Another day at the office in NYC — finally starting to warm up a bit . . . Tom Ford gray and black wool sport coat; Hermès orange pocket square; Apposta white cotton broadcloth button-up shirt; Ralph Lauren Purple Label black wool cardigan; Luca Faloni black cotton chinos; rafalgar black silk suspenders; Orvis black merino wool crew socks; Santoni dark gray Chukka boots; Apple Watch Hermès Series 10 with Grand H stainless steel watch band; Polo Ralph Lauren black leather and wool gloves; Irish black tweed flat cap from Hanna Hats of Donegal; Italian silk scarf; Kiaura “Eichler” sunglasses in black; Loro Piana wool greatcoat over it all.

The penultimate day of Winchester week. I forgot I had this Winchester. It's different that most in that the core color of the shirt is classified as white with a navy houndstooth atop the white. As the cuffs and collar in Winchesters are white, the base also being white is a bit more rare. Today's outfit is a cacophony of patterns with a houndstooth shirt, birds' eye slacks, herringbone vest (slight pattern), and a birds eye pattern in the tie. Most of the patterns are subtle, but the shirt is... not! Outfit details: Dress Shirt: Paul Fredrick Winchester with navy houndstooth Slacks: Dark charcoal gray with birds eye pattern (oddly, no clue who made these as they have no tag and I bought them way too long ago to remember) Vest: Hart Schaffner Marx dark gray single-breaster vest with a herringbone pattern Tie: Michael Kors silk tie in red with cream birds eye dots Belt: Nordstrom black leather belt with silver buckle Dress Shoes: Stacey Adams black cap-toe Oxfords Socks: Southern Scholar steel blue on dark blue stripes Cufflinks: Cobalt blue atop silver by Charles Tyrwhitt Pocket Square: Silk medium blue by Charles Tyrwhitt Watch: Old faithful: Fossil, cream face, silver accents, dark brown leather band

This is interesting! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pznl7yXKhWE

Had another church meeting last night, and didn't get a chance to sneak a photo before nor after. But since I had considerably more time availability tonight, I recreated my outfit with slight variations for a quick trip out to town. •10x open crown hat •Charles Tyrwhitt blue OCBD, top button unfastened •Red/burgundy/maroon/grey checked tie in loose 4 in hand knot •Burgundy quarter zip sweater •Brown Wrangler jeans, Sheridan custom belt buckle •Argyle socks, AE loafers •Armitron watch The only difference between last night and tonight was the hat, jeans, belt and fragrance. Last night I wore olive chinos with no belt, no hat, and Red Tobacco Vanilla fragrance with Dr Squatch pine tar. Tonight I wore Dr Squatch pine tar with Dior Sauvage Elixir. I think I probably must smell exactly like a Christmas tree. 🎄

This time of year, people start talking about changing. Changing themselves, their life, the world, ETC. Maybe we are looking at it from the wrong perspective. So, here's another tack to the issue of change. Tolstoy put it: “Everyone thinks of changing the world. But no one thinks of changing himself.” Kierkegaard said: “It has often been said that a reformation should begin with each man reforming himself.”