WIW: Happy Mother's Day!

A bit cool but warm enough for a summer look.

A common look is to have a dark sports coat paired with lighter trousers. But switching around the colors so that the sports coat is light and the trousers darker can really get the creative juices going. I recommend you try it sometime and see if you are happy with the results.

*modern Stetson Panama "Open Road"
*modern sports coat
*modern linen George trousers
*modern shirt
*vintage tie
*modern cufflinks
*modern Bostonian specators
*vintage sunglasses
*vintage pocket square, very beautiful pattern to it

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Nylon and acetate tie. A very strange feeling material but ties well.

These "Roman warrior" cufflinks are some of my favorites.

The Most Flattering

Today I wore my vintage Stetson 3X Open Road fedora. It was originally sold at J.C. Petersens, my great-great grandpa's haberdashery, back in the 1950s.

I was at Wal-Mart with this hat and an older gentleman approached me.

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Him: Can I ask you a question?

Me: Sure.

Him: Where'd you get that hat?

Me: I bought it at an antique shop.

Him: Really? Well, would you want to sell it?

Me: No, sorry.

Him: Well, I shouldn't wonder why, you look good in it.

Me: Thank you.

Him: They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Me: No, they really don't.

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Some people can still spot quality when they see it.