Not my photograph, but it illustrates pretty well my 'uniform,' if you will, especially in the warmer September and April weather during the academic year although I also rely on the occasional Madras necktie, linen, or seersucker suits. What? After September 1st? I know, I know. A gauche rube. If the picture is yours, please let me know, sans the fusilade of obscenity now so typical, so I can provide attribution or remove it.
Recently, there was a thread over on the Saltwater New England blog discussing whether, or not social media and the internet has had any influence on how people shop for attire and/or dress themselves.
Speaking just for myself, I don't know that social media has had any influence on how I dress -- trad/ivy/prep call it what you will. . . much like my male family members of previous generations -- but it has made it easier to find a sartorial community of reasonably like-minded souls in our otherwise slovenly age.
I left Facebook a year ago, but the various blogs I still read have also clued me into some retailers of suitable gear that I might not have discovered otherwise. So, social media, to some extent, has also had an influence on where and how I make occasional purchases. And that certainly beats making the trek to a shopping mall to brave the stench of popcorn and sales help who have no clue about their stock.
-- Heinz-Ulrich
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-- Heinz-Ulrich