The Good Web Guide’s UK Site of the Month
The appeal of the blog is its old-fashioned tone. In our era of anything goes ultra-permissiveness, where extreme behaviour is routine, morals lax and constraint and moderation quaint notions, where the most outrageous act might be to suddenly find God, Lamond’s blog speaks to our inner Victorian. To the idea of a well-dressed gentleman, treating people with respect and taking nothing for granted. Of taking it all on the chin and standing up tall to any challenge. Our conception of a virtue-filled past is probably no more than a nostalgic myth borne out of a growing frustration with lives of self-indulgent vice, but Lamond is on to something with this.
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Kempt: Here Comes The Son
From sartorial advice (“If you are tempted to wear a cowboy hat, resist”) to a surprising number of hangover cures (including swimming in the ocean), the blog is a source of surprisingly good advice for the old school gentleman. Someone get this man a column in Esquire.
Daily Record: “An Unlikely Hit”
The hints and tips written by Walker Lamond on 1001 Rules for My Unborn Son, are not the kind of thing that you are likely to find in a parenting manual but they are undeniably touching and, in some cases, far more relevant.
Apartment Therapy: Ohdeedoh finds the Rules
OhDeeDoh, Apartment Therapy’s blog about design and homelife with children, is a fan of the Rules: Words of wisdom for future sons everywhere are beautifully shown with photos in ther wonderful website, 1001 Rules for My Unborn Son.”
About.com: Funniest Site of the Day
The contemporary 1001 Rules for My Unborn Son offers sound wisdom, not necessarily laugh out loud funny, but enough meat to evoke chuckles of recognition. Many of the items are embellished with humorous quotes, commentary, or photographs. It’s a nice, happy read, and you might just learn something at this late date…
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SKIRT: 12 Rules for My Unborn Daughter
When on a dinner date, order the steak…Let him take your coat. That’s the moment he’s been waiting for…Dance with your father. And not just on your wedding day.
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VALET: Coveted by Walker Lamond
Recently, I’ve developed a weakness for hotel stationery. It’s rare enough to receive an honest to goodness letter in the mail these days. Getting one on hotel letterhead just adds to the romance. If you believe my stationery, I’m at the Hotel Ritz one day, Fontainebleau the next.
VALET: The Perfect Shirt
Variety is over-rated. In these uncertain economic times, the frugal sartorialist is well-served by a shirt for all seasons. Walker Lamond, the dapper writer behind the popular 1,001 Rules For My Unborn Son, recommends an American classic. His ode to the white cotton oxford shirt…
ASYLUM: 10 Things I Wish My Father Had Taught Me
10. How to fish
Every boy should learn how to bait a hook, cast into a shady spot, and catch a fish. My dad took me deep-sea fishing once. The captain hooked a fish and handed me the rod to reel it in. That’s not fishing, that’s shopping. The point of fishing isn’t the fish itself (unless of course, it’s how you make your living), it’s the qualities required to do it well: patience, perseverance and the ability to be quiet.
Well Plaid
Red pants, white oxford, blue blazer, suntan. That’s the look my dad’s wearing in just about every snapshot I have found from his salad days living single and preppy in Georgetown. When pressed about it, he used to make vague references to a suspicious dry cleaning fire that left him with quite literally the clothes on his back. We should all be so lucky! Whether his slim wardrobe was a result of said fire or just a slim wallet, his ability to make do with nothing but a few high quality essentials has been a superb lesson in sartorial discipline. And it’s not a bad way to pass as a swell even when your bank account disagrees.