I have only really become a shoe guy since joining this great group of gents. Pictured, is my new pair of Allen Edmond tassel loafers. I really like burgundy or ox-blood anything, especially shoes. But, there is no way I could afford these new at $450.00, but I can afford them used off of eBay for $30.00 including shipping! Yes, the soles have some wear, but I don’t care. I’m slowly building a small collection of older AE’s. Did I mention I really like them?

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.

Today I decided to get off my you know what and dress up. I haven't been on it in a while but I'm bouncing back. And every time I dress up, I feel good about myself. And yes you do think differently. You seem to have a better focus of your day. Even where you see yourself future tense... As men it is important we take care of ourselves and maintain our look, style and stature of who we are as men. I recommend for ALL MEN to return back to the days of The Distinguished Gentleman. They days where wisdom, style, elegance and class was the standard of a man. A real Distinguished Gentleman at that.... #TerrificTuesday #RMRS #GentlemanStyle #OutfitOfTheDay

I track wardrobe details across 28 types (shirts, slacks, footwear, etc.). Even with just 2 items in each wardrobe category, that would give me over 268 million outfit combinations. So, the size of my wardrobe is not as big as some on this forum. It's just a matter of getting it all into a database where the number insanity can be calculated. The numbers below are for fun but are limited to business outfits only. No shorts, casual shoes, short socks, etc. With that limitation, I can make just over 28.5 septillion outfits. If I wanted to wear each of these in my lifetime, here's what it would mean! Metric Value / Formula Total business-ready outfits: 28,580,380,341,483,800,000,000,000 Start date: 1/1/2025 End date (through end of 2055): 12/31/2055 Total days in window: 11,322 Total hours in window: 271,728 Outfits needed per HOUR (24/7, every hour of every day): 105,180,107,833,877,000,000 (105 quintillion) Outfits needed per MINUTE: 1,753,001,797,231,290,000 (only 1.75 quintillion) Outfits needed per SECOND: 29,216,696,620,521,400 --- Alternative: Only waking hours (16 hrs/day) --- Total waking hours in window (16 hrs/day): 181,152 Outfits needed per waking HOUR: 157,770,161,750,816,000,000 --- Alternative: only "work day" hours (8 hrs/day, 5 days/week) --- Work days in window (≈ 5/7 of days): 8,087 Work hours in window (8 hrs/work day): 64,697 Outfits needed per WORK HOUR: 441,756,452,902,284,000,000

I have wanted to wear my new ivory chinos for awhile, so I paired them with my blue sport coat, purple Charles Tyrwhitt dress shirt and burgundy Allen Edmond tassel loafers. My socks were somewhat of an eggplant color from Calvin Kline and my burgundy belt was from Anson Belts. My shoes are new-used from eBay, and my shirt was thrifted. I think it worked!