Today I got into a bad accident thanks to someone ignoring a stop sign. I’m ok, but the car will be in the shop for a while. On the flipside, I had a package stolen while I was away. it was a three piece herringbone suit, and got there just two days before I did. My neighborhood is typically very safe, but a gang took it. Well I had shrugged it off as a lost investment, but a neighbor filed a report and the police were able to recover it! The neighbor delivered it himself. Also a good samaritan drove me to the body shop. The takeaway here is for every bad person, there are so many good people who will surprise you with kindness. We musn’t lose sight of that.

The navy blazer always fits in.

Lots of internal meetings to advance all of the adjacent client meetings this week. We're busy enough that I had to cancel my attendance in the family's third trip this summer. I had a heart to heart with my son, who is leaving for college right after the third trip, to ensure he understood why and had a chance to discuss. He immediately understood and knows this year is a very big deal for the company's growth and long-term strategy. Sharing my company's goals with not just my wife, but also my boys, provides benefits beyond them just appreciating what goes into running a business. It helps them understand the importance of hard work, dedication, and occasionally, sacrifice. Another moderately warm day here, so the linen blend suit felt like the right call. Today’s Outfit — Summer Suit with Tuesday-Rule Focus Color and seasonality: The look starts with a matte mid-blue summer suit and crisp white shirt, then adds cream, sand, cocoa, and burgundy for controlled warmth. The wool-silk-linen cloth, half-lined jacket, white ground, and pale accessories keep the August presentation light; richer brown-red accents add depth without making it feel autumnal. Tuesday rule: NT-076 is today’s qualifying anchor with it being the first wear. It meets Tuesday’s priority while also improving the outfit through its seasonally appropriate cream-and-brown palette. • Suit — SJ-017, SL-026 (Suitsupply): A matching mid-blue suit in matte, summer-weight wool, silk, and linen, with a natural-shouldered, half-lined two-button jacket and straight-leg cuffed trousers. The airy plain weave suits an August day while remaining business-formal enough for video leadership work and a polished medical appointment. • Shirt — DS-040 (Charles Tyrwhitt): A crisp white non-iron, two-ply cotton-twill shirt with a classic point collar and rounded French cuffs. Its bright neutral color sharpens the mid-blue suit and gives the cream-and-brown tie a clean, seasonally light canvas. • Undershirt — US-003 (Pro Club): A white heavyweight-cotton crew-neck undershirt with a secure, comfortable fit. The white-on-white pairing keeps it visually quiet beneath the dress shirt.

One of the things I love about Classic Timeless Menswear is the mastery in the minutia: The sheen of a highly polished shell cordovan shoe, the perfect silhouette of a pair of deep double forward pleated trousers made out of quality wool; The shoulder fit of a half or full canvas suit that’s been broken in that gets better with each wearing; The depth of a well harmonized outfit with a classic tattersall shirt featuring a quality regimental tie; the natural sprezzatura of a welted toe on a classic pair of dress tassel shoes with a suit or the beef roll stitching of a Waxhide pair of penny loafers; the elegance of a cardigan sweater with top and bottom buttons unbuttoned; etc. it’s the minor details that have enduring aspects of style that make clothing more of an investment rather than merely an expenditure. I miss the day when guys with discerning eyes lead gentlemen to admire this aspect of their friends wardrobe choices (yet I am inspired by this community’s return to this tradition). Today clothing has a throw-away aspect. Let me give one example: I saw an ad for Peter Manning (PM) recentlythat troubled me. It mistakenly conflated fit with its concept of style (actually a trendy fashion) PM has a great concept: to make clothing for the other half of guys, ie if 5’9” is the average height then presumably about half are above that and half are below that. Unfortunately PM has embraced the oddity of the modern fashion trends ( too short of a coat skirt, too high of an operable button, and a limited selection trend of solid quarter zips and non traditional polo shirts etc). I question if there might be a market of guys in that height range who would embrace a more classic timeless menswear design that is focused on 100 year old proven designs for gentlemen whose height is below 5’9”. Peter Manning fails in that CTM aspect in my eyes. Speaking of details, I find it easy to move from clothing design to interior design (an area of study that my friend @Trevor Hudson is much more qualified than I to address). As a complete amateur in this arena I have an eclectic sense that allows me to enjoy many different designs: from Frank Lloyd Wright and Bauhouse to classic Cotswold cottages or neo-Tudor and New England gambrel roof Dutch colonial exteriors; or interiors that mix antiques either with modern open layouts or interspersed within homes with cosy Ralph Lauren inspired nooks and rooms to escape and enjoy a cup of tea and a great book. The house where I presently live was built in 2004 out of a two year frustration of searching and not finding anything we liked, so when I was working 90 hours a week I built my 1st generation American born German wife a little cottage on my one person working salary. It was the best I could do with my severely limited time constraints, but I enjoy it.

My favorite, local, Tiki bar has a long-running Connect Four tournament on Monday nights. The first and second place participants win gift cards. I don't know what my record is, but I've won first more than I've failed to finish first or second. The was some talk, I believe, at one point about banning me from entering but my habit of gifting my card to the newest player probably saved me there... 😁 I don't know why my top half and bottom half appear misaligned in the photo; I must have been standing oddly... Outfit rundown: - Gray striped, cotton-linen flat cap by Cremieux - Blue, VBC tropical wool blazer by J. Hillburn - White, cotton, Top Shelf Range Polo by Criquet - Gray, glen plaid, cotton seersucker trousers by Bonobos - Navy leather suspenders by JJ Suspenders - Navy, leather, Venetian loafers by Frye - White, linen, 'Old Fashioned' pocket square by Fort Belvedere - Star Wars R2D2 lapel pin by LFL - Sterling Silver and Aquamarine, Nalu Wave necklace by Happy Laulea - Star Wars R2D2, silicone wedding ring by Enso - Sterling Silver and Blue Crystal, Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi Lightsaber ring by Rocklove SOTD: Layton by Parfums de Marly WOTD: Ascent Blue Mother-of-Pearl 41mm GADA Automatic by Erebus