It is of course fairly self-serving but a 1940 issue of The Tailor and Cutter magazine (thanks to Eric Musgrave for passing along the image) made the claim that good clothes were said to have an invigorating, refreshing, and/or restorative effect. And though styles have changed, the feeling has not.
I believe we all get some small pleasure in the morning when we don well cut and complementary clothes. Some days they may be more resplendent, but a pair of drivers or boat shoes worn sockless with a polo shirt and Gurkha shorts does the trick quite nicely thank you so long as they are appropriate for the day's activities, clean, pressed, and properly fitted (if only a man could find something other than army surplus Gurkhas these days, and I do not mean those Engineered Garments versions that were obviously designed to frighten small children).
Be invigorated, refreshed and restored this Fourth of July. Wear good clothes.
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great
Wish I had kept my Gurkha shorts from the 80s!
What Price Glory, at onlinemilitaria.net, has Gurkha shorts. They cater to military re-enactors, so I imagine the quality is better than Engineered Garments, but I have no experience with either brand.
Very true. The fact that it was said in 1940 is a good example of the Churchillian principle of 'KBO' in action!
Good food and physical activity have a tonic effect as well.
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