The San Francisco Symphony's Opening Night Gala is usually scheduled for the first week of September, and that begins what I think of as the best season in the City. Black tie events do not exactly abound these days, but there are a reasonable number of occasions to dress more formally. The fog is gone and days that are warm without being consistently so hot as to make jacket wearing uncomfortable are followed by nights that reward a regular weight coat. So what I think of as the good stuff will soon start coming out of the closet. Tweeds for the country of course, and flannels for town, accompanied by cashmere neckties and my favorite homburg. Life is at its best then.
In fairness, tweeds and flannels are still a month away but black tie is the harbinger. The straw hats are in storage, replaced by felts, and the ritual of changing out the closets will begin with clothes for those cooler evenings. Which reminds me. I have a new bow tie to try out.
Fall is the best season.
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Good pic!
I agree wholeheartedly. Autumn is the most rewarding season sartorially. You have the perfect opportunity to introduce heavier wights and darker colors whilst still allowing for lighter colors and materials for the beginning. Felt hats come out, and the layering options are far more interesting than the heat of summer allows, even in the air conditioning.
The City was always more urbane than the rest of the state. Perhaps because it is more concentrated but the tradition of opera/symphony/fine dining makes it California's sartorial headquarters. Probably the only place in California where a homburg doesn't get you pegged as an actor on the way to an audition.
Don't you feel, sometimes I mean, like all this warrants a real butler? I am seriously feeling the loss of that craft.
Trained butlers are still available, CG, but they come very high. I believe a live in butler today will set you back $50K/year plus his own quarters. Pity, that.
$50k, plus quarters? Perhaps more, I met one in a hotel in Antwerp who worked twelve years in America at a starting salary of $75k. He dressed like Cary Grant and had a 200 euros-a-night suite for a weekend (I was a mere visitor).
At that rate most people don't need a butler, they need to become one!
Yes, a butler would be very nice but I personally think that when it comes to sartorial matters, a valet would be the true luxury. No more dealing with cleaners or tending to clothing and shoes other than the best part - selecting and wearing them.
Hi Will--
Apparently you took down post re: "too long' (trousers.)
Such a minor infraction, if there were one.
Had they been too short; then you'd have a serious problem!
Could you make a simple, direct "contact" link on your blog, without reader having to fill in several fields? (Or at very least, optional.)
I would be using it here and now if there were.
I don't want to leave phone number, city, address, etc.
E-mail should be sufficient.
(personally, I hate facebook and twitter. Too much data harvesting!)
Thanks,
--John
Without that form I would be getting literally thousands of additional spam emails each day. It is an unfortunate necessity.
Most of the fields are optional. And if they are too much then perhaps the communication is too little.
Will, is that a black faille bow?
It is.
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