A sample of some outfits I pieced together from items I purchased used from Ebay or thrift shops. Comments or ideas?

We went to dinner at the Hilliard Rusty Bucket this evening. Just a basic outfit, black derbies, dark denim jeans, light brown Orvis waist coat, paisley tie and chocolate bowler.

Mountain man and Scottish base player @Brian McGuire threw down the gauntlet a day ago with a challenge to wear a tie on the weekend in a public…. Well, per usual, the southeast says “Hold my beer”! https://www.skool.com/rmrs/brisk-wfh-day-the-tie?p=e5e726d8 Let’s get down to the OOTD Black denim jeans from Peter Manning. Black loafer by Florsheim of the mid 1990’s vintage. Black Anson belt. White button down by Brooks Brothers. Burgundy tie by.. Looney Tunes. Yep you read that right Daffy, Bugs, Tweety Bird and the Martian were in attendance! Hey, nobody said we had to be serious and it matched the wife’s outfit. Johnson and Murphy quarter zip in gray with a Birds Eye? Pattern and burgundy trim on the collar. Gray blazer by Johnson and Murphy. SOTD. Armani Code Parfum. Thanks @Renato Carotti and Joe A’s decants. WOTD. Carolina Blue dial Invicta Speedway. ( The brand everyone loves to hate. I got several compliments and way to gos tonight on the outfit and one young man of around 18 called me over and asked for suggestions on where to shop. Who’s next? Let’s show the Mountain man how it’s done!!!!!

You might recall my post from a couple of weeks ago when I lamented about a sweet pair of Allen Edmond Oxfords that I had found at a thrift store.They were too small for me, sadly, so even with the unbelievably low price, I left them and walked away. Well, a couple of days ago, I was in the same store and surprisingly, they were still there. They were still loudly calling my name, but I knew they didn’t fit, so it made absolutely no sense for me to spend the roughly $10 to buy them. But, they finally broke through my sartorial defenses, and with another 20% off, they came home with me! Add to them some reconditioning cream, some Safir polish, a topcoat of clear wax and some new strings, and I am now the proud owner of some gorgeous shoes that I still cannot wear! But they’re sure pretty! Can anyone here wear size 8D?

I don’t often binge watch anything, but tonight has been spent with Hugo Jacomet and his wife Sonya Glyn on their YouTube channel @sartorialtalks.Their experience, insight and philosophical views of style are inspiring and enlightening. It didn’t hurt that while watching, I was polishing up my shoes for church tomorrow morning!