Dear Sir Frederick,
I had thought I looked quite smart when I stepped out today, dressed in my one-button suit, trilby and elaborate five-point pocket-handkerchief. I met a conglomerate of merchant bankers, however, who informed me that my kerchief was far too formal for the outfit I was wearing. Is this true, have I made […]
Lettres
Wherein the Author reflects upon certain topical & personal issues of the Day.
The archive for “Advice Columns”
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Teacup in a Storm: Pocket Squares.
Posted upon the 19th of October, 2006
Conventions, like crème brulée, are made to be broken.
Posted upon the 15th of July, 2006
Like any discipline, the practice of sartorial physics is bound by certain rules. It is imperative that these rules be widely known and understood, else breaking them would pass unnoticed, and the truly well-dressed must at some point break every rule that they can find. ‘Bosh’ and ‘pshaw’ readers cry; let me give bulk to […]
Teacup in a Storm
Posted upon the 26th of June, 2006
In which Sir Frederick shares the fruits of his Counter-Enlightenment with members of the public, addressing their queries on matters of Good Behaviour and Rational Dress.
To: Sir Frederick Chook
From: Irving Wellington Tinker (Mrs)
Dear Mr Sir Chook. How do you do. My husband and I are good Presbytarian sorts and we don’t go in for any […]