I like this kid and his denim on denim kit. Especially liked how he mixed the gingham shirt with the batik bow-tie. The boots are Duckie Brown for Florsheim, most kids his age are wearing cheap 2nd hand hard bottoms or some wack designer number with some mens leggings or tight jeans. I also like his proportions, nothing he is wearing is small on him. I obsess with fit and its hard, it takes years to build a wardrobe of items that fit. The denim shirt is just the right length, his blazer is a good fit too with most kids today wearing them so short and tiny. Im not saying everything fits perfectly, just pointing out how this young lad isnt wearing tight little boy clothing. The sunnies are Lacoste from Silver Lining Opticians Deadstock collection. The most insane collection of unworn vintage frames I’ve ever seen. Go on in and say hi to Eric & Jordan. Decent fellas.
I found it interesting to see so many guys in this tight cuffed pant look, here paired with dress shoes and an overcoat. Another thing Id like to add, the american slob look of having your shirt untucked has also been spreading rapidly… fortunately not as fast as the skinny tie paired with untucked shirt.
Dont get me wrong- I like this guys kit. Alot. He was traveling and visiting London. (if he wasnt working, who cares that his shirts untucked! ) That unconstructed briefcase is killer ! Also noticed these brooks brothers RL sorta frames have been making a huge comeback in Europe (hopefully replacing the other plastic frames that have spread too far and wide…
I was honoured when shutterbug William Gentle wrote me asking if we could work together. I was not yet familiar with his website and after checking it out,i obliged. He choses people for their individual style and has them chose looks and heads to a location he seeks out. I have worked with other shooters and have never felt so at ease with a photographer. Lets not kid, Im no model; but I like the way these turned out. Check out his work after i toot my own horn below
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He told me he was an engineer and that the bldg we were standing outside of , 1411 Broadway was an opera house ! I’ll have to research this one.. He was so rad though, with his pocket protector, dotted tie with checked shirt and a tan seersucker coat.. that pins does me in though! Every time!
I love this tie and the kind folks over at Drake's taught me about madder and referred me to a piece by G. Bruce Boyer
If you dont know him, look him up asap.
madder- a natural dye from a Eurasian herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctoria, the root of which was used since ancient times as a regal dyestuff. Thus “ancient” madder. Since the 19th Century the dye has primarily been used on silk, producing beautifully deep, muted and soft colorations of red, green, chocolate, medium blue, and yellow. Silk dyed in this manner is characterized by a dusty-looking finish and a feel (referred to as a chalk hand by the experts) very much like a fine suede, and a matte finish. And not just any silk. A special “gum” silk, is used. The silk is first boiled to remove its natural gum (an organic resin), dyed, and then the fabric is bathed in a new gum-based solution that gives it its characteristic soft handle and heft.
Today the process is employed mainly for neckwear printed in England in a paisley or small geometric pattern. The coloring agent in madder root – called alizarin — was in fact first chemically extracted and then synthesized in 1869 by two English chemists. Although the dyeing process, even today, requires a variety of painstaking steps, synthesized alizarin brought the price within the reach of commercial producers, and paisley-designed silks of ancient madder became popular in the second-half of Victoria’s reign for neckwear and scarves.
Paisley madder ties have been a status symbol on college campuses since the 1930s, as a natty alternative to the traditional striped tie. Paired with a tweed sports jacket, they’re as conservatively colorful and slightly idiosyncratic today as ever.
This next group of ties are in the crystal weave, a very old fashioned cloth that was originally done for college reppe stripe ties. The smart folks at Drake's thought they'd give it a nice little twist to quote Michael Hill. The plaid is five colored special warp so very unusual and not easy to weave. The gingham is also an end on end warp (woven with both black and white in the warp
