Tonight's meeting!

So, tonight I have a meeting with James Hill of High Cotton Ties to discuss their upcoming feature in FOLK Magazine. Look for pictures later. Gina Young, my fellow fashion blogger and FOLK Magazine contributor will be going with me. Look for her upcoming blog Bowtied Belle soon! Here are a couple of videos about High Cotton, the first about its history and the second about their work with their new project "From Dirt to Shirt" which we'll talk about tonight. Enjoy!

FOLK Magazine Issue IV: Country Comforts!

Hey y'all! Exciting news of the day, Issue IV of FOLK is coming soon! We just wrapped up layouts and there is plenty of interesting content to look forward to, including a short editorial by yours truly about "Why I Love Fashion" and a Blog Life page featuring Kiel James Patrick's namesake, Kiel James Patrick, and Sarah Vickers for their wonderful blogs as well as Unabashedly Prep's F.E. Castleberry! The pieces are a short teaser of a feature that we hope to do with the trio and will be in our January/February 2013 Issue. Find more information about ordering the March/April Issue at our blog by clicking here or on the cover below! 

Random Re-Blog: Put This On - eBay

For those of you not familiar with Put This On, it is an amazing blog. The collections of historic fashion content and thrifty buys allow anyone to be in the know in fashion. They always keep their readers informed on what is hot and where to find it at great prices. One segment that I love is their eBay Roundup in which they find interesting items on eBay for ridiculous prices. Here is a link to the weekly posts and a picture of one of their finds, a wonderful tweed sport coat. Enjoy!

Random Re-Blog: A Continuous Lean and General Quarterly

Today's Random Re-Blog is a biopic of an L.A. store named General Quarterly and comes from A Continuous Lean. You can look at the full article there for more details, but here are a few of the store photos. The store is located on La Brea Ave. It really has that personalized Midwest style that I am enjoying so much these days.

A rack of bags and backpacks by Topo Designs.

I love the yellow table and football by Lemon.

These Eastland Boots are great, and I especially love the shirts by Gant in the
background.

Brand New Look: Brooks Brothers

Today while browsing my Facebook newsfeed I came across an interesting sight. Brooks Brothers has a new campaign that everyone must see. They just added pictures of it to their facebook page. The campaign is called "A Color Story" and it is aptly named. The campaign centers around spring and summer brights. It is a lot more modern than I think anyone is used to Brooks Brothers being, but I am not counting that as a bad thing judging by the pictures. So, here are the pictures from the campaign. Check them out and let me know what you think about it in the comments below.

So, this is ridiculously similar to what I am wearing today. Maybe a picture
will follow.

What I Wore: To Shaker Village!

So, Shaker Village is wonderful and you should go. It is a historic community outside of Danville, KY. It was formerly a religious community of "shakers" and still functions as a tourist attraction. It has a wonderful restaurant (they have great lunch) and a couple of small gift shops. It is a great day trip for us in Lexington, but I recommend it to anyone. This trip was last spring and Ben and I met one our friends and writer, Sam Yates, there. So, here's a few pictures from the trip and a few details of my outfit. Enjoy!

This donkey kept trying to nibble on my camera.
Wearing: Oxford in Yellow by Polo Kids ($19.50)
Leather Belt by J.Crew ($30.00)
7" Essential Chino Shorts in Navy by J.Crew ($49.50)

Southern Proper Frat Cap in Purple ($20.00)
Southern Tide Frat Strap in Light Blue ($5.00

The lower profile Clark Padmores. I favor them to Wallabies. 

Random Re-Blog: February 5, 2012

Red Clay Soul has been one of my favorite blogs for years. He always has the classiest posts and best style. He adopts a lot of newer outfits and makes them a classic staple. That's what he has done in this post with what he refers to as GTH pants, or colored khakis. In this post he shows us all how to wear them in a classic way without looking too modern. Enjoy the pics from the original and definitely go read it!

The "GTH" pants in Burnt Orange and Navy.

This classic prep school look makes these green pants look classic and classy.

Love this casual look. Especially the LLBean Norwegian Sweater and the
Lounger boots... so jealous.