Wardrobe Test
The manly-man look that’s muscled its way to the front-lines of the menswear blogs these past few months has been ridiculed (by some) for transforming others of us into costumed characters. I can’t blame a trend for my sartorial sins though – I admit I fall regularly into costume-closet trouble all by myself.
Last summer I ordered this brilliant blue canvas cap from APC. So classic in its sea-faring references yet somewhat cartoon-ish in its shade and its exaggerated shape, I had some reservations initially. But who wouldn’t be charmed by a lad in a snappy hat such as that, I asked myself.
Fast forward to real live life and….I don’t know if I charm people in my cap so much as I bemuse them. If there’s someday an audition for a live-action Peter & The Wolf film, I’ll know what to wear, but until then…I’m just a cartoon-y costumed crusader doing my best to charm, but basically failing.
March 25th, 2009 at 7:15 am
just great