Ten rules for being well-dressed: to follow, or to flout?

[Mary Chambers]

Unfortunately I have not feet, but paddles. God help Me, but I am a size 6 But they are not deformed, merely large. I dislike them, I wish I had dainty feet.

You should get together with my nephew, Anna. He would make you feel very dainty (not sure I like that word). He takes a 15, but then he is 6 foot 7, and I don't expect you are. It's all in the proportions. Women's shoes routinely go up to a size 9 these days, so 6 is perfectly normal.

[Anna]

You should get together with my nephew, Anna. He would make you feel very dainty (not sure I like that word). He takes a 15, but then he is 6 foot 7, and I don't expect you are. It's all in the proportions. Women's shoes routinely go up to a size 9 these days, so 6 is perfectly normal.

Bless you Mary, can I have the name and address of your nephew? (Only joking!)
I think when I say Dainty I mean a size 3, bit of a tippity-tappity Lotus Blossom scenario .....
But, my feet are ok, they propell me along - what more could you want? They stop me from falling over, and, that is what feet are for.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

5. What about bow-ties?
You should always tie your own.

[Richard Tarleton]

But, my feet are ok, they propell me along - what more could you want? They stop me from falling over, and, that is what feet are for.

You need feet.....

...[to] stop your legs from fraying at the ends.

(Bernard Bresslaw)

[Richard Tarleton]

7. Straight men should only pierce their left ear

Which sock you tuck your sgian dubh into is apparently determined by whether you are right or left handed (unless anyone knows different)

[Anna]

Which sock you tuck your sgian dubh into is apparently determined by whether you are right or left handed (unless anyone knows different)

I
I prefer being barefoot, pregnant, and chained to the kitchen sink, unemcumbered by a Scotsmen's dubh's!
Only joking of course, chance would be a fine thing!

[Flosshilde]

7. Straight men should only pierce their left ear

I thought straight men pierced both. As for gay men, I always thought that it had the same significance as which back pocket you had your hanky hanging out of.

[Anna]

I thought straight men pierced both. As for gay men, I always thought that it had the same significance as which back pocket you had your hanky hanging out of.

Oh. I say!!
The things one learns ... to think, hankys (should that be hankies?) had a significance beyond Maiden Aunts ....

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

2. Men shouldn't wear white socks

Yes, unless partaking in sports.

4. Vertical stripes are slimming

By and large, true.

5. The tip of a tie should always cover the last button of a shirt but never go below your belt

Absolutely. Short ties look silly. Positioning of the tie pin, if employed, crucial... too high up, the tie flaps around anyway.

6. Never mix patterns

It depends on the pattern. For example, a striped shirt doesn't have to accompany a plain tie. Stripes with stripes is a no-no.

9. Blue and green should never be seen

Now, I always knew this one as 'red and green should never be seen', as red is not a constituent colour of green. Blue and green can go together rather well.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

4. Vertical stripes are slimming.

It doesn't do much for Obelix.

[Anna]

4. Vertical stripes are slimming.
It doesn't do much for Obelix.

At last, someone on this thread that is sensble!

[teamsaint]

4. Vertical stripes are slimming.

It doesn't do much for Obelix.

you should see the size of him in plain colours !!

[Flosshilde]

chevron stripes, with the 'v' pointing down on the top half & up on the bottom half, are slimming.

[MrGongGong]

chevron stripes, with the 'v' pointing down on the top half & up on the bottom half, are slimming.

Foie gras and croissants aren't

[Flosshilde]

Foie gras ... aren't

Certainly not for the goose.