In truth, it didn't start with Fetterman. It's been going on for decades. "The Post tried eating at NYC’s finest restaurants dressed like Sen. John Fetterman — see how it went".
Historical perspective: here are attendees at a baseball game sometime in the early 1930s.
Note, also, this photo of a Washington bureaucrat taken as recently as 2013.
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Not only the way they dress, but even an old b&w photo of a baseball game
ReplyDeleteshows a level of decorum that is long gone from American society.
The last MLB game I went to was twenty years ago, and it was mainly (very) casual attire and too much rowdy behavior. I can't imagine it has gotten any better since.
BTW, the g-man in that picture looks like he could be from the 1930s, too.
ReplyDeleteCould the purported G-Man actually be Señor Paco?
ReplyDeleteCould the purported G-Man actually be Señor Paco?
ReplyDeleteDo you think Paco would pay a high-dollar male model to pose when he could do it himself?
Zardoz: There are those who say the fellow in the photograph bears a striking resemblance to yours truly. And I would add that the deck on which the gentleman is standing looks like an exact replica of the one attached to the west side of my former residence in Fairfax, Virginia. More than that, I cannot say.
ReplyDeleteFunny. I used to ride on the Orange Line with someone who looked a lot like the man in the photo. Also, I still like the hat and often wear one very similar to it.
ReplyDeleteThe new dress rules beg the question "what's next? Allowing alcoholic beverages.
ReplyDeleteI like Rand Paul's response which was wearing a bath robe.
As for the stylish man resembling our host, I'm certain that he has no doubles, and that he is still as dapper after all these years.
Are you sure that's a G-Man? That pic looks like someone who works for Al Capone.
ReplyDeleteThe folks hunting Al looked much more rumpled.
I hope Ophelia isn't bothering you too much.
She looks a lot less attractive than Morticia's Cousin Opelia.
V: Ophelia got a little rowdy, but we made out ok.
ReplyDeleteN.B. I recall those days talking with you while we waited for the Orange Line. Good memories.
Deb: No need to be dapper anymore; but ready to be dapper, if ever required.