Outfit Of The Week 2/11/24 – 2/17/24
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This has been a pretty weird winter.
There have been a few cold days, but none of the real bone-chillingly cold snaps that whip through this time of year.
We’ve had some snow dumps, but nothing more than eight or ten inches in a clip. At the moment, there’s probably six inches of old, iced-over snow on the ground. Granted, last year we got forty-one inches of snow around St. Patrick’s Day but it just doesn’t feel like that kind of a blizzard is in the cards.
From a style perspective, this milder winter means that I haven’t really had to bundle quite as much in my day-to-day as I have in past years. It’s not a total loss, because it has allowed me to wear a jacket that’s one of my favorites, but usually gets put away once the weather really gets “northeast in the mountains” cold.
That jacket is my goatskin, G-1 flight jacket from U.S. Wings.
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I bought this jacket about eight years ago to celebrate getting a new job. There are a ton of reasons why I love it, which I will go into in more detail in an upcoming post, but the main reason is because it’s so versatile.
It’s undeniably casual, so I certainly wouldn’t wear it over a suit or a sport coat, but because the style of these jackets hasn’t really changed since the mid-20th century, it looks great with more “elevated” casual wear like an oxford shirt, cardigan sweater, or even a knit tie.
I could wear this jacket to the office and it wouldn’t look out of place.
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I absolutely recommend having a quality leather jacket in your wardrobe. Yes, they are expensive, which does suck. But if you can swing it, it’s worth it.
Moving on… the shirt I wore was my beat-up Hyde Park oxford shirt from Lands’ End. This was the FIRST “nice” shirt I purchased once I got into menswear. Sure, I had a couple dress shirts in my life before that, but this was the first one I bought after the seed was planted and I started scouring internet sites for style advice. It was the first piece of the puzzle and it’s been all downhill since!
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I’ll never get rid of it. The collar is more than “frayed”. “Falling apart” is a more apt description. But this thing is so comfortable!
Over my shirt, I wore my blue, wool blend, crewneck sweater from J. Crew that I call my “travel sweater”. It’s pilling pretty noticeably, and I know that bothers some people, but I quite like the look. It makes the garment look more lived in.
My pants were some well-worn khaki, 5-pocket pants from Lands’ End. I tend to prefer 5-pocket pants to the normal side-slash pockets you find on most chinos simply because there’s less of a chance of stuff falling out of my pockets!
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My boots, since it’s wet and icy, were my L.L. Bean work boots. I was thinking the other day what a shame it will be when I need to retire these boots. I’ve only had these boots for maybe five years but the leather is the softest of any boot I have ever owned. Unfortunately, I doubt they would be able to be recrafted when the time comes considering the fact that they are not very well-made (despite being insanely tough and comfortable).
To top things off, I wore my brown, herringbone newsboy cap.
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Tune in next week when I detail the outfit I wore for Valentine’s Day! Same Bat-time. Same Bat-channel.