Blue collar muddy at work 90s country on the radio

I am not referring to country and western here. On a side note-when I bought my 2017 f-150 back in ‘20 it was on kvoo, the 100 year old Big Country station and Ive never changed it. Love the music-So clearly this isn’t a dig on western wear. Rather, I have posted several times on my affinity toward British country attire: tweeds, woolens and wearing a Barbour jacket in lieu of a sports coat. Barbour is the quintessential country attire in the UK and abroad. But what about the US equivalent: Filson. Barbour was founded in 1894. Filson was founded in 1897. Filson grew its fame from providing the go-to gear for loggers and hunters battling the brutal NorthWest US environments of Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Today it is a well made garment that demands a hefty ( many would agree too hefty) premium. I try to pick them up on sale when possible. SO……if a Barbour coat works as a sportcoat why not an Americanized country version. My son accidentally left the chocolate tin cloth short lined cruiser jacket by Filson in my truck as he performed with the band yesterday. Muhaaaaa-revenge for all the garments pilfered out of my closet by him. OOTD Filson waxed jacket Basket weave CT oxford shirt Rl tartan fringe edge tie Orvis mole skin Brittish tan trouser Lucessee smooth ostrich ropers Orvis green faced field watch Wool fedora picked up in Verona Italy

Our founder @Antonio O. Centeno, many might say has a much different approachable persona than Sven Raphael Schneider, the founder of Gentleman’s Gazzette. The guys are friends and communicate frequently. Nevertheless this particular video over at GG had a great line (plus the graphics on this video are very interesting ). I believe firstly the idea is to learn all one can about “style” versus “fashion” -which includes the brilliance of what is described as the “golden age” as outlined in this video. For a guy who has skirted around Classic timeless men’s style for 50 plus years, to me the present era feels eerily like the end of the 1970’s. I am hopeful that we can circle back to proven elements as we did at the beginning of the 1980’s. In the 1970’s, there was a cataclysmic pushback from the excess of what was termed the “establishment”. Some of that societal upheaval was good -some of it was not good at all eg reasonable constraints on those in power was good (actions to curtail the CIA excesses for example), versus lack of constraints on societal norms was bad (NYC’s peep shows and sex clubs-NYC bankruptcy both fiscally and societally.). The dark ages of men’s Style began in the late 1960’s and proceeded through the 1970’s. Beginning in the 1980’s, thanks to a few purveyors of fine clothing and in a very large part to Ralph Lauren, Alan Flusser, and G Bruce Boyer there was a resurgence of these proven style elements. What’s different today is a lack of information by guys which is very ironic in an age of endless information. Sites like RMRS GG and others feel like an Oasis for many in a fashion wasteland desert. Today it feels like it’s become an endless menu of “fashion” options: hip hop, versus preppy; fringe versus old money etc. For me STYLE represents the proven elements that has at its foundation the structures established during this “golden age” that is very well described in the attached video. Unlike the era of the “golden age” guys can feel free to express themselves. This difference is similar to how jazz, and rock and roll opened up the constraints of previously more structured music genres. Nevertheless any trained musician can show how rock and roll’s one, four, five chord progression was evident in Bach’s music hundreds of years earlier. The skills taught by RMRS give practical application for implementing these proven elements established during the “golden era”. One doesn’t need to feel like they’re wearing a costume when doing so. I love Antonio’s advice about frequently wearing a particular garment around the house like a fedora so that it’s perfectly comfortable when you run out of the house. The line BE THE CHANGE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE perfectly sums up the concept of being REAL MEN with REAL STYLE. This clearly doesn’t mean one has to be restricted to wearing a 1940’s suit. But if one doesn’t understand what made the elements work- then isn’t it like trying to sing in a choir in a different key to the tune being sung. Even the greatest Jazz musicians with all of their innovation were at least playing in the right key 😉😎