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That's tricky.
Too often it comes off as Master Champ. I think the real key is to wear polo as sleek as the suit.
The next critical question would then be, collar in or out?
Monday, August 16, 2010
That's tricky.
Too often it comes off as Master Champ. I think the real key is to wear polo as sleek as the suit.
The next critical question would then be, collar in or out?
236 comments
Tricky indeed! I'm not a fan, but if it has to be done, collar in.
No way…
I prefer the collar in myself but this guy seems to be able to pull it off.
Collar in, definitely. I would put this in the same boat as wearing a t-shirt or other collar-less shirt under a suit.
hmmm that's a tough one. i am not sure that i can say i am a fan of the polo with a suit.
Ouch. This is bad.
Blue and brown always look so modern, at least to my eye. The polo shirt collar looks less fussed-over and natural when it resides within the lapels.
nice combination!
collar in i should think, tricky part is where its appropriate to it. Love the high waisted trousers on the suit as well, very flattering and a bit offbeat.
Sadly, you can always tell when the subjects are from Milan. Absolutely no one looks that good in the states.
simone! breaking my heart again with his masculine beauty and god-given italian style. it must be wrong for a man to look so right.
I don't think so
Looking at this, first thing in the morning, I see nothing wrong. At all. Perfect.
Good tip about the polo – as slick as the jacket. Nevertheless, to feel the material of the jacket next to my skin is rather uncomfortable.
The collar? Definitely in.
Either way, on this man it looks great!
Or go with the collar up, (London) Chelsea boy style!
It depends what color the suit is, also the polo.
2 colorful polo & suit would be better if the collar is out. Same for 2 not so colorful polo & suit.
But if it's 1 colorful and 1 not colorful, then it's rather to put the collar in.
What attracts you to him, in my opinion, is his confidence, his pose…not the suit!
I see this guy alot on your blog and in your fantastic book and he always looks great but i'm just not feeling the outside the suit collar, I think brad Pitt over killed it for me in oceans eleven.
Collar should be IN for sure.
Very charming and ellegant man! Love it! He looks sofisticated.
From my perspective, I'd say collar in….he pulled it off though, barely but he did.
The pocket square looks like some sort of print (plaid?) in colors that complement the polo. That and the orange lapel pin add interesting harmonics to the overall look that make it look more consonant.
I like the collar out action, but the waist on the trousers is fantastic. That is the way trousers were meant to be worn. That suit just oozes quality.
This dude always looks crisp and like a real character, but very believable (like the World's Most Interesting Man or something).
Polo Tee … there ya go!
Lets see… First I have to remove my eyes from the extremely handsome face of this man to properly address your question!
Okay, the gorgeously tailored suit looks to be linen which in my dress code standards instantly brings with it an "Anything goes, devil may care attitude" when choosing the rest of one's outfit. Extremely casual, moderately dressy, or downright "on the beach".
The choice of a black Polo is the first error here, because it completely distracts from this suit which is perfection and already very dark, really next season, color palette wise. As for collar in or out? With this suit, in for sure!
If he's going to dress it down, which instantly happens when you slip on a Polo, I would have much rather seen a Pima cotton T-shirt underneath in a lighter shade of blue. Now that would have really popped!
A black polo? There must be something wrong with you or your screen. It's a brown polo.
Polo with a suit? Too dated, and it reminds me of suburban, golf-obsessed dads. But this gentleman almost pulls it off, if it weren't for the clash of navy blue and mud brown. And the collar is out.
In my opinion this man just look PERFECT! Collar out here is just in its place,l wouldn't change a single element of his outfit!
The collar must be in!
When you are born like this gentleman pictured above, you can pull off anything you want, even the ladies hearts!
I think this person does it even better!
I love the fit of the suit jacket. It's perfect! With the collar out, I would have thought that he would look like an Italian guy in a Scorsese movie (Casino or Goodfellas), but he seems to be able to pull it off. Btw, Chelsea, if you are reading this, please email me.
When we closed the door on the 1970s, one of the items left there FOREVER is the collar on the outside. Collars stay Inside. Period.
I like the collar out on him…..he has style and a presence to carry this off…like it…he looks good..thanks…L
Collar in. Best to have a $$$$ horse or a set of clubs at hand, though. In this man's defense I must say I have never EVER seen a pro golfer in such an exquisite linen suit.
you know, it's the beard that drew me in, noticed the polo second?
not sure i like, but as was mentioned above, this guy can pull off anything he likes!
I think he can do whatever he wants!
Collar out for this gentleman. In for everybody else.
When you have a face as handsome as his, you can get away with murder.
I think Kathleen is right about a.) the physical characteristics of the wearer, b.) the material/cut of the suit, and c.) the collar being in! This gentleman has such a striking face, and the lighter beard somehow helps distract but also tie it all together…perhaps by giving the outfit an angularity (though still soft) that is missing elsewhere?
Nope, nope, nope. I really tried to like the polo and suit look, but I can't; it seems rude to the suit (which is gorgeous and undoubtedly an extremely high quality linen) to make it be seen in public with the polo, no matter how nice that polo may be.
This looks needs what, in the 1930's, was called a "lingerie shirt," the nearest translation into today's english might be "sport shirt," but even that calls to mind the wrong thing.
I used to work with a guy who looked like him, but he sure didn't dress that nice. Maybe he would have gone further in business if he had.
Great scott, Scott! I think for this (fine, fine looking) gentleman, the success is all in the waistline of his pants. High, gorgeous and trim, its an exaggerated detail that carries off the whole look for me.
I say treat it like you would a dress shirt.
Wow, that's what I call aplomb! Nice hands too. To hell with collars in or out.
Collar in, unless you are John Travolta ca. 1975 or Al Pacino as Scarface. Perhaps a white, beige or other light color polo in a thinner fabric, I don't think this color combination works. Heavy color and fabric. Usually,the shirt fabric should be lighter(in weight) than the suit, such as linen dress shirt or very thin fabric (silk?) polo shirt perhaps? Linen wrinkles are expected, the second you wear it, but this suit looks like it has not been pressed for a long time or perhaps this is caused by the jacket being much too small, tight in armholes, shoulders, apparent from the deep wrinkles. Am I too fastidious? This is about recommendations and comments concerning sartorial style, no?
Collar in! Makes a world of difference.
Teresa (Splendid Sass)
Yes! I like it
Ah, forget the collar. Great suit! Not so sure about the pocket square and lapel badge though…
I think collar out works here (the color of the polo is not in strong contrast to the suit). Also suitable for his personal style as this gentleman wears his hair in a very casual style.
I think one of the keys here is the high-waisted cut of the trousers. This keeps the look chic.
Collar in, collar out, who cares? This guy would look great no matter what!
No matter if collar in or out, if polo with suit or not. The thing is HOW u feel about what u wear. If u feel good about it and it suits u/ur personality well, some "fashion rules" are totally off topic then…
You have to embrace the Polo. Collar out. (This should be unsaid, but I'll say it anyway: the Polo should only be worn if you take as much pride in the care of your Polo as you should in the care of your suit (wrinkles need not apply).)
He looks great as it is…
-diary of a fashion stylist-
I like a polo with a suit but it has to be a slim fit 60s cut suit, polo buttons done up, collar in.
Yes, polo is ok, always IN.
How about this? Polo, no polo, this guy looks like a badass.
Are you coming to Stockholm Fashion Week this week? Will you stop by in Malmoe (in southern Sweden)?
And faboulus blog! I read it everyday :)
no, no NO! but if you must..collar in!
Plus black and blue… Best to break all (old-fashioned) rules! If you can carry it of with confidence… Collar out!
I'd like to think an enormous bear was charging down the street as this photo was taken, and this guy is calmly taking off his glasses before he wrestles it to the ground. That is the kind of manliness that exudes from this fellow.
Props to him for pulling something like that off! I think I like polos now.
we do that all the time here in Bangkok. Sometimes, not a pretty sight.
Collar in.
Depends what collar the shirt has, penguin polos have bigger collars vs lacoste polos.
Personal preferance is in.
European or Japanese cut for polo shirts every time. The american "baggy" is an atrocious style.
I think we should ask the beard, because the beard seems to have taken over the whole deal here. Beards and belt buckles should blend into the look, not dominate.
I vote "in".
I think this looks better with a sports jaclet and odd trousers.
I think the polo looks appropriate with the casual nature of the linen shirt. Keeps it from looking like a wrinkled mess. But I think I'd prefer the collar in.
he did it so effortlessly that I didn't even realize it was a polo! so great of you to spot that detail. Then again, that's why you're the sartorialist!
Normally I would say never and if you do, collar in, but I think this guy pulls it off, so…who knows?
It can be done but the secret is to make sure you pare like with like. If it's a cotton poloshirt go for a casual cotton or linen suit, if it's a marino or cashmere poloshirt (think John Smedley) then team it with a sharply tailored suit.
I vote in, however there's something so extreme about his outfit (the high waist and the similar tones of the shirt and suit) that just make this work for me.
Totally agree with the previous poster that the problem here is the beard. It attracts too much attention and needs to be trimmed.
Other than that, there's too much going on with the look. Either take out the pocket square or remove the pin.
Collar in or out? Whatever the wearer is comfortable with.
If your name ain´t Don Johnson….better keep the collar IN dudes! Like all of the time on every occasion….
He looks great with the polo and suit combo. He definitely pulled it off.
Oh yes,I like his individual style,the rough with the smooth,he makes it work for him and got you to notice it.
Collar in, collar out? I don't think it matters much to this man, who is handsome enough to pull off anything.
It takes a certain man to pull this off. I like the collar out. Glad it's not UP!
I don't like it and if yes, then with the collar in! Definitely in!
Not many people can do what that man with a goatie can do. It looks good on him.
Collar IN for sure-with the jacket closed!
More important, is if the shirt should be tucked in or not…
Being shorter than most dress shirts, they should probably be worn out, as to avoid pulling and bunching.
I like how he's wearing it with the collar out- he pulls it off well.
The polo collar out over these short notched lapels does not work too well. All those corners together are unflattering. I would say collar in then, but think I'd have to see first. Might be best to lose the polo altogether.
fab mix
To be honest I really like this (I´m not a fan of a polo with a suit, but it looks quiet nice.. but I think the collar should be in!
I think some of you are being too critical…I admire anyone who steps out of conformity. The polo is not common, but he looks great, polished and well dressed…Admit it!
I don't normally like polo's with suits, but this is Simone we are talking about. He can do anything.
nice look…it worked for J.F.K. and is popular with the country club set…i would prefer collar in but his look make sit a tad less traditional…i guess i need to pull out the pocket squares like the uomini italiani!
I think this guy totally pulls it off! He looks at ease and yet polished – great combination for me!
Just wanted to add that I LOVE this blog! It's so inspiring and shows unique people with unique styles – great work! :D
absolutely collar in… the idea is not bad I must admit.
I prefer to wear a shirt with a suit or combination, but sometimes a polo looks cool imo. For example with a linen suit, like the guy on the photo.
I associate wearing the collar out with maffia guys, dealing marihuana and stuff like that. Just keep it in!
love the blue
Out is the better way to wear it, cause both are melting togehter and giving the whole look the character!!
wow! always amazed at your ability to capture the colour, feeling and style! i say collar in if it were me, however, i think this dude has it pretty well sorted, looks good to me! so either way.
A polo with a suit (as seen) can be worn if the gentleman who's wearing it has the confidence and stature to pull it off. In this case, he's wearing it as though it was meant to be worn that way .. others I've seen trying this look, have not been as successful.
Collar in or out? .. either, in for a much more polished professor type look .. out to portray a much more relaxed "out of the box" style of thinking …
i prefer the collar inside done with a very pressed polo shirt with the buttons done all the way up.
Not for me but it works for him.
Collar in!!! But he looks hot! OMG! A sleek suit just does terrible things to women.
I think it could be a British thing.
IMO, the Polo with a suit combo can be pulled off if you're working a Mod/Skinhead look with a trim, 3-button suit paired and a Fred Perry or a Munsingwear shirt with piping. A very Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels aesthetic. That said, I can't say that I like this Italian representation of the look very much. It's probably just me, but I don't think it's working very well with the Italian tailoring.
But that's probably just me.
I have no problem with the clothes or the hair styling per se but what I notice is an issue of proportion of his head to his shoulders. I'm thinking if the lost the beard it would make his face smaller and his shoulders appear broader. Or maybe if the shoulders on the jacket were broader the beard would be more in proportion. Just a thought. My American suburban sensibilities haven't caught up with the high waist on the pants yet. They still seem odd to me, like elastic waist mom jeans. I'll get there once I see more of them.
If he would just buy a one size larger jacket, it wouldn't matter about the shirt because, then it would fit and he wouldn't look like an over-stuffed sausage.
Collar should be in.
With that blazer :out. With another, in
Leaving my likes and dislikes aside, this gentleman looks nice.
I would usually say collar in, but unlike the times when we had the do's and don't's, it's so liberating and fun to do what you think it's best for you. I think, collar in/out depends on "who".
The trousers are very high waisted, not sure I like that. However the the whole ensemble is pretty cool.
If you wear a polo with a suit or combination, then rather not choose a regular polo with the well-known collar of stripe-structured fabric, contrasting with the fabric of the polo itself. This type of collar only needs to be stitched on the polo. The man on the photo is wearing a polo like this and most manufactures produce their polos this way.
Some manufactures, like Corneliani – a well-known (at least in Europe) Italian brand with exellent craftmanship – produce polos with a different collar: they use the fabric of the polo itself for the collar, so that the stucture of the fabrics on polo and its collar are exactly the same. This type of collar does not only need to be stitched on the polo but the collar itself also needs to be stitched, like the collar of a shirt, so that a good look shows that the two sides (in and out) of the collar are stitched together: you can see the stitches, just a few millimeters above the edge of the collar. This kind of polo is more like a shirt, so I prefer this one in combination with a suit.
great suit! great look ! why not pop that collar?
If it were on someone different I would probably hate this look, but he appears to have the confidence and swagger to pull off anything; including a conflicting polo and pocket square.
that doesn't work at all. especially collar out is horrible. nice suit though…
somehow it works on him!
Tucked it. I don't know if it's the photo, but those colors don't seem to coordinate to me…
Why not? I like it. Collar out!
Peace and love!
Tricky indeed, personally- don't think this guy is pulling it off. maybe if the collar was in and the color of the polo was different. Aqua polo, maybe? idk
He looks great. I love when people get mixing navy and brown just right…
I agree with anonymous who said you are being too critical. He is a non-conformist, therefore the collar out. And it looks great. The suit is wrinkled, a little too much, but I thought it was the heat. I like the colour combinatin, the murky brown with the blue, and the cut of the suit is great.
We need to judge. Next time, one photo with collar in and one with collar out. I'm going for in!
Ah, this fellow does not conform to your rules or mine – He makes his own rules.
His face is very Strong in that masculine Italian sort of way. The beard blends in nicely with the shape of his face and hair colour, and he has 'Attitude!'
So collar out – he can pull it off better than most;-)
Don't know, not an "easy" combination for sure… btw imo he did it the best possible. Even if I have a very general rule: COLLAR IN! ALWAYS!!! :)
Collar in I reckon. Then the suit lapel shape is retained. It doesn't look quite right here but then one needs to see both ways…Julia
Sure this guy is from Milano??? I thought Italian men had style…
He could pull off anything! Love the suit.
Who are you to say that he doesn't have style? I beg to differ…
He looks fabulous. The colors, the fabric, the cut…everything works. His pant waist sits very high though…actually I don't think the look would work with a lower waist belt.
First of all, this gentleman looks absolutely gorgeous and sexy! Second, I don't know if I care too much about the pleated, high-waisted matching pants of the suit. However, it seems to work very well for him in this ensemble. Third, the black polo and the dark blue of the suit plays off each other very well (very reminiscent of Calvin Klein's past color combination). The polo collar works well OUTSIDE not in…and it's was a wise sartorial decision on his part to have kept it OUTSIDE rather than inside. Why? First, he has a pretty thick-ish neck which carries off the polo collar nicely. Second, and most importantly, the type and construction of the polo shirt he is wearing rides very high on the back of the neck. If the polo shirt was riding low on the back of the neck, by all means, it should be worn inside the lapels of the suit. However, more than likely his polo shirt is from Italy, of course, and when I have bought shirts in Italy, the collars tend to be thicker and rides higher on the neck thus providing more substance to the neck area making the wearer look more masculine, which this look does.
its fine the way it is..it'll look good both ways…anyways thats a lovely…blue and i like his stare!!!
look at the high wasted pant and the pick stitching on the lapel…
i like the color pallet but unfortuanly im not a fan of the 1970s collar out look… if it was in , he would look more put together…. and anytime a man can wear a lapel pin… DO IT.
love the stance… the subtle cigar in hand
collar out ?! Uuaahh, a no go, thats reserved for tv presenters and car sales stuff. The rest of him is nice.
I like it! Collar out :)
Not a fan, but that's just me. He is sexy though ;)
collar in-
like the idea, but polo color seems a bit heavy for the linen suit- suit is great btw.
I love tailored suits with a pop!
As others have said, definitely collar in, but this guy pulls it off. Most would not though, so I'd stick with the collar in.
If I hadn't seen this picture, I would have said "in" for sure! But he seems to pull it off nicely here. There are only 2 things I would change here. Its only August–lighten it up with a different color of polo. Too dark. Second, the color of the button in his lapel is a strange choice. Its distracting from the rest of the ensemble and detracts from the impact of the pocket square.
The Madonnina says NO to armpits pants. Cheers from Milan.
no-one can pull of wearing a collar (normal shirt or polo) over a jacket, not even 18year old going to their schoolprom, and also not this guy, sorry
I doubt there are many people out there that could pull this look off however he certainly can. If someone had described this look to me I would have thought 'no way' but on him, absolutely. Perhaps it's the relaxed feel of a linen suit combined with the polo that helps it to work or perhaps it's just that this guy would make anything look good. I like the way he's looking into the camera, there's almost a hint of a challenge there.
I'm more interested in the (very) high-waisted pants! Mom jeans on a guy?
Collars should almost always be in, especially on women. Nothing says "polyester uniform suit" like a big floppy collar sticking out.
BUT, I think this guy makes the collar out and polo with suit work.
This handsome gentleman will always look dashing in anything he might choose to wear.Some of us just have it.
He looks like a villain from a James Bond movie… like his style
Nice looking suit!
Only if the suit is casual, say linen or khaki; never with fine wool or cashmere.
Swoon. Drool.
I just love it. Casual. Confident.
Very cool shot, this is the best I have seen it done! I'd say… COLLOR IN!
Whoa. I don't know if I would like it on a younger man with less panche (less awesome facial hair), but on him this looks foxy!
i like the collar in myself. placing it out makes me think of John Travolta and discotheques. what makes the polo work with this suit is how tightly the sleeves fit around his arms, almost like a sweater, which almost precludes the need for a shirt sleeve. i survive the summer with polos, so i hope this look doesn't get too much flak.
lusting this polo and blazer look!! he looks great :)
I think that wearing a collar in or out really depends on the wearer. If you're more comfortable wearing your collar in then wear it in. If you are like this fine gentleman and can pull off wearing your collar out then do it. Wearing your collar in or out (or popped) is all about confidence.
i personally think it has to be collar in. got no reason for it. i just think it's better like that.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggles with the polo shirt and suit look. I thought it was because I am clueless about mens fashion!
Well, I like it the way it is. I think the WHOLE look is what you need to pay attention to. That is, he is sporting a 70s look where wide lapels with collared shirts over the suit were the fashion.
The wide lapel lends itslef to the collar out–a narrower lapel and shorter jacket says collar in to me. I feel collars in can look awkward, esp if the shirt doesn't sit properly–which can be more so for polos. They are prone to popping out, for uneven sitting as you move around and getting in the way of your chin if you have a shorter neck….not to mention shortening the look of your neck, which is not good if this is your lot.
I also like the colours–dirty deep blue with dirty deep brown–keeping the same tonings can work. The pocket square has both colours in there so does co-ordinate. The only thing I feel could change–a tiny bit only–is the height of the trousers–just a tad too high for me.
Oh and the good rugged looks along with the beautiful head of hair and fantastic goatie completes this for me.
Well, it has to be with the right suit.
By all means, casual.
Soft shoulder tailoring, medium to skinny lapels and etc.
It will be a lot more better with a pair of working cuffs. Roll it on for more sprezzatura look.
It's a modern spin. The color makes a difference. Black with midnight blue, that works. Fitted, yes. Polo collar in or out. Just not turned up.
collar out!! it's a must..
Collar in.
Oh yeah, that's definitely a tricky thing to pull off. However, this man looks pretty good, even though I think I myself would keep the collar in.
straight haha
like the trousers
No way collar out.. Ruins the look of the suit!
Colonel Sanders!
Yes it's tricky! But brown/dark blue, that's fine even if i don't like polo with a suit.
Collar in…
what an elegant man, great pic! wow!
the collar on the outside of the suit seems a bit like wearing the gold chain on the outside of the turtleneck….dated.
There's little about this man that is 'tucked in' so why should the collar be? It's about an attitude, not so-called fashion rules, which, let's be honest, can be restrictive as well. If this blog is about individualism and personal style, which is why I like it, then, hats off to polos and suits. Or whatever works for the individual in question.
I love it!
Collar IN- please! Collar out completely destroys this otherwise slick look…
The perfect trousers for pocket pool!
what a classic and gorgeous gentleman x
he pulls it off, but think i would prefer collar in
collar should be out but it depends on the collar. if it is a flatknit ( most common ) that is Ok. as a manufacturer i developed i new collar in body fabric with a very nice wide spread collar so the polo can be worn as a shirt. i noticed this development and some customers confirmed the idea. i think it is a new way of "dressual" and comes great with the cotton/washed jackets/coats ! I love it !
Look at his magnificent hand (forget the cigar..we're in italy, they smoke, hold the lectures) he could have been the hand model for michaelangelo. Beautiful.
collar in/out? in his case, who cares. think hard scrabble swagger Mark Wahlberg.. who can also melt your heart. or even Streep..who just picks you up and sucks you in.
like this gentleman, neither are thought of as style icons, but just standing still, few have more style.
I'd prefer collar in, but it's cool!
No no no NO
I can't stress enough to ALL MEN! Collar IN! When wearing your tailored jacket(s)…
There is NO class to having your collar out, end of story!
Just walk down your local city streets, and you can find an example of any man proving poor class, even in PARIS (but real Parisians don't dress badly anyways)…
Though strangely, this Italian can pull the look…
Same eyes and confidence as the late Patrick Swayze.
Scott – I love the wonderful men you've been showing wearing blue. This guy is an obvious bad boy, his look wouldn't work on the lovely man on the bicycle immediately below this picture but it definitely works here. If anything, I'd trim up his beard a bit but that is also a part of his look. Individualism is why we like looking.
This guy might be one of my favorite characters on the Sartorialist… He always wears his clothes with a devil-may-care attitude. Regardless of anyone's opinion on polo with suit, collar in or out, etc, this man is wearing it how he wants it. To hell with everyone, his stance says! I love it.
Hand drawn:
The shirt is less of an issue with me – it's the high waisted pants that are a turn off. He also has a Charlie Mansonish look to him.
With a beard like that I think you can look dashing in anything.
Linen suit, nice colour and I am guessing he is trying to match the shirt with suit buttons. I think a lighter polo shirt would have been more successful or alternatively a proper dress shirt. Also the collar should have been better pressed and sat inside the jacket collar (as was mentioned on earlier comment). Other details are nice though, pocket square and button hole. Statement-making two buttons on the cuffs as well is interesting but not sure his trousers fit – a bit baggy? Perhaps relaxed Italian style?….
This look is by no means stylish.It's good to cross limits but this goes too much off the beaten track.The collar out makes it look dated and messy.Navy linen suit that looks too tight,high waist pants and brown polo with the collar out is not the strongest combination.The beard gives me another reason to give another thumb down to this.
The man in the photo is confident, and has impeccable grooming. That being said, I can not agree with a polo shirt paired with a suit.
The collar of the polo should always be inside the jacket. Period.
I'd try collar in just for the sake of it but overall I don't think you should reinvent the wheel here. Suits are meant to be worn with button down shirts. You can play with different colors, prints, fabrics and ties to create different looks. Polo shirts look better with more casual clothes.
I reckon Simone can pull off anything
So classy!
Deff. OUT! no way could you hide a collar!
this gent has the swag to pull this look off! confidence….
I say "collar in" but it does work for this guy. It find it only really works with a premium, luxury polo. Lacoste-style cotton polo shirts, while classics in their own right never seem to look "right."
one word! sexy~
collar out!
It's not the worst thing ever by any means but not the best either.
Crumpled linen suit with patch pockets and polo top; a perfect combination. Relaxed summer comfort without being lazy. Wear the collar how you want.
I would probably not wear those two colours together (black and blue) but, collar in sounds like a better idea, in most cases. Here the superposition works because the fabric of the jacket is fairly lightweight and flexible (in other words: it has a "tombé" very similar to that of the polo). The jacket also has patch pockets, and is not as formally cut as most suits would be (the cut is, in fact, closer to what people used to call a "sports coat" in the US than to a suit jacket). In general, polos do work with jackets / sport coats over a pair of trousers better than with a whole suit.
Last but not least, Lacoste polos work well with jackets if you pick them in the right size (i.e. with the shoulder seams falling on your shoulder, not midway through your arms).
All of this IMVHO, of course.
Very stylish man,
loving the colour combination'
Man, he is just so dashing. But what really makes me write a comment this late is that I only now noticed how high cut (high waisted, would you say that for a man?) his trousers are. Nearly 40s style. Fascinating!
Sorry, am unable to decide on the collar as I'm still swooning from the look in this guy's eyes.
I used to see this guy every morning on my walk to work in Florence. I love his style. And he seems to be able to pull anything off.
I want that blazer!
Collar out, when you have shoulders like him.
Only in, always in.
He's dreamy… I dare say this fella can pull off any look without a hitch
Oh to live in a world with no rules such as "collar must be in!" I don't know. I'm contradicting myself in that I think rules can be useful – e.g. as in Robert Frost's "writing free verse would be like playing tennis with the net down" – but somehow "rules" in fashion take the best part out of it – play. UGH. It's like telling me not to wear white after labor day. Tough luck. This guy has a seventies vibe. Plus he's Italian (willing to wear pants that actually cover his pelvis, smoke a cigar, and no – suit is not too tight, IMHO :)). Like it! I'd be a happy lady if all men in the world had the sartorial charm of the Italians…Living in NA, in general, can be an acute punishment of visual deprivation…
Collar IN!
Out is the better way to wear it, cause both are melting togehter and giving the whole look the character!!
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I hardly notice the collar – but LOOK how perfectly the balance points fall of his beard, the polo and the jacket. Masterful!
Problem is you need a stiff polo collar that will extend enough to cover the jacket collar. If not the collar sticks out only on the sides looks undone. To achieve it you would have to fix your collar every time you but the jacket on to much effort for true style. I tried a polo (buttoned all the way up) with a tie , fabulous! Not suitable for the conservative office environment just yet but wonderful for casual outings.
Love it! Very different from the bland dress shirt
I definitely think it can be done but the collar MUST be in. Then again it depends on the individual. The collar could also be worn in a more asymetric form.
Collar in of course! Though this guy is doing the collar out well.
Definitely collar in!
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Why can't men in the US do this?
IN IN IN! Polo and a jacket is THE way to dress in warm tropical climate to look casual yet smart
This guy looks even cooler than that European Carrie Bradshaw dated in Season 6!
Normally I'd say collar in but this guy looks good with it out. I'm still going to wear mine in though!
easy one: collar in
Should the suit be that wrinkled?
my problem is with the rise on the pants… way high. the polo looks cool collar out to me.
I like the high waisted pants. Very classic. I personally wouldn't wear any polo shirts with a suit jacket since the collar is not structured to stay folded in it's place. I prefer structured shirts with jackets.
This gentleman could pull off anything… I think I'm in love.
I couldn't do it but he looks good enough. Still, as far as collar in or out…"all depends on the shoes".
Suit and polo? Of course! A summer must.
And jeans, polo and jacket, specially.
in, definitely in, it would give a more clean and fit look.
A striking gentleman, but no….this doesn't work!
collar in please..
oh please. this man looks amazing.
C`mon guys the jacket is awsome and the guy sexy :D
with a man like that, you mean popped.
he looks hot anyway
This guy has the swag to do whatever the hell he wants.
My only 2 issues are: that the sleeves on the jacket seem a little too tight and I could live without the high-waisted trousers.
With a structured, wool suit, collar in is a no brainer. However, with an unstructured, linen suit, the collar out works, at least on him. Doesn't hurt that he has the whole square jaw, distinguished goatee thing happening as well. The collar out might not look as good on a man with a rounder face.
A buttoned up polo shirt with the collar in (especially with a linen suit), would make the wearer look exactly like an American, Yuppie d-bag.
This guy is a well-dressed iconoclast.
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Editor's Note: In this series, leading cooperative theorist Gar Alperovitz details the ways collaborative ownership will revolutionize our society. (Check out his thoughts on transforming the banking system, and on health care, jobs, and community development).
Although public ownership is surprisingly widespread, it can also be vulnerable to challenge. The fiscal crisis, and conservative resistance to raising taxes, has led some mayors and governors to sell off public assets. In Indiana, Governor Mitch Daniels sold the Indiana Toll Road to Spanish and Australian investors. In Chicago, then-Mayor Richard Daley privatized parking meters and toll collection on the Chicago Skyway and even proposed selling off recycling collection, equipment maintenance, and the annual "Taste of Chicago" festival.
How far continuing financial and political pressures may lead other officials to attempt to secure revenues by selling off public assets is an open question. Public resistance to such strategies, although less widely publicized, has been surprisingly strong in many areas. Toll road sales have been held up in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and newly elected Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently voiced his opposition to an attempt to privatize Midway Airport as previously attempted by Daley. An effort to transfer city-owned parking garages to private ownership in Los Angeles also failed when residents and business leaders realized parking rates would spike if the deal went through.
One thing is certain: traditional liberalism, dependent on expensive federal policies and strong labor unions, is moribund. The government no longer has much capacity to use progressive taxation to achieve the goal of equity or to regulate corporations effectively. Congressional deadlocks on such matters are the rule, not the exception. At the same time, ongoing economic stagnation or mild upturns followed by further decay, and "real" unemployment rates in the 15 percent to 16 percent range appear more likely than a return to booming economic times.
Ironically, this grim new order may open the way for the kinds of "evolutionary reconstructive" institutional change described here. Since the Great Depression, liberal activists and policy makers have implicitly assumed they were providing one or another form of "countervailing power" against large corporations. But institutional reconstruction aims either to weaken or displace corporate power. Strategies like anti-trust or efforts to "break up" big banks aim to weaken. Public banking, municipal utilities, and single-payer health plans attempt to displace privately owned companies. At the same time, community-based enterprises offer public officials alternatives to paying large tax-incentive bribes to big corporations.
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Of course, "evolutionary reconstruction" might fail, as have most kinds of top-down national reform. The era of stalemate and decay might continue and worsen. Like ancient Rome, the United States could simply decline and fall, unable to address its social ills.
However, even during a sustained era of stalemate and decay, it may be possible to develop a coherent long-term progressive strategic direction. Such a direction would build upon the remaining energies of traditional liberal reform, animated over time by new populist anger and movements aimed at confronting corporate power, the extreme concentration of income, failing public services, the ecological crisis, and military adventurism. And it would explicitly advocate the construction of new institutions run by people committed to developing an expansively democratic polity, thereby giving political voice to the new constituencies emerging alongside the new developments at the same time it helps to begin altering underlying institutional power balances
In connection with environmental issues, at least, some "capitalists" also seem willing to sign onto this vision. New organizations like the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) and the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) have been quietly developing momentum in recent years. BALLE, which has more than 22,000 small business members, works to promote sustainable local community development. ASBC (which includes BALLE as a member) is an advocacy and lobbying effort that involves more than 150,000 business professionals and 30 separate business organizations committed to sustainability. Leading White House figures and such Cabinet-level officials as Labor Secretary Hilda Solis have welcomed the organization as a counter to the national Chamber of Commerce. (Jeffrey Hollender, chair of ASBC's Business Leadership Council and former CEO of Seventh Generation, has denounced the Chamber for "fighting democracy and destroying America's economic future" because of its opposition to climate change legislation and its support for the Citizens United decision.) Gus Speth, a member of ASBC's Advisory Board (and former environmental adviser to Presidents Carter and Clinton) offers a more far-reaching general perspective: "For the most part, we have worked within this current system of political economy, but working within the system will not succeed in the end when what is needed is transformative change in the system itself."
At the heart of the spectrum of emerging institutional change is the traditional radical principle that the ownership of capital should be subject to democratic control. In a nation where one percent of the population owns nearly as much wealth as the entire bottom half of the nation, this principle may be particularly appealing to the young—the people who will shape the next political era.
In 2009, even as Republicans assailed President Obama and his liberal allies as immoral "socialists," a Rasmussen poll reported that Americans under thirty were "essentially evenly divided" as to whether they preferred "capitalism" or "socialism." Even if many were unsure about what "socialism" is, they were clearly open to something new, whatever it might be called. A non-statist, community-building, institution-changing, democratizing strategy might well capture their imagination and channel their desire to heal the world. It is surely a positive direction to pursue.
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One day out of the year, a fair came to Craftsbury, Vermont. Adelard and Mary Paquette lived on a modest farm about five miles from Craftsbury Common, where the fair was held. Their seven children looked forward to the fair, and though the Great Depression wringed wallets dry, Mary gave her third son Lucien a quarter to spend on sweets at the festival. Lucien returned later that day with 20 cents and a five-cent pack of chewing gum for his mother.
That's just the sort of person that Lucien Paquette, now 92, is. The longtime Middlebury resident is perhaps best known in the area for founding the Addison County Fair and Field Days, Vermont's largest agricultural fair, 41 years ago.
It all started with a one-day fair in Craftsbury and a love of agriculture.
Back then, one-day fair was a welcome sight in town. To encourage townspeople to exhibit cattle, fair officials offered 50 cents per animal. Lucien's father, who owned Brown Swiss cattle, decided he would enter just over half a dozen cattle into the exhibition — the only problem was getting there. So the family settled on driving the small herd on foot five miles down the highway to Craftsbury Common.
"One of the principle reasons we did this was to get 50 cents per head," Lucien said.
The family's farm was a long walk from town and during the school year, Lucien and his siblings rented a room in a private home near Craftsbury Common and worked while attending classes. In wintertime, the road leading to the Paquette's farm closed with heavy snowfall and was accessible only by sleigh. Lucien worked as a janitor at Craftsbury Academy and Senior High School, where he graduated from high school in 1935.
One summer job brought Lucien to a nearby dairy farm where he was immediately put to work cutting hay by hand, or "hand mowing." He and two grown men spent the daylight hours cutting down grass with a scythe.
"And here I was green out of school and not in very good physical shape," said Lucien. "I felt I ought to keep up with them for the whole day and I'm telling you that first day was terrible. I was pooped. But I took a liking to hand mowing."
To this day, Lucien still hand mows and has been in charge of the hand mowing competition at Field Days, which the county celebrated this week, since 1978.
After high school, Lucien enrolled at the University of Vermont with an interest in civil engineering, but quickly switched his major to science and agriculture. During the school year, Lucien worked at the UVM Dairy Farm for 35 cents an hour and spent some time conducting research for the UVM Forest Department.
"I had to keep my nose pretty close to the grindstone working like that," he said.
At the time, tuition at UVM was $300 and the first year he attended, Paquette had a $100 HP Hood Milk Company scholarship. T to blow off steam, students ventured into the heart of Burlington to catch a movie, which cost 25 cents. When invited to come along, Lucien, for the most part, politely declined. In his mind, 25 cents saved was 25 cents earned.
"I was very conservative, and I still am," Lucien said.
In 1940 Lucien graduated magna cum laude and went immediately to work as a UVM Grand Isle County Extension Agent in agriculture and youth. Every land grant college in the United States has an extension program that was created by congress in the early 1900, said Lucien.
"It's really an educational outreach arm of the University of Vermont," Lucien said. "Extension is the link between research and the use of it out in the field. Extension being an educational institution, I knew it was to try and be informed in the area I was working, so in turn I could be helping the farmers themselves."
As the only extension agent in the county, Lucien was responsible for three areas of interest: agriculture, youth education and homemaking, though Lucien admits the latter category received little attention on his part. He circulated newsletters about agriculture, made farm visits to exhibit new technology, and conducted meetings, tours and demonstrations. Most farmers were not filing their income tax returns at the time and when the government required that farmers file their returns, the farmers were at a loss. Lucien put out letters informing the farmers about how to file their income taxes correctly, occasionally filling out the forms for them.
In 1946, Lucien became the UVM Addison County Extension Agent in Agriculture. In addition to circular letters, farm visits and a column in the Addison Independent dedicated to agriculture, Lucien began a daily broadcast on WFAD Middlebury. As farmers worked in their barns early in the morning, they tuned into Lucien's 15-minute agriculture program.
"During the summertime and the spring, you'd be talking about what's going to be happening out on the land," said Lucien. "In the winter months, when you're not out on the field and you're spending more time with the dairy, it's about income tax. On the educational face of things, getting word out to people by various media is just so important."
Two years after moving to Addison County, in 1948, Lucien gathered the other extension agents together to form a committee to plan a yearly event that could bring farmers together to share technology and ideas.
"Technology for the farm, the home and the family was way behind because everything went to the war effort," Lucien said. "(Finally, new technologies) were beginning to emerge."
The first Addison County Farm and Home Field Days, currently called Addison County Fair and Field Days, was held on East Munger Street in Middlebury on Aug. 6 and 7 in 1948 on the David Brothers Farm. It was a two-day event with one tent for the indoor exhibits and no admission charge. Two thousand people attended the event in its first year — farmers, families and passersby stopped in to check out equipment demonstrations and learn about agriculture. The earliest ride consisted of the local farmers towing children on their ponies.
The event was a hit. Charles Mraz put on one of his several bee-handling demonstrations, Theo Sawyer demonstrated home pasteurization of milk and George Devoid showed the new method of cry-o-vac packaging of poultry for freezing.
Lucien's favorite demonstration was Al Quesnel's exhibition of his low flying technique of farm fertilizer spread by air on the Scarborough farm in Leicester in 1953.
"There were so many different things that were new, and they worked so well!" said Lucien.
The small fair traveled from farm to farm until 1961, pulling from each farm's unique design that would lend itself to a particular kind of demonstration. Gerald Sawyer, William Butler, Keith Bicknell and Edgar Butterfield were some of the few farmers that volunteered their land for the newborn fair.
The fair's present site on Route 17 in New Haven was purchased in 1967, and with the new site came permanent buildings, water, roadways and electricity. But today, the fair has expanded past its original purpose as an agricultural fair to include more rides and numerous vendors. Since Lucien retired from his position as the chair of the committee of Field Days in 1984, he has noticed a decline in agricultural education, which was the original idea behind the fair.
"Now at the permanent site, it's very limited in what you can do … as far as demonstrations are concerned," Lucien said. The biggest type of agricultural demonstration that takes place now is reaping and threshing grain with horse drawn equipment behind the antique farm equipment exhibit, said Lucien.
But one institution that Lucien hopes to hold onto is the hand mowing competition that takes place each year at the fair. At 92 years old, Lucien still oversees the competition and normally competes, however, a broken elbow has slowed him down and this year he is looking for a replacement to pass the torch. And though there have been few takers, Lucien remains positive that his small piece of agricultural history will live on.
"Here is something that is basic to New England agriculture," said Lucien. "Why not bring it back and get some people involved?"


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"Those Old Memories" will include stories, photographs, genealogy, scrapbooking, recipes, and interesting history of my family. Some family surnames: Troyer, Gardner, Moore, Hopkins, Allen, Amsberry, McPherson, Wyatt, Godfrey, Lee, Henley, Cutbirth, Tudor, Gustafsson, Larson, Hellgren, Farley, Harshbarger, Harvey, McComsey, Johnston, Hyndman, and Buchanan.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Soap Bubbles In My Nose!
How funny it is that memories come "floating" to the surface, often inspired by the most unlikely things. Such was the recent article in the newest Family Tree Magazine. The July 2010 issue has an article under History Matters: "Lathering Up" on page twelve that sure did bring up some great old memories for me. The article is on the history of soap, of all things and featured a great old ad with a man standing in a lake, washing up with a bar of floating IVORY soap. I can so clearly envision that man being my Dad, right down to the type of clothes he was wearing and the backdrop behind him.
From the time I was born in 1952, my family has made several trips each year to our favorite lake in the Black Hills of South Dakota to camp. We go to the same place each time but never tire of it's beauty and of the memories that it holds for us. Both of my brother's were several years older than I was but I do have memories of them along on those early camping trips. As time went on, their growing families followed us to the "Hills" and the gatherings became larger and larger. My Mom and Dad had wonderful friends who also often made the jaunt north with us and we all camped, fished, skied and had such wonderful times. Some of the best times of my life were those spent at Sheridan Lake with family and friends. My own two sons grew up around the same camp grounds there as have several of their cousins. We still get together as a family there but not nearly as often as I would like. Both sons try to make at least one annual trip there at least for a few days each year even though they are far away now. My Grandchildren have all been camping in our beloved spot.
Those early recollections of when I was small, all came rushing back when I read the great little article in Family Tree Magazine this month and while scouting for pictures I also came across a great blog: A Full Life with a nice historical take on Ivory Soap. All the years that we camped in the Black Hills also included those wonderful bars of floating Ivory soap. They were a staple that Mom never left home without when we camped. The picnic table always had a bowl of water on the end of the bench that had been drawn by the hand pump from up the hill. Beside it on a washcloth was that bar of ivory soap, often 1/2 of one of those that could be easily broken in two. It sure did take the smell of fish off your hands! Dad had an old enamel wash basin that he carried for years to use for his morning shave. I clearly remember him using another bar of floating soap each morning to shave with. His small mirror hung from a tree branch and he lathered up with his half of the bar of Ivory. I still have that enamel washbasin in my family room, but now it holds magazines as well as those memories- perhaps I need to find an old bar of Ivory and display that washbasin and and old soap bar in my spare bathroom for the Grandchildren to see.
More than any other, was the picture in my mind that came back of Mom and me. Often our camping trips would last up to two weeks and sometimes longer if Dad was working at the same time. He worked for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad out of Alliance, Nebraska and often the crews from here would man the little narrow gauge Railroad that ran as a tourist attraction out of Hill City, S. D. If he was working we would stay out at the lake which was a few miles from town. The evenings would be spent fishing for trout and looking for crawdads along the shore. Night fishing was a big sport there in those days and all the men worked the little train during the day and fished at night if they were on a shift up there. Night time was not just for fishing however, that was when Mom and I would put on our bathing suits, after full dark and head down to the lake to take a bath, our big bar of Ivory in hand. It just floated there on top between us in the moonlight! Looking back on that with what is now known about soap and such things in our native lakes, it was probably not the best thing, but I would not trade those wonderful memories, well over 50 years old now- for anything. I have often told my husband about my soapy recollections but who would have thought they might warrant a blog? I wish I had a photo of me and Mom along the lake shore but I do not, still those precious memories with the old photos that I do have will last a lifetime and that lowly bar of Ivory Soap has it's place in my family's history!
( P.S. All these photos were taken by my Dad and are printed from original slides, except the scrap booking collage which I made from a photo of the old soap bar taken from the internet and old ads scanned from my personal collections of old magazines. )
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I love this group of pictures and the Soap collage. What a neat way to share the story and memory too.ReplyDelete
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Loved your post - sounds like wonderful times, and you've got a great way of bringing your readers right into those memories... That little train wouldn't have been the 1880 train, would it? I rode that as a kid, on a trip to the Black Hills, and fell in love with trains right then and there.ReplyDelete
Hi there - What a great post, thank you for speaking so highly of South Dakota...made me think of my childhood camping trips in the Hills as well. I wanted to mention to you a vacation promotion that you might be interested in - all you do is tell your story, people vote for their favorite story, and you could win a vacation to the Hills! Here's the link if you're interested: www.blackhills.travel. Thanks again!ReplyDelete
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By Nancy Hwang ('08)
After almost a decade absence, the Golden Briefcase has returned to UCLA Anderson.
Challenge for Charity (C4C) is the largest charitable organization at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. The chapter is one of nine West Coast business schools in the C4C competition for the Golden Briefcase. The competition consists of a fundraising component, volunteerism and the annual Sports Weekend held each April at Stanford University.
This year, over 80 percent of UCLA Anderson students participated in C4C-related volunteer events, accumulating over 5,500 service hours for Special Olympics and LA Works. These figures represent an 11% increase from last year's total and a record for UCLA C4C. UCLA's volunteering represented over a third of the 14,000 hours accumulated across all nine C4C chapters this year.
As a school, Anderson raised $96,000 in fundraising dollars - 21 percent of the $464,000 contributed by all schools this year. The majority of dollars stemmed from the annual C4C Auction and Casino Night (held in February), UCLA Anderson apparel sales, the Winter Trip, and money donated from other UCLA Anderson student groups. Since its founding in 1984, C4C as an entire organization has donated almost $5 million to its beneficiaries. Anderson has played an important role in this achievement.
In April, C4C recognized the volunteer work and fundraising dollars contributed by all chapters during a celebration weekend held at Stanford University. Anderson's energy, spirit, sportsmanship, and sense of community were evident throughout the event.
The Golden Briefcase is now on display in Cafe Roma, a reminder of the impact we can make as a community.
Congratulations UCLA Anderson and your Golden Briefcase win and thank you to students, faculty, administration, and alumni for supporting Challenge for Charity and our beneficiary organizations - Special Olympics and LA Works.


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Deliberately Designed Home
Some homes come together in a snap. Others require a little more thought. And then, there are those that are weighed, debated … pondered. Which was the approach a Chicago couple utilized — time and time again — while buying, renovating and furnishing a 2400 sq. ft. Near North Side townhouse built in 1981.
Given the results — a home with no extraneous stuff; energy efficient features calculated to last a decade or more; well-reasoned trade-offs and fixtures, furnishings and artworks that can all be deemed forever finds that the couple will build on in the future — it also reflects today's sustainable mindset.
Even buying the home was an exercise in that ethos for the couple. "We had a long check list of requirements," admits the wife, who conducted the search. Tops on their list: Natural light, clean architectural lines, outdoor space, parking, room for the family they planned and proximity to shopping, public transportation and easy access to his job at a Loop bank, since he bicycles there year-round, regardless of snow or sleet.
After a two-year search, the house they found — with a giant skylight that floods the second level living areas with light and an enviable back courtyard — was almost a perfect fit. One caveat? It needed a total gut renovation, save for one bathroom.
Maximizing the square footage and performance quotient of the home, and imbuing it with the sleek, 21st Century aesthetic the couple admired, was accomplished in nine months with the help of architects Abby and Greg Randall, who run an eponymous River Forest firm. A friend recommended the husband-and-wife team, but Abby's "thoughtful, measured approach and passion for minimal design," — not to mention the appetite for culinary exploits she shares with the wife — earned them the job. "If we had a problem, she was clearly the type who would lay awake at night thinking about it until she figured it out," laughs the wife.
And despite the easy simplicity and understated elegance now evident in the home, there were plenty of complications that did just that, such as eking a powder room out of the already trim kitchen. But designing the kitchen itself, was the hardest part of the job, admits Abby.
"We had to flip it entirely around to fit the powder room in and still get all the features they wanted. And we had to work around some really awful structural details, like an ugly glass block wall that really made the room look outdated," she explains. Greg solved that problem with a frosted glass overlay that gives the natural light it yields intriguing luminescence.
Now, the trim kitchen also sports "an induction stovetop because it's fast, powerful and far more energy-efficient," says the wife. "But I added one high-octane gas burner because you really need it for certain culinary techniques, such as using a wok," she explains.
They also got an adjustable exhaust fan to account for their 11-inch height disparity; higher counters in the zone he uses most (the cleanup and coffee area); two sinks geared to specific functions and a hard-wearing honed finish on the marble island.
The tiny bathroom and outdated hearth on the first level were transformed into hardworking showstoppers — the former enlarged to accommodate a deep Japanese soaking tub, a spa-quality shower and storage, and the latter given a dramatic makeover with a completely redesigned limestone tile fa ade. New sliding glass doors lit up the master bedroom, and door headers were removed to accomodate the husband's height.
The couple was equally deliberative about their furnishings and art. A case in point is the dining room table, which required a three-month search. "We didn't want anything fussy made of materials we'd have to worry about with kids," explains the wife. They finally settled on a massive Corian and wood Established & Sons design from Luminaire.
Finding the right dining chairs — curvy to counter the table's lean, long lines; comfortable; and indestructible to withstand kids — took another three months. "We were eating at Terzo Piano (in the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago), saw the chairs (Herman Miller's Nelson Swag Leg), had a eureka moment and ordered them online," says the wife.
They had long-admired Ingo Maurer's 1998 Zettel'z chandelier but still thought about it a year and "considered literally every other ceiling lamp in existence before we finally realized this is the perfect one because it's so free-form to balance the straight lines of our other pieces in the dining area," says the wife. "You can change it with what you choose to clip to the arms."
Only the sofa, Patricia Urquiola's Tufty Time designed in 2005, was a shoo-in. "We've loved it ever since it first came out, and it's incredibly comfortable. We can both lay on it side by side," says the wife.
Today, the architects have come to the same conclusion about considered design as the couple: "it takes a tremendous amount of thought and effort to create a lower-stress, more sustainable lifestyle. It's about making a place feel and live effortlessly," says the wife. "But the more you work on it, the happier you are with the results."
This post was originally published in the Chicago Tribune on August 10, 2013.


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The OpenSSL Project's developer team has released updates to address six security flaws including one "critical vulnerability" that has been highlighted in the Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) encryption mode. Security is a prime concern for the project given its openly stated aim to create a commercial-grade Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1).
The project team has issued the following security advisory statement: "Nadhem Alfardan and Kenny Paterson have discovered an extension of the Vaudenay 'padding oracle' attack on CBC mode encryption, which enables an efficient plaintext recovery attack against the OpenSSL implementation of DTLS. Their attack exploits timing differences arising during decryption processing."
Reports suggest that a CBC vulnerability was highlighted at one point last year. This flaw is thought to have come about due to a lack of randomization in the CBC initialization process. The problems have been compounded by additional fears relating to the use of uninitialized memory that have been identified when padding out SSL 3.0 blocks.
Note: In cryptography, an encryption oracle works by encrypting input it receives under certain key. A random oracle always answers with consistently random data; a padding oracle decrypts an input message to inform the system whether the padding was correct.


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Four Florida State defensive players — ends Bjoern Werner and Tank Carradine, cornerback Xavier Rhodes and safety Lamarcus Joyner — joined place-kicker Dustin Hopkins on the all-ACC first team.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Clemson, Florida State and North Carolina dominate the all-Atlantic Coast Conference first team.
The league announced its all-conference team Monday and six players from the 15th-ranked Tigers made the first team, all on offense. The 13th-ranked Seminoles and Tar Heels had five players apiece.
The teams were determined by a vote of 46 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.
Four Florida State defensive players — ends Bjoern Werner and Tank Carradine, cornerback Xavier Rhodes and safety Lamarcus Joyner — join kicker Dustin Hopkins on the first team.
The Atlantic Division-champion Seminoles led the league in all four major defensive stat categories, and Hopkins became the all-time NCAA career scoring leader among kickers this season and led the league with 58 extra points and 24 field goals.
Quarterback Tajh Boyd, running back Andre Ellington and receiver DeAndre Hopkins were Clemson's skill players on the first team. They were joined by tackle Brandon Thomas, center Dalton Freeman and tight end Brandon Ford.
Boyd led the ACC with 34 touchdown passes while Hopkins had league-bests of 16 total TD catches and an average of 104 yards receiving for the conference's best offense.
Nine teams had at least one first-team selection.
There were no unanimous picks to the first team, but North Carolina running back Gio Bernard was chosen as a first-teamer on 45 of 46 ballots.
Bernard, who had an ACC-leading 1,228 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns on the ground, joins Boyd as repeat first-team selections.
Bernard, a punt returner who also was picked as the first-team specialist, was joined by guard Jonathan Cooper — the Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner as the league's top offensive lineman — plus linebacker Kevin Reddick and defensive tackle Sylvester Williams.
Offensive guard Omoregie Uzzi was the only player from Georgia Tech on the first team. The Yellow Jackets will play Florida State on Saturday night in the ACC championship game.
Boston College (receiver Alex Amidon and linebacker Nick Clancy), Virginia (offensive tackle Oday Aboushi and linebacker Steve Greer) and Duke (cornerback Ross Cockrell and punter Will Monday) were the only other schools with multiple first-team picks.
Miami's Duke Johnson was the lone Hurricane honored, earning running back and specialist honors on the second-team offense.
The 2012 all-Atlantic Coast Conference football team, as determined by a vote of 46 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association, with voting results in parenthesis. A first-team vote is worth two points and second-team vote is worth one.
QB: Tajh Boyd, Clemson (86)
RB: Gio Bernard, North Carolina (91)
RB: Andre Ellington, Clemson (77)
WR: DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson (80)
WR: Alex Amidon, Boston College (53)
OT: Oday Aboushi, Virginia (53)
OT: Brandon Thomas, Clemson (51)
OG: Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina (79)
OG: Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech (64)
C: Dalton Freeman, Clemson (78)
TE: Brandon Ford, Clemson (54)
K: Dustin Hopkins, Florida State (79)
SPEC.: Gio Bernard, North Carolina (48)
DE: Bjoern Werner, Florida State (89)
DE: Cornellius Carradine, Florida State (77)
DT: Joe Vellano, Maryland (80)
DT: Sylvester Williams, North Carolina (63)
LB: Nick Clancy, Boston College (66)
LB: Kevin Reddick, North Carolina (65)
LB: Steve Greer, Virginia (58)
CB: Xavier Rhodes, Florida State (66)
CB: Ross Cockrell, Duke (50)
S: Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State (59)
S: Earl Wolff, NC State (46)
P: Will Monday, Duke (73)
QB: EJ Manuel, Florida State (25)
RB: Duke Johnson, Miami (47)
RB: Chris Thompson, Florida State (31)
WR: Conner Vernon, Duke (51)
WR: Michael Campanaro, Wake Forest (32)
OT: James Hurst, North Carolina (50)
OT*:Cameron Erving, Florida State (21)
OT*: Emmett Cleary, Boston College (21)
OG: Tre' Jackson, Florida State (26)
OG: R.J. Matttes, NC State (24)
C: Bryan Stork, Florida State (19)
TE: Eric Ebron, North Carolina (51)
K*: Chandler Catanzaro, Clemson (22)
K*: Casey Barth, North Carolina (22)
SPEC.: Duke Johnson, Miami (44)
DE: James Gayle, Virginia Tech (30)
DE: Kareem Martin, North Carolina (22)
DT: Everett Dawkins, Florida State (34)
DT: Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest (24)
LB: Demetrius Hartsfield, Maryland (34)
LB: Christian Jones, Florida State (31)
LB: Jack Tyler Virginia Tech (28)
CB: David Amerson, NC State (46)
CB: Antone Exum, Virginia Tech (44)
S: Rashard Hall, Clemson (43)
S: Walt Canty, Duke (31)
P: Tommy Hibbard, North Carolina (40)
* — tie


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39 years ago today, light ceased radiating; the World stopped spinning, coughed up a hairball, then turned on its side and attempted to shake loose all the other furry dust berries clinging to its nipple-ly peaks. Fearful of this new creepy darkness, the World tried to catch the tail of a passing comet only to stagger badly and get singed by the fiery interloper.
But seconds before collapsing gloomily into one last catatonic stupor, the World accidentally stepped on the remote control, triggering a channel change and so discovered that there was in fact something worthwhile to watch on television.
October 5th 1969, Monty Python's Flying Circus was unleashed onto the airwaves of the BBC … six rather handsome young gents (Terry Jones and Michael Palin from Oxford, Eric Idle, John Cleese and Graham Chapman from Cambridge and American born Terry Gilliam from a little school in Los Angeles called Occidental College) changed history itself by saving the World, and us, from sheer utter boredom.


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[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the upcoming season of The Walking Dead as well as the comics that inspired the AMC series. Read at your own risk.]
The prison setting for the third season of The Walking Dead may offer Rick (Andrew Lincoln) & Co. some semblance of safety, but if the group ever expects to survive, the group's new dictator — or Ricktator — must first get his own house in order.
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At the end of Season 2, Rick's wife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) pulled a Lady MacBeth and essentially told him to kill Shane (Jon Bernthal), lest the group fall victim to his increasingly manic, dangerous behavior. However, once Rick murdered Shane — whose zombie reincarnation was then killed by Rick's son Carl (Chandler Riggs) — Lori turned her back on him. What does this mean for the "first family" of the survivors?
"Part of that horror you saw in that last episode was revulsion in her part in that," executive producer Glen Mazzara explains. "I think she blames herself. I don't know if she did intend to put Rick in motion, but she did. They have to deal with that."
Repairing a marriage during a zombie apocalypse won't be easy, especially considering Shane could be the father of Lori's child. "They don't know whose child that is," Mazzara continues. "They have to figure out what they can do. They can't get divorced. How do you repair that marriage in front of everybody? It's such a tight group. It affects everybody in the group, that strife within that marriage."
Their first step to recovery will be finding common ground, Callies says. "Lori's fear is that, in killing Shane, Rick became Shane and that he's turned into a man who's not a humane, compassionate person, but somebody who is now somewhat cold and bloodthirsty," she says. "But Rick's fear is that Lori will reject him and will refuse to see that everything he's doing for her he's doing out of love for her and his family. The two of them are so mired in self-hatred and shame right now that they can't reach out to one another. That's a big rift to find a way to cross."
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That certainly won't be an easy road for Rick to walk down, considering he told the group in that finale that he'll be solely responsible for making all the major decisions from now on. "I think he's become more uncompromising certainly in the third season," Lincoln says. "He's sick and tired of people dragging their heels and talking. He's had to kill his best friend for this group of people. He's furious and he's conflicted. That's human. Certainly in the first six episodes of Season 3, the pressure that they're under is enormous."
Still, Lincoln says Rick won't completely go down the same path as Shane. "[Rick] is a man that begins in one place as a sheriff — he couldn't be more of an embodiment of law and order — and he just gets thrown into this leadership role," Lincoln says of Rick's journey throughout the series. "You're sort of still rooting for this guy, though actually he hasn't made some of the greatest decisions, because he's driven by a moral center still."
While Rick is leading the group to what will hopefully be a safe place, Callies says Lori's role in the third season will be more subdued considering her pregnancy. "A big role for her is seeking redemption and she's very anxious to make sure that her pregnancy doesn't end up putting anyone in jeopardy," Callie says. "She wants to make sure that good people don't put themselves in danger to protect her because she feels deeply unworthy of that right now. At the same time, she's got a real desire to create a home. Whereas Rick can see a fortress, Lori is the one who turns that fortress into a home. That's her goal."
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Lori won't be the only one of Shane's former lovers that Rick will have to make amends with in the third season. Presumed dead after the group escaped from the farm, Andrea (Laurie Holden) will hopefully intersect with the group again — the new trailer shows her and new ally Michonne (Danai Gurira) in the clutches of The Governor (David Morrissey) in the town of Woodbury. "I can't wait to find out what happens between those two characters because of the betrayal," Lincoln says.
While Rick and Lori attempt to repair their marriage, an even more pressing matter lies on the horizon. (SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't read the comics, just head to the comments section now to discuss the upcoming third season. If you have read the comics, continue reading!) The group's arrival at the prison marks a huge turning point in the comic series. It's the setting where Lori, along with her newborn child, meets her maker in one of the more gruesome sections of the comics. Though the AMC series has continued to stray from the source material, Callies says she's been preparing herself for the inevitable.
"On a show like The Walking Dead, you know that your very first scene brings you one scene closer to the scene where you're going to get iced," Callies says. "That's just the nature of the beast. [Former showrunner] Frank Darabont and I actually — before he was tragically and unfairly removed from the show — we used to argue about it. I argued that it was necessary to kill Lori. I feel very strongly that for all of the other deviations that we have from the script that we may have from the comic book, killing Lori does something to Rick that is vital for the story and that can't be done any other way. I've said from the beginning, not only am I OK with Lori dying, but I think she has to. I've played this character with an eye toward an end."
Would you be sad if that happened? Hit the comments with your thoughts on the third season of The Walking Dead, which premieres Sunday, Oct. 14 at 9/8c on AMC.


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The posting that follows is the first of what I hope will be many by my friend and fellow advocate Matt McKillop. Matt is one of the smartest and most thorough policy analysts I know. He's also a top-notch strategist and a great partner. KB
For three decades, the U.S. has been engaged in a mass incarceration experiment. The resulting growth in the number of people in our prison system has been explosive and extraordinarily expensive for our states.
According to a recent report by the Pew Center on the States, about 613,000 adults were behind bars in 1982. By 2007, the number had grown to 2.3 million–an astounding 274% increase. The number of people on parole or probation has grown from about 1.6 million to 5.1 million during the same period.
So there are now around 7.4 million adults–1 out of every 31–under correctional control. This is more than the combined populations of Chicago, Philadelphia, San Diego and Dallas. It's also more than the populations of 38 states and the District of Columbia.
The explosion hasn't been cheap. According to an earlier Pew report, state spending on corrections grew from $10.6 billion in 1987 to $44 billion in 2007. When adjusted for inflation, this is an increase of 127%.
Spending on corrections has crowded out support for programs in other important areas, e.g., education and transportation. For example, from 1987 to 2007, state spending on higher education grew by only 21% in inflation adjusted dollars.
We can't attribute the expansion of our correctional system to general population growth. In 1982, the population was 232 million. It's now estimated at about 307 million. That's only a 32% increase.
Nor can we attribute it to a growth in serious crimes. Attorney General Eric Holder recently reported to the American Bar Association that the nation's violent crime rate has dropped nearly 40% from its peak in 1991.
Instead, our corrections system has expanded because of policies that require prison time for more crimes–and longer sentences. One example is the "three strikes" policies that require courts to impose extended sentences for people who are convicted of crimes on three or more occasions.
It has also become increasingly common for states to imprison people who commit "technical violations" of their parole or probation, e.g. missing a scheduled meeting.
So are we taxpayers getting our money's worth in increased public safety? The evidence suggests we are not. This is due to a variety of complicated reasons. But most of them boil down to the fact that we're imprisoning too many low-level, non-violent criminals. The costs of imprisoning these criminals are far greater than the social costs of their crimes. And we're learning that locking up low-level drug dealers just opens slots for new dealers to step in.
Because of all this and the devastating budget crises that states are facing, people as politically diverse as Newt Gingrich and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) are calling for changes. And, in fact, many states are seeking less costly alternatives to prison.
There's also been action at the federal level. Most promising is the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009, introduced by Senator Jim Webb (D-VA). This bill would establish a blue-ribbon commission to conduct a top-to-bottom review of our entire criminal justice system and make recommendations for reform.
This is exactly the type of reassessment that the problem demands. So it's encouraging that the bill has a bipartisan group of influential co-sponsors. As the New York Times recently editorialized, Congress should ensure that the commission is up and running as soon as possible.


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Dolores M. Pavlosky, 80, of Henryville, died on Friday, March 22, 2013, in Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg. She was the loving wife of Stephen Pavlosky, with whom she had celebrated 28 years of marriage.
Born in Fall River, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Silva. Dolores was a resident of the Henryville area for the past 27 years, and prior to that she resided in the Irvington, N.J., area.
Dolores worked at the Happy Home Day Care Center in Henryville for the past several years and prior to that while living in New Jersey, she worked as a laminator for the Silcock & Miller Co. of Berkeley Heights, N.J., for 10 years.
Dolores was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church of Tannersville, a life member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3448, and the American Legion Auxiliary Post 0346, both of Stroudsburg.
In addition to her husband, Stephen, she is survived by one brother, Edmund Silva Jr. of Fall River, Mass.; three children, Barbara Bonacore and her husband, Ed, of Lake Hopatcong, N.J., Linda Puelo and her husband, John, of Scotrun and James Vitacco of Mantoloking, N.J.; eight grandchildren, John Puleo Jr., Carolyn Puelo, Joseph Caprio Jr., Jeffrey Caprio, Anthony Vitacco Jr., Doreen Vitacco, Jim Vitacco Jr., and Alexandra Diakos; five great-grandchildren, Brandon James Vitacco, Masisen Amelia Vitacco, Vincent J. Vitacco, Nicholas J. Puelo and Isabella Rose Caprio.
Dolores was preceded in death by three children, Anthony J. Vitacco, Joanne Caruso and Denise Rose Vitacco.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, from Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Cherry Lane Road, Tannersville, with the Rev. Richard E. Czachor as celebrant. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery, East Stroudsburg.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 23 N. Ninth St., Stroudsburg.
Memorial donations can be made to the Alzheimers Association of PA, 3544 N. Progress Ave., Suite 205, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home
23 N. Ninth St., Stroudsburg
Dolores M. Pavlosky
Dolores M. Pavlosky, 80, of Henryville, died on Friday, March 22, 2013, in Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg. She was the loving wife of Stephen Pavlosky, with whom she had celebrated 28 years of marriage.


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The film, while well-made on a technical level, feels more like a collection of moments than a full and satisfying narrative.
The film, while well-made on a technical level, feels more like a collection of moments than a full and satisfying narrative.
A thorough and thoroughly conventional, look at the first astronaut to set foot on the moon.
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"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
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A video featuring Chicago City Council declaring Friday, July 12th, 2005, as Roger Ebert Day in Chicago.
The writers at RogerEbert.com share their favorite moon-related songs, movies and events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of man's walk on the moon.
A video featuring Chicago City Council declaring Friday, July 12th, 2005, as Roger Ebert Day in Chicago.
A piece on the premiere of a film about Rodrigo Duterte.
One of our foreign correspondents looks at Cold War.
Reviews from the Fantasia Film Festival of the beguiling hitman story Bruce McDonald's Dreamland, and a special presentation of a rare horror sequel.
An interview with Dave Goelz, a.k.a. Gonzo in "The Muppet Movie," which returns to theaters on July 25th and July 30th, courtesy of Fathom Events.
What if the Supremes had been born Down Under? A very conventional story of a '60s Australian girl group gains extra power from its context and setting in this fact-based story set to the beat of Motown soul.
Co-written by the son of one of the real-life singers and directed by Wayne Blair, who starred in the play based on their story, "The Sapphires" is clearly a labor of love for all involved. It's also a warm tribute to four women for whom success as performers was just the beginning.
Before the action begins, we learn two stark, devastating facts. Until 1967, the native Australians dubbed "Aborigines" by British settlers were not classified as humans by the Australian government. They were considered "flora or fauna." The government had the authority to remove light-skinned native children from their families as part of a program (depicted in "Rabbit-Proof Fence") to make them part of the white community.
In "The Sapphires," we meet the future singers as children, three sisters and their cousin, performing at a family celebration in 1958. The light-skinned cousin is taken to become part of what is now known as the "Stolen Generation," with no contact with her family.
A decade later, as young women, the sisters still sing together. Gail, the feisty oldest (Deborah Mailman of "Rabbit-Proof Fence"), the ambitious Julie (pop singer Jessica Mauboy) and the flirty Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell) enter a local competition singing American country music. Braving the bigotry of the audience, they sing a Merle Haggard song.
The accompanist/master of ceremonies is Dave (Chris O'Dowd), a broken-down mess who seems to have burned every possible bridge that once linked him to music, a job, his home in Great Britain or any semblance of self-respect. But he still knows the real deal when he hears it. As amateurish as they are, Dave sees what the sisters can become.
They ask him to come with them to try out for a chance to perform for American GIs in Vietnam for $30 a week. Soon they have reconnected with their cousin Kay (Shari Sebbens), switched from country to Motown, and passed the audition under their new name, the Sapphires. O'Dowd's shambling charm plays well against Mailman's protective ferocity, and the wartime background and struggles against bigotry add some heft to what might otherwise seem like a lightweight jukebox musical.
A girl group with four members under high-stress touring conditions means many opportunities for romance, adventure and power struggles, plus the inevitable rehearsal montages. "Can you make it sound blacker?" Dave asks at one point. He switches lead singers, guides them on stage presence and suggests some different songs. Both country and soul music are about loss, he tells them, but in country music, the lead singer seems to have given up. "With soul, they're still struggling." Dave's passion for the music and belief in the girls are scary but exhilarating. So is being away from home for the first time.
The girls learn that performing is about more than great songs and tight harmonies as they are touched by the valor of the American soldiers. It is not just that the GIs expect a show; they deserve one. So the Sapphires add spangles, go-go boots, hip-shaking and a lot of attitude.
That gives them the freedom to open themselves up to new experiences and new ways of looking at themselves. It means that we get to enjoy quite a show as well. When the story line starts to feel too close to the familiar "VH1 Behind the Music" soapy sagas of backstage tensions and heartache, those fabulous classic soul songs of the '60s ring out, thoughtfully matched to what is happening offstage.
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "What a Man," "I'll Take You There," "Hold On! I'm Coming," and many more add tremendous energy and spirit. They are every bit as entertaining as they were nearly half a century ago. Equally entrancing is a moment when they sing a native song called "Ngarra Burra Ferra."
The credit sequence updates us on what happened after the Sapphires came home, with an extraordinary record of achievement, photos of the women who inspired the film, and a concluding line of piercing sweetness. It would be great to have a sequel, but the Sapphires deserve a documentary.
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