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Mr Moo's recent thread "Your Sartorial Evolution" is a good one (both well de-railed and well re-railed) and something of a wake-up call for me. I went through a few years worth of old photos and dug some interesting stuff up each year from 2003-2007 (my pre-SF days) for my post. (http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...7&postcount=61)
I was struck by two things. One, how I got by with relatively little clothing and Two, how well worn and more importantly, how great it all looked together. Clothes look better with *use*, not necessarily age. Il Vecchio is one of the best examples of this. Well worn, but well cared for imparts so much cooler and more stylish an attitude than new and sparkly. Perhaps the real reason why cuff buttons are undone is to pretend the jacket was worn so much, the button fell off. We at SF become quite compulsive shoppers but in the end, our wardrobe rotations are so large that we can never wear-in our clothes. (or urine stain)
Care but don't fuss, wear with abandon and treat the deals as a safety net for when you need the eventual replacement.
I was struck by two things. One, how I got by with relatively little clothing and Two, how well worn and more importantly, how great it all looked together. Clothes look better with *use*, not necessarily age. Il Vecchio is one of the best examples of this. Well worn, but well cared for imparts so much cooler and more stylish an attitude than new and sparkly. Perhaps the real reason why cuff buttons are undone is to pretend the jacket was worn so much, the button fell off. We at SF become quite compulsive shoppers but in the end, our wardrobe rotations are so large that we can never wear-in our clothes. (or urine stain)
Care but don't fuss, wear with abandon and treat the deals as a safety net for when you need the eventual replacement.