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Tag: Well-Dressed Gents

May 15, 2024May 14, 2024HTBS

Tailor-Made: Rowing Blazers is Revised and Expanded

Aug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021HTBS

Henley 2021 – Part 3

Aug 15, 2021Aug 15, 2021HTBS

Henley 2021: Faterday

Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020HTBS

HRR Fashion Seasons Done, Dusted and Now Lost to 2020

Jul 24, 2019Jul 24, 2019HTBS

Images of Henley 2019: Semi Saturday

Jul 19, 2019Jul 19, 2019HTBS

Beyond the Stewards’ Enclosure: Part II – The Picnic

Jul 12, 2017Jul 11, 2017HTBS

Henley Style

Jun 30, 2017Jul 1, 2017HTBS

Henley’s Second Day: A Trip Down The Course

Jun 29, 2017Jul 1, 2017HTBS

Down By The Riverside: Henley’s Opening Day

May 20, 2017May 19, 2017HTBS

A Sea of Boaters

Mar 14, 2017Mar 14, 2017HTBS

The Oarsmen of J.C. Leyendecker: Homeric or Homoerotic?

Mar 2, 2017Mar 2, 2017HTBS

Childe of Hale

Jul 2, 2016Jul 4, 2016HTBS

Henley Saturday: Pictures from Regattas Past

Apr 16, 2016Apr 12, 2016HTBS

What’s not to lycra?

Apr 9, 2016Sep 28, 2020HTBS

Malmö RK and all its Colours

Apr 7, 2016Apr 9, 2016HTBS

Men’s Vanity, or A Swedish Rowing Club Decks Out Its Members

Apr 2, 2016Apr 2, 2016HTBS

The 1970s: The Decade That Style Forgot

Jun 9, 2015Jun 9, 2015HTBS

At Red Top during Defeat

May 18, 2015May 17, 2015HTBS

Rowing Rooms

Dec 2, 2014Dec 1, 2014HTBS

Tie-in

Sep 10, 2014Sep 10, 2014HTBS

Me and My RTs

Mar 7, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

When Rowing Ideas are Running Dry….

Feb 16, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Showing some Legs… 2

Feb 9, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Buttoned Up

Feb 7, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Showing some Legs…

Jan 27, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Blues in Bags

Oct 18, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

HTBS Tie On!

Sep 2, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

To Follow the Etiquette

May 15, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Straw Hat Day!

Nov 20, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

How to Look Dashing!

Nov 5, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The HTBS Tie is Here!

Sep 1, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Fancy Rowing Ties

Jul 11, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

2011 HRR… Just Wonderful!

Jun 16, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

Checking Off The List For HRR

May 31, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

You Are Going To Wear That For HRR?

May 20, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

A New Hat For Henley?

Mar 19, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

The Art Of Being Well-Dressed

Mar 17, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

Spring Is Here!

Jul 31, 2010Jul 7, 2025Ellen

Dress Code For A Steward

Mar 29, 2010Apr 25, 2014Ellen

The Hierarchy Of Blazers At Henley Royal

Mar 28, 2010Apr 25, 2014Ellen

…And A Dress Faux Pas

Mar 27, 2010Apr 25, 2014Ellen

Wingfield Sculls Centenary Dinner Menu

Mar 26, 2010Apr 25, 2014Ellen

The Rowing English Gentleman

Mar 17, 2010Apr 25, 2014Ellen

A Gentleman On The Towpath

Mar 15, 2010Apr 25, 2014Ellen

An Oarsman’s Dress Code

Aug 29, 2009Apr 25, 2014Ellen

Well-Dressed Oarsmen

Aug 5, 2009Apr 25, 2014Ellen

Notes From A Rowing Tie Snob

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