Well according to most of the world that's a lot of things, and you can even sub divide it down to the ‘English’ and let the Scots, Welsh and Irish join in.
But as an Englishman I am above such petty concerns and colonial envy, however I will concede one area for which we are guilty as hell…. The Suit and Tie.
According to sources, our modern suit derives from an evolutionary path of over 400 yrs, but the fact is that it was that man George Bryan Brummell (Beau Brummell) who came up with the Suit, Shirt and tie (cravat) that has strangled mankind ever since.
Of all the things that would become universal, who would have thought that a form of dress designed solely for the leisured classes of the Court of the Prince Regent (George the fourth of England), would become the most worn formal male apparel in the world?
It’s uncomfortable, and in hot climates totally inappropriate, and yet there you are, pictures of Chinese communist leaders wearing suits,
African Somali warlords, and winners of international good governance prizes, both wearing suits without any apparent sense of incongruity
and here are generally every Nabob and Grandee the world over doing the same.
As a man who instantly undoes his shirt button and wears a tie loosely, I can only offer sympathy to every man around the world who has suffered with the tie and the suit.
But as an Englishman I am above such petty concerns and colonial envy, however I will concede one area for which we are guilty as hell…. The Suit and Tie.
According to sources, our modern suit derives from an evolutionary path of over 400 yrs, but the fact is that it was that man George Bryan Brummell (Beau Brummell) who came up with the Suit, Shirt and tie (cravat) that has strangled mankind ever since.
Of all the things that would become universal, who would have thought that a form of dress designed solely for the leisured classes of the Court of the Prince Regent (George the fourth of England), would become the most worn formal male apparel in the world?
It’s uncomfortable, and in hot climates totally inappropriate, and yet there you are, pictures of Chinese communist leaders wearing suits,
African Somali warlords, and winners of international good governance prizes, both wearing suits without any apparent sense of incongruity
and here are generally every Nabob and Grandee the world over doing the same.
As a man who instantly undoes his shirt button and wears a tie loosely, I can only offer sympathy to every man around the world who has suffered with the tie and the suit.
Sorry.
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