"Get The Look"

I've noticed that on clothing websites these days they all have a "get the look" section where you are given a model wearing an outfit and you can purchase all you see. No. If I wanted to look like a space cadet, which is what "fashion" makes you look like these days, I'd walk around drooling all over myself.

Now Cameron and I have spoken about this many a time, and we both wish it weren't so socially unacceptable to wear a suit all the time. That way you look classy, not "preppy", whatever the fuck that means. Business preppy used to mean that it was bright colours for dress down days, now it means you wear feminine t-shirts and even more feminine jeans. What happened to "being a man"?

That brings me to my next point: Harrington jackets. Steve McQueen wore them, Frank Sinatra wore them, they must be manly as fuck then. That's why I'm going to buy one, along with a plain white polo shirt, and a pair of neutral coloured chinos. Neutral colours are the dullest of all the colours, but also the most formal in a casual setting, therefore, the most manly. None of this neon deep v-neck shit that these hipsters buy by the shipload.

Iona and I were sending each other links on newlook.com and it's actually kinda refreshing to see a teenage girl with the same kind of style as me, although I still get the impression she'd think I was a weirdo if I showed up in trousers, a shirt and a sweater which is what I wore all winter.

Summer clothes are difficult to buy without being feminine, I mean how masculine can a pair of shorts be? The answer: not very, especially with today's "style". I think for this summer I will get some cream chino shorts, a white polo shirt, and a navy cricket jumper. Classy without being too formal, but no where near as poncy as what other "men" will be wearing this summer.

Oh, I also need lots of Canadian Club and cigarettes. I'm doing summer 2013 Don Draper style. He had a Harrington jacket, you know.