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WCT March 1-5, 2010
raoullefere:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 06 Mar 2010, 13:52 ---And here I thought Henley was a person's name all these years...
However, please note; the statement in Wikipedia about the name has the classic [citation needed] tag, but further down...
In his biography of Ralph Lauren, the journalist Michael Gross quotes a New York merchant who recalled showing a vintage shirt to a Ralph Lauren buyer: "I showed
this fellow underwear -- a three-button long-sleeve shirt by Johnstown Knitting Mills. He said, 'This is a new shirt.' That's where he got the idea for the Henley shirt."
Michael Gross, Genuine Authentic, The Real Life of Ralph Lauren, pg 22.
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Does RL hold a patent on the Henley? My guess would be that was the origin of their first 'version' of the Henley. Not that I know much about Ralph Lauren clothing—I threatened my mother with defenestration if she wasted money buying me 'designer' clothes, and I haven't really warmed up to them since, either. Izod and RL could and can suck it, and their little alligators and polo players, too.
When I think about it, it stands to reason the rowers probably did start out wearing undershirts (I actually think they wear tanks these days, but those have to be a little cold in the morning on the Thames), as opposed to some monstrous Vicky get-up, complete, no doubt, with strangling collar and tie. In fact, it's difficult to think of any piece of current casual athletic wear that wasn't originally underwear. The things athletes wear in track and field these days would give folks a hundred years ago coronaries, yet we wear most of it casually, too. Except those spandex singlet suits runners wear, of course. At least I hope no guy wears what looks to be a real junk-crusher casually.
Is it cold in here?:
I don't think we know anything about Marigold's age except that she was in college with Angus, whose age we also don't know.
(Well, over 21, but that can almost be taken for granted among the QC regulars).
NeverQuiteGoth:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 06 Mar 2010, 20:55 ---Why isn't Marigirl fatter? As far as we know she's all about junk food and a sedentary lifestyle.
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Speaking from experience as a former hardcore world of warcraft player, the reason she's not fat IS BECAUSE she's a hardcore WoW player. See, when you're that into the game, you don't really take breaks to eat that often, and when you do, the meals are always small because you want to get back to the screen as fast as possible.
It's not healthy by a long shot, but it does keep you relatively thin.
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