tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post6506453239144179869..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Festive Friday: Best Dressed MedievalistCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-81365528291642268372008-01-27T15:47:00.000-05:002008-01-27T15:47:00.000-05:00C.Dinshaw and S.Beckwith are the most stylish medi...C.Dinshaw and S.Beckwith are the most stylish medievalists I've ever seen up close. My vote goes to Sarah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-37884970769840381712008-01-27T14:13:00.000-05:002008-01-27T14:13:00.000-05:00After seeing Kalamazoo full of grad students dress...After seeing Kalamazoo full of grad students dressed like MLA clones, I'm glad to do my part to keep more of a Betsey Johnson vibe alive in the increasingly Armani world of academia. I'm proud I was hired wearing my Docs and not pantyhose. No one in the department batted an eye when my hair changed to candy-apple red and then to lavender. Then again, sartorial eccentricities may matter less when you out-publish most of your department.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-37257581688706724702008-01-27T09:30:00.000-05:002008-01-27T09:30:00.000-05:00If he does, I bet they were really nice pants.If he does, I bet they were <I>really</I> nice pants.Prof. de Breezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058193046200756821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-30635036180381879422008-01-26T21:21:00.000-05:002008-01-26T21:21:00.000-05:00Doesn't Allen Frantzen tell a story about his trou...Doesn't Allen Frantzen tell a story about his trouser zip being open at the beginning of his essay on the Pardoner and perversion?Michael O'Rourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110210128389911666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-91601373099326620462008-01-26T17:57:00.000-05:002008-01-26T17:57:00.000-05:00When I first met Allen Frantzen, I couldn't decide...When I first met Allen Frantzen, I couldn't decide whether I was more intimidated by his scholarship (he had just been introduced as the "pre-eminent Anglo-Saxonist of his generation") or by his Armani suit.Prof. de Breezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058193046200756821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-8549549131113333482008-01-26T13:26:00.000-05:002008-01-26T13:26:00.000-05:00MKH: I haven't met Patricia Dailey but am going to...MKH: I haven't met Patricia Dailey but am going to take it on faith that she has is stylish. Thank god. There is hope for the Anglo-Saxonists.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-64368907131926424502008-01-26T11:28:00.000-05:002008-01-26T11:28:00.000-05:00PS Readers who don't remember Michael O'Rourke fro...PS Readers who don't remember Michael O'Rourke from his guest blogging stint may find an unretouched picture of him <A HREF="http://jjcohen.blogspot.com/2007/02/guest-blogger-michael-orourke.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-68075234194198465742008-01-26T11:27:00.000-05:002008-01-26T11:27:00.000-05:00Michael, your anti-style is the pinnacle of style....Michael, your anti-style is the pinnacle of style.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-79524083633676697412008-01-26T06:08:00.000-05:002008-01-26T06:08:00.000-05:00Karl, you will be pleased to hear the dreadlocks a...Karl, you will be pleased to hear the dreadlocks are on the way back although they are a poppy red. <BR/><BR/>MOR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-25316535250539948532008-01-25T23:12:00.000-05:002008-01-25T23:12:00.000-05:00No can do, Michael. If you haven't changed since I...No can do, Michael. If you haven't changed since I met you, I have to wedge you in near the top. But then again, you didn't have seem to have <A HREF="http://jjcohen.blogspot.com/2007/05/on-not-looking-as-intimdating-as-i.html#c4532669295349800847" REL="nofollow">pink dreadlocks</A> anymore: a pity!Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-35820827662975249142008-01-25T22:51:00.000-05:002008-01-25T22:51:00.000-05:00Can I nominate myself for *worst* dressed. Karl an...Can I nominate myself for *worst* dressed. Karl and Jeffey should second that!<BR/><BR/>MOR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-25531913547866874642008-01-25T18:22:00.000-05:002008-01-25T18:22:00.000-05:00Eileen> As for Anglo-Saxonists -- I'm pretty sure ...Eileen> As for Anglo-Saxonists -- I'm pretty sure that best dressed amongst the women would go to Patricia Dailey. She has a fantastic sense of fashion -- very European, actually.Mary Kate Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892991966276345782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-43384181827985231972008-01-25T16:05:00.000-05:002008-01-25T16:05:00.000-05:00I realize that Anglo-Saxonists are often behind wh...I realize that Anglo-Saxonists are often behind whatever line demarcates "cool," but for this honor and for my tribe, I would like to nominate, um, um, um, . . . dammit.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-13866374826083596632008-01-25T14:04:00.000-05:002008-01-25T14:04:00.000-05:00Darn, y'all beat me to nominating Strohm and Dinsh...Darn, y'all beat me to nominating Strohm and Dinshaw.<BR/><BR/>I'll nominate Theresa Coletti, who always looks elegant, and Del Kolve, who has a more understated style now than in his younger years, apparently, but who always looks debonair.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-81803650939615609042008-01-25T13:26:00.000-05:002008-01-25T13:26:00.000-05:00as much as i admire the dinshaw sleek, i myself, t...as much as i admire the dinshaw sleek, i myself, though perhaps being too young for it, am also a tweedster. and hopefully without too much irony. i mean, i believe in tweed. though i certainly have my more coutury sleek moments--and pay too much for my haircuts.dan remeinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13011645541207076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-78262035643938571042008-01-25T13:21:00.000-05:002008-01-25T13:21:00.000-05:00I'd second or third Paul Strohm's nomination. Alwa...I'd second or third Paul Strohm's nomination. Always looks good. To my mind he is the epitome of <I>urbane</I> in the classic and bestest senses.<BR/><BR/>I don't know CDinshaw as well, but I'd also add Anne Clark Bartlett to the list. Always hip and classy in Kalamazoo and elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>I've just upgraded to Hawai'ian shirts myself. Tweed's not even on the radar.dtklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754509776199786016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-81326742154146122082008-01-25T11:49:00.000-05:002008-01-25T11:49:00.000-05:00Dinshaw and Strohm, most definitely. They have nev...Dinshaw and Strohm, most definitely. They have never needed "tenure pants." (Are those like smarty pants?)Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-71753440426404073482008-01-25T09:25:00.000-05:002008-01-25T09:25:00.000-05:00a relevant, and hilarious, side note on "tenure" p...a relevant, and hilarious, side note on "tenure" pants:<BR/>http://thefreudianpetticoat.blogspot.com/2007/11/anthropologie-clothing-academic-crowd.html<BR/><BR/>sadly, they're still sold out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-16619412505793876882008-01-25T08:52:00.000-05:002008-01-25T08:52:00.000-05:00Yeah! I'm a frump! And a dork.Paul Strohm, and I w...Yeah! I'm a frump! And a dork.<BR/><BR/>Paul Strohm, and I will entertain no counterargument, or only a few. That guy's been mod since before mod was. His next book should be directed at, I dunno, The Who, and called <I>You Have Never Been Mod,</I> because Strohm's mod star burns so much cooler.<BR/><BR/>Dinshaw, obviously.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-19146667178630044972008-01-25T08:39:00.000-05:002008-01-25T08:39:00.000-05:00I give you this: you have the enviable ability to ...I give you this: you have the enviable ability to wear tweed without irony and look debonair indeed. Satisfied?Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-18900718015465364522008-01-25T08:25:00.000-05:002008-01-25T08:25:00.000-05:00Mock not the tweed, heathen! Mock not the tweed!Mock not the tweed, heathen! Mock not the tweed!Dr. Richard Scott Nokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.com