As most of you Gentlemen know , I come from a long lineage of military men in my family . I only wish my 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd great grandfathers, great uncles and cousins whom fought to Make and keep America a Free Nation and could see how Awesome the country has turned out to be !! They gave it all for life , liberty and the pursuit of Happiness and the Freedoms that we hold dearly still till today. They were all gentlemen. Some made it home and became business men, law enforcement and first responders , engineers and telephone pole workers while others died over seas. So when I say I am honored to be a gentleman, it means so much more cause of what they gave so I could be here right now and living the things out that the fought so hard for. It’s humbling to be able to have these freedoms and this life and my family.

CW = critiques welcome - always! Starting to switch to baseball tournament mode given that we leave for 5 days starting tomorrow. Better still, my son got an early invite onto the 14U national team for his travel ball group. It made his entire summer. That said, as tryouts have not finished, we can't share this good news during the tournament especially since a few members that did try out will not make the national team (we have some nationally ranked players that tried out this summer, thus some room will need to be made). Coaching my son how to manage his excitement but understand the concern his news can have on others is part of being a father raising a gentleman. Today's outfit has a suit I do not wear enough. I forget how well it fits. There's also a new ancient madder tie from Kirby Allison is a great array of dark colors. All of this let me break out the Montblanc leather bag for the first time as I will need it for a late day meeting out of the office. • Dress Shirt — DS-048 (Charles Tyrwhitt): Ivory non-iron twill with French cuffs. 2-ply cotton construction from Vietnam with adjustable French cuffs that allow cufflink display on video calls. The slim cut provides a clean silhouette while the 5/5 stitch density ensures premium construction. Formality: 5/5 (semi-formal/board meeting ready). 🔷 TUESDAY RULE: 3 wears | CPW: $34.07 | Rank #530 of 48 dress shirts • Slacks — SL-021 (Ralph Lauren): Mid-gray wool with basket weave and shadow stripe. Part of a 2-button single-breasted suit from Canada via eBay. Features 2 outward pleats per side, slant pockets, and slight sheen for business classic formality. Pairs with jacket SJ-012. 🔷 TUESDAY RULE: Part of SJ-012 suit set • Suit Jacket — SJ-012 (Ralph Lauren): Mid-gray wool 2-button single-breasted from Canada. Full-lined with rope & padded shoulders and high/moderate armholes. Mother of pearl buttons with yes-shanks, 4 gray swirl wrist buttons, notched lapels, and single rear vent. Business formal presence. 🔷 TUESDAY RULE: 3 wears | CPW: $16.37 | Rank #466 of 16 matching suit jackets | Top 19%

Today was the regular trip to my Barber. Dave is awesome and I love going to the shop. Plus he let me just walk around and use the shop as a back drop today. I tried a few out different poses and things at the shop and even stop in a nice looking spot to try get that classic Sean Connery / James Bond car style photo, but with an EV 🤣 I am in such a great mood, had my hair done and the getting dressed video I put. Up yesterday had over 100K views in 24 hours. Thats crazy to me. Of course with that kind of viewing you are bound to get Keyboard warriors, but hey, it’s not hurting me any. Plus you can either ignore them or respond. Just don't drop to their level. A few of my responses got likes and laughs so I must be doing ok. Any way, today’s outfit features; M.J. Bale Carson Suit in a Super 110’s Sharkskin in Navy, with Peaked Lapels OTAA Sheffield Burgundy Line Tie OTAA Washington White And Blue Twill Non-Iron Shirt OTAA Jack O’ Cups Shattuckite Skull Bracelet Anchor Man Blue Socks CNES MTO Oxford with Goodyear welted construction and crafted from Italian crust leather. They are slowly moving more blue as I polish ad clean them SOTD - Mancera Intense Cafe WOTD - Tudor Royal 41