Thanks, Posh,

I've been looking for a pair of desert boots for years.....like 35 years.
They've just disappeared and once were available for pennies.
There's nothing to them, just 3 or 4 pieces of split cowhide. I suppose it's the plantation crepe that is precious. Anyway, they are truly comfortable and made from my favorite material, suede.

The Dior suit, true to its European origins, emphasizes rather than disguises the male form as found in boring USA brands such as Brooks Brothers.

I truly hope that ties are not going the way of the horse and buggy.
I think Barack Obama looks juvenile tie-less. Tom Cruise may be excused for trying to look eternally young, that's his job after all, but I prefer my Presidents to at least try to look dignified.
Also, men have so little to show off with vis-a-vis a suit.
The suit has changed only minutely since Victorian times and a beautiful and colorful piece of silk fabric at the neck is the only individual statement a man can make.

Again on Tom, what's with the little boy bangs ?
What's with the lavender ?
And at great risk ( lol ) I firmly reject a chalk stripe suit jacket and vest with jeans. Navy blazer ? Fine, a classic look with jeans.
Well, I am no fan of the tiny Monsieur Cruise.

I'm amused to see the pic of Steve McQueen dancing with Luci Johnson ( not, NEVER at a young Republican affair. Johnson was a Democrat ) mention of Desert Boots and Ali McGraw. Read her biography ' Moving Pictures ' for her take on McQueen.

Norman