[lbo-talk] Re: Ralph

[C. G. Estabrook]

No, it's the style of his youth. Ralph spent the 1950s in Princeton and
Cambridge, when men were still required to wear jackets and ties to meals
in university housing, and unstarched button-down oxfords were preferred
to the previous generation's starched shirt.  Just another aspect of his
practicality. --CGE

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, BklynMagus wrote:


> ...Didn't anyone ever tell Ralph not to wear a button-own oxford shirt
> with a suit?  LOL?  Seems just another aspect of his willful disregard
> of reality.
>