ensho
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Mon Dec-27-10 10:30 AM
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The lounge suit, battledress of the world’s businessmen, is 150 years old—possibly |
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http://www.economist.com/node/17722802?story_id=17722802everything you ever wanted to know about suits but not about the men inside them
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Mon Dec-27-10 10:31 AM
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and powdered wigs. More men need to embrace their feminine side!
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Mon Dec-27-10 10:33 AM
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2. I guess I'm still a hippie |
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When I was a child I learned to distrust people who wear suits.
The man with the most expensive suit, who drove the fanciest car, was inevitably the biggest crook in town.
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Mon Dec-27-10 10:43 AM
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3. As a child I not only distrusted them, those in the most expensive suits, but |
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also feared them. I've been through a long period where I was only guarded in concern now I've come full circle: I fear them again.
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Mon Dec-27-10 11:14 AM
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4. Thanks for posting that---interesting! nt |
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Mon Dec-27-10 11:22 AM
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I never would have found this article on my own.
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Mon Dec-27-10 11:23 AM
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6. I feel Mr. Brummel has done a disservice that resonates to this day |
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Edited on Mon Dec-27-10 11:24 AM by eShirl
knee-length breeches are far more comfortable than full-length trousers
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