Classic Clobber...

[red devil]

What item of men's apparel should be an essential bit of kit in every man's* wardrobe?

As Coco Chanel once said, fashion fades, style remains, so let's see how stylish the men of ED are, or not as the case may be.

Think carefully gents, denim jackets with sown on Status Quo badges was never a good look.

It doesn't have to be expensive, or formal, can just be a basic staple of a man's wardrobe, like the ubiquitous Fred Perry polo top...

http://www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/images/www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/Image/BRAND%20BANNERS/FRED%20PERRY%20BANNER%20size%20change.jpg

I'll start the ball rolling...shoes maketh the man, so I'll go for a classic pair of Church's Oxford shoes, in black of course, a shoe for all seasons...

http://theshoebuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Churchs-Consul-Leather-Cap-Toe-Oxford-01.jpg

If this thread doesn't get Quids out of his self-imposed closet, nothing will.

* Ladies, you just stand in the corner looking sweet and giving admiring glances.

[steveo]

Harrington

[mockney piers]

http://www.sdworkwear.co.uk/product_images/q/deerstalker_500__13037.jpg

[red devil]

Now we know Mockers owns a lapdog...

http://t1.thpservices.com/fotos/thum4/002/741/alt-paa029000023.jpg

[maxxi]

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7QBPKMhchoOZh72yePyEVa01AxMo6kuU3ooDmf1VzI0xahAnjFw or if you want to go another way... http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSSMk70nYn1ViuXQtl6tN-IxyNW3rn_TzyHoez6jFfP8bzd2e_b

[camberwell70]

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=clown+wigs+images&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1440&bih=724&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=MIl7BWpRGdA5DM:&imgrefurl=https://id18538.securedata.net/drdrumtastickentertainment.com/merchantmanager/index.php%3FcPath%3D56&docid=Rm2K1yeX0-I5zM&itg=1&w=160&h=194&ei=dGCMTpbaNoHN0QX1ofi8BQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=488&page=6&tbnh=155&tbnw=128&start=109&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:109&tx=62&ty=51

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

http://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk/assets/thumbnails/65/3/14faad70494a17ec0d2695f9e892cdf3.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ugv_wzgWua4/TEldgv8IIFI/AAAAAAAAAXU/2spfEpom7qs/s1600/roger_moore

[Ted Max]

?

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090609075357/nonciclopedia/images/4/42/Geppetto.jpg

[Ted Max]

??

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/Alf_Stewart.jpg/200px-Alf_Stewart.jpg

[GSJ57]

Is that Roger Moore looking Oh so suave with the pipe? Why is he wearing his mum's cardi?

[red devil]

Putting two and two together...Mundies, pipe smoking cardy wearer, Mum's Stovies recipe...I think we've found our 45 year old computer programmer who lives in his Mum's basement ;-)

[MrBen]

- Dunlop Greenflash (THE classic white canvas sports shoe)

- A cashmere sweater in black or navy

- A proper bow tie (clip ons are for clowns)

[Annette Curtain]

A bit late in the season I know....BUT

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JeFvJtXhBaw/Rr2nRN02t7I/AAAAAAAAGFs/1CjjQ_kl0LY/s400/stringfellow_195056a.jpgclassy non the less

[red devil]

At last, Mocker's style guru revealed...

http://static.unrealitytv.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/CBB_John_McCririck.jpg

[womanofdulwich]

http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/on/demandware.store/Sites-hof-Site/default/MTemplCont-Show?cid=Little_black_dress

Little Black Dress- why is there no where to wear this in East Dulwich???

[red devil]

M&S socks...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41n-A%2BgXDiL._SX182_SH35_.jpg

Keep them simple, comedy socks like comedy ties, aren't funny.

[charliecharlie]

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqN,!iEE4q!F,yDGBOOSTQobhg~~0_35.JPG

I think a good watch always adds a certain something

but for evening something a bit more uptempo is acceptable

http://www.flyingshops.com/facep/Jacob-Co-7523.jpg

a mear ?22K... but it's always worth investing in style..

[Salsaboy]

One of these does it every time.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/3542437767_68cc0023a6.jpg

[charliecharlie]

I quite agree Salsaman,

or maybe this if you want a slightly more approachable look http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2010/06/World%20of%20Nintendo%202/WII51.won_10.mega--article_image.jpg

[Annette Curtain]

This season it's all about the knitwear.

http://www.cluttermagazine.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog_image/images/miracle-megane-knitted-glasses-03-450x540.jpg

[Moos]

Salsaboy, isn't that a woman wearing the Davy Jones look? I think it has to be disallowed on that count.

[civilservant]

'sown on' like this, you mean

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k4MD-wATVjc/S6oRijx1ExI/AAAAAAAAAC8/FT2qQ4VlgNY/s400/ashtyn+1.jpg

[maxxi]

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> This season it's all about the knitwear.

>

It surely is...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yHWI0S-9Vrw/TnQgu2rDbPI/AAAAAAAABL0/kF997kk_vJA/s640/IMAG1022.jpg

[charliecharlie]

and of course this trend can also be applied to hoemwares

http://s3.amazonaws.com/patternfish-production/pattern_picture_w496s/4919/wedgewoodpdf.pdfmain.jpg

http://www.vam.ac.uk/uploads/sites/default/files/image_upload_activity/1206217652.jpg

[red devil]

civilservant Wrote:

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> 'sown on' like this, you mean

> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k4MD-wATVjc/S6oRijx1ExI/

> AAAAAAAAAC8/FT2qQ4VlgNY/s400/ashtyn+1.jpg

Worryingly the poodle bears more than a passing resemblence to Francis Rossi...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k4MD-wATVjc/S6oRijx1ExI/AAAAAAAAAC8/FT2qQ4VlgNY/s400/ashtyn+1.jpg