Seersucker anyone? Today's running of the Kentucky Derby is cause to break out more than just mint juleps, Hot Brown sandwiches and chocolate bourbon pecan pie.
It's also a reason to resurrect the seersucker suit, white bucks, and perhaps even a ribbon belt and a bow tie, especially if they haven't seen duty since the end of last summer.
Light-weight cotton seersucker (the word originates from the Persian words "sheer o shakar" meaning "milk and sugar") was popularized for use as a material for mens' suits in 1929 after newspaper editor W.O. Saunders of Elizabeth City, New Jersey wore seersucker pajamas to promote his campaign for sensible summer suits. The resulting publicity started a trend that is with us still.
The seersucker-wearing man in the photo, by the way, is Ken Herman, the Washington-based reporter for Cox News whose press conference banter with U. S. President George W. Bush last year was probably seersucker's highest profile event in several decades.
Enjoy your mint juleps.
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3 comments:
Will,
Being from the deep South, seersucker is acceptable within many business environs. Being located in California, is this the same there? What is your thoughts?
Thanks,
PS-Does anybody have a good recipe for a chocolate bourbon pecan pie?
I wear a DB, though we don't often have days warm enough.
I don't recall ever seeing it on another man though.
If you find a recipe, my waist line asks that you don't share it where I can see it.
Chocolate bourbon pecan pie sounds like it might be what is known as 'Derby pie'. Do a Google search for it, and you'll find a number of recipes. I made two of them today for our Derby party. The recipes you run across may not include bourbon, but you can simply add some to the batter.
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