearly you a corduroy connoiseur but I tend to favour this sort of thing for the evening.

What does their little whatsit mean at the bottom of the page?

'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean tortor leo.'

In my GCSE-level capacity a rough translation goes something like this:

'[leather straps] himself pain thirsty loves, consequently fat [boiled].' (that could be wrong)