Bespoke grey wool single breasted suit in Loro Piana Wish Super 170’s, bespoke cotton shirt with pin collar and French cuffs, Favourbrook silk tie, collar pin and cufflinks from Benson & Clegg, silk pocket square from H. Huntsman & Sons, WOTD Rolex Submariner with no date complication, SOTD Roja Parfums Enigma Aoud.

Hey hey! I'm down 100lbs, in a new state (NY), and I just ran my first 5k in about a half hour. Old profile pic (from Oct) in the flannel. New one (today), in the gilet. 320 to 220 in 8 months. The beard will grow back soon.

Another WFH day. I wanted to showcase my new OTAA tie, so I have gone with a mostly blue outfit and a crisp, clean white shirt to make the tie pop that little bit more. Todays outdoor consists of; M.J. Bale Cappellari Suit with Peaked Lapel in a Mid Blue Hue. It's crafted from 100% wool that is woven in Italy, with a soft shoulder and half canvas construction. Charles Tyrwhitt Non-Iron Double Cuff Twill Shirt in White OTAA Elegant Knot Cufflinks in Silver OTAA Bondi Blue Navy Stripe Tie OTAA Bond Te Clip in Silver OTAA White Pocket Square with Sky Blue Edge TrendHim Wide Sky Blue Clip-On Braces White Howlite Stone Bracelet OTAA Jack O’ Cups Shattuckite Skull Bracelet OTAA Marine Blue Ribbed Socks CNES CNES MTO Oxford with Goodyear welted construction and handcrafted from Italian crust leather SOTD - Mancera Red Tobacco WOTD 0 Erebus Ascent 41 Blue MoP

I had yet another interesting and confusing, for the other person, conversation today with someone who called themselves a "traditionalist" - all the while conflating Hollywood myth with historical fact. This article from Ripley's Believe It Or Not speaks to the fact that the Cowboy Hat did not, in fact, win the West... In fact, most of the famous events, encounters, and shoot-outs involving famous Wild-West outlaws and lawmen - which many people, in their minds' eyes, typically picture wearing black and white cowboy hats - actually took place years before John Stetson invented what became known as the Cowboy Hat. Hollywood virtually erased the actual hat that won the West from the minds of many, for one simple reason: Hollywood wanted viewers to instantly know whether a character was a city-goer or a cowboy. This, of course, is in spite of the fact that - in real life, in the actual West - there was no real difference. Hollywood also used a similar, completely mythical, hat trope to allow viewers to instantly distinguish between the good guy and the bad guy - by way of the color of their hat. So, if you want to truthfully be a traditionalist and sport the hat that actually won the West, you should probably pick yourself up a Bowler...

Today I wore the last of the new custom shirts, this one a light lavender. With it I wore the slightly darker jacket, grey trousers, drey pocket square, black and purple striped tie, my Italian Spectators and an arrow brim fedora. After service I took Robin out to brunch for Mother’s Day.