{"id":1791,"date":"2013-03-23T15:19:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T23:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2013-03-23T16:46:15","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T00:46:15","slug":"sharp-dressed-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/archives\/1791","title":{"rendered":"Sharp Dressed Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black tie event tonight. Funny, coming up in the seventies and early eighties, being sneeringly sloven was the rebuke of choice against parental-approved dress code norms. It began with a boyhood disdain for pleated pants; looking nice for others — and who else could it be for, I’d thought, certainly not m<\/em>e — was a mark of obsequiousness, as far this young rebel was concerned it was. Unpressed corduroys, patch-worn the better, a tie dye shirt and sneakers bandaged with duct tape, those were the rags of revolt. I wanted to wear them everywhere!<\/p>\n

Heroes change and norms follow. Sebastian and Joplin were cool, sure, but then Fleming came and brought us Bond, the James Bond<\/em>, who got the girl, always<\/em>. And why?<\/p>\n

Cue ZZ:<\/p>\n

Clean shirt, new shoes<\/em>
\nAnd I don’t know where I am goin’ to.<\/em>
\nSilk suit,black tie,<\/em>
\nI don’t need a reason why.<\/em>
\nThey come runnin’ just as fast as they can<\/em>
\nCoz’ every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man<\/em><\/p>\n

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That’s why. And so it is still, you want the girl, you appeal to what sets them crazy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Joplin ‘n Hendrix? Oh, they’re still here, brightly swirled tanks and tees folded and reverently laid in a drawer. Beneath my sock drawer! Ready ‘n waiting when wanted to awaken the rebel within.<\/p>\n

But not tonight.<\/p>\n

Tonight at Raven’s Ball we men will set the ladies a-swooning, dapperly, in the convention of post six pm dress introduced during, and unchanged since, the reign of King Edward. Dear Readers, please, permit my indulgence: I will be dressed in a Tuxedo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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