I was getting ready for my weekly Wednesday 6:30 AM men’s group while my wife was still sleeping. So as I grabbed 501 Levi’s I wore yesterday and in my dark closet put together my OOTD by iPhone flashlight, I was contemplating my personal style. Over the past couple of day’s I’ve blathered on about the terms old money and preppy and how each is fraught with the danger reducing Classic Timeless Menswear to merely another fashion category. Antonio’s recent video I spoke about yesterday did a brilliant job of describing why “ old money” style is so much more than just a fashion term: https://www.skool.com/rmrs/mia-culpa-antonio?p=9d9bbd8d Rather than create a name for my personal style myself, I choose to borrow from Harold Powell for whom I worked in my 20’s. He private labeled his casual wear Old School and I remember him telling me why that best described what he was doing and how that differed from other stores in the South Central USA. Harold was a product of The University of Oklahoma -Established Dec. 19, 1890 -17 years before statehood. https://journals.shareok.org/soonermagazine/article/download/11147/11146 https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=HA028 Like many other state universities, the school song and school colors were “borrowed” from east coast colleges. (Boomer Sooner is the Yale Boola Boola song for the Bulldogs and OU’s Crimson and Cream are Harvard’s colors). Harold worked for the McCalls brothers ( a firm I worked for before Harold’s ) but his mother owned the building they were in and when they moved he opened his own shop in their old location in 1948 across Boyd Street from the OU campus. He chose to go a different direction in styling than most west coast clothing oriented stores in Oklahoma and focused on the East Coast, a bold and risky move at that time. His philosophy was to adopt styles that were more perpetual and rather than have a vast array of colors and designs (wide and shallow), he would provide an extremely limited design and limited colors with a lot of minute details (narrow and deep) Explained further - all his coats had a 3/2 roll and all his trousers had deep double forward pleates. Beyond the tweeds in fall or shantung silks or seersuckers for summer, every brand was offered in Navy, multiple shades of Grey, tans, and olives. Ties were classic stripes and foulards primarily and shirtings were mainly oxfords with some stripes and tattersalls. Footwear was of very high quality but clearly defined traditional styles.

WFH is pretty much my default whilst I work with my Team 2500 Km (1550 Mile) away in Cairns. The bonus is I get the cooler weather and not the Tropical Far NE Queensland Humidity and heat, this means I get to pretty much where whatever I like. Also included a little video to show me moving the outdoor furniture back after getting thirst amazing photos for you all 😂 Today’s outfit consists of: M.J. Bale Pascal Peacoat in a Navy Super 110’s cloth M.J. Bale Carson Suit in a Super 110’s Navy Sharkskin, with Peaked Lapels, a Half Canvas and Classic Shoulder with light padding OTAA Washington White And Blue Twill Non-Iron Shirt OTAA Gibraltar Graphite Blue Stripe Tie OTAA Bond Silver Tie Clip OTAA Mister Show Business Wool Pocket Square OTAA Navy Anchor Bracelet OTAA Marine Blue Anchor Socks CNES MTO Oxford with Goodyear welted construction and crafted from Italian crust leather Brixton Brood Cap in Washed Navy and Aluminum with an 8 Panel Design TrendHim White Suspenders SOTD - JPG LeMale Elixr WOTD - Tudor Royal 41 with a silver dial (still my favourite watch)

Whipping out the old blazer for our last evening, since the restaurant recommends business casual attire... Tonight's outfit isn't as coordinated as mine usually are but I don't care; I'm wearing two of my newest and favorite accessories - which I purchased on this trip. There's a local company - Brackish - that makes handmade accessories from feathers, and tonight's pocket square and lapel pin are from their offerings.