Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[Emil Miller]

I feel that I must correct an inaccuracy in the matter of Day Glo socks.
The essential feature of this style of footware was the fact that they were fluorescent and came in three colours:Shocking Pink, Lime Green and Yellow.
They were usually worn with Brothel Creepers which were blue or black suede shoes with very thick rubber soles. It goes without saying that they were the preserve of the impressionable young and many a feckless youth could be seen wearing them in their hey-day.

[prendrelemick]

I was a platform shoe, purple suit (flared trousers,of course)and big hair bloke in my youth.

Never wore brothel creepers, or visited a brothel - Never cared for broth.

[Emil Miller]

[QUOTE=prendrelemick;720501]I was a platform shoe, purple suit (flared trousers,of course)and big hair bloke in my youth.QUOTE]


An interesting, if somewhat unnerving, description. For comparison's sake, what kind of bloke would you describe yourself as now?

[prendrelemick]

Comfortable, in a saggy balding kind of way.

Any sartorial effort is the wife's doing. I have one suit (M&S, chosen by her) one pair of going out shoes and i think 4 ties.

it is over thirty years since I bothered with fashion.

What about yourself, you have practically admitted the day-glo and creepers combination, hope that isn't your current preference

[Emil Miller]

Comfortable, in a saggy balding kind of way.

Any sartorial effort is the wife's doing. I have one suit (M&S, chosen by her) one pair of going out shoes and i think 4 ties.

it is over thirty years since I bothered with fashion.

What about yourself, you have practically admitted the day-glo and creepers combination, hope that isn't your current preference

As a boy, I always thought them hilarious even though I was too young to wear them anyway. I don't say I was any less impressionable about what I later wore, but whereas most young men were impressed by what other youths were wearing, I was impressed with different role models. Particularly from films and books. I preferred old films and so I had some suits made based on Americam gangster films ie. Three piece with stripes. Then I started reading P.G.Wodehouse and began copying Bertie Wooster's attire, I had a number coloured waistcoats and was dissapointed that I was unable to buy a pair of spats although I did manage to effect a cigarette holder. I was also much influenced by Victorian male dress as in some of the Sherlock Holmes books, but I never went so far as to wear a deerstalker. I suspect that I looked as ludicrous as the Day Glo socks and Brothel Creepers brigade of an earlier generation but I didn't think so at the time.
For many years now I have been wearing the 'casual' look ie. various types of windcheaters and reasonably matching trousers but never ever jeans, which are simply too common to contemplate.

[LostPrincess13]

I was a platform shoe, purple suit (flared trousers,of course)and big hair bloke in my youth.

Never wore brothel creepers, or visited a brothel - Never cared for broth.

Flower power! And good call on the purple. I like purple...

As a boy, I always thought them hilarious even though I was too young to wear them anyway. I don't say I was any less impressionable about what I later wore, but whereas most young men were impressed by what other youths were wearing, I was impressed with different role models. Particularly from films and books. I preferred old films and so I had some suits made based on Americam gangster films ie. Three piece with stripes. Then I started reading P.G.Wodehouse and began copying Bertie Wooster's attire, I had a number coloured waistcoats and was dissapointed that I was unable to buy a pair of spats although I did manage to effect a cigarette holder. I was also much influenced by Victorian male dress as in some of the Sherlock Holmes books, but I never went so far as to wear a deerstalker. I suspect that I looked as ludicrous as the Day Glo socks and Brothel Creepers brigade of an earlier generation but I didn't think so at the time.
For many years now I have been wearing the 'casual' look ie. various types of windcheaters and reasonably matching trousers but never ever jeans, which are simply too common to contemplate.

I like your sense of style Mr. Bean! I'm a sucker for guys in suits. Well, minus the beer belly of course.

[Emil Miller]

I'm a sucker for guys in suits. Well, minus the beer belly of course.

Unfortunately, there has been a big decline in the numbers of suits in recent years and a massive increase in beer bellies.
The elegant gentleman of yesteryear has been replaced with the neanderthal of today. I think it started when Marlon Brando introduced the leather jacket, T-shirt and jeans to the world's youth as acceptable clothing.
Mr Brando gave some notable performances during his career but I never once saw him wearing a suit.

[Michael T]

Mr Brando gave some notable performances during his career but I never once saw him wearing a suit.

The Godfather?

I love wearing a suit (thank god I'm slim) and have quite a few ties. One in particular was given to me twenty odd years ago by a girlfriend. It's paisley and looks incredible with a suit and a light blue or white shirt. In all the time that has passed since, I have never seen a better one... it's always my first choice!

Mind you...she was quite a girl!!!

[Emil Miller]

The Godfather?

I love wearing a suit (thank god I'm slim) and have quite a few ties. One in particular was given to me twenty odd years ago by a girlfriend. It's paisley and looks incredible with a suit and a light blue or white shirt. In all the time that has passed since, I have never seen a better one... it's always my first choice!

Mind you...she was quite a girl!!!

I didn't see The Godfather.

It's a pity about the girlfriend but if you didn't manage to tie the knot, at least you can still knot the tie.

[Emil Miller]

[IBrothel creepers
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A pair of "triple sole" Creepers shoes.Creepers or brothel creepers found their beginnings in the years following the WWII: Soldiers based in the deserts in North Africa wore suede boots with hardwearing crepe soles because of the climate and environment. Having left the army, many of these ex-soldiers found their way to the disreputable nightspots of London (Kings Cross and Soho) wearing the same crepe soled shoes. Those became known as Brothel Creepers.

In the 1950s, these shoes were taken up by the Teddy Boy and the Rockabilly kids, along with drainpipe trousers, draped jackets, bolo ties, quiff and pompadour haircuts, and velvet or electric blue clothes. The brothel creeper was a hit throughout 50s and 60s.

They were invented in 1949 by George Cox and marketed under the Hamilton name, based on George Cox Jr.'s middle name[1]. .

The brothel creeper regained popularity in the early 70s when Malcolm McLaren sold them from his Let it Rock shop in London's Kings Road. Teddy Boys were the obvious customer, but the brothel creeper still proved to be popular among regular customers[2] when McLaren and his partner Vivienne Westwood changed the shop to more rocker-oriented fashion.

The shoe has since been adopted by subcultures such as ska, punk, psychobilly, greasers and goth, Japanese Visual Kei, and was noted as the footwear of choice of Bananarama (their preference for the brothel creeper over prettier, girly footwear became emblematic of their tomboyish and rebellious nature).

The original creepers are hard to find, however, Underground England shoes have been producing them since the 80s and continue to do so, creating new designs along the way.

In 2003 Osiris Shoes produced the Ali Boulala, a brothel creeper-influenced skateboarding shoe.

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[LostPrincess13]

They're rather hideous... I'm sticking to flats, dress shoes, and sneakers. The socks I don't mind though... Colored socks create positive energy for the wearer...

[prendrelemick]

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Here's something you chaps might find a bit of a wheeze.
Above are 4 photographic studies of Miss Coughlan. An actress I believe.

Your task is to allocate a picture to each the following catagories.
(Lorraine Kelly did this a few years ago.)

Wife
Mistress
One night stand
Goddess


I would say

1 goddess
2 wife
3 Mistress
4 one night stand.

[LostPrincess13]

Might I give it a go? From a female's perspective... Then we can see the difference.

[Stargazer86]

I didn't see The Godfather.

It's a pity about the girlfriend but if you didn't manage to tie the knot, at least you can still knot the tie.

You've never seen the Godfather? Are you serious? I..can't...believe...it...
And I believe these to be brothel creepers? Not so bad..

[bazarov]

I didn't see The Godfather.

Please, do it immediately.