Stormy Weather

[Nick Armstrong]

.... now that I'm a gennelman of leisure, I'm still happy to have a sort of uniform that doesn't require too much thought - coloured shirt, chinos, hacking jacket, suede shoes...

This will no doubt be held by Señor Chino to be a shamefully vulgar question, but what distinguishes the hacking jacket from any other sort of tweedy/check jacket? Is there a pleat or vent or cut which distinguishes it?

I imagine the suede shoes take a bit of a beating from the fermenting fruit and mould-clad vegetables lobbed by the urchins of Shepherd's Bush, after you have remonstrated with them in Greek or favoured them with a spot of Montaigne, non?

[salymap]

I like a man who wears suede shoes with business clothes because he puts comfort before stupid custom.

Preferably without the fermenting fruit etc. though

[Anna]

what distinguishes the hacking jacket from any other sort of tweedy/check jacket? Is there a pleat or vent or cut which distinguishes it?

Ooh, I can see you're not often found in the saddle having a quick canter Duckie!! A hacking jacket should be tweed, (warm, waterproof and thornproof) with three buttons (two buttons denotes a sports jacket as you well know), waisted, with slant pockets either side and also a ticket pocket on the left-hand side, the central vent should be quite long so the jacket falls nicely either side of the horse whilst mounted and the jacket therefore will not get creased or bunched.

saly, Prince Harry wears suede shoes ........ obviously taking fashion tips from vinteuil!

[Nick Armstrong]

saly, Prince Harry wears suede shoes ........ obviously taking fashion tips from vinteuil!

Not always... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ed-online.html

(PS Thank you for the sartorial guidance, Anna)

[Anna]

(PS Thank you for the sartorial guidance, Anna)

No worries, we'll soon have you kitted out for huntin', shootin' and fishin' I just thought vints might have been detained, Black Grouse shooting started on the 20th, he may have had to get his man to make some alterations to his shooting jacket ......... or polish up his stock.
And, to keep on topic, first thing, it was that horrible really fine rain that drenches but, of course, being really gurley, is very good for your hair as it imports body and shine. So that's all good.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Persistent drizzle (the sort that ruins suede shoes) this morning; pleasant sunshine this afternoon. Far too hot all day to wear tweed and/or corduroy!


"Body and shine to hair": ahh - those were the days

[Anna]

Persistent drizzle (the sort that ruins suede shoes) this morning; pleasant sunshine this afternoon. Far too hot all day to wear tweed and/or corduroy!
"Body and shine to hair": ahh - those were the days

Ah, ferney, follically challenged? That's so cool (you do realise what folklore says about men who have hair loss early - yes - you know it makes sense! ) Oh dear! Best whizz off again!! Else I'll be for it.

[amateur51]

I like a man who wears suede shoes with business clothes because he puts comfort before stupid custom.

Preferably without the fermenting fruit etc. though

Who are you calling the fermenting fruit?

[mangerton]

No worries, we'll soon have you kitted out for huntin', shootin' and fishin' I just thought vints might have been detained, Black Grouse shooting started on the 20th, he may have had to get his man to make some alterations to his shooting jacket ......... or polish up his stock.
And, to keep on topic, first thing, it was that horrible really fine rain that drenches but, of course, being really gurley, is very good for your hair as it imports body and shine. So that's all good.

I must second Caliban's thanks. That really was most informative. I always thought a hacking jacket was what was worn by a third rate journalist. (Actually that's not true, but I was totally ignorant of all that detail about sloping ticket pockets.)

There was no horrible really fine rain in Edinburgh today. I can report that it was horrible really heavy rain, and it's done my hair no good at all.

I am however pleased to be able to report that the Festival is in full swing and that the tram rails are now laid in Princes Street. I expect we'll hear any day now that they've been laid half an inch too far apart.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ah, ferney, follically challenged?

Yep: I go to the barber's these days for a short back and polish!

That's so cool (you do realise what folklore says about men who have hair loss early - yes - you know it makes sense! ) Oh dear! Best whizz off again!! Else I'll be for it.

You're forgiven everything for that "early"!

[salymap]

Quite a nice day here in SE England if rather windy. I believe it's going downhill later in the week.

Off topic - I've seen Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella several times but until the clock just struck midnight got hopelessly lost listening to tonight's prom.

If anyone on the boards attended, was the RAH full? Which ballet scores alone are worth this treatment?

[Serial_Apologist]

Quite a nice day here in SE England if rather windy. I believe it's going downhill later in the week.

Off topic - I've seen Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella several times but until the clock just struck midnight got hopelessly lost listening to tonight's prom.

If anyone on the boards attended, was the RAH full? Which ballet scores alone are worth this treatment?

If you're referring to the whole work getting performed, rather than suites selected from it, Roussel's "The Spider's Banquet" loses a lot of good music in the more famous suite drawn by the composer, and the entire work only lasts about 40 minutes.

[Nick Armstrong]

Off topic - I've seen Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella several times but until the clock just struck midnight got hopelessly lost listening to tonight's prom.

If anyone on the boards attended, was the RAH full? Which ballet scores alone are worth this treatment?

I was there, saly (back lately after going to the late night Venetian prom as well): the RAH was packed for the Prokofiev.

There are note-spinning longueurs, perfectly pleasant but not enough for me to focus on all the time. It was good, as I am 'on call' this week for clients, and (being happily in a box) was able to sit back and do some work, with the music most agreeably filling the air - looking up to concentrate on the "good bits". (I did a lot of my A level revision with his "Romeo & Juliet" ballet on the gramophone - the full version by Previn. I like working to Prokofiev ballets)

[salymap]

It's always sad to lose friends from the boards and I send best wishes to Mahlerei, who started this thread some time ago.

We can't afford to lose the small group of us who weathered the BBC storm and came through to the other side.
All in my humble opinion, of course. Bestio, salymap

[eighthobstruction]

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