Comments on: Sleeve and cuff guide for shadow transport minister Joe Sammut

By: I.R.A.B.

I.R.A.B. — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:02:24 +0000

In reply to Martin. I am neither a woman nor gay, and I love my football, but I also show an interest in what I'm wearing and what other people wear. I think the modern man is expected to care about the way he looks and women like that in him.

By: Dee

Dee — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:50:57 +0000

Joe Sammut in that jacket with hairy arms sticking out reminded me of Fred Flintstone dressed up for the occasion.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:52:15 +0000

Can you stil get bespoke tailoring in Malta? Someone told me that the great Freddie (just round the corner from Bortex in Valletta) passed away about two months ago. He was found in his shop, stone cold dead, with a suit jacket draped over his knees, still holding needle and thread. Apocryphal perhaps, but quite touching. Sic transit the last bastion of gentlemanly living.

By: John H

John H — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:23:57 +0000

In reply to Martin. For most women and gay men? Please, any one with enough self respect should realise that some things look good and some things are better left on mannequins in abandoned corners.

By: Michael Camilleri

Michael Camilleri — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:42:20 +0000

Most people are not aware of these details. I am. I adjust all the clothes myself. It’s not an obsession but I wouldn’t waste my time explaining how and why. I do it for myself and the very few who have an eye for detail.

By: VR

VR — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:11:20 +0000

Another related topic is men sitting down and exposing their short socks, sometimes rolled down. Shocking.

By: VR

VR — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:14:34 +0000

In reply to pat. Pat, Your last sentence includes men and women. I think you are very wrong. Perhaps you are referring to the Maltese you know.

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:06:21 +0000

What is this obsession with what people wear? Isn’t it a bit morbid?

[Daphne – A fascination with, say, death or coffins or suffering. would be morbid. An interest – as opposed to obsession – in what people wear and the telling way they wear it is 100% normal for most women and gay men. See it as the equivalent of football, with the difference is that we don’t go to those extremes.]

By: David S

David S — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:41:08 +0000

And what about haircuts? Tonio Fenech has been looking ever so scruffy at Ecofin meetings -. finally he got himself a haircut for the last meeting.

By: hopeful

hopeful — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:17:58 +0000

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