Overheard in the Starbucks yesterday, a conversation between two professional-looking women who were probably in their late 20s or early 30s:
Woman 1: How about cuff links?
Woman 2: No, he'll never wear them. He says nobody wears cuff links anymore.
Woman 1: [untranscribeable snort of shock] What? Does he LIVE here?
Most of the men in my office, and all of the well-dressed ones, wear cufflinks on a regular basis.
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at December 21, 2006 9:25 PM
Cufflinks seem like a perfectly normal gift to me (I could use a pair myself for a nice shirt I have), but I thought Woman #1's reaction was especially amusing -- and representative of the slight East Coast snobbery fascination with formality that one finds in Philadelphia.
Posted by: Lori at December 21, 2006 9:48 PM
He must know my husband. Born and bred here but thinks cufflinks are totally outre. Maybe it has to do with having european parents or something, I don't know. My brother and my father wear them all the time, though. :)
Posted by: webhill at December 22, 2006 7:33 AM
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Most of the men in my office, and all of the well-dressed ones, wear cufflinks on a regular basis.
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December 21, 2006 9:25 PM
Posted on December 21, 2006 21:25
Cufflinks seem like a perfectly normal gift to me (I could use a pair myself for a nice shirt I have), but I thought Woman #1's reaction was especially amusing -- and representative of the slight East Coast snobbery fascination with formality that one finds in Philadelphia.
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December 21, 2006 9:48 PM
Posted on December 21, 2006 21:48
He must know my husband. Born and bred here but thinks cufflinks are totally outre. Maybe it has to do with having european parents or something, I don't know. My brother and my father wear them all the time, though. :)
Posted by webhill | December 22, 2006 7:33 AM
Posted on December 22, 2006 07:33