"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

                --Archilochus

Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."

Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."

Albert A. Gore, Jr.:
"An incontinent brute."

Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."

Friends of GF's Sons:
"Is that really your dad?"

Kickball Girl:
"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."

Hired Hand:
"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."




I'm an
Alcoholic Yeti
in the
TTLB Ecosystem



Saturday, January 12, 2008

Our Respect for Brooks Brothers

. . . is considerable. While the width of the lapels on men's jackets expanded and contracted wildly between the 1930s and the 1970s, those on Brooks Brothers' suits were modified by no more than 1/4 inch. Similarly, as neckties expanded to the size of dinner napkins, and shrank to resemble dental floss, BB's neck fashions changed hardly at all. Particularly in the late 1970s, when men wore bell-bottomed pants dragging on the ground, the correct break (very slight) of Brooks Brothers trousers could be spotted across a courtroom. (Trust me.)

That being said, what the heck is THIS? That jacket is way too tight, no?

Labels: ,

Comments on "Our Respect for Brooks Brothers"

 

post a comment