This man has always gone to a tailor. It definitely shows. He told me that, “Women shop and men have tailors.” I wouldn’t mind a tailor myself! I especially appreciate the pale yellow sweater he has poking out beneath the layers of brown. Lovely color combination.
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This beautiful grandmother was visiting from Montreal during the hottest recorded February in 115 years (said Peter Mansbridge with a twinkle in his eye, reporting live from the 2010 Winter Olympics).
Everything from her black bomber jacket to her red fingernails to her amber earrings to her cargo pants is stunning. I hope my hair is this shade of silver one day.
The full untrimmed beard spans generations. Heavy-hitting cultural figures from Engels to Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) have kept the biblical beard en vogue no matter what the decade.
The look here is ‘textile mosaic’. He combines a chunky wool hat, lightweight velour pants, leather gloves and suede shoes with a fur-lined leather bomber jacket and full facial hair.
It adds up to fashion chaos. But walking down Broadway on a brisk afternoon, he was pure rock ‘n roll.