Comments on: Corduroy suits – don’t do it kids!

By: Hal

Hal — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:32:42 +0000

I recognise I’m a bit of a johnny-come-lately to this issue but I hadn’t realised your aversion to corduroy. I myself own a very fine brown cord jacket.

I might wear it the next time I see you.

By: stephenginn

stephenginn — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:16:53 +0000

Neuroshrink, thank you for your contribution to this important debate. I wonder if we can consider baldness, beards, corduroy suits and open toed sandals all as part of the same syndrome. Although these symptoms can all appear separately, the ‘classic case’ of psychiatric doctor appearance will involve a man (and rarely a woman) who loses his/her hair, then grows a beard and then buys a wardrobe of corduroy suits, starting with jackets, before developing a more serious condition and sporting the trousers and sandals as well. If the ‘aberrant hair distribution’ you identify is also poorly maintained, then this would indicate particularly severe pathology.

By: neuroshrink

neuroshrink — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:17:44 +0000

In our department nearly all of the male psychiatrists have beards (and none of the women, thankfully). Out of the dozen or so men I can think of, only two do not have beards, and they are bald. Perhaps being bald satisfies the “aberrant hair distribution” requirement? Of course, several of the senior faculty are bald AND have beards….

By: Trevor Ginn

Trevor Ginn — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:49:16 +0000

I think that there is some very important scientific work which should be conducted into the relative soothing potential of different clothing types. Perhaps all doctors should be made to wear cordury suits and open toed sandals. Indeed if this is a disease which works from the top down, is this the logical progression?