Out with my family and nieces and nephews and cousins before the big Italian Easter feast tomorrow!! Wishing you all a wonderful holiday.

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who WHAT WHERE WHEN how why POST2 WHAT is the American Classic Timeless Menswear style? Well let’s answer that by stating what it is as well as what it isn’t. It is a STYLE that is born out of the melting pot that is America. It isn’t merely personal style and it certainly isn’t fashion. The melting pot that is America is a conglomerate of multiple personal styles. From the ever expanding push of the fiercely independent Ulster Scotts (think Jim Bowie, Davie Crockett, Mark Twain and more modern innovators like, Neil Armstrong, to Elvis Presley to Steve McQueen) individuality has never been an issue in America. From the English, German, Dutch, Hispanic, Native American, African, Asian….ad infinitum, these diverse influencers have formed the American STYLE. America’s conformity has always been NON conformity. It is a stew of diverse ingredients that fluctuates and blends into its own savory serving. To reduce style to merely personal style is well-a boring statement. I’ve always said fashion is “out of”the second it’s “in” -Whereas “style” is never “out of”. This is the spine of Classic Timeless Menswear yet hard to clearly define when one adds the adjective American. And the reason it is so- the WHAT that makes it distinguishable is because certain elements simply have been proven to work over time. Now to give fashion a fair shake, absolutely nothing that is enduring style began without firstly being a “fashion” statement. The most obvious would be the use of a military coat becoming a sport coat. This Fashion statement attributed to Beau Brummel over 200 years ago when he introduced this tailored concept to the Regent court (as well as the concept bathing daily😷) and certainly the lapeled suit or sportcoat has long endured all over the globe. This once “fashion” statement has become the basis of Menswear for a long time. American styled menswear was a fashion statement based on COMFORT, Possibly the biggest event in the past 125 years was the advent of comfortable clothing for men attending college-specifically New England colleges.