Fred Basset by Alex Graham for September 07, 2024

Hey, Fred! It doesn’t matter if they’re borrowed. When you look good, you look good. And I have to admit, grump or not, Mr. Dear cleans up well. He does look good.

What are plumes?

now you both have tales, Fred!

Are not the Dears already married?

Fred the Wedding Clothes still fit ! How many out there can still fit into their Wedding Clothes ?

He does look good!

Yay, morning dress! Gray, striped trousers; black Oxfords; white shirt; vest; ascot; cutaway coat—and a top hat! Reminds one of Fred Astaire . .

I guess he’s a Best Man of a groomsman in someone’s wedding, or do men in Britain dress like this to simply attend one

From phrases dot org dot uk. What is the meaning of the phrase “borrowed plumes”? Here is the sentence in which it is used: “There are no false colors, no borrowed plumes, no empty pretensions.”

Plumes, worn as personal adornment, were in olden days a mark of distinction. “Wearing borrowed plumes” means claiming distinction that really belongs to someone else.

Hey, who’s that guy with the smile on his face? ;-)

What did he borrow? Feathers, smoke, …

With that get up, he should be sporting a chain of office.

Does anyone outside of Royalty or British nobility wear a tailcoat and top hat anymore? This is beyond a mere Tuxedo!

Rented suit and hat