how many fp polos do you have already?

Would it be easier if I asked you what colourways you do not have?

There is no real alternative to FP in the polo arena. I mean, what would you get? Lacoste? Phui! RL? Insipid.

The only reason I still don't have one is because I find the price preposterous. One of these days I will rob someone of his FP in a back alley somewhere.

Let me try to articulate my aversion to the values represented by the Lacoste's & RL's of the world.

I am a maker. Spent 7 years at uni mastering the esoteric arts of mechanical design and another discipline too young to have a body of knowledge worth shit. Lived through countless 3-to-1 design critique sessions where the supervisor (himself a practising designer) would destroy my designs and ego. Everybody gets their egos bombed to pieces. The only thing that matters is an unassailable concept and sweet execution. In other words, quality of thinking and ideas. Inspiration. Good solutions to problems with many constrains.

What do brands like RL and Lacoste represent in the polo arena?

You start with a stock standard white polo worth maybe 50 ringgit retail. You stick an alligator/pony logo on it. Now it is worth 400 ringgit retail.

What inspiration? What intelligence has been injected into the product? What design values? What culture? WHAT? I would have to be missing a very big chunk of my brain to pay a 350 ringgit premium for a brand. I don't care about your brand. I care about my brand. You would have to pay me 350 ringgit to wear your brand on my body.

Now look at FP. They take the trouble to inject some design values to their polos. A pathetic amount compared to the raw intellect and massive amounts of knowledge that go into a simple engineered product, but still. FP takes more pride in their clever designs than Lacoste/RL. And I happen to appreciate the FP aesthetic. I understand what they're trying to do -- to inject visual impact into a product which nonetheless must remain identifiably FP and classic.

I was once in an art gallery that was exhibiting (curated, of course) print advertisements. The FP ads were excellent.

(I'm still not buying any though. They are severely overpriced.)

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That would be a duffel to complement the briefcase. No custom's duty this time.

As to the fabrics: Italian powder blue twill, yellow stretch cotton sateen, and olive gingham seersucker. Thinking of using the seersucker for a pair of short pants.

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Everything looks gay to you.

In the interest of anonymity on the streets I cannot divulge what I'll do with it.

That's my monthly food expense right there.

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IKEA sells ties now?

You don't want to hear my opinion of the ties.

Ties have no function other than the decorative and the symbolic. Being decorative, they are like jewelry. In this regard they have to be opulent, made of the best materials and with the best craftsmanship. People who know luxury can recognize luxury (or the lack of it). As a symbol, they need to be chosen carefully or you will be wearing the wrong message. I rarely wear ties. When I do, it is for business and at least a Senior VP must be around for the trouble to be worth it. In a pic I posted recently, the CEO was wearing a tie, the MD was wearing a tie, the GM was wearing one but I wasn't. So I like my ties to be sober and proper because the occasions I wear them in are sober and proper (before the alcohol starts flowing). The message I want to send is that I'm sober and proper.

Fashionable ties in polyester are out of consideration.

My favourite tie at the moment:

Yes, 11.5 oz Italian linen.

I discuss about linen in all the threads.

I have never seen a single linen jacket in the wild, BTW. And in all my time visiting tailors, I have only ever seen ONE being made for a customer. Imagine that. This makes linen jackets about as rare as pleated trousers.

Juuuuuust as I thought I would never see a linen jacket in the wild, it happened that I did. Yesterday, in an upscale restaurant. A Japanese or Korean guy in his 40s, with 2 other men. He was wearing one in a pale orange/peach.

I suppose you source those briefs from bundle shops?

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Added on September 15, 2011, 12:16 amI think muji sells highly unspectacular products at spectacular prices.

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alright i'll do the thankless job of asking atta what he bought from brussels.

atta, what did u buy in brussels.

for 3.5m

does the stuff feel coarse? is it very porous?