In Reply to: Re: Having read of this charge/claim for the 50th time now... posted by Dalton on May 6, 2006 at 12:56:37:
Here are the facts:1) My fine grain leather trousers are tailored, and yes, there probably were cows sacrificed at some point in the process, but as far as the gory details are concerned I never inquired of my tailor.
2) The only "faux" I'm aware of are the foes who are jealous.
3) Leather attire and unorhtodox clothing in general is rarely perceived as ridiculous except by "mundanes" (a word well known in the science fiction community for anyone who is so straight-laced in their attitudes and behavior as to find anything outside of their narrowly defined common experience as weird or unacceptable)
4) Leather isn't uncommon attire for convention & concert goers or performers at rock concerts and some stage entertainers
5) As a professional artist, frequent concert goer and occasional stage entertainer (art auctioneer), leather attire is entirely appropo; it's even become a trademark of my stage work
6) That posted photo was taken at DragonCon, not a banker's convention! ;^)
BTW, most of my armchair critics are usually wearing BULL when not modeling the emporer's new clothes, so they have little room to talk about what anyone else wears. As for Victor, I tease him about having a Napoleonic complex for a variety of reasons having nothing to do with his wardrobe, but the photo does tend to underscore what most folks were undoubtably already thinking.
AuPh
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Follow Ups
- LOL! Great post Dalton, even though the history and your impressions are off, "beyond doubt." - Audiophilander 00:34:39 05/07/06 (4)
- Re:Well, I guess that should *inform* any Johnny-come-latelies to the club... - Guy. 09:22:25 05/08/06 (3)
- "...but did AuPh and Vic truly post their own faces along with the garb?" - For my part, YES. - Audiophilander 01:14:09 05/09/06 (2)
- Re: And my closing question: what's MPB? * - Guy. 09:19:54 05/12/06 (1)
- Well, MPB is either "male pattern baldness" or... - Dalton 18:18:25 05/12/06 (0)