This title won out over "Do Your Clothes Match Your Persona?". As I dress for the day, or the event I try to imagine what I would look like to someone else as I'm wearing the clothes I choose. Do the clothes I pick match my personality and life? Or do I look like a left-over Miami Vice cast member? (Nothing against Miami Vice!) It brings me back to a car sales position many years ago. I had moved to Seattle and that afternoon had a sales job at Downtown Oldsmobile. I had no business clothes so I went to a local thrift store ran by a hospital where the docs would donate their clothes. I hooked a couple of sport coats and slacks for little money, I was set. While at the dealership the owner's son befriended me. He was just 16 and a great, clean cut kid. One day we had a maintenance job so I showed up in my old ratty jeans and a t-shirt. The kid acted confused and quiet around. Finally he quietly said he liked me better in my suit. I looked like just another person off the street in my grubbies. In my sport coat I was presentable, honest, and trustworthy - my true personality and what I strive for. He was seeing a fake me and his honesty shown brightly through. So now every time I question whether to dress up even a little, or slob it out I remember that kid, and his point-on lesson of what clothes fit my personality. A simple but heart felt comment I will never forget.

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Gents, a few posts stood out this week for driving great conversation, consistency, and community energy. 1. @Chad Smith Post: https://www.skool.com/rmrs/two-terrific-things Big shoutout to Chad for sharing a real-life style win tied to work, personal development, and everyday confidence. His post about using his professional development benefit toward a leather laptop briefcase — and getting noticed for his flat cap — is exactly the kind of practical “style in real life” moment that helps other men connect the dots. 2. @Brian McGuire Post: https://www.skool.com/rmrs/fabric-function-fit Shoutout to Brian for adding depth to the conversation around RMRS' Style Pyramid. His reflection on fabric, function, fit, and decades of classic menswear experience brought real substance to the group and gave members something useful to think about beyond just outfit photos. 3. @Darren Poesel Post: https://www.skool.com/rmrs/date-night-bfc95545 Big shoutout to Darren for the date night post. Linen on linen, thoughtful details, and dressing well for his wife after 30 years — that is a strong reminder that style is not just about looking sharp, it is about showing respect for the people and moments that matter. 4. @Mitch Hoover Post: https://www.skool.com/rmrs/elevating-even-when-its-a-challenge Shoutout to Mitch for showing how to keep elevating your style even when the setting is not ideal. His post had personality, humor, and practical context — a good reminder that dressing intentionally does not require perfect conditions. 5. @Dr. Jason Cole Post: https://www.skool.com/rmrs/ootd-cw-19-may-2026

All my ok fitting jackets are dark colors and my ok fitting dress shoe is tan brown. Might try dark brown or even black for the shoe. Although, I only have one black dress shoe so I usually reserve it for important occasions. Might try black canvas shoes too. Anyone with a 2E width shoe size have any shoe recommendations? I was looking at the Jim Greens

I was getting ready for my weekly Wednesday 6:30 AM men’s group while my wife was still sleeping. So as I grabbed 501 Levi’s I wore yesterday and in my dark closet put together my OOTD by iPhone flashlight, I was contemplating my personal style. Over the past couple of day’s I’ve blathered on about the terms old money and preppy and how each is fraught with the danger reducing Classic Timeless Menswear to merely another fashion category. Antonio’s recent video I spoke about yesterday did a brilliant job of describing why “ old money” style is so much more than just a fashion term: https://www.skool.com/rmrs/mia-culpa-antonio?p=9d9bbd8d Rather than create a name for my personal style myself, I choose to borrow from Harold Powell for whom I worked in my 20’s. He private labeled his casual wear Old School and I remember him telling me why that best described what he was doing and how that differed from other stores in the South Central USA. Harold was a product of The University of Oklahoma -Established Dec. 19, 1890 -17 years before statehood. https://journals.shareok.org/soonermagazine/article/download/11147/11146 https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=HA028 Like many other state universities, the school song and school colors were “borrowed” from east coast colleges. (Boomer Sooner is the Yale Boola Boola song for the Bulldogs and OU’s Crimson and Cream are Harvard’s colors). Harold worked for the McCalls brothers ( a firm I worked for before Harold’s ) but his mother owned the building they were in and when they moved he opened his own shop in their old location in 1948 across Boyd Street from the OU campus. He chose to go a different direction in styling than most west coast clothing oriented stores in Oklahoma and focused on the East Coast, a bold and risky move at that time. His philosophy was to adopt styles that were more perpetual and rather than have a vast array of colors and designs (wide and shallow), he would provide an extremely limited design and limited colors with a lot of minute details (narrow and deep) Explained further - all his coats had a 3/2 roll and all his trousers had deep double forward pleates. Beyond the tweeds in fall or shantung silks or seersuckers for summer, every brand was offered in Navy, multiple shades of Grey, tans, and olives. Ties were classic stripes and foulards primarily and shirtings were mainly oxfords with some stripes and tattersalls. Footwear was of very high quality but clearly defined traditional styles.