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Started by Martinus, October 19, 2009, 04:52:44 AM

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Savonarola

#45
October 19, 2009, 01:07:46 PM
Quote from: Valdemar on October 19, 2009, 01:02:52 PM
I agree with Rubbarb.. I wouldn't leave home in my tux without its black silk west and my pocket watch and chain :)

Nor would I go to a wedding in white tie without the accompanying white west ;)


And to some, a few, a three piece suit CAN be stylish, even if not a railroad baron or 50+ of age :)

V


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#46
October 19, 2009, 01:33:03 PM
Quote from: Tyr on October 19, 2009, 11:51:21 AM
Yeah we'd nickname that particular type of vest a wifebeater too.
But it isn't the only type- basketball players wear vests too.

The shirts basketball players wear we call "jerseys."
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Savonarola

#48
October 19, 2009, 02:17:49 PM
Quote from: Valdemar on October 19, 2009, 02:12:18 PM



And no it is not me

:D

V

Are you asking me to the junior prom?  :unsure:
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Valmy

#49
October 19, 2009, 02:18:03 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 19, 2009, 12:16:26 PM
I bought my first vest recently.  It isn't hideous sweater vest though.

Sweater vests are great! :(

The chicks dig em.
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Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Capetan Mihali

#50
October 19, 2009, 02:20:39 PM
Can't say I'm a fan of the vest, sweater or otherwise, but I have some people pull them off reasonably well.  To my eye, there is just something kind of... annoying, or in-your-face, about someone wearing just a vest over a shirt.  Maybe like a toned-down version of how a bowtie appears.
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Martinus

#51
October 19, 2009, 02:24:26 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 19, 2009, 02:18:03 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 19, 2009, 12:16:26 PM
I bought my first vest recently.  It isn't hideous sweater vest though.

Sweater vests are great! :(

The chicks dig em.
I like sweater vests, as long as they are in bright colours, like bright red or yellow.

garbon

#52
October 19, 2009, 02:26:29 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 19, 2009, 02:18:03 PM
Sweater vests are great! :(

No they aren't.
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#53
October 19, 2009, 02:30:57 PM
Quote from: Martinus on October 19, 2009, 02:24:26 PM
I like sweater vests, as long as they are in bright colours, like bright red or yellow.

I have two and they are both suitably dark colored, one red and one purple...like I am wearing a sweater vest made of jam.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valmy

#54
October 19, 2009, 02:32:05 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 19, 2009, 02:26:29 PM
No they aren't.

Well there is a certain time and place for them...like when coaching the Ohio State Buckeyes or at a Christmas party.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Barrister

#55
October 19, 2009, 02:32:38 PM
This thread makes me want to buy a swatervest, if only to annoy garbon.

How would it look with pleated khakis?
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Martinus

#56
October 19, 2009, 02:33:03 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on October 19, 2009, 02:20:39 PM
Can't say I'm a fan of the vest, sweater or otherwise, but I have some people pull them off reasonably well.  To my eye, there is just something kind of... annoying, or in-your-face, about someone wearing just a vest over a shirt.  Maybe like a toned-down version of how a bowtie appears.

Well, for me it is a matter of hiding deficiencies in my build. I have what you'd call a "barrel chest", which for example looks horrible in an actual sweater. However, both vests and jackets hide that and look great.

Valmy

#57
October 19, 2009, 02:34:27 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 19, 2009, 02:32:38 PM
This thread makes me want to buy a swatervest, if only to annoy garbon.

How would it look with pleated khakis?

:w00t:
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valdemar

#58
October 19, 2009, 03:48:16 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on October 19, 2009, 02:17:49 PM

Are you asking me to the junior prom?  :unsure:

Nope but if you went to a formal wedding in denmark NOT looking like that you'd look out of place :)

V

garbon

#59
October 19, 2009, 04:11:57 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 19, 2009, 02:32:38 PM
This thread makes me want to buy a swatervest, if only to annoy garbon.

How would it look with pleated khakis?

You are already a trainwreck, so it won't matter much. :console:
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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