It's Official: Tweed is In (again)

[English Bloke]

"Since 1999, the Chap has been championing the rights of that increasingly marginalised and discredited species of Englishman - the gentleman. The Chap believes that a society without courteous behaviour and proper headwear is a society on the brink of moral and sartorial collapse, and it seeks to reinstate such outmoded but indispensable gestures as hat doffing, giving up one's seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press... "

Brilliant, but can one use a trouser press on a kilt?

I say... there are some awfully nice brogues in the chap shop what?

[Jock Scot]

"Since 1999, the Chap has been championing the rights of that increasingly marginalised and discredited species of Englishman - the gentleman. The Chap believes that a society without courteous behaviour and proper headwear is a society on the brink of moral and sartorial collapse, and it seeks to reinstate such outmoded but indispensable gestures as hat doffing, giving up one's seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press... "

Brilliant, but can one use a trouser press on a kilt?

I say... there are some awfully nice brogues in the chap shop what?

No no, you have it all wrong! One does not use a trouser press! Whatever next? Let's get this right. One's man uses the trouserpress to press a chap's trousers.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

No no, you have it all wrong! One does not use a trouser press! Whatever next? Let's get this right. One's man uses the trouserpress to press a chap's trousers.

Well pointed out, and spoken like a true chap. Still, though, I would contend that at least a rudimentary knowledge of the workings of the Corby (to say nothing of knowing its location) is no bad thing.

[Kiltman]

Ok, I'm standing at the pisser and the gentleman next to me compliments me on my tweed coat, not the kilt! Like several others I've been wearing it for so long I didn't know it was out and the in, out and then . . .

[fluter]

Brilliant, but can one use a trouser press on a kilt?

Not any trouser press that I've ever seen. Of course one rarely sees one in the States at all!

[Nick]

Wait, I'm confused. This suggests that there was a point in which tweed was not 'in'. Surely that can't be true!

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Of course one rarely sees one [a trouser press] in the States at all!

Quite so, although I do have one mounted to the wall in my dressing room. BUT, I would like to know why HOTELS have omitted this handy item from guest rooms, without reinstating a pressing service? Case in point: Over the weekend I attended the Saint Andrew's Society of Washington DC's Tartan Ball, which, BTW, was brilliant. The event was held at the Mayflower Hotel, considered by some to be the second best address in Washington DC. In other words, this wasn't exactly Motel 6. Well, the room is provided with an iron and an ironing board (just like Motel 6), but no trouser press. When I rang down to the desk, I was informed that they did not offer a valet service-- no pressing, no shoe shine. So it seems one is now expected to press their own trousers and shine their own shoes when staying at what are considered "top tier" hotels...

[JSFMACLJR]

Quite so, although I do have one mounted to the wall in my dressing room. BUT, I would like to know why HOTELS have omitted this handy item from guest rooms, without reinstating a pressing service? Case in point: Over the weekend I attended the Saint Andrew's Society of Washington DC's Tartan Ball, which, BTW, was brilliant. The event was held at the Mayflower Hotel, considered by some to be the second best address in Washington DC. In other words, this wasn't exactly Motel 6. Well, the room is provided with an iron and an ironing board (just like Motel 6), but no trouser press. When I rang down to the desk, I was informed that they did not offer a valet service-- no pressing, no shoe shine. So it seems one is now expected to press their own trousers and shine their own shoes when staying at what are considered "top tier" hotels...

If noticed the same thing, Scott, at some of the "better" hotels I've stayed at in this country recently.