Q: Is it okay to wear a French-cuff shirt without wearing a tie? It seems like it would be cool, but since French cuffs seem very formal, I was worried there might be some sort of rule or something.

A: Hasan-i-Sabbah said, “Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.” Aleister Crowley said, “Do what thou wilt is the whole of the law.” And I say if Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix can wear French cuffs without a tie, so can you.

March 2005

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