radfordred 6,284 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Owd Corbyns having a bad day today in he? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 There really is no excuse to dress scruffily these days at all. Most High Streets have a Charity Shop or two (Bulwell, eight at the last count) some great bargains to be had. I've bought M&S cotton shirts brand new with labels still attached for the princely sum of £2. Mrs Catfan has a Laura Ashley frock (new) £4 ! A frock by "Monsoon" £5 ! (I once bought her a "Monsoon" frock from the "Monsoon" shop in Nottingham" for £85.) You don't need mega bucks to dress smartly these days. Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Over 20 years ago, I paid £45 for a Ralph Lauren bottle green shirt. A couple of years later, I bumped into me BiL and he'd got a similar shirt from a charity shop for £5. I was livid to say the least! Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 #53 Bil? Worraabat our next PM old Boris on a bike someone should get him a comb? The scruffyucker Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Brother in law RR. Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 I pay mega bucks to look scruffy !!!!!!! LOL 2 Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 You are NEVER scruffy hg ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 I also have a bit of a fetish about clean shoes as well. I can't abide scruffy shoes, a bit of polish & a cloth will soon have em looking good, doesn't cost a fortune either & shoes kept polished last much longer & are more comfortable. My idea of spending a couple of hours is to get all the shoes out (Mrs C's) too & polish the lot of em ! Sheer bliss ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 I hope you don't polish the suade ones too. Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 I don't "do" suade FLY ! Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 I wore suade for years as I hated cleaning them . Trouble was I spilt so much beer on them, they looked like leather eventually. I know, I shouldn't spill my beer! Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 A waste of good ale FLY ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 There really is no excuse to dress scruffily these days at all. And some of the biggest crooks wear £2,000 suits. Do not attack Jeremy Corbyn just because he does not dress like Cameron or Osborne Jeremy is still the best option for working people. As I have said before if you don't like the policies that Jeremy stands for then say so but do not attack him because you don't like his clothes. You are simply repeating the crap that the papers are printing. https://theworldturnedupsidedownne.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/15-times-jeremy-corbyn-was-on-the-right-side-of-history/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 I don't always agree with Jeremy Corbyn but admire his passion and diversity.....shabby chic is definitely Ok by me 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 See how's your day #10449 Me at my shabby best Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,710 Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 IMHO, people should mostly dress how they wish. But, they should make some allowance for the situation. So, I wouldn't turn up for a wedding or funeral looking scruffy. The extra effort is about showing respect for the occasion and the people who are the 'object' of the occasion. I'd wear a suit, and a tie and my shoes would be clean, but then they always are. I have two or three very smart 'crombie type' overcoats for funerals, which so often come in the depths of winter. There is something quite dignified about dressing that way and I felt very 'right' in such attire on the couple of occasions I was required to lay wreaths on Remembrance Sunday. But, having spent about 30 years being pretty much required to wear a suit and tie to work, I don't do so often now. I see no requirement to wear a suit or tie when going to the pub, or to most social functions, entertainments etc. And for going on days out to 'attractions' of various sorts, formal dress is a right royal PITA. That said, I recall the days when I would have been called a scruff because I mostly wore jeans, long hair etc., Yet, my clothes and hair were clean and often I'd sit on the work bus behind some allegedly smartly dressed character with greasy hair, dandruff, a greasy collar and shiny pants. Probably scuffed shoes too. Yet superficially they would be seen as 'smartly dressed'. In 1969, my Grandad Jack died. I didn't know he'd died and had been away from home. By coincidence I arrived home on the day of his funeral, but didn't go because I didn't have the right clothes to wear. I have regretted that ever since. Grandad Jack was always immaculately dressed, but he'd have understood. Col 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 A friend of mine died recently & the turn out was the best I've see for a funeral in Loughborough(lived here for 45 years) There were people in suits,smart casual and there & there were a couple of people from the bell foundry in their overalls but no comments were made at all The funeral was one of the nicest I've ever been to 4 Link to post Share on other sites
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