> > > Date: Fri, 9-Jun-2000 15:41:39 GMT > From: Paul Secular > Subject: Men's accessories > > > --- > Quote from Arena + Homme Spring/Summer Issue 00 p.272 > (interesting this!) > > "The shock of the new, now? It's not men got up as conceptual > mediaeval > monks or the old guy-in-a-skirt gag. This season's man to watch is > wearing a suit and tie. He might have on a turtleneck and sports > jacket, > or a shirt over a T. Look him up and down, and he's hardly going to > strike you as an outrageous specimen. Except, that is, for one > unavoidable fact: the bloke is carrying a handbag. > And this person, you had better believe, means business." > --- > > A half-Italian guy at work said: It's nothing new in Italy. Why > shouldn't men be allowed to carry things too?! > > Exactly. > > May I also point out that the fan is taking off amongst London mods > this > summer too. Admittedly as Camp Paul pointed out they're being carried > by > women - but hey.... it's a start! > > > Don't mean to rub your faces in it or anything, but remember what I > was > saying about being a leader, not follower, of fashion? > > > > Paul :) > At some point someone was a "leader" wearing a macrame vest too.... You can find someone somewhere to agree with anything you want Paul... In fact I think you would find quite a few admirers of your accessorizing in certain neighborhoods here in San Francisco...but hey, that's nothing new, been happening since the days of Romans and Greeks of old... But if an OFFICIAL half-Italian approves then I say go for it! Dan
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