My take on the Take Ivy-like Spring looks by Gant Rugger is: There’s just enough of an ignorant freshman feel to keep things interestingly ugly and smartly unstudied.
And so with that in mind, I’m off to research the many ways I can get my outfits a little bit wrong this Spring in order to look 100% right.
On my window today, there sat a frosty peacock…
…and it stood still just long enough for me to snap its picture.
I didn’t even have to flip through the channels. It was easier and more fateful than that. I just flicked on the TV Wednesday night and there it instantly was – Solving History With Olly Steeds on the Discovery Channel.
Olly Steeds, the program, is bit unruly – its titular promise of ancient mysteries solved, rarely fulfilled.
But Olly Steeds, the daring dude, is worthy of being you and your mom and dad’s official Man Crush of 2010. He’s Steve McQueen with a thick, Brit accent; he’s Bear Grylls with a better nose and more covetable clothes.
Steed’s wardrobe is seemingly rooted in rote R.E.I. territory, but the way he recklessly rocks it with motorcycling jackets, square-shaped shades, and beautifully battered boots achieves that illusive “effortless” quality the rest of us spend so many hours orchestrating.
I’m not sure how exciting the rest of his adventures will prove this season, but I’m tagging along with old Olly anyway, just to see what he’s wearing.
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