I think you totally deserve a new corset - due to putting up with the evil tick thing of evil.
I've been purchasing for Autumn now, and I have two new sets of knee high leather boots [one brown and one black] but it's not enough, they're just basic standard issue necessary for survival in winter, I definitely need more. And new jackets and coats.
riding boot style? or do you go for more straps and buckle details? With all the walking you do I expect low heels?
Do you oil the leather to make it more waterproof? Can you polish shoes? I am surprised how many of my coworkers dont know how to and just use the instant polish stuff. Not good for the shoes. Of course shoes are made to fall apart nowadays. 6 of one, half dozen.
Riding boot-ish. knee-high, low heel, no decoration but not the stiff leather of actual riding boots. If someone said, "Quick, get on this horse!" you could fit your heels in the stirrups and be off. btw, have you ever ridden? My mother decided it was vital to my 'uppercrust' training to send me to lessons. Frankly all we did was walk them in circles and towards the end of the year we were allowed to attempt a trot. I found it a silly way to spend time and money as I was not one of those girls who goes crazy over horses. As i sit here now I realize as part of our timed lesson we groomed, fed, mucked and equiped the horse before riding and reverse at the end. So our parents were paying for us to do the entire stable work for the owners. Nice for them! Then a mean horse tried to throw me and I was ,"I QUIT." and everyone was "You have to get right back on! It's a famous saying!" "No, I do not. It's a stupid saying. Fool me once is a saying. I'm going with that." but I prob told this story before
Ah exploited child labour! lol. I think you made the right decision in not getting back on, when horses have had enough they've had enough. You almost certainly can ride better than I can however
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This is the place in my home village where I used to play when I was little, if you look carefully on the right you can see a gang of horses coming up in a line to ambush me cause I've just crossed the stile, the second you cross the stile they file up to you. There's a different group that lives on the other side of the river as well so you can't use either path on either banks to get where you need to go unhindered. They've got the area locked down from horsekind, and have for at least the 20 years that I can remember. Also the swan in the river you have to be careful around, because they expect you to give them a certain level of respect. The family of Swans that live there are fucking haughty things which just sail up and down the river being haughty.
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Polish keeps the leather soft and helps waterproof against the muck. However it is a right pain with boots. Just do the shoe part of the boot? ;)
The men here who are apt to wear waistcoats with suits are also apt to wear pocket squares. Possibly a fob and chain. I like the playful dressers. Waistcoats as a trend? I kinda hope we get it. Is this an anti-frumpy Pres thing? Can I say it is? How is brexit going?
Men's fashions here certainly got a lot more formal from 2011 onwards, once the recession hit and globally things started to go more wrong, it may be that increased competition for work means they've got to put more effort in. Also [and I do like noticing what the men are wearing :) as I walk around] they've definitely started dressing more "military", by which I mean they're wearing either suits which are basically Military Officer dress suits or stuff which looks like they're going on some sort of special ops Operation. I think that's also to communicate that they're capable and mean business to people who might give them money. They're actually more and more moving away from the "Officer Mess Suits" into more "operations clothes" probably because they have to look like they're fighting. I actually think men tend to dress to impress other men, not women. If they want to impress women they do their hair, take their tie off and loosen up. Men dress down for women and up for business, whereas women dress up for men and down for
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We have been trending towards casual. Stampeding towards it. No ties, yoga pants, wild beards, messy hair, etc. But i have seen a certain shift, now that you mention. The wild beards are getting tamed. Women's hair is going back up into cleaner styles. Maybe suits are back? suppose it is rump and his ties pushing it along? conservatives?
shapes. edit to say that women's hair trend i see right now is putting it up into shapes. like a fan or double bubble or like that
In the 1995 - 2008 period it was no ties, yoga pants, hoodies and baseball caps and nike sneakers. Very American style, and the buildings that got built looked American. And we got Shopping Malls, Big Supermarkets and McDonald's. And Pop Tarts and Nickelodeon. I think it was because the pound was so strong against the dollar so everyone was just going to the US all the time. I must have told you this before, but when we went to the US every summer we took empty suitcases and on Day 1 my Mum took us to the Malls and told us to buy up everything. Because it was vastly, vastly cheaper. Obviously, every single day of my school life I wore uniform, so for 300 days of the year I wore the same damn outfit anyway, of the remaining non-Uniform stuff probably 80+% was purchased in America. Certainly all my sneakers were. And that's what basically everyone did. So we all dressed like Americans cause that's where we were purchasing the clothes
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Which yes, actually, may be in response in order to differentiate from the "Trump Style", which I'd call "New York Banker/Mob Style" I assume that's why the patterns and pinstripes are coming back here because the Trump Family don't tend to wear those. There was an article in the newspaper actually about "Trump Style" in both clothes and interior design [The BBC previously have called it "Dictator Style"] About whether it's snobbery we should stop. Because, I don't know why but generally the British attitude was to take one look at Trump decor and go "oh good god no" Like, it's just hideous for inexplicable reasons. But it's snobbery isn't it, and we should really control that more. The article was basically arguing that the Family are the most powerful Family on the planet, and it says something about a moral deficit in ourselves that we look down on them because of their choice of panelling and lighting fixtures. The struggle to take the Trump Family seriously [even when he's now President] is in part because everything about them
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Just because you have to do business with someone doesn't mean you have to approve of them. You dont have to like your boss at work, you just have to be pleasant. Stupid remains stupid and painting it with gold doesn't make it any different. Sometimes it makes it easier to look at, but not often.
You can Downton Abbey eyebrow at Us in the pubs anytime you want
The clothes and the beards are probably symptomatic of the entire Global Situation in that it feels like everyone is preparing for a battle. The only real economic problem so far is the weakness of the pound, which because British people do travel a hell of lot is eating into everyone's budgets. Although, I haven't noticed less people travelling to be honest. They're probably just spending less when they're abroad though. Conversely London has been extremely full of tourists - it's been like it was with the Olympics or the Royal Wedding without anything actually happening - because the weakness of the pound means they get more for their money. We'll have to wait until the end of the year but it wouldn't surprise me if we end up being the most visited tourist location this year because it's been noticeably heaving
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There's basically only three things that are going to impact the negotiations by the way. 1. Free trade [which both the UK and the EU want, so this is going to be the main "threat of removal" chip. The UK wants free access to the EU market, and the EU wants free access to the UK market. The only question is what price either side are willing to pay to get it. 2. The rights of the Europeans to move to, and get welfare in the UK. This is a big one for the Europeans. For reasons somewhat explained by this map about the numbers of people currently not in their country of residence.
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I've been purchasing for Autumn now, and I have two new sets of knee high leather boots [one brown and one black] but it's not enough, they're just basic standard issue necessary for survival in winter, I definitely need more. And new jackets and coats.
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With all the walking you do I expect low heels?
Do you oil the leather to make it more waterproof? Can you polish shoes? I am surprised how many of my coworkers dont know how to and just use the instant polish stuff. Not good for the shoes. Of course shoes are made to fall apart nowadays. 6 of one, half dozen.
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btw, have you ever ridden? My mother decided it was vital to my 'uppercrust' training to send me to lessons. Frankly all we did was walk them in circles and towards the end of the year we were allowed to attempt a trot. I found it a silly way to spend time and money as I was not one of those girls who goes crazy over horses.
As i sit here now I realize as part of our timed lesson we groomed, fed, mucked and equiped the horse before riding and reverse at the end. So our parents were paying for us to do the entire stable work for the owners. Nice for them!
Then a mean horse tried to throw me and I was ,"I QUIT." and everyone was "You have to get right back on! It's a famous saying!" "No, I do not. It's a stupid saying. Fool me once is a saying. I'm going with that."
but I prob told this story before
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The men here who are apt to wear waistcoats with suits are also apt to wear pocket squares. Possibly a fob and chain. I like the playful dressers.
Waistcoats as a trend? I kinda hope we get it. Is this an anti-frumpy Pres thing? Can I say it is?
How is brexit going?
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But i have seen a certain shift, now that you mention. The wild beards are getting tamed. Women's hair is going back up into cleaner styles. Maybe suits are back? suppose it is rump and his ties pushing it along?
conservatives?
shapes. edit to say that women's hair trend i see right now is putting it up into shapes. like a fan or double bubble or like that
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Stupid remains stupid and painting it with gold doesn't make it any different. Sometimes it makes it easier to look at, but not often.
You can Downton Abbey eyebrow at Us in the pubs anytime you want
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1. Free trade [which both the UK and the EU want, so this is going to be the main "threat of removal" chip. The UK wants free access to the EU market, and the EU wants free access to the UK market. The only question is what price either side are willing to pay to get it.
2. The rights of the Europeans to move to, and get welfare in the UK. This is a big one for the Europeans. For reasons somewhat explained by this map about the numbers of people currently not in their country of residence.
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