Today's Daily Style Stand-Up is what many might consider the epitome of classic, American style in a shirt: the OCBD. Today's item is inspired by my newest Criquet shirt - which happens to be part of today's OOTD - a 100% Pima cotton, pique knit, oxford button-down. It's not a traditional OCBD, but it fills the same spot in the closet... This is my first OCBD in well over a decade, for a couple of reasons - both of which are personal, negative connotations I have with this shirt. First, throughout various food-service jobs in high school and college, I was forced to wear an OCBD as part of my uniform. Since this shirt wasn't a staple in my wardrobe, I opted for the cheapest versions I could find. Obviously, this led to an undesirable experience. Second, throughout the 2000s - in this part of the country, at least - this style of shirt was most commonly worn by a particlar group of people with whom my impressions and experiences were less-than-desirable. As a result, I've never viewed this particular shirt in a positive light. This purchase is my attempt to slot it into my wardrobe and test whether it should become a larger part of it. So far, it's not bad. It'll probably never become a go-to piece for me, but it definitely has a slot available... As a reminder, there are only two rules: - Answer the three questions. - Human answers only. (No AI responses.) The second rule is because I believe the community is best served by reading what actual humans in this actual community actually think. And, yes, there are too many words in that sentence with actual as the root... The first rule is to keep things simple and easy to follow. Just answer the following three questions: - Is this item (perhaps in a different color or different fabric) already in my closet? - What is one way I would style this item with things currently in my closet? - What is one thing not currently in my closet I would buy to style with this item?

I’ve had this internal debate that I can’t seem to settle, doggone it! Ought we tuck the polo shirt into shorts and risk making the casual look a little too formal? Or leave the polo untucked and risk looking a wee bit sloppy? Or, it’s a polo and shorts- either way it’s a win, so who cares? What say ye, gentlemen?

We're checking out of the hotel, getting brunch, and doing a little shopping rust before heading home. Today's outfit features my newest OCBD - technically the first one in my closet in years. This one happens to be from Criquet- which isn't available on their website. Fortunately, my local menswear store can now sell Criquet products and was able to snag one of these in my size - along with a few others in other sizes - before they were sold out. I'm trying to talk the store manager into stocking some of their polos but, for some reason, he seems to prefer Peter Millar. I've told him I'll recommend Criquet quite often but will likely never recommend Peter Millar. We'll see if that moves the needle... I'm also featuring my Monterey Watches Automatic dress watch with an open heart design, to accompany the brown accents in the outfit.

I'm going to try something for a few days and see if it catches on. One of the best things about this community is the great style discussions we have from time to time, and I'd like to see that occur on a more regular basis - which don't happen as often in OOTD posts (which I love) or random humor or motivational posts. To that end, I'm going to start posting daily style stand-up posts - to try to encourage style discussions each day around a specific item. Some days the item might be in all of our wheel-houses, other days it may be out of our comfort zone. There are only two rules: - Answer the three questions. - Human answers only. (No AI responses.) The second rule is because I believe the community is best served by reading what actual humans in this actual community actually think. And, yes, there are too many words in that sentence with actual as the root... The first rule is to keep things simple and easy to follow. Just answer the following three questions: - Is this item (perhaps in a different color or different fabric) already in my closet? - What is one way I would style this item with things currently in my closet? - What is one thing not currently in my closet I would buy to style with this item? Today's item is the linen Henley shirt. For today's example, I've picked a cotton-linen blend Henley in a light blue color from Abercrombie & Fitch. This shirt happens to be made with a 70% cotton and 30% linen blend.

While my wife is taking her car in for service, I'm taking the opportunity to visit a new tailor - an ACTUAL tailor. I'll be dropping off a number of items for alteration and, if there's time, getting a fitting for a bespoke waistcoat. My outfit for today features my newest made-to-measure suit - a royal blue, wool-linen-silk number with a bit of a Shantung texture to it.