It is amazing to think about the evolution of what we refer to as Trad style.
The present day Trad board was started by Harris, maybe 25 years ago in the regular AAAC board, and soon evolved into its own board.
It is certainly not bad, but the change that has taken place is immense.
We used to worship at the shrine of BB and JP. BB now looks like Men's Warehouse, and JP had to go through a near death experience when ownership changed. About the only purveyors of Trad as it was originally referred to here are present day JP, and OCLS.
Absolutely nothing wrong with dramatic change, it is inevitable.
However what the originators of the AAAT were really educating us about, was not clothing as such, but what it was to have "Understated Elegance" as an objective.
The present day Trad board was started by Harris, maybe 25 years ago in the regular AAAC board, and soon evolved into its own board.
It is certainly not bad, but the change that has taken place is immense.
We used to worship at the shrine of BB and JP. BB now looks like Men's Warehouse, and JP had to go through a near death experience when ownership changed. About the only purveyors of Trad as it was originally referred to here are present day JP, and OCLS.
Absolutely nothing wrong with dramatic change, it is inevitable.
However what the originators of the AAAT were really educating us about, was not clothing as such, but what it was to have "Understated Elegance" as an objective.