Prep as all eff

Prep as all eff

Green-tinted tortoise-shell glasses ($333) pink shirt, critter tie, a jacket fit for an old Italian man, and a early ’90s BMW. That’s living the life right there, right down to the braided leather key fob.

 

One, please

One, please

It takes something serious to override my utter disdain for heather grey, but the little accents on this sweater are very, very serious. As is …

 

This is me in 10 years

This is me in 10 years

Somebody in the SNL wardrobe department has a crystal ball.

 

Cosby Sweater

Cosby Sweater

Actually, I don’t think I could pull this off, but, you know, the Notorious sure does.

 

Reversible bow tie

Reversible bow tie

This little wonder very satisfies my desire for a little hidden color.

 

Khaki suit

Khaki suit

It’s more suited (har) for the summer, but what can I say? It looks good.

 

Perfect coordination

Perfect coordination

Every layer has a color that matches another layer.

 

Another Jack Kennedy outfit…

Another Jack Kennedy outfit…

… that’s just as available today as it was in the 60s.

 

All day I dream about

All day I dream about

green Adidas Sambas. No, really, I wore a series of these for the better part of a decade growing up.

 

East coast prep

East coast prep

by some of the greatest.

 

I love hidden color on clothes

I love hidden color on clothes

And this jacket has it under the lapel, which is nice. It also has almost a dozen pockets, which is pleasantly useful. Indochino, $349-$499.

 

Well Summer’s over

Well Summer’s over

So I figured I’d post this picture of Jimmy Fallon wearing a rad green and white macro gingham shirt before we all forget for five …

 

Mariniere stripes

Mariniere stripes

I love the stripes, the goldenrod cardigan, that scarf, the oak chair in the background.

 

A nice gray jacket

A nice gray jacket

I’m not 100 per cent sold on elbow patches as a sartorial genre, but this sportcoat has a very nice contrast collar and military-inspired front patch pockets, and that sells it.

 

Vintage collar

Vintage collar

Alain Delon and Jane Fonda

 

Killer look

Killer look

I’m not 100% sold on the flared chinos, but I won’t argue with someone who has a degree in pogonology from the Professor Badass Graduate School of Sartorialism.

 

I want a jacket that does this.

I want a jacket that does this.

Florence; June 14, 2011

 

Cardigans are fine for the English summer, at least

Cardigans are fine for the English summer, at least

I am imagining this one as either navy with a yellow and white stripe, or green with a rose and cream stripe.

 

Feeling professorial (as usual)

Feeling professorial (as usual)

And so is she.

 

Eurocrat, with a twist

Eurocrat, with a twist

Yes, that’s a knit tie! I don’t think you’d see one of those on the 10th floor of the Berlaymont.