Ben De Lisi TSV 12/03/25

[TheFamousGrouse]

He has just come back from his Holiday.

Perhaps he came straight from the airport still wearing holiday gear. He sounded jet-lagged to me.

 

[Cashers]

Today's competition is between Ben di Lisi and Katy Pullinger - who can wear the must ludicrous, ridiculous trousers. Has either of them actually looked in the mirror?

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What! I missed this!! We're they worse than Alex Kramers??

 

[candycane]

What! I missed this!! We're they worse than Alex Kramers??

I think they were the same ones Alex Kramer was wearing. They looked like the jeans the wee guy down the pub wears because he doesn't know what Wundaweb is.

Ben looked much better in his hour with Simon Biagi, his trousers were full length and matched the rest of his outfit.

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[Stockton]

I'm speechless, and that doesn't happen often.

Said it is in the washing do not go out of shape. RL is same. Plain vest nearly 30 pound

 

[candycane]

Asda do perfectly good vests and if you get the ones with more elastane in them they don't go out of shape when washing. I got a few last year and I think they were 2 for £6. Taking them away with me this year. £25-30 for one vest is a huge amount as you're going to need at least 2. I know the supermarket ones are made in China/Bangladesh/India but if you look at the designer ones they are probably made in the same countries and more probably in the same factories.

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[historymystery]

Asda do perfectly good vests and if you get the ones with more elastane in them they don't go out of shape when washing. I got a few last year and I think they were 2 for £6. Taking them away with me this year. £25-30 for one vest is a huge amount as you're going to need at least 2. I know the supermarket ones are made in China/Bangladesh/India but if you look at the designer ones they are probably made in the same countries and more probably in the same factories.

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I've found Asda tee shirts and vest tops wear well and as you've said, they often do two for £5 or £6 deals. Much better value than a couple of tee shirts I bought in Marks & Sparks last summer, and the necks went like boats after a couple of washings, really stretched and baggy - and at £16 for two I think they should have lasted longer than that. I only got them because I had a M & S voucher to use up. They ended up in the textiles recycling bag. Rubbish. I've found Asda quite good for clothing basics.

 

[Grizelda]

These short jackets with not-quite-long sleeves always have the Shrunk in the Wash look to me.

The reason, they said, was so that your bracelets aren't hidden by the sleeves. What rubbish.

 

[Grizelda]

I watched this morning.
Ben was the colour of mahogany, and he was wearing skinny cropped trousers with Birkenstock slide-ons. It looked ridiculous and furthermore, his voice annoys me.

I think that he goes out of his way to look like an artist who just throws his clothes on and ends up looking mismatched but seriously cool. Sometimes, he leaves a corner of his shirt peeking out from under his jumper to give the impression he got dressed in a hurry. Really, he's pulled it out purposely. His voice is quite nasal and whiney with the odd British pronunciation thrown in.

 

[TheFamousGrouse]

The reason, they said, was so that your bracelets aren't hidden by the sleeves. What rubbish.

If you watch old newsreels of the late Queen Elizabeth there was a period in the 50s/60s when her dress designers featured those chopped-off sleeves so that her expensive jewellery could be on display.
Perfectly good reason for her majesty, not so much the rest of us who don't own any crown jewels.