A Treasury Of… Minneapolis Fashion and Interior Design Blog

Four or five years back, I spotted this desaturated denim suit by APC in an issue of Wallpaper. I attempted to order it from the New York store, but the pants they sent me were cut like a 5-pocket jean, not like the trousers depicted in the magazine.

I had been excited to have a suit, an entire suit, and to wear it every day, as a uniform, un-precious and underplayed. It wasn’t meant to be though.

This Kostym by Cheap Monday suit at Alter reminds me of my dashed APC-styled dreams. But again, the particulars of the pants involved are proving pesky. 

In all my life I’ve only owned one suit and I’ve worn it less-than-zero times. One of these years, that’s all gonna change!

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.