Little Known Brief Menswear Tales: Frequently Asked Questions
My apologies for being so delayed in creating a “Frequently Asked Questions” section for this blog. Here is a draft…I hope that is useful to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is your blog really about?
A: My blog is about when our vanities are greater than our miseries.
Q: So many of the things that you wear are really expensive. Do you have any product recommendations for a guy starting with a modest budget on what to acquire for his sartorial collection?
A: No.
Q: Do you have any advice on what to wear for a job interview or a wedding?
A: After looking at your photograph, I do: try to marry well so that you do not need to go on job interviews. This is really your best chance.
Q: Why do you always blot, or crop, your face out of photographs of yourself?
A: I prefer not to be murdered by dudes who wear Allen Edmonds seconds.
Q: Why don’t you do any clothing and accessory reviews or recommendations, have any advertising, or visit makers, and things like that which other bloggers do?
A: By the time that I started microblogging, all the free stuff was already claimed by other bloggers. The only unclaimed stuff was Banana Republic, and I did not want that.
Q: Why do you always poke fun at Pitti Uomo?
A: Honestly? It is solely because of the name, which I take as a call to action.
Q: Your dressing room is larger than my apartment!
A: That is not really a question.
Q: Why did you stop posting on any menswear discussion forums over two years ago?
A: It is rather embarrassing, but I forgot my password. I know that the word “derp” is part of it, but the rest now eludes me. Old age, I guess.
Q: How do you manage to feature so many high-resolution versions of stylish classic photographs?
A: I take all the photographs on my tumblr myself. I have been doing that for, oh, over a hundred years, maybe longer.
Q: So many of your personal photographs—in which you are simply standing—seem so unnatural. Why don’t you do stuff like use your cell phone or look at your watch, or maybe sit on a wall? You know, dynamic stuff like that?
A: I agree that standing still is an unnatural human activity. Very few men can even do it today. The fact is, I am too poor to own a cell phone or watch, and walls make me nervous.
Q: What would you pair with a mid-gray flannel suit?
A: I would pair it with an ice cold Old Raj martini, stirred not shaken, served up with a twist.
