1.(sometimes cap.) a single- or double-breasted coat with a velvet collar. 2.a large overstuffed sofa with high arms. 3.Chiefly Canadian.any sofa. [1885–90; after an Earl ofChesterfield] Ches•ter•field (ˈtʃɛs tərˌfild) ...
Although Chesterfields won’t lend themselves easily to sets with jeans, the coat has allowed men to offer the best version of themselves in celebration and everyday work for around 150 years. Formality can also be a joy. Cifonelli’s modern French glory Photos: vintage, screen cap, ...
Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes; and if you hint to a man that you think him silly, ignorant, or even ill-bred or awkward, he will hate you more and longer than if you tell him plainly that you think him a rogue. ...
Go to the Duchess of Courland’s as often as she and your leisure will permit. The company of women of fashion will improve your manners, though not your understanding; and that complaisance and politeness, which are so useful in men’s company, can only be acquired in women’s. ...
1.(sometimes cap.) a single- or double-breasted coat with a velvet collar. 2.a large overstuffed sofa with high arms. 3.Chiefly Canadian.any sofa. [1885–90; after an Earl ofChesterfield] Ches•ter•field (ˈtʃɛs tərˌfild) ...