How do you wear your pants?

tbeltrans said:
That is also true of leisure suits back in the 1970s. Why everybody wanted to look like used car salesmen is beyond me. But, then, I never understood that whole style thing anyway. :cool:

Tony
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How would you describe lounge suits? As a manager, the head honcho, the one where the buck stops, I have always thought of the suit as an outward sign of rank. It gives gravitas to the name, manager. My suits, admittedly, have a bye gone style of appearance, but all the staff knew who was the boss.

It wasn't the suits that got the graffiti on the toilet wall, it was the hats: "Who the hell does he think he is? Al Capone?
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So dapper, Horseless, so classy!

I really love the colour of the fedora in pic 3!
 

horseless carriage said:
How would you describe lounge suits? As a manager, the head honcho, the one where the buck stops, I have always thought of the suit as an outward sign of rank. It gives gravitas to the name, manager. My suits, admittedly, have a bye gone style of appearance, but all the staff knew who was the boss.

It wasn't the suits that got the graffiti on the toilet wall, it was the hats: "Who the hell does he think he is? Al Capone?
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Not knowing what a "lounge suit" is, I had to google it. According to the various dictionaries, they seem to agree on "business suit". The suits in your pictures seem well dressed to me.

Edit: To be clear, I have never had an interest in style/fashion, nor particularly in dressing up. I have always preferred a shirt and jeans, and probably always will. I had to wear a suit for several years as an engineer, but after a while everybody gave up on the pretense and just wore typical work clothes - jeans and a shirt. So, for much of my career, that is all I have had to do.

Tony
 
Aunt Marg said:
Sign me up, Pam! :giggle:

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@Aunt Marg I can't find any new ones. Found a pair and they wouldn't go up pass my thighs. It isn't sized correctly or I am getting wider around the hips. 🤣😅😂😆😁😄
 
horseless carriage said:
His name is Matt Lucas, he's a TV personality, starred in a show called Little Britain. How I know that is a mystery. Never saw Little Britain and only know of Matt Lucas because he has been in the press talking about being gay.

Right then Aunt Marg. How do I wear my trousers, (I don't wear pants.) High waisted, to hide my belly, twenty two inch hems with a turned up cuff. In the first photo you can just see, at the bottom of my tie, just how high the waist line is. The second photo shows the width of the hems and the third is just showing off, my lady not only makes my trousers, she makes my waistcoats/vests too.

Some of the comments are sort of amusing, as in: "When did they come back into fashion?" & "Those trousers are ridiculous," My hats and shoes often get comments too.
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Very dashing and debonair! I like!!!! 👍
 
I have NEVER been a dedicated follower of fashion and prefer to set my own style whether it's accepted or not.
I never wore bell bottoms. I wore Levi's religiously until jeans became the rage and I threw them out.
Started enjoying the comfort and ease of pull-on sports pants with elastic waist.
Most shocking is that I used to laugh at guys who wore shorts all the time. Now I am one. Easy on and easy off.
Also . . . I keep pulling them higher and higher. Must officially be an old man now. :ROFLMAO:
 
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Oh and since we talkin' clothes . . .
Every Halloween I would, shave, get a good haircut, shine my black oxfords, wear a dark-blue business suit, starched white shirt and the requisite red tie to work.
Of course, as my dad would say, the girls went ga-ga and people asked if I'd gotten a promotion. Nope, I would reply. It's Halloween and to me there's nothing creepier than a guy in a business suit.:cool:
 
SetWave said:
Oh and since we talkin' clothes . . .
Every Halloween I would, shave, get a good haircut, shine my black oxfords, wear a dark-blue business suit, starched white shirt and the requisite red tie to work.
Of course, as my dad would say, the girls went ga-ga and people asked if I'd gotten a promotion. Nope, I would reply. It's Halloween and to me there's nothing creepier than a guy in a business suit.:cool:
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Somehow I'm sure you would be the exception!
 
SetWave said:
I have NEVER been a dedicated follower of fashion and prefer to set my own style whether it's accepted or not.
I never wore bell bottoms. I wore Levi's religiously until jeans became the rage and I threw them out.
Started enjoying the comfort and ease of pull-on sports pants with elastic waist.
Most shocking is that I used to laugh at guys who wore shorts all the time. Now I am one. Easy on and easy off.
Also . . . I keep pulling them higher and higher. Must officially be an old man now. :ROFLMAO:
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OMG, lol !!! How high can one pull them up @SetWave ? You sound like my husband. I pull his shorts down a bit when I pass by him (at home, of course).
 
DaveA said:
I haven't been to Conn. for a few months. Have the styles changed this much. Maybe it's better that I not visit my son and his 5 grown boys. It might be a shock that I couldn't recover from.
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I think Conn. is till pretty safe for us retirees. But we're not ready for wearing our pants on our heads.

Hey, is that biker bar still in Colchester, The Red Dog? Or is it Middlefield? They probably do.
 
PamfromTx said:
OMG, lol !!! How high can one pull them up @SetWave ? You sound like my husband. I pull his shorts down a bit when I pass by him (at home, of course).
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It's all about the package drop syndrome. As men get older the bells get longer than the rope. Lifting the waistband also lifts the crotch, but you have to be careful or another, more painful syndrome, can occur. Crushed nuts.
 
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