Rumpled Monday Style. . .

We have enjoyed a largely temperate summer here in Mid-Michigan this year. But like clockwork, the thermometer climbed to 90+ degrees Fahrenheit today, the first day of classes at my institution. And of course the building in which I teach my classes this semester lacks air-conditioning. The huge ceiling fans in the classrooms help a bit, but when you cram fifty or more bodies into these rooms, things become less than comfortable PDQ.

Hence the linen suit for today.

It rumples almost as soon as you put it on, but the material of which the suit is made is like the most gossamer of pajamas and allows plenty of air to circulate around a slightly too warm body. As my late mother used to point out, linen items announce their presence by virtue of the wrinkles. And anyone in the know will realize what they are looking at.

In any case, a bit on the dandy side today with the Italian parrot necktie, bold Mercer shirt, and the pocket square, not to mention the Panama hat, but why not?

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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Mid-November Monday. . .

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