Clothes

I've always loved clothes, to the point where one of my grandmothers was worried, if you know what I mean. To this day I put a great deal of thought into what I wear. And there's one element that I always want to bring to the way I dress. Be it dressing in a tie and jacket for work or jeans on the weekend, I want to feel cool. Certainly, it would be great to look cool. I'd like to think that if The Sartorialist saw me on the street, he'd take my picture. Well, who knows, but a man can dream can't he? But in the end, it's feeling cool that I'm going for. I really want to feel like I'm bring some sort of my personality to my outfits.

Sometimes it's harder than others. Work for instance, is, generally, business dress. But even within this environment there's always some flexibility. It also helps that I'm the marketing communications guy, so I have a bit more leeway to be "creative" in my dress. So I'm able to dress well, but also feel stylish.

But the other part of clothes and fashion is that when you get dressed, it is one of the most visible ways that you're making a statement to the world. It's also the way you show respect to the people that you are meeting or spending time with. I subscribe to the theory put forth by Jesse Thorn of the great style blog, Put This On, that "when you get dressed you're sending a message to the world about who you are and where you stand." So, like Jesse, I feel strongly that it's important to take the time and put effort into not only what you wear, but why you're wearing it.

That's why, if you see in on the street or in the coffee shop on a weekday, I'll likely be wearing a tie. But if you ask, I'll show you my socks. They're usually pretty cool, if I do say so myself.