Hercule Poirot: well dressed gentleman or overdressed dandy?

[Mysterious Mose]

:whistling ...

 

[filfoster]

Poirot

At least Captain Hastings was generally well dressed and drove a killer car-Blower Bentley, if I recall.

 

[le.gentleman]

Agatha Christie's Poirot is without a doubt an excellent series and since hardly anything has been written about David Suchet's clothes, I wrote an article about Hercule Poirot's clothes and his character.

 

[filfoster]

To the original posted question, he's the fussy uncle your parents described as a 'confirmed bachelor' and always told you to knock first on his door when he visited.

 

[Scotus]

Agatha Christie's Poirot is without a doubt an excellent series and since hardly anything has been written about David Suchet's clothes, I wrote an article about Hercule Poirot's clothes and his character.

Both articles are of the most excellent quality, as Poirot might say.

filfoster, you obviously don't know Poirot very well. Firstly, he is a devout Catholic. Secondly, he met his one love, Countess Vera Rossakof, who turns out to be a thief. Otherwise, he is consumed by his work. No, I am certain the only thing one might discover upon opening a door on Hercule Poirot might be that he is without his jacket as he sits at his desk.

 

[filfoster]

Both articles are of the most excellent quality, as Poirot might say.

filfoster, you obviously don't know Poirot very well. Firstly, he is a devout Catholic. Secondly, he met his one love, Countess Vera Rossakof, who turns out to be a thief. Otherwise, he is consumed by his work. No, I am certain the only thing one might discover upon opening a door on Hercule Poirot might be that he is without his jacket as he sits at his desk.

I yield to your Poirot savvy. Perhaps he had an unwritten darker side...

 

[Scotus]

I yield to your Poirot savvy.

You are too kind, mon ami.

 

[avedwards]

Agatha Christie's Poirot is without a doubt an excellent series and since hardly anything has been written about David Suchet's clothes, I wrote an article about Hercule Poirot's clothes and his character.

Excellent article, but I have two things to add to it:
1. As well as exclusively wearing three piece suits he also exclusively wears peaked lapels on his suits. Notched lapels are presumably too casual for him.
2. Whilst, as you point out, he never wears morning dress I did once see an episode where he wore a stroller whilst in his office. It was interesting to see him in separates but he pulled it off well.

 

[Shangas]

Agatha Christie's Poirot is without a doubt an excellent series and since hardly anything has been written about David Suchet's clothes, I wrote an article about Hercule Poirot's clothes and his character.

Very interesting articles.

But I should warn you, that a "Prince Albert" is very different to a "Double Albert". Poirot wears a Double Albert watch-chain.

If you don't know what I'm on about, I suggest you do some research, but suffice to say, it's not something mentioned in polite society.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I don't see why not (discussed in polite society). If so, polite society sucks! I'm told it's not uncomfortable at all once the swelling's gone down … I can but imagine the shocking google images search at this moment being perused.

Not something one might associate with Poirot, though. But who knows what lurks behind the bedroom door of any man!

bk

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Interestingly, I don't recall attire being a particular focus of the Poirot stories. Other than his fastidiousness and slightly outdated primness - all part of the overarching what we now call OCD - it's not that big of a deal. Same w/ Holmes books.

bk

 

[Shangas]

I don't see why not (discussed in polite society). If so, polite society sucks! I'm told it's not uncomfortable at all once the swelling's gone down … I can but imagine the shocking google images search at this moment being perused.

Not something one might associate with Poirot, though. But who knows what lurks behind the bedroom door of any man!

bk

Hahaha!! Oh god...

 

[Isis]

But I should warn you, that a "Prince Albert" is very different to a "Double Albert". Poirot wears a Double Albert watch-chain.

If you don't know what I'm on about, I suggest you do some research, but suffice to say, it's not something mentioned in polite society.

Oh no, that gave me an mental image I just didn't need!

One thing one might want to consider is that Suchet is a slimmer man than the Poirot he portrays. His suits are padded and the collars is chosen because they enhance the image of rotundness. It's also a bit difficult to undress him in his shirtsleeves as padding can be a bit conspicious then.

As for wearing a three piece suit on the beach, my great grandfather who was born in the 1880's and died in 1971 ALWAYS wore a black three piece wool suit, regardless weather and location. So yes, he wore that if he went to a beach too. The only occasion he removed the jacket was it it was really hot and only family around, but he would never, ever have removed his wasitcoat.

 

[Lights]

As for wearing a three piece suit on the beach, my great grandfather who was born in the 1880's and died in 1971 ALWAYS wore a black three piece wool suit, regardless weather and location. So yes, he wore that if he went to a beach too. The only occasion he removed the jacket was it it was really hot and only family around, but he would never, ever have removed his wasitcoat.

It's hard to imagine what it was like back then.

 

[Shangas]

Isis's great-grandfather would've grown up in an era when the shirt was considered an undergarment, and when exposing anything but the collars and cuffs of your shirt was considered almost the height of rudeness and distaste. So it's really not that surprising that the old boy would wear a suit everywhere he went.

In an article I read about 'Poirot', according to Suchet, when they were filming "Problem at Sea", he was at constant risk of heatstroke, because he was wearing the padding and a full suit all the time, in 32-degree (centigrade) heat. He had to drink buckets of water to replace the revolting amount of sweat that he was perspiring all the time during filming.

 

[filfoster]

I don't see why not (discussed in polite society). If so, polite society sucks! I'm told it's not uncomfortable at all once the swelling's gone down … I can but imagine the shocking google images search at this moment being perused.

Not something one might associate with Poirot, though. But who knows what lurks behind the bedroom door of any man!

bk

Well, then, to wit, my comment about the fussy uncle who insists on your knocking when he visits...
This seems very much like something that anyone who wants one, should certainly have.