Hello : Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:53 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Labels! Labels!

Many (many!) years ago, I had a phase where I sincerely loved labels. And badges.

I was on a train one day, wearing (as was my wont at the time) a battered old tweed jacket, with three badges on one lapel: a red star, a green star and an echthis.

A young man sitting nearby, with an unopened can of beer, moved over to sit opposite – and started quizzing me about the badges.

I used to wear a blue star on my suit lapel in the 80's. Does that count? They were giving them away in my local wine bar in W1. It was a Newcastle Brown Ale promotion. True. You can tell it was a posh Wine Bar.

Re: Right wingers are stupid(er) : Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:57 pm  

El Barbudo wrote:

You can get clothes with the label on the outside.

If you're talking about suits with labels on the left cuff, they are supposed to be cut off before being worn. Although I have seen any number of people wearing them, including Terry Wogan and the last one was that Chris Jefferies when he appeared at the Levenson enquiry. I put that down to them both being too thick to understand. A proper suit should only have the maker's label inside an inside pocket

Jeans have had labels on the outside since before you and I were born

[tb]

Re: Right wingers are stupid(er) : Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:58 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

I think the essence is pretty simple - it is a about control,

The people on the left want to have a bigger say in/dictate how society is run through taxation/spending. People on the right want the power moved away from the centre to the individual with the spending power redistributing accordingly, thereby giving greater giving decision making opportunities to those who generate the wealth.

This is very broad brush but not far from the reality.

QED (OP)

Re: Right wingers are stupid(er) : Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:10 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

If you're talking about suits with labels on the left cuff, they are supposed to be cut off before being worn. Although I have seen any number of people wearing them, including Terry Wogan and the last one was that Chris Jefferies when he appeared at the Levenson enquiry. I put that down to them both being too thick to understand. A proper suit should only have the maker's label inside an inside pocket

I was meaning the sort of thing where the a sweatshirt might have SUPERDRY or ABERCROMBIE & FITCH in huge letters ... where the label has become so much more important than the actual garment that it appears on the outside.
But, yes, your example is a good one.

cod'ead wrote:

Jeans have had labels on the outside since before you and I were born

Hmm, good point, but in general they'd be covered by the belt... except for the identifiable stitching pattern on the rear pockets.

I think you have pointed out where that idea originated.
I'll build that into my general theory on labels.