^^ The kids do love George Will...
Thanks to Matt Smith, bow ties are cool (again)...
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Haters gonna hate.
I have seen several places online where you can get a replica Uboat captain jackets (which is what CE wore - Capt. Jack was right on about that lol) - even a few that are based on the version worn by the ninth Doctor.
They cost in the $300 - to $500 dollar range (for real leather)...and I hear the quality sometimes can vary...but if you shop around, they are out there...
I guess the question is have bowtie sales increased because of the doctor, or were we due a bow ties are cool trend anyway? I suspect it was the latter. I somehow doubt Top Shop have bow ties in their window because of Who. It possibly helps a bit but I suspect the trend was coming anyway.
That's almost as bad as Neo! Although... I wouldn't feel quite so geekish dressing as Eccles Doc - his outfit is reasonably similar to what I've worn in the past (and still do), which pleased me no end when he did his stint in the role: for once we had a Doctor who had reasonably good, dare I say "cool", fashion sense...
Thats funny. Its just too obvious. You should have went up to him and asked what he thought of the last episode. He would have probably turned red.
Not necessarily. I've been pointing my sideburns for decades as a subtle recognition of my love for Star Trek. If someone noticed such a discrete clue and asked me about Trek, I'd assume he or she climbed out of the same clutch of eggs as me and happily chatter on about the latest movie or rumors. Of course, as you point out, G2309 saw someone who possibly took things too far -- while the Doctor's current attire doesn't stand out like a Starfleet uniform, Smith's character has been well-exposed all over Great Britain, I'm sure.
Still, where's the harm in it? I can walk down any city street here in the U.S. and find dozens of people wearing the jerseys of their favorite sports team -- but that doesn't mean such fans honestly think of themselves as baseball, football, or hockey stars.
Does it?
At least here in Chicago, I noticed an increasing number of friends and colleagues wearing bowties (and older friends and bosses saying, "I told you so), but this was before Matt Smith ever came into the Doctor Who picture (so even far before Smith's costume was released). So it could go both ways here: Smith/DW can inspire more people to wear bowties, or it could justify the fashion choices of those who were already wearing bowties to begin with.
With that said, I'm still very much a neck tie kinda guy
With that said, I'm still very much a neck tie kinda guy
At least here in Chicago, I noticed an increasing number of friends and colleagues wearing bowties (and older friends and bosses saying, "I told you so), but this was before Matt Smith ever came into the Doctor Who picture (so even far before Smith's costume was released). So it could go both ways here: Smith/DW can inspire more people to wear bowties, or it could justify the fashion choices of those who were already wearing bowties to begin with.
With that said, I'm still very much a neck tie kinda guy
These friends and colleagues weren't also wearing women's jeans and listening to music nobody else had ever heard of, were they ?
At least here in Chicago, I noticed an increasing number of friends and colleagues wearing bowties (and older friends and bosses saying, "I told you so), but this was before Matt Smith ever came into the Doctor Who picture (so even far before Smith's costume was released). So it could go both ways here: Smith/DW can inspire more people to wear bowties, or it could justify the fashion choices of those who were already wearing bowties to begin with.
With that said, I'm still very much a neck tie kinda guy
These friends and colleagues weren't also wearing women's jeans and listening to music nobody else had ever heard of, were they ?
Well, the older guys were wearing slacks and suspenders...
...yeah...
I've seen a guy in Nottingham who wears a really accurate 10th Doctor outfit. (he even has the hair and in fairness he has Tennant's build as well)
Personally I think it's going a little too far. Yeah sports fans will wear a shirt, but it's rare you'd have a football fan wandering down the street wearing the full kit and football boots.
Surely the whole point of the Doctor is that he's a nonconformist who doesn't want to look like anyone else, so why would you want to look exactly like him?
That doesn't mean I wouldn't buy some items based on the Doctor's look. I'd quite like a jacket like Smith's for example, and wouldn't say no to an Eccleston U-Boat jacket as well, but I'd never go the whole nine yards.
^^^Yeah an item or two incoprotated into your own daily attire is fine. But EVERYTHING is just a little pathetic. (Sorry to those that do it.
) Its hard to be orginal as it is these days.(we are all influenced by something or someone when we pick out cloths im sure) I want to at least try to create my own identity when it comes to cloths, not try to be a tv character.
I wonder if people who go the full regalia, think maybe they will have cool adventures.
) Its hard to be orginal as it is these days.(we are all influenced by something or someone when we pick out cloths im sure) I want to at least try to create my own identity when it comes to cloths, not try to be a tv character.I wonder if people who go the full regalia, think maybe they will have cool adventures.
I wonder if people who go the full regalia, think maybe they will have cool adventures.
Only if you keep your sonic screwdriver on the inside pocket of your jacket (be it leather, suit, or tweed)
I wonder if people who go the full regalia, think maybe they will have cool adventures.
Only if you keep your sonic screwdriver on the inside pocket of your jacket (be it leather, suit, or tweed)
I would wet myself, I'm so unprepared for such cool adventures. Really, my companion would be like, "What do we do, Psion?!" And I'd be like, "Er ... I ... I ... I ... I ... run!"
That could even be my catch phrase.
ANYWAY, addressing Cyke101 directly instead of Dar70 through his quote, I've been giving a lot of thought to a mechanism like the Doctor's sonic screwdriver and/or Gary Seven's servo. It occurs to me such a gizmo might make an excellent housing for a universal remote. Adding to that, I'd like it to be able to control other devices with an appropriate receiver. If it made an adjustable noise, it might be possible to point the gizmo's light at an interface as a sort of command for attention, then have the interface listen to the sounds to get the command ... like an old-school acoustic modem. To be properly Gallifreyan, it'd have to be able to be useful as a tool ... perhaps a real screwdriver or telescoping magnetic probe. A laser pointer too?
I agree. I've never cared for bow ties, though I do admit Matt Smith pulls off a bow tie look quite well.
And I guess it makes sense that bow tie sales are going up. Mainly because out of the three nu Doctors, the Eleventh has an easier look to imitate than the other two. After all, bow ties are likely cheaper than a leather lacket or even a trench coat.
They are also really freaking hard to tie!
My wife bought me one for my birthday, and I still can't tie it myself. After about five youtube instructional videos, she managed to tie it rather neatly on me, but I still can't manage on my own.
They do look rather slick when worn with the proper eccentric professorial attire.
My wife bought me one for my birthday, and I still can't tie it myself. After about five youtube instructional videos, she managed to tie it rather neatly on me, but I still can't manage on my own.
They do look rather slick when worn with the proper eccentric professorial attire.
All thanks to Matt Smith's(and some help by beth willis) insistence on the bow tie when Moffat said "No"
