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DB and Glen Plaid Monday. . .

 


 

A chilly, gray, and damp Monday for the start of Thanksgiving Week.  Perfect weather for a double-breasted blazer and a job candidate interview.  Some students around today, but much thinner on the ground than usual for a Monday, which means the library is actually quiet for getting various small things check-ed off the mental To Do List out ahead of the long holiday weekend,  

Once, again, should've hit the blazer with the ol' clothes brush before dashing out the front door in the dark this morning. Grrr.  Likewise, the vamps of the shoes, I assure you, do not look as bad in the flesh.  Not sure what the iPhone did here, but obviously some attention is in order with an application of Renovateur, a dab or two of shoe cream, and a good brushing.  

Not a terrible effort, but it does illustrate why attention to detail is so vital to presenting a polished (ahem) appearance.  Still, onward, and upward, eh?

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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  1. AnonymousNovember 26, 2024 at 10:49 AM

    I look at your combination and try to replicate it from my wardrobe. Works out very well. Thanks for the ideas.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM

    Thank you for very much for your kind words!

    Kind Regards,

    H-U

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