11:58 am: How could i have lived without this before
http://www.thechap.net/complete with the Chap Manifesto;
Something is amiss in society. At every level, the populace worships an unholy trinity of celebrity, vulgarity and self-regard, while qualities such as courtesy and savoir-faire are pushed aside in the name of progress. Here, in The Chap Manifesto, men and women are called to overthrow an indifferent and inelegant society by dressing very nicely indeed.
The Chap Manifesto
For too long we have been the playthings of massive corporations, whose sole aim is to convert our world into a gargantuan shopping ‘mall’. Pleasantry and civility are being discarded as the worthless ephemera of a bygone age; an age where men doffed their hats at ladies, and children could be counted on to mind your Jack Russell while you took a mild and bitter in the pub. The twinkly-eyed tobacconist, the ruddy-cheeked pub landlord and the bewhiskered teashop lady are being trampled under by the mighty blandness of the ‘drive-thru’ hamburger chain.
The principal victim of this blandification is Youth, whose natural propensity to peacock around the town has been drummed out of them, leaving them with a sad deficiency of conversation, imagination and joie de vivre. Instead their lives are ruled by territorial one-upmanship based upon brands of plimsoll; they have become little more than walking advertising hoardings for global conglomerates.
And what has Youth to look forward to? Toiling all day in front of personal computer screens, and then sitting all evening in halls of misery, where chemically-laden beer is fed to them as they ogle sports events on larger versions of the same screens they have been staring at all day. The resulting ‘culture’ of this state of affairs can be summed up in one word: vulgarity.
But the spectre of a new breed of insurgent has begun to appear on the streets, in the taverns and in the offices of Britain; that of the Anarcho-Dandy, recognisable by their immaculate clothes, the rakish angle of their hats and their rallying cry of “Good day to you Madam!”
While straggly-haired youths in balaclavas may shout their slogans and smash the windows of McDonald’s, the Anarcho-Dandies merely display the irreproachable cut of their suits, arch an eyebrow and take their custom elsewhere.
Yes, the Confederacy of Anarcho-Dandys (CAD) is here! By uniting the various strands of agit-fop under one ensign we will prevent the fragmentation that afflicts other ideological struggles. Thus, The Chap Manifesto may serve as a blueprint for all insurgents engaged in the Tweed Revolution.
Summon your tailors and seamstresses and sally forth looking simply splendid!
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