WHO SAID YOU KANT WEAR CORDUROY IN THE SPRING/SUMMER ANYWAY?

I HATE WHEN PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO WEAR WITH THE SEASONS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHO KAME UP WITH THE RULE "DONT WEAR WHITE PANTS AFTER LABOR DAY?" THATS THE KRAZIEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE! WHY KANT I? WHITE PANTS ACTUALLY LOOK GOOD WITH ALOT OF MY FALL BLAZERS IN MY CLOSET ANYWAY.ANOTHER ONE THAT GET'S ME IS "YOUR NOT SUPPOSE TO WEAR CORDUROY BLAZERS IN THE SUMMER?"KLEARLY,THEY WOULDN'T MAKE THE BLAZER IF THE COMPANY WASNT EXPECT YOU TO BUY IT.JUST FOR SOME KLARIFICATION,IM NOT TALK BOUT THE THICK CORDUROY, BUT THE PINCORD.ITS A SOFTER,LIGHTER AND BREATHEABLE CLOTH,THAT GIVES OFF A CORDUROY LOOK,BUT ACTUALLY IS MUCH LIGHTER.THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE IT GOES BEST WITH AN IRISH LINEN BUTTON DOWN.THATS THE KEY, IF YOUR GOING TO WEAR A BLAZER OF SOME SORT JUST WEAR A LIGHT CLOTH IN SHIRT.ALL FOUR OF THE BLAZERS ABOVE AND BELOW WERE PURCHASE AND WORN IN THE SUMMER, IN THE SOUTH(GEORGIA), AND IT HAD TO BE LIKE 87 DEGREES OUTSIDE(SN:THIS IS AT NIGHT). AND IT WAS THE MOST COMFORTABLE THING I'VE EVER WORE DURING THIS SEASON. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, NEVER KNOCK ANYTHING UNTIL YOU TRY IT FOR YOURSELF.........

FUNCTIONAL BUTTON HOLES

MEN OF THE HOUR GOES TO:DEL TORO SLIPPERS

WHILE, BLOGGIN WITH A KOUPLE OF MY FAVES "UNABASHEDLY PREP" AND "THE SHOE SNOB" ON YESTERDAY, I RAN ACROSS A SEGMENT ON THREE GENTLEMEN,THAT HAD A DREAM AND MADE IT COME TRUE. THREE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS WERE GETTING READY FOR GRADUATION AND WANTED TO SMOKE THEIR SENIOR CIGARS IN A NICE PAIR OF SLIPPERS WITH THEIR SCHOOL CREST ON THEM. AFTER ,DOING RESEARCH AND PRICING THEY FOUND OUT THAT IT WOULD TAKE A YEAR TO MAKE THE SLIPPERS AND $900 WHICH IS CRAZY! SO, INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING THEY PUT THOSE DEGREES TO WORK AND THE PRODUCT WAS DEL TORO SLIPPERS. ALSO, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS GREAT! I JOIN THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE LAST NIGHT AND GOT A PHONE KALL THIS MORNING FROM MATT CHEVALLARD OF DEL TORO HIMSELF! JUST HIM DOING THAT LEFT A GREAT IMPRESSION ON ME ABOUT HOW THEY STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS. PRICES RANGING FROM $165-$185 AND $265 FOR CUSTOM,THEY STILL MANAGED TO GIVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF QUALITY THAT SPAIN HAS TO OFFER. SO IF YOUR  A MAN OR WOMAN THAT DOESN'T MIND BEING AN INDIVIDUAL FIRST, DEL TORO IS FOR YOU!

LONG LOST FRIENDS..........

SO ALREADY KNOWING THE HISTORY BEHIND THE NANTUCKET REDS,EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THE SAME COLOR OR PERFECT MATCH, PERIOD! I PUCHASED THE BLAZER FROM J.CREW ABOUT 5YEARS AGO AND SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT MATCHING PANTS EVERYWHERE.I MEAN I HAVE BOUGHT ALEAST THREE PAIR OF THE REDS AND NEITHER OF THEM CAME ANYWHERE CLOSE. SO,I HAPPEN TO BE IN A CONSIGNMENT SHOP ON SUNDAY, AND THERE THEY WERE,THE PERFECT KOLOR AND EVERYTHING!I DIDNT EVEN HAVE THE BLAZER WITH ME,BUT I JUST KNEW THEY WERE THE PERFECT FIT!AND THEY WHERE J.CREW FROM THAT SAME SPRING2004 SEASON THAT THE BLAZER CAME OUT OF"THE BROKEN CHINO".I KNOW YOUR PROBABLY SAYING WHY WOULD U WANT A FADED RED SUIT ANYWAY?WELL, WHY NOT? THIS IS THE ULTIMATE PREP NECESSITY,I CAN BET YOU THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF MEN AROUND THE WORLD WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE MATCH PANTS TO THE BLAZER.I KANT WAIT TO PULL THIS ONE TOGETHER,PICS KOMING SOON!

FIT OF THE WEEK.......

A VINTAGE SEERKSUCKLE SUIT THAT I REKUT.....

AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?

WELL TODAY AFTER CHURCH I FIGURED I WOULD GET IN A KOUPLE OF SHOTS OF A VINTAGE CHOCOLATE AND KREAM SEERSUCKLE SUIT THAT I REKUT. WELL PICS ARE BEING SHOT AND HERE KOMES MY BABY BROTHER WHO IS ALSO A DAPER GENT FOR HIS AGE.I'VE WATCHED HIM GROW OVER THE YEARS AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT HE HAS BEKOME AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MAN. NOT ONLY IS HE A SCHOLAR HE ALSO LOOKS UP TO HIS BROTHER FOR SARTORIAL ADVICE. I REMEMBER PICKING OUTFITS OUT FOR HIM FOR CHURCH AND CERTAIN OCCASIONS,AND TO SEE HIM DOING IT HISSELF TRUELY WARMS MY HEART. ITS NOTHING LIKE BEING A BLACK MAN THAT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT FOR SOMETHING POSITIVE AND HOW YOU KARRY YOURSELF,WHEN SOCIETY LOOKS AT YOU A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY.I JUST HOPE THAT I KONTINUE TO BE THAT BIG BRO THAT HE WILL ALWAYS WANT TO KOME TO FOR ANYTHING. AS HE GETS READY TO GO OFF TO KOLLEGE IN THE FALL(AUBURN UNIVERSITY,WAR EAGLE!),I'VE ALLOW HIM TO GO THROUGH ALL THREE OF MY KLOSETS AND JUST TAKE WHAT HE WANTS,SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE PASS BY ME FIRST BUT FOR THE MOST PART TAKE WHAT YOU WANT.AND TO ME THATS THE MEANING OF BEING YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER.LUCKLY IN MY HOUSEHOLD WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE OUR FATHER AS WHILE AS OUR MOTHER IN THE SAME HOME.AND MY FATHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT YOUR BROTHER WILL NEVER ADMIT IT BUT HE LOOKS UP TO YOU AND ITS REALLY YOU THAT WILL MAKE THE BIGEST IMPACT IN HIS LIFE BY THE WAY YOU LIVE YOURS.......SO I GUESS THIS IS MY ODE TO HIM.....

AND THEY SAY YOU KANT HAVE FUN IN WELL-DRESSED ATTIRE.........

THE BEST FABRIC IN THE WORLD.......

THE FIRST KING OF THE SOUTH: DR.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

WELL,THIS PASS WEEKEND,I ENJOYED A FAMILY REUNION WHICH WAS HELD IN ATLANTA,GA. AND ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE AGENDA WAS A TOUR OF THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CENTER.THE CRAZY THING IS THAT I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE SOUTH AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE MUSEUM UNTIL THIS MOMENT.A MAN KNOWN FOR HIS NON-VIOLENT ATTITUDE AND STRONG LEADERSHIP IN THE  MIDST OF ONE OF THE MOST TROUBLING TIMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WAS ALSO KNOWN AS A VERY WELL DRESSED MAN IN THE COMMUNITY. FROM JOHNSTON AND MURPHY SPLIT-TOE SHOES TO HIS ARAMIS COLOGNE,DR.KING WAS TRUELY A MAN WHO BELIEVED THAT IMAGE WAS EVERYTHING.WHETHER HE WAS SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THOUSAND OF PEOPLE AT WASHINGTON OR TRAVELING, HE ALWAYS KNEW THE WORLD WAS WATCH, AND HE MADE SURE HE WAS DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION.

ARMY OF ONE

I DIDN'TSEE THIS KOMING BUT YES ITS BACK, CAMO-FATIGUE! JUST THINKING BACK TO THE LATE NINTIES,EARLY TWO-THOUSANDS WHEN CAMO-FATIGUE WAS IN,I NEVER REALLY KNEW HOW TO WEAR IT WITHOUT LOOK LIKE I WAS GETTING READY FOR BASIC TRAINING,SO I LEFT IT TO THE PROS.BUT, ONCE AGAIN IT TAKES THE ITALIAN MEN TO SHOW US HOW ITS DONE.WHEN I FIRST SEEN THE PHOTOS IN GQ'S TOMMY TON'S ALBUM, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WAS,"GOD PLEASE DONT BRING BACK THOSE GOD-AWFUL COLORFUL FATIGUE PANTS,THAT CAME IN LIME,ORANGE,RED,PINK,AND PURPLE!" AND LIKE ALWAYS HE NEVER LET'S ME DOWN AND THE FATIGUE PRINT WAS KEPT TO THE BASICS.SO I TOLD MYSELF THAT I WILL GIVE THIS ANOTHER TRY AND ON YESTERDAY I PURCHASE A VERY NICE VINTAGE RALPH LAUREN RUGBY CAMO-FATIGUE BLAZER(PICS BELOW),I PLAN ON PUCHASING SOME SHORTS AND MAYBE DRESSING IT WITH A LT BLUE OXFORD, OR A PRINTED TEE AND A DISTRESSED DEMIN JACKET. BUT, THANKS TO THE ITALIANS I THINK I HAVE SOME WHAT OF A GUIDE OF HOW TO WEAR THIS PRINT,PLUS THEY GOOD GREAT WITH THESE TANISH OLIVE ALDO GERMAN-INSPIRED BOOTS THAT I PUCHASE LAST FALL,SO I'M KINDA LOOKING FOWARD TO HOW THIS WILL TURN OUT....WISH ME LUCK!

PLAID,DOTS,AND STRIPES FOREVER

JUST THOUGHT I WOULD POST WHAT I WORE TO CHURCH TODAY, I GUESS I WAS FEELING A LITTLE PATRIOTIC TODAY SINCE IT IS THE FOURTH OF JULY.......