"Style is rarely glimpsed in times like these, which at best encourage its humble relative, good taste. While style and taste have been known to intermingle in the past, the currently widening gap between them reminds us once more of their fundamental enmity. The world of the merely tasteful - trim edifice of bourgeois conformities, with narrow slots to be filled and straight lines to be toed - is bound to barricade itself, in the end, against style, which is individual, aristocratic, and reckless."
- The Fashionable Mind by Kennedy Fraser
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I see the Mid-Manhattan branch of teh New York Public Library has this book checked in on the Art Floor (3rd floor) I am going to go over and check it out.
Perhaps this is obvious to most, but is the above fellow an example of style? I ask this question in light of your post on August 21 which says, "The man whose clothing is intended to convey a sense of accomplishment without attracting attention to itself..."
While I applaud the above fellow for his taste in footwear the bold color/pattern of the suit and the tension displayed at the first button appears to attract unnecessary attention. What am I missing? Perhaps it is the many accessories he is visibly wielding at once (Hat, sunglasses, regular glasses, cigar, pocket square, and dog)
He's absolutely an example of style. On August 21 I was writing for the professional man who's going to work. The photo in this post is of a boulevardier who wants to attract attention. Very different animals even if they both wear pin stripes.
I wouldn't wear Guyot's combination of spring and fall wear but I learned from it. For example, I like the dark leather of the spectators instead of the usual chestnut and the way it combines with the suit. And I like the way his Optimo's brim is turned down.
This makes sense then. I am sure he did attract a fair amount of attention. If I were to see him on the street I would think him to be of the daring variety.
As far as the jacket goes, is it common to have such a crease showing horizontally when the top button is fastened? or is this a matter of taste?
I am trying to wrap my mind around the notion of classic men's style...there are some fellows who can just pull things off that I most likely could not.
The jacket should not be pulling like that.
Agreed. That crease looks off. Nice suit, cigar, and dog. But that's about it.
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