Do you have a style "idol"
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I've never been able to find someone who I can pattern a style from.
Mind you, I mostly wear jeans and a tshirt.
I don't really go out much (a wife and 2 little kids keeps me at home) and I'd rather put the funds to something else.
I would be curious to know what other people say.
Mind you, I mostly wear jeans and a tshirt.
I don't really go out much (a wife and 2 little kids keeps me at home) and I'd rather put the funds to something else.
I would be curious to know what other people say.
The closest I come to a style "idol" is George Clooney.
http://www.aspiringkennedy.com/2010/09/alluring-kennedy-george-clooney.html
http://www.aspiringkennedy.com/2010/09/alluring-kennedy-george-clooney.html
I think that Winston Churchill and Teddy Roosevelt are the finest examples of rotund (T.R. in his late life) men that I can recall. Being someone that genetics was not going to make 5'11'' and 170 I have learned to come to terms with who I am and to know that clothing makes the "look" of the man.
If you are short and stout classic styling is kind. Get the right cut and look great!
If you are short and stout classic styling is kind. Get the right cut and look great!
Don't laugh... I like this dude, he could get away with anything and look great!
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Downey wearing a suit with matching sneakers? Pretty interesting I must say!
Oh, and Jimi? He was the man!
Oh, and Jimi? He was the man!
I heard Kennedy had a good sense of style? I'm way too young to know.
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Seems he did! Brooks Brother even has suits based after his.
JFK and Ole Blue eyes and the Rat Pack.
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Don't have an idol per se, but pretty much anyone in the 40's and 50's dressed pretty well and I am trying to push my wardrobe in that direction.
Prince Michael of Kent; if only I had the funds!!
Idol is a stretch for me, I think, no matter what.
I suppose someone has to say it, as he is something of a guiding force for all modern men's dressy-type clothing (by which I mean suits, sports coats, evening wear), but the Duke of Windsor. Although much credit should go to Frederick Scholte, the DoW's life-long tailor. It is a shame there are not more color photos of him. And another factor is that the DoW was not a particularly good looking guy naturally and was only 5' 5." He style managed to generally look very good, without looking like a dandy.
But, as Jackie Gleason once said, "I look good in expensive clothes." I sure could not afford nor want to the to be the clothes horse the DoW was.
Otherwise, probably any run of the mill Princeton student in the later 40s, the 50s, and the early 60s, which is pretty much the same as saying Jack Kennedy, although I realize that real afficionados are able to make distinctions among Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc. prep-wear across the decades.
Certainly, Cary Grant could wear the heck out of a suit. Sinatra had a nice style later. Early on FS was a bit much with bow and oddly configured ties and wildly striped suits. George Clooney looks fairly nice.
I suppose someone has to say it, as he is something of a guiding force for all modern men's dressy-type clothing (by which I mean suits, sports coats, evening wear), but the Duke of Windsor. Although much credit should go to Frederick Scholte, the DoW's life-long tailor. It is a shame there are not more color photos of him. And another factor is that the DoW was not a particularly good looking guy naturally and was only 5' 5." He style managed to generally look very good, without looking like a dandy.
But, as Jackie Gleason once said, "I look good in expensive clothes." I sure could not afford nor want to the to be the clothes horse the DoW was.
Otherwise, probably any run of the mill Princeton student in the later 40s, the 50s, and the early 60s, which is pretty much the same as saying Jack Kennedy, although I realize that real afficionados are able to make distinctions among Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc. prep-wear across the decades.
Certainly, Cary Grant could wear the heck out of a suit. Sinatra had a nice style later. Early on FS was a bit much with bow and oddly configured ties and wildly striped suits. George Clooney looks fairly nice.
I'm more likely to follow the Kurt Cobain style ... yeah really.
+1 on Hendrix
+1 on Hendrix
Good choice.
Harrison Ford. or possibly Bruce Willis.
I don't have a style "idol" really, there are images that have always stuck out in my mind about good style. One of them is the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indy is walking down the stairs w/Marion, he's wearing a navy blue suit and his signature fedora - always been one of my favorites. There is also a picture of Sean Connery as James Bond in a white dinner jacket that is also one of my favorites.
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I would have to say George Clooney or even as of late Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
I am rather rotund, and am trying to get back down in weight to where I can comfortably tuck in my shirts and wear my bowties again. My ultimate plan would be to wear a nice suit type vest with jeans/bowtie/fedora. This is pretty much how i see myself dressing one day.
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Although I know I will always have a spare tire, I can try to get to this type of look eventually. I was discussing with my sister I have been heavy for 34 years, and the odds were against me. She kindly said "why not?" I just need to get my butt into gear and start getting away from the fast food.
I am rather rotund, and am trying to get back down in weight to where I can comfortably tuck in my shirts and wear my bowties again. My ultimate plan would be to wear a nice suit type vest with jeans/bowtie/fedora. This is pretty much how i see myself dressing one day.
or Although I know I will always have a spare tire, I can try to get to this type of look eventually. I was discussing with my sister I have been heavy for 34 years, and the odds were against me. She kindly said "why not?" I just need to get my butt into gear and start getting away from the fast food.
I think that the style I admire most lately is Clooney, Levitt, and Gosling. All three tend to make smart choices in the wardrobe.
