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Chilly, wet day here is SA. We need the rain. Blue Oakley polo and brown pants. Brown Anson belt with silver buckle and brown Thursday President boots. These have rubber soles needing to the flooded parking lots. Kenneth Cole Awareness off white jacket. Nautica blue dial watch and Versace Eros edt. Wore my Indiana Jones fedora hat I bought at the Disney Indiana Jones Spectacular Show at Hollywood Studios back in early 2000s. This hat is the one in my garage and had been soaked a few times over the years.

I realized I did not own a plain Pink shirt recently. I have a few with pink in them, but not a plain pink. So to remedy that I picked up this Pacelli Pink Oxford Shirt as part of my Collaboration with OTAA. Thought I would give it a run today with a blue suit and my freshly bulled Brogued Derby’s Today’s outfit consists of; M.J. Bale HArwood Suit in a Super 130’s Birdseye Weave and Blue Hue OTAA Pacelli Pink Oxford Shirt OTAA White Navy And Light Blue Striped Tie OTAA Shining Silver Tie Bar TrendHim Wide Suspenders in Sky Blue Oxford Brogue Derby in Chocolate with Navy Blue Laces Dune London Striped Socks SOTD - Dior Fahrenheit PArfum WOTD - Seiko Speedtimer (SSC913P), aka Clark Kent

Hat: Trilby (Stanton) Overcoat: Black Wool/Cashmere (Woolcott Street) Suit: Black Merino Wool (Woolcott Street) Scarf: Sky Blue Silk (Elizabetta Bontique) Dress Shirt: White (Woolcott Street) Gloves: Black Leather (Temu) Tie: Alessio Navy Blue (M.J. Bale) Pocket Square: White Satin (Unknown) Ring: Gold Custom Signet (Royal Signet) Watch: Gold/White Tank Dial (Seiko) Socks: Black (M.J. Bale) Shoes: Black Oxfords (Woolcott Street) Fragrance: Acqua Di Gio EDP (Giorgio Armani)

In the 1970’s the great Gatsby Movie with Robert Redford (clothing designer was none other than Ralph Lauren) had a big impact. It reminded gentlemen that there was a deep level of elegance in menswear from a bygone era (that movie was set in Long Island in the 1920’s). This reminder was desperately needed during the 1970’s, or as I like to call it. The style dark ages. As I said several times perhaps the present time is even darker ages. I’ve seen a lot of posts about the influences of the Peaky Blinder Series. Set in roughly the same era the recent Motorsport ads by Ralph Lauren kind of capture that same feel. Dressed up casual. A tie and tweed outfit set to be worn during an activity. On that last note I am all for it. When I lived in Virginia we used to attend Steeple Chases where most of the guys were in sport coats and functional hats (not a baseball cap) for hanging out in the sun all day. Our favorite was at the birthplace of James Madison called Montpelier. It was held on the first weekend in November so it might be in the 70’s or perhaps in the upper 40’s so the dress varied (plus the alcohol tended to cool the body down by the end of the all day race.😎 ) To me that is what the peaky blinder influence represents, a wool cap (flat or fedora) an overcoat of tweed, a sweater, and perhaps a dress shirt and tie. While I am not into costuming, there are elements of this look of which I am very fond. The Ben Affleck Batman wardrobe designer kind of caught this tweedy functional dressed up work attire in those films as well https://vmagazine.com/article/polo-originals-launches-motorsport-inspired-fw23-campaign-by-richard-phibbs/ If peaky blinders -or Ralph or even The Bat-Man (spoken in my best Cillian Murphy Scarecrow voice) can save us again from the mess of the past 15 years, I’ll get commissioner Gordon to fire up the Bat signal