globetrotter
Stylish Dinosaur
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sort of hard to think of a catchy tittle for this, but I have been thinking about this subject for a while. over the course of the past 40 years or so, I have accumulated mental pictures or images of men that I would like to emulate, or specific looks that I liked that I would like to incorporate into my own look. when I try to think of the image that I project, these different images are all part of it. I am guessing that we all have similar images. please share.
JFK in a simple gray single breasted suit, white shirt and dark tie.
sitting in a cafe, age 23 - I am wearing a pair if chinos, italian low vamp loufers, lands end candy stripe button down, blue unlined cotton blazer, simple gold pulsar watch. I have curly hair, a nice tan and am probrably wieghing in at 180 pounds. a very hot waitress tries to chat me up. possibly the very instant in my whole life that I was most attractive to the opposite sex.
about 20 years ago, a friend of mine who wore a wardrobe that consisted solely of mindnight blue double breasted suits, french blue shirts, dark ties, brown monk strap shoes. projected a sense of style mixed with extreme competence.
about the same time, another friend who wore (not exclusivly) a dark blue double breasted suit with a red window pane, and a crocodile belt. very exotic in my eyes at the time.
maybe 10 years ago, met a guy on a train who, it seemed, was both very sophisticated and also very wealthy. living in vienna, teaching some music related subject, although he was origionally american. he was on his way to switzerland on the train, and he expected the general manager of the hotel would be at the train station to pick him up. I can't remember the exact articles of clothing he was wearing, but it all gave off an attitude of luxury - plumy, maybe the right word. dark camel overcoat, small antique gold watch, very nice tie. he was maybe 60, very soft. soft, long white hair, pink skin, but very classy. all of his fabrics seemed to be very soft and almost made you want to touch them.
a guy I knew in London, a number one salesman for a distributor I had - one day he was wearing the nicest shirt I have ever seen. some type of herringbone weave, might have been silk, or a very silky cotten. I was literally mesmeraized by the shirt.
chucks shirt - met Carlo Franko, the shirt he was wearing had the second nicest fabric I have ever seen, also, looked very thick and luxurious to the touch.
about 10 years ago I saw a guy in a jazz club in paris - he was wearing a double breasted dark gray suit, and when he opened his jacket I saw he was wearing a dark maroon waistcoat. I had never seen anything quite so sophisticated.
fontana from L&O - great fabrics, great hair. looks tough while being very well dressed. doesnt look fopish or dandyfied at all.
anyway, when ever I think of the image that I project to the world, I am mixing the above somehow, and that is the aim I have. I am far from successful, but I am a work in progress.
how about you?
JFK in a simple gray single breasted suit, white shirt and dark tie.
sitting in a cafe, age 23 - I am wearing a pair if chinos, italian low vamp loufers, lands end candy stripe button down, blue unlined cotton blazer, simple gold pulsar watch. I have curly hair, a nice tan and am probrably wieghing in at 180 pounds. a very hot waitress tries to chat me up. possibly the very instant in my whole life that I was most attractive to the opposite sex.
about 20 years ago, a friend of mine who wore a wardrobe that consisted solely of mindnight blue double breasted suits, french blue shirts, dark ties, brown monk strap shoes. projected a sense of style mixed with extreme competence.
about the same time, another friend who wore (not exclusivly) a dark blue double breasted suit with a red window pane, and a crocodile belt. very exotic in my eyes at the time.
maybe 10 years ago, met a guy on a train who, it seemed, was both very sophisticated and also very wealthy. living in vienna, teaching some music related subject, although he was origionally american. he was on his way to switzerland on the train, and he expected the general manager of the hotel would be at the train station to pick him up. I can't remember the exact articles of clothing he was wearing, but it all gave off an attitude of luxury - plumy, maybe the right word. dark camel overcoat, small antique gold watch, very nice tie. he was maybe 60, very soft. soft, long white hair, pink skin, but very classy. all of his fabrics seemed to be very soft and almost made you want to touch them.
a guy I knew in London, a number one salesman for a distributor I had - one day he was wearing the nicest shirt I have ever seen. some type of herringbone weave, might have been silk, or a very silky cotten. I was literally mesmeraized by the shirt.
chucks shirt - met Carlo Franko, the shirt he was wearing had the second nicest fabric I have ever seen, also, looked very thick and luxurious to the touch.
about 10 years ago I saw a guy in a jazz club in paris - he was wearing a double breasted dark gray suit, and when he opened his jacket I saw he was wearing a dark maroon waistcoat. I had never seen anything quite so sophisticated.
fontana from L&O - great fabrics, great hair. looks tough while being very well dressed. doesnt look fopish or dandyfied at all.
anyway, when ever I think of the image that I project to the world, I am mixing the above somehow, and that is the aim I have. I am far from successful, but I am a work in progress.
how about you?
