About The Corduroy Appreciation Club

The Corduroy Appreciation Club is a social club for people who like Corduroy fabric.

Emulating old, secret societies and social clubs, the Corduroy Appreciation Club seeks to create a community and, in turn, a sense of fellowship rooted in the historic and culturally significant fabric known as Corduroy. As a social club, the CAC has membership cards, traditions, by laws, strange rituals, a secret handshake and meetings.

Meetings of the CAC occur only on dates which resemble Corduroy. January 11th, or 1|11 is the first meeting date of the year and is followed by November 11th, 11|11, the date which most closely resemble Corduroy. Members must wear at least two items of Corduroy at meetings. To read more about what happens at meetings, go here.

To join the Corduroy Appreciation Club, please go here.

Mission Statement

The Corduroy Appreciation Club wishes to cultivate good fellowship by the advancement of Corduroy awareness, as well as, understanding, celebration, and commemoration of the fabric and all related items. Club events are held on dates which incorporate, resemble or refer to corduroy.

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Symbols

The Corduroy Appreciation Club’s main public symbol is the whale. The whale is a homonym of wale. Wale, or wales, is the raised portion of Corduroy fabric—its most distinctive trait and what makes Corduroy, Corduroy. Whales also possess attributes the CAC and its membership wish to exude: strength, endurance, intelligence, sociability, and mystery. The Whale should always be facing left.

The number 11, being a figure which closely resembles Corduroy, is extremely important to the CAC’s iconography. Other non-public symbols incorporate the number 11.

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Slogan

The Corduroy Appreciation Club’s slogan is “All Wales Welcome.” It is meant to inspire and invite Corduroy Appreciators of all kinds, be they wide wale wearers, pin wale wearers, high low wearers, horizontal Corduroy wearers, Cotton Corduroy wearers, Cashmere Corduroy wearers, whomever, “All Wales Welcome.”

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Motto

“Hail the Wale” is the club motto. It is a popular chant at club meetings.

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Usage of the word “Corduroy” and Dating Methodology

The word Corduroy should always be capitalized. A | (pipe key should be used instead of this / (slash) when writing 11|11 or 1|11.

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Starting a Chapter

The Corduroy Appreciation Club seeks a presence the world over. If you would like to start a chapter, please contact us.

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Club Size

A Corduroy Appreciation Club chapter should strive to maintain 11 members—the minimum membership required to receive a charter.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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The Corduroy Appreciation Club wishes to thank the following people:

Jordana Furcht-Rohan
Arbor Moore Rohan
Margot Bar-Del
Aaron Hermann
Alison Hermnan
Timothy Rohan
Mary Rohan
Richard Kaplan
Margaret Milnes
Robert Lemon
Halle Cisco
David Root
Jason Oranzo
Ann Bobco
Bill Wurtz
Raina Moore
Oona Stern
Chris Lindland
Russ Spina
Craig Chin
David Edwards
Andy Edwards
Scott Johnson
Geoff Todebush
Asha Fuller
Alfonzo Pozzo
Greg Hazley
Phil Maguire
Nicky Davidson
David Valazzi
Carol DerSarkissian
Monique Ah-Sue
Lydia Choy
Passa Chattra
Geoffrey Decas
Ryan Kitson
Vivan Tang
Byron Penny
Lara Salamano
James Salerno
Christina Stanley-Salerno
Kate Holloway
Sandra Pieloch
Charles Von Simpson
Ben McGrath
Jennifer Bonfante
Bradley Price
Andrew Rosenstock
Emily Gordon
John Erickson
Jonathan Ames
Brian McCann
Heather Marold Thomason
Brad Thomason

If you feel you've been left off the list, we apologize. Let us know! Or you'd like to be removed, let us know too.

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