Fashion Board 12-09-03 through 1-08-04

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by evenodds
It's not on the homepage and it doesn't appear on your screen unless you have access. Just as they cannot see our moderator forums if you cannot, they cannot see the adult board.

In a purely, um, hypothetical sense, if one had asked to have access, and then been told that one had been given access, where would one "see" the link for this board? One is having difficulty finding this board, and wonders whether perhaps one wasn't really given access after all.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
only 3 pair had leather soles.

I have a pair of Johnston & Murphy (shitty shoes, but nevertheless) rubber-soled shoes that I wear when the weather is like it's been all week: 5 inches of snow and cold. I don't have rubbers. If I wear the leather-soled shoes, I have to walk more slowly b/c I get absolutely no traction on the ice. And the salt completely destroys them. Plus, the rubber soles appear to be leather from a distance.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I was at a meeting the other day with fifteen male lawyers and financial analysts. Not one bangable guy in the bunch, and a fashion disaster. Ten of them were wearing button down shirts with their suits. Eight of those shirts were oxfords. Three of them were wearing loafers with suits, two penny, one tassel. Of twelve remaining pairs of shoes with actual laces, only 3 pair had leather soles. Several ties did not appear to be made of silk. I don't think there were any clip-ons.

Only two men got it all right (and one of them was a govt. fin. analyst). One of them actually wore a suit that was neither gray nor navy. I didn't like his cufflinks, but otherwise he did very well. The number should have been higher, as five of the men were from top tier NY based biglaw firms. They might have been dressing down, however, to fit in with the guvvies.

The women were even worse. I was the best-dressed one there, and that's saying a lot, as I was wearing my least favorite suit. I bought it in law school, and it's ... I can barely write this ... triacetate. You can't tell if you're not close up, as it's well made, but I know the truth. My shoes were killer, though.

Law is a wonderful field if you're half attractive and have a shred of charisma and style. You feel sooooooo much better about yourself when you sit through meetings. I used to feel inadequate because I was rarely as prepared as everyone else, but now I just take over the fuckin conversation, because everybody's such a disaster that if you look put together, people assume you're in charge. Its really fucked up. We do meeting with prospective clients where other lawyers show up looking like high school guidance counselors. I've had to bite my tongue from saying "Goddamnit, how did you get through Dartmouth/Penn/etc... without learning how to dress like a human!"

If you look like shit, you'll be thought of as shit. I won't cower from any lawyer in a cheap suit, no matter how much smarter he is. But if you're smart and you've got your act together, I will be careful, because you've given me a sign I should be concerned.

The "dress down and play the simple man" gig does not work, even in the outlying counties. You can have all the law on the planet on your side, but if you're a zero, I'm going to win the judge because I'll make him smile. Of course, the real secret is listening. I have yet to see a lawyer who doesn't listen to the judge win jack shit. The fastest way to pick any pocket is to keep your fucking mouth shut until its time to speak. Hence, I must always blather on this board because I'm chock full if shit i don't get to say all day... That, and I'm a pompous blowhard, who's mainly correct.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Uh, thanks for playing but we already have a csquared.

Your New Year's resolution was to stop recognizing sarcasm, was it?

[SlaveNoMore]

by paigowprincess
I havent seen her since she was Bunny Lebowski.

If you are suggesting you haven't seen American Pie, you are full of shit

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I don't have rubbers.

Leaving everything up to Sequels. Really, we had already guessed this.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I don't have rubbers.

No tertiary gifts for you this year?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I won't cower from any lawyer in a cheap suit, no matter how much smarter he is.

The brilliant ones in the cheap suits are the ones that should scare you the most.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I can see why what I posted reminded you of this scintilltaing story. Perhpas you should have just pulled down your pants and shown the gal this:

()I()

FOR THE 50TH TIME - I DO NOT HAVE FORESTED ASS.

Ask AdL. He and I go to the same waxing salon. Only I don't get the chest shaving.

[SlaveNoMore]

Alex_de_Large
According to Maureen Dowd, GWB is in a "tizzy over lezzies."

spree: link to NYT editorial

I'd pay good money to see Peggy Noonan kick the shit out of that idiot Maureen Dowd.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
FOR THE 50TH TIME - I DO NOT HAVE FORESTED ASS.

Ask AdL. He and I go to the same waxing salon. Only I don't get the chest shaving.

Let me guess - this is the manly, blue collar waxing salon that serves nachos and shows football on tv.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I have a pair of Johnston & Murphy (shitty shoes, but nevertheless) rubber-soled shoes that I wear when the weather is like it's been all week: 5 inches of snow and cold. I don't have rubbers. If I wear the leather-soled shoes, I have to walk more slowly b/c I get absolutely no traction on the ice. And the salt completely destroys them. Plus, the rubber soles appear to be leather from a distance.

There's no shame in that. I have several pair of rubber soled Franco Sartos that I wear quite often, but not when I'm wearing a suit or something a step up from the ordinary business casual. It was a dry day, and these shoes were not of the type that look like leather soles from a distance. They were Rockportesque, and in several cases they were worn at the heels.

My point is just that these men overlooked the simplest detaiil when they intended to dress "up" from the norm. They must mistakenly believe that nobody notices shoes. In a sense, that's true: I tend only to notice a man's shoes when they're wrong.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Leaving everything up to Sequels. Really, we had already guessed this.

Way to take the meatball. Can we create a word for a post that swings at every down-the-middle pitch? This is batting-cage fodder.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
FOR THE 50TH TIME - I DO NOT HAVE FORESTED ASS.

Ask AdL. He and I go to the same waxing salon. Only I don't get the chest shaving.

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. That said, I don't know how you put up with the ass waxing.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The brilliant ones in the cheap suits are the ones that should scare you the most.

Ya'd think. I just prison raped one last week. He was all caught up in quoting cases and relaying facts to the Court. I kept politely asking for cites to transcripts he was quoting and he stupidly played along. His searching delayed everything and the Judge got bored and asked me "While he looks, what do you have to say?" I said my peace quickly while the other guy fumbled with papers and then other guy came back loaded with case law and cites for the Court. In the intervening moments, the Judge and I exchanged a few semi-jokes and he decided he liked me, and that the other guy was boring. The judge didn't want cites or case law. I made his job simple and I didn't bore him. He gave me what I wanted. Judges are lazy. If you give them an easy way to avoid work they'll go for your shtick every time. And when they're arguing with oppposing counsel, don't interject.

David Boies' argument to the Supremes was awful because the egmonaia didn't know when to shut his fucking mouth.