Etiquette books

["Doc" Devereux]

Another Esquire book that is truly a riot is Things A Man Should Know - about style by Scott Omelianuk and Ted Allen. It came out in '99.

Here's an example:

"Cowboy boots: no

Cowboy hats: no

Cowboy shirts: probably not

Large belt buckles: only if you're a cowboy

P.S. Don't leave that bolo tie in your dresser drawer.

You could die.

Somebody could find it."

I was given a comp copy of that earlier in the year - it had me in stiches!

 

[Paisley]

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, formerly a U.S. senator from Colorado, wore a bolo and other cowboy garb. But I think he was also a rancher. I think cowboy garb is fine if you ARE a cowboy, rancher, bull rider, or something along those lines. Otherwise, I think it's best left for Halloween.

 

[scotrace]

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, formerly a U.S. senator from Colorado, wore a bolo and other cowboy garb. But I think he was also a rancher. I think cowboy garb is fine if you ARE a cowboy, rancher, bull rider, or something along those lines. Otherwise, I think it's best left for Halloween.

I bet it would not be hard to find people with the thought, "Unless you ARE a 1930's whipcracking archeologist..."

 

[Caledonia]

Funny you should bring that up. I'm a lot older than I look! But, this is getting serious. Everytime I read something I have to spend money. Now I "neeeed" etiquette books and my fashion etiquette ones just aren't enough. So helloooo Misses Emily and Manners. I've got Debrett's so that's a start, and I believe there's something called Chap out there, for the chaps, but haven't seen it so don't know what it might be like. Oh well, where's the credit card. Again.....

 

[Paisley]

I bet it would not be hard to find people with the thought, "Unless you ARE a 1930's whipcracking archeologist..."

OK. Let's say, at the absolute minimum, "Unless you look and feel at home in it." I saw a picture of New York's mayor in a cowboy hat. He looked like he was wearing a lampshade.

On the other hand, I know a tall, blond, blue-eyed Californian who sometimes wears a Chinese tunic. It was a gift from his students when he lived in the Far East, so he wears it with some authority. He looks right at home in it.

 

[Camille]

I just adore Emily Post.

Her constant talk about "New Yorkers" and them not being part of Best Society really provoked a few smiles.

But seriously, as I said, I adore Emily Post.

The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation.