Blending and balancing fabric and tonality
On this brisk morning I broke out a cardigan I’ve had since my early 30s and built my outfit from there. I saw in the community an amusing discourse about cardigans and cable knits being relegated to one’s age. Absurd. Been wearing them since my 20s. These staples of Classic timeless menswear are by definition: timeless. This particular one is a Scottish lambswool I picked up from Harold’s circa late 1980 early 1990s. I added my 20 year old MTM smoky green crepe wool sports coat and 20 year old MTM charcoal grey calvary twill double pleates trousers. A CT basket weave Oxford shirt backdropped my newest plumb colored wool challis club tie with grouse. A brownish pocket square seemed to pick up the brownish background of my sweater and as I love to do this time of year, I slipped in my oxblood Lucessee ropers for both warmth and coloration. My green faced Orvis field watch seemed to work.