The Dating/Courtship Thread

[4ndr3i]

She's like really hot but I'm loving more and more her personality. I'd vote for her all the way in the babes comp solely based on that. It's a huge factor for me when judging a girl now. She has much much more sex appeal to me than a shallow sex-bomb like Kate Upton.

 

[Alex]

Always the boss. He's with Clooney and he's still the boss.

This is an alpha in the purest form. Anyone who has three guys like that - especially as one is Clooney - eating from the palm of his hand, is doing something right

 

[ShiftyPowers]

He's the worst dressed of the 4 too.

 

[RobbieD_PL]

And he couldn't care less.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Right, well he's also the only one brazen enough to break the black tie convention, but not in a clownish way (as usually happens when one strays too far).

 

[Alex]

Interesting that everyone is wearing normal collars, rather than wing tips which you often see with black tie/tuxedo in Australia/UK/Europe .

Is that generally the case in the US?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

It depends, but it's probably harder to find a wing collar shirt on short notice. Spread collar is acceptable, so I think they are probably just more comfortable with it.

 

[Alex]

Ok. With black tie both are accepted anyway. As long as they don't do it with white tie.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

No one ever wears white tie unless they're hosting diplomats at the White House.

 

[Alex]

No one ever wears white tie unless they're hosting diplomats at the White House.

Or a full evening dress ball/wedding.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Maybe you do that in Australia, but I'm pretty certain even that would be black tie here.

 

[Alex]

Depends. Most formal weddings and balls are black tie, but they say black tie on the invite.

I've been to a couple of weddings where the groom and groomsmen were in full evening dress.

Same goes for balls. Mostly black tie (and suggest formal or black tie on the invite), but I've been invited to a white tie function once.

When I get married, I'll be in full white tie.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Never ever seen it.

 

[Alex]

One of the two weddings I've seen it at was twenty years ago, to be fair.

But it probably is less common in the US than commonwealth nations anyway. In Britain you still see guys go to the (horse) races and things in full morning dress.

 

[Chuckínho]

I've seen white tie, but most weddings I end up at are kilted. The traditional dress there being based on the military mess dress.

 

[Alex]

Yeah, in Scotland though, as you have national dress, a kilt can be worn as full evening dress. So instead of white tie and tails, you have kilt, tails evening Carlos*et etc

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Highland Dress is black tie acceptable. George Lazenby rocks it in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

 

[Alex]

It's both, black and white tie. Highland dress is a general term though, and it can be worn as a black tie equivalent or a white tie equivalent.

 

[Help?]

She also takes no crap from reporters... in the nicest way possible.

These questions are retarded

 

[Chuckínho]

It's both, black and white tie. Highland dress is a general term though, and it can be worn as a black tie equivalent or a white tie equivalent.

Such versatility - can also be worn with a football jersey. The more formal Carlos*ets worn with kilts don't have long tails and are high cut so as to allow for the wearing of a sporran and the kilt straps.

As for Lazenby he does OK for an Aussie I suppose. My cousins in OZ have special lightweight kilts as it is far too hot over there.

I've always thought Sean Connery does a kilt justice. It is always handy to have a wee bit of height and a strong pair of legs to carry off a kilt.

There is always scope for some cravatte action too...