Even on a close to 100 degree day natural fabrics rule. Grabbed my old Garnet Flannel (summer flannel) HSM Hart Schaeffner and Marx navy blazer. I’ve recently bought some clothes from my buddy Steve Giles: light weight tan Gaberdine trousers (double front deep pleats) and a madras’s shirt (New England Shirt Company) and a silk navy with polka dotted pocket square. I added Pendleton socks, Martin Dingman bridle loafers and matching belt picked up from Travers Mahan Clothing and my old Wenger field watch with a navy/Green nato stripe band. Doesn’t get much more basic classic timeless menswear than this but still seems to fit the need. https://stevengilesclothing.com https://traversmahanapparel.com

I’ve been getting myself a bit confused lately and it’s causing a bit of an internal identity crisis. The background is this: I’m 47 years old, turning 48 in a couple of months, and also due to finish my first university degree and graduate at the end of this year, and will be starting out fresh in a new career in nursing in 2027. I’ve always felt that I was a bit behind the 8 ball for a lot of things, felt like I wasn’t as mature, or as far along in life as my peers and that I wasn’t always kinda missing something. Anyway, throughout my studies I discovered something about myself, and last year was officially diagnosed with the neurodivergence ADHD. As I have been researching the condition, and relating it to my life and my experiences growing up, I have discovered that one of the traits of neurodivergence is that our emotional maturity develops a lot slower than neuro typical people, about one third slower in fact, which at my age puts my emotional age at around the early 30’s. What does that all have to do with style I hear you ask? Well, from the style research I’ve been doing, reading articles and watching yt vids etc, I’ve been trying to dress more my age, like a mature man pushing 50, but when I do I feel like I look like I’m dressing older than I am and there seems to be a bit of a dissonance going on. Ironically, the clothes I’m wearing are probably equally suitable for a guy in his 30’s anyway. If I dress a bit younger however, I feel like a try hard, and a bit like a department store mannequin, and it doesn’t always match the salt and pepper in my beard. It probably doesn’t help that I’ve yet to really land on my signature style anyway, plus I’ve put on a bit of weight recently from hours stagnating in front of the laptop which has given me a bit more of an unusual body shape. So I guess I’m just looking for a bit of advice from anyone who might understand what I’ve got going on, or if anyone has been through a similar situation.

Anyone else find themself looking forward to doing the ironing in there weekly routine. Each week I find myself looking forward to it. And enjoying the activity. I use to be the person that would by the wrinkle free or do it quickly before putting it on.