Being one of those in the community long in the nose (meaning I am old), I took for granted my trips to the Dallas Market for seasonal buying and all the great mentors I had in the clothing business 4-5 decades ago. (some of those mentors are still doing it 50 years later). The garment districts in New York were still operational in the mid 1970’s when I was going to market and was still in high school. I recently read on the Huntsman’s Savile Row web sight how one knew a Huntsman house-cut when they saw one. The same was said for Harold’s where I worked (3/2 roll coat, deep double front pleat trousers, classic English striped ties-I still call out one of our ties when I see guys wearing them today). Heck I could spot and tell you from which competitors store an outfit came with a nearly perfect accuracy. Back in those days guys either went to a clerk at a department store (easy to spot when that happened - tie and coat were the same color and the fit and fabric was usually pretty poor, the tie knot was horrible) or a guy was wearing a sharp outfit from a quality men’s store clothier. Yes even back then a trip to a quality menstore could be a rather substantial investment so there was a great deal of loyalty between one’s clothier and a client. But clearly not as bad as today. Within the multiple choices of stores then, there were various tiers of pricing (ours were upper middle) I believe the popularity of RMRS YouTube traffic and this community satisfies a deep longing for information since the era I speak of has been long gone (close to 30 years now). Today’s department store clerk has become the big box clerk that misguides most guys or even worse, the bottomless internet drivel which promotes poorly fitting clothing (the insane organ grinder monkey coat Bla Bla Bla you’ve heard me rant about a million times before). And while there are clothing stores that can still help, the fact that there are less than a fifth of them comparatively drives prices to be at least twice what they once were relatively speaking (shoes 3-4x) due to a vast undersupply to demand disequilibrium.

Back a work on Hump day. Twillory black performance dress shirt over grey Vertx pants. Black Anson belt with silver buckle and black Tecovas boots. Orient panda watch and Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Intense.

The old adage in the women’s fashion world was no white after Labor Day. This bled over in to men’s clothing and consequently white bucks and seersuckers after Labor Day became a faux pax. Seersucker, especially in the southern states of US is the summer gentleman’s ubiquitous pinstripe. Its design that causes that classic puckering is what makes it the perfect summer suit or sportcoat because air flows through it. Where a linen suit is the summer’s version of a winter flannel suit-the other summer garment would then be the Seersucker. So irrespective of an arbitrary September holiday, at 106 degrees it’s just plain “DUCKING😎” hot. A couple of things about today’s outfit. I’ve posted frequently about taking cues from nature and one of my favorite combos is deep green against blue (think sky and trees- add clouds and a green tie with a seersucker’s blue and white is ideal. While I rarely wear a solid tie-I did some bold pattern matching today wearing a blue (that reads solid from a distance) PoW French cuff shirt that has a green accent (not essential but adds a nice touch), so the solid grenadine tie felt right. I accessorized with Guinness cufflinks, 1993 Shell Cordovan brogues in British Tan and a Caravelle Bulova watch. Quack Quack should I add a mint julip with my coffee😏🦆

Wednesday OOTD. More meetings in Albuquerque and Santa Fe today with contractors and distributors. - khaki shortsleeved button down with company logos - Brown leather belt - Slim fit blue jeans - Brown derby’s - SOTD Spice bomb Night vision

I have had people ask me how I clean my shoes. Someone even said I should do a video that shows me cleaning them. Perhaps they didn’t believe I did it myself 🤭 SO I made another YouTube video, I was going to try for an Instagram reel but this one is about 7 mins long. I hope this helps anyone and if you see any issues please let me know, but remember not to tell my wife I was at the dining table cleaning my shoes 😉 https://youtu.be/mSZxFde4VbI?si=d-nuaTRsBkfBUm9v