From South Ken to Shoreditch, from Jermyn Street to Mare Street – these days anyone that’s anyone is wearing red trousers.

If you want your leg-coverings to let the world know that you’ve got a few quid and don’t care who knows it, or that you have some big ideas about what’s on at the ICA right now - or simply that you are completely insane (but in a mainly non-stabby way) - then you’d better get your wife or girlfriend to take those jeans and chinos down to the charity shop post-haste!

Because there’s only one type of trousers you’ll be wanting to wear, and that’s RED TROUSERS. In fact - if you can’t wear red trousers you’d be better off wearing NO TROUSERS AT ALL. That’s what I say.

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Isle of Wight Ferry





















Love these shots of lone RT blokes gazing disconsolately at shelves of low quality food.

"Ghastly prawn sandwich? Or tuna and sweet corn? Do I even like prawns? Not much. Cheese maybe? You're usually safe with cheese. It's all equally disgusting. But I'm hungry so I should definitely get something. I just haven't yet decided what. Red bull to wash it down I reckon - red bull's nice." etc.

That's what he's mainly thinking. But running alongside those thoughts is the slow steady burble of "I'M WEARING RED TROUSERS! I'M RED TROUSERS GUY! OH YES I AM!"


Wrinklies at Kew Gardens
















Note the upturned collar. Throw a stone on the King's Road in the 1990s and you'd be bound to hit a young sloane with his shirt collar turned up. Less so nowadays. They're going the way of spats it seems. Perhaps it's the recession.

Mumm & Dad


































Brocklesby point-to-point






















...and let's not ignore the excellent hat on the lady.

Kings Road




































Thank you to Daniel, and to the fine fellow in the photograph, who kindly posed for the shot.

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Friday, 4 May 2012

Cambridge University Hawks Club





















http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawks'_Club









Squadron Social






















Sandbanks, Dorset


The world's poshest burglar captured on CCTV


There's no such thing as bad weather...


RT sandwich


Doh!

"So there's this iPhone app - basically you tell it what you're wearing and then it warns you if your friends are wearing exactly the same thing. You should totally download it."

Megatwat Frankie Cocozza


Bronze medal for lumberjack shirt guy


Shoreditch Ad-man

Interesting cross-over here. This type of red trouser seems to be more the hipster rather than toff variety (brighter, and not corduroy) but the pink shirt is decidely St. James.

But then again, the shirt is buttoned up high in a hipster sort of way.

As I say - interesting.






Elegant



Sunday, 22 April 2012

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Worse for wear

One does not simply wear red trousers and then fall asleep pissed on the train home.

The Zetland

This is a site-specific one. The Zetland is on the Old Brompton Road of course and, being much closer to the tube station than the next nearest pub, is often wandered into by the likes of Professor Blue Jumper and The Earl of Handkerchief here. But it's basically full of builders and passing trade. I bet they didn't stay long.

Old Brompton road again


Thank you to Ben, who persuaded (it seems without too much difficulty) this gang of Sloaney partygoers to pose for the camera. They look like part of a Dulux Farrow & Ball colour chart.

Old Caterhamian's Rugby
































I'd be surprised if RTs weren't disproprortionately in evidence at school reunions. Perhaps some current Caterhamians (doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, does it?) could do one of those bollocks modern geography projects on the topic.

Thursday, 5 April 2012

Father and son

With admirable paternal pride the head of the family graciously concedes defeat in the household's daily pudding-eating competition, for the 7593rd time in a row.




Monday, 26 March 2012

Getting kitted out

Shooting


Architect Mike Davies

A few people have mentioned this guy. I didn't think it would be long before someone papped him. (Well done Alex).

This is of course way above and beyond plain old RTs, but I think he merits posting.

Sunday, 25 March 2012

The Red Baron

This collar-shy smiler is some sort of German aristo I'm told.

Sunday, 18 March 2012

Decisions, decisions...

"Wife or servant urgently required. Working knowledge of chilled meat products an advantage, but not essential."

Three-way


BLOWERS!


Loungewear


Double-trouble in South Kensington


Cambridge

Oxford has so far led the race in RT submissions. Nice to see Cambridge putting up a good fight.

In fact, we could make it into some sort of yearly competition - and all turn up and watch, wearing red trousers.

First day at work?
































"What do you mean I have to go home and change? You said 'smart-casual' - you didn't say anything about not dressing like a complete bell-end."


Red trousers, Orange shoes

City of Bath again.