Our sense of fashion

[Chas]

Historical context is always important. There was a time in the UK when men and women always wore a hat out of doors. When men, if they were a member of one of the Institutions, would always wear the appropriate tie to work. But times have moved on and now only wear the tie, or the special jacket, or the hood on those annual occasions.

The thing is with photographs - they don't automatically update themselves.

Regards

Chas

[BBNC]

Happy New Year, everyone. Although I live in the US, I figure that the only way I can celebrate the New Year and still get to bed when my internal clock says I should, is to turn on the BBC World Service and listen to Big Ben bring in the new year (7:00 EST).

[Mainer In Exile]

I'll wear waterproof waders up to my chest when standing in a trout stream in the Eastern Sierras, thank you very much. I might well wear a tie with them if I so choose! But that's one occasion for which I shan't go kilted.