1. Notes: 9 / 1 month ago  from ohmytweedysteed
    ohmytweedysteed: The first post at Oh, my tweedy steed has to be Gilbert, the hero of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 film The Lady Vanishes.  Gilbert is an anthropologist so the tweed fits with his academic side.  He gets himself into a scrape involving a pretty lady (whose love of l’ascots could probably inspire a whole other tumblr) and an international spy ring.  So he’s romantic and adventurous, a side of tweed that we don’t see often enough.  Furthermore, Gilbert is to my mind the quintessential British hero: helpful, sardonic, brave and incredibly sexy.  All things that tweed can be if a fabric can be brave or sardonic.  He hides his chivalrous nature under a facade of reverse snobbery and practicality (and what could be more practical than good old tweed?) This sums up my feelings.

    ohmytweedysteed:

    The first post at Oh, my tweedy steed has to be Gilbert, the hero of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 film The Lady Vanishes.  Gilbert is an anthropologist so the tweed fits with his academic side.  He gets himself into a scrape involving a pretty lady (whose love of l’ascots could probably inspire a whole other tumblr) and an international spy ring.  So he’s romantic and adventurous, a side of tweed that we don’t see often enough.  Furthermore, Gilbert is to my mind the quintessential British hero: helpful, sardonic, brave and incredibly sexy.  All things that tweed can be if a fabric can be brave or sardonic.  He hides his chivalrous nature under a facade of reverse snobbery and practicality (and what could be more practical than good old tweed?)

    This sums up my feelings.

     

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    1. toothoothe reblogged this from ohmytweedysteed and added:
      just because michael...beautiful in this movie
    2. charmingpplincardigans reblogged this from somuchpotential and added:
      Spending my week watching early Hitchcock has been kind of eye opening for the side of me that has been appreciating...
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