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^^ Either him or Larry King but I thought with his age Tucker Carlson worked best among the bow tie guys.
EDIT: Whoops, the suspenders must have thrown me or something, could of sworn Larry wore a bow tie....
EDIT: Whoops, the suspenders must have thrown me or something, could of sworn Larry wore a bow tie....
Indeed! And I hope we see more than one bow tie.
I don't think Smith's outfit is as anywhere near as ridiculous as some are saying. It's a little tweedy and professorial, but it's not like he's got a stalk of celery pinned to his jacket.
...you're wearing one right now, aren't you? Be honest...
He's the Doctor. He should be the coolest-looking guy in the room, and RTD was right to make him as such.
Quoted for truth.
Now, I'm not convinced that they won't be able to make Smith's costume work somehow, because, well, fashion is a weird and fickle world and often relies as much on the sex appeal and charisma of the person wearing the clothes as it does on the clothes itself.
But, yeah, I tend to think the Doctor should be the coolest-looking guy in the room. Eccentric, yes, but also cool.
Hey, I get hungry.
I need to really say this again, was Tennant's outfit initially cool, or did he make it cool? I happen to think the latter as I don't recall too many people running around in skinny pinstripe suits apart from Jarvis Cocker and he was so 1994!
The funniest thing is that I can still remember the complaints when 10's outfit was revealed as well.
And I'm not sure the Doctor should ever be the coolest man in the room, I'd rather he was the cleverest man in the room.
Again a lot of this will come down to how Smith sells it.
The funniest thing is that I can still remember the complaints when 10's outfit was revealed as well.
And I'm not sure the Doctor should ever be the coolest man in the room, I'd rather he was the cleverest man in the room.
Again a lot of this will come down to how Smith sells it.
Quoted for truth (well in my opinion anyway, if someone else disagrees that's fine, but to me that does sound rather true.)
That's a fair enough question. As I said above, I'm not convinced that Smith's outfit won't end up registering as being cool (albeit in a retro sort of way) with the not-we, because fashion is a strange and fickle world that relies as much on the sex appeal and charisma of the wearer as it does on the clothes themselves.
I wouldn't be surprised if the bowtie ends up going, though.
I'd prefer he be both. But at the very least, I don't think he should look goofy or dorky. He should be eccentric, but he shouldn't look stupid. It's like the difference between Christopher Ecclestone's costume and Sylvester McCoy's (or, for that matter, the difference between McCoy's in TOS and McCoy's in the TV movie). Ecclestone didn't dress normally, but it didn't register as being completely out of place, either. A fella could walk in most rooms wearing Ecclestone's costume without looking fundamentally bad even if he looked slightly odd.
The Doctor doesn't need to look cool. He IS cool. The truly Cool can wear whatever they want and look good, because THEY'RE wearing it.
and I'd much rather he was the cleverest man in the room, than the coolest.
and I'd much rather he was the cleverest man in the room, than the coolest.
Well I love the jacket and wouldn't mind one myself, then again maybe I'm just getting old.
Of the whole thing the bowtie is the only bit I'm really not 100% sold on but it might grow on me, and it does help the look. It might be that they switch it around with a regular tie or no tie to mix things up a bit, the same way Tennant had different ties and sometimes no tie/collarless shirt. Well McCoy's outfit had already toned down somewhat by the time of Fenric, the interesting thing about the TV movie is that the outfit McGann ends up wearing is actually a lot odder/more eccentric than McCoy's!
Eccleston's look appeared very simple but I think an awful lot of thought went into it and it's really very clever. They found just the right leather jacket really.
I'd pretty much agree with that assesment but there are limits. Nobody, and I mean nobody could have looked cool in colin Baker's outfit.
Well I love the jacket and wouldn't mind one myself, then again maybe I'm just getting old.
I rather like the bowtie. Then again, when I was very little (early 1970's) I remember my dad always wore a bow tie to work as opposed to a regular necktie. He HATED conforming to standards. Also, he never wore clip-on ties -- he tied his own every morning
Also, he never wore clip-on ties -- he tied his own every morning
You mean there are grown men (other than Homer Simpson) who do use clip-on ties?
Well whenever I've worn a bow tie I have to admit it's been a velcro one, but I haven't work one in over 10 years no so if I ever did again I might try for the proper version.
Rememebr the trick is to have both, then undo your velcro one and drape the real one loose around your open shirt so it looks like it was real all along
Rememebr the trick is to have both, then undo your velcro one and drape the real one loose around your open shirt so it looks like it was real all along
Also, he never wore clip-on ties -- he tied his own every morning
You mean there are grown men (other than Homer Simpson) who do use clip-on ties?
Well Police Officers wear them but that's more because of safety than anything.
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