Please help me look cool!

I sort of hate to mention this but it is clearly NOT which camera you've got...it must be the white suit:

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(it is after Memorial Day so white shoes are fine!)
What I especially like is how obviously at ease he is with himself and his subject...
Rob
 
Well... If the only thing about you that embarrasses your wife is your choice of cameras, she is lucky. You should tell her so and be done with it. My wife was talking about some of the "personalized" cars that some of her coworkers drive. Expensive, flashy, muscle cars with their name on the plates.

So- tell your wife that you need a red convertible with over 400HP under the hood, and the license plate "Hiya Babe", and a special holster for your Leica in the console. See if she complains again.
 
Last weekend I was on a kinda of swap meet, with loads of "artistic" hand made stuff, mostly by young girls. I heard "oh look at his camera" and got some looks so Leica is approved by fashion-oriented wannabe-artist chicks.
 
Just in case your wife appreciates cool people who actually made history with Leica cameras:

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Not just posers with pretty faces :D
 
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All hope was lost as soon as you asked for outside help. It's terminal, I'm afraid. Time to get your Ray-bans and Doc Martens in order.
My condolences to your wife and family.
If you are good with a needle and thread, this:http://compare.ebay.com/like/110608452489?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y may give you a little extra time.
But even so, you will soon enough be wearing your trousers just under your armpits and telling kids to "Get off my yard!"
Don't worry, though, there are still plenty of fun things for you to do!
Like:
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Rob
 
Please tell me I'm not the only person here who doesn't recognise any of those three women (1 x blonde & 2 x brunette) in the first few posts.
 
Leica's are extremely cool... being blonde and female I would naturally look very cool with a Leica hanging around my neck :)
 
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Penny loafers, black socks with garters, pleated khaki shorts pulled well up over the navel, quasi-Hawaiian shirt (tucked in), small Billingham bag, Tilley hat.
That is the cool Leica shooter summer working uniform.

Phil Forrest
 
Phil_F_NM said:
Penny loafers, black socks with garters, pleated khaki shorts pulled well up over the navel, quasi-Hawaiian shirt (tucked in), small Billingham bag, Tilley hat.
That is the cool Leica shooter summer working uniform.

Phil Forrest
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I'm content then. I'm scoring three out of six: Hawaian shirt (black edition that is), hat, small bag.

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Why do people all over think that these Hollywood, Sport, Reality, Politician, Millionaire, former Super Model, Artist or Singer Types are the Cool Ones...???
If you like film, want to shoot film and carry a film camera THAT is your choice...if your wife refuses to be seen with you in public with said camera THAT is her choice....So Be It...leave her home...
Why not try this some time...Tell her to please stay home because her looks embarrass you when in public, that she looks like last year's fashion statement and she's holding you back in the Coolness Factor and if she insist that she go with you then you can only be seen by others at a distance so they cannot tell she's not what she thinks she is...
"Coolness" is what you think of yourself not what others think of you...
 
Well, I have small Billingham bags, anyway...

Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett will no doubt recall one of the examinations of the Monks of Cool. They are shown a wardrobe and asked, "What are the coolest clothes there?" And the reply is, "Hey, whatever I choose..."

Wear whatever you choose with confidence. That way, it's you. And if people can't handle you: well, to quote the late, great Terence Donovan, "Not my problem, sunshine."

Oh: and for T-shirts, check out www.redmolotov.com.

Cheers,

R.
 
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