Sprezzatura. 🇮🇹🇬🇧 My interpretation of Italian ease with English elegance, Ralph Lauren trousers, Salvatore Ferragamo blue suede loafers, a Brooks Brothers linen shirt and cotton cable knit sweater. Classic pieces, slightly undone. Elegance without looking too considered or at least, that’s the idea. 😉

Thursday meetings and follow up meetings with contractors and distributors in El Paso. - Royal blue polo with company logo - Black leather Buckley belt - Charcoal slim fit chinos - Black and brown low top shoes

While the rest of the clan napped between touring along the river Leith and the Edinburgh suburb of Stockbridge https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lQARntIxP-c and the Royal military tattoo at 9:30 pm last night https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BxxKW50tlCU&ra=m I snuck away on a 4 minute walk to a little touch of heaven. Stewart and Christie, founded in 1720 is a menswear store that does bespoke suiting as well as custom kilts. https://stewartchristie.com I spent well over an hour talking to Jake the clothier. We even worked up a custom Argyle tweed Kilt sport coat and a custom Co Fermanagh tartan kilt. The entire bottom floor is for custom kilts. Jake explained how many clients come up from London. Not only is their pricing better but their entire bespoke team, cutter, tailor and clothier work within a few yards of each other which isn’t the case in many locations in Saville Row any longer. Next to Classic timeless American Ivy menswear, my favorite style is UK country. This store not only sources from the best mills in Scotland and Ireland but owns their own mill as well. I could hang out on there for days and talk to these guys but alas I am on a family vacation and that was only my first full day in Scotland. I bought a tattersall shirt in cream with an olive and burgundy line and a deep burgundy wool/silk club tie and some socks. Their pricing off the peg as they call it is about half what I can get at full price back home. A couple of those and I’ve paid for my future trip! Planning on returning.

Not very often I get two rainy days back to back, but when I pourd my coffee this morning I watched the rain come down hard. I also got a phone call from my dad saying he got stuck hauling water up to the hiefers... so my outfit to go recuse my dad is as follows. Stetson 4x hat, wrangler pearl snap shirt, Wyoming traders tan vest, Outback oilskin duster, Wrangler rigs jeans, and Boggs muck boots. I was able to pull my dad out with ease, and made it back to finish my coffee.