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.

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Steve





















On his way back from the Polo I'm told.

Nassau airport business class lounge


Baron's Court

Taking the ironic toff-hipster thing a bit far...

Holiday Grandpa





















It's heartbreaking: you work hard all your life, try to bring your children up the right way - and they end up wearing green shorts.

More blue suede shoes

If you're struggling to get a decent picture of your target, do as this photographer did and follow 'em to the bogs!

A kind of jockey



Caption competition?


It's Raspberry Meringue-head Play School Conference Sailor!


Retarded Hipster Cowboy

I shouldn't call him retarded. He's probably not - it's only because he's on a swing, smiling. It was the sender's chosen subject line, and I think it should stay.

If he is actually retarded, then double sorry.

Proper red


An American harpsichordist


Saul Milton


Saturday, 9 June 2012

Manbag madman


Another tube hipster


Chipping Norton




































"I think he might have clocked me" writes Will.

I think so too. Good work!


Two-tones

We haven't had many hipsters recently. Not sure whether that's because they've stopped wearing them or because they're less amusing or what, but this bloke is top drawer.

By no means a standard Dalston get-up - but a big wally hipster nonetheless. And a solid are-you-taking-a-photo scowl as well.

Full marks to the anonymous sender.

"Little rooster crowing - there must be something on his mind."


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.

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.