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Today’s New York Times Thurs­day Styles sec­tion has a gor­geous spread of tweed-wear­ing dandies in tin­type pho­tos shot on Gov­er­nors Island a few weeks back. The accom­pa­ny­ing arti­cle details the trend toward an Vic­to­ri­an aes­thet­ic. In a relat­ed note, we’d like to know when the Tweed Ride to Gov­er­nors Island is hap­pen­ing. Obvi­ous­ly the Island’s closed now, but we can’t believe there isn’t some­one will­ing to ral­ly the dandies come next May. Per­haps our friends at the Michael Arenel­la’s annu­al Jazz Age Lawn Par­ty want to step back a few decades and indulge us with more anti­quar­i­an antics?