As Pierre gets a little older and his affection for print tees, jeans, and sneaks falls wayward, we decided that the best thing for a silver fox to do (at this time of his young life) is to slowly enter the pastel and plaid world of casual sports.
SANTINO’S OUTFIT ON PROJECT RUNWAY
Women have very little choice when they reach the age in which they would rather wear something comfortable than slutty. Literally three days after their wedding, some women begin to opt for separates, mom-jeans, leggings, appliqué vests, same-colored everything from head-to-toe, anything that Oprah wears, or the all time favorite combination – the GAP collared shirt and BP cashmere v-neck. Basically anything that strips her of her femininity and clearly says to any man, “I am, was, or will be only good as a baby receptacle, but I refuse to actually have sex”.
For men, it’s a totally different ball-game. They may not have many options in the clothing department, but as we have seen with women, having too much choice can be a bad thing as your mind gets older and starts to scramble like eggs. “¡Madras!” (as seen here on the second season of PJR and exclaimed as such by Pierre with the Mexican upside-down exclamation mark) was the first fashion seed to sow in our Yacht Rawk look. ¡Madras! have the ease and the breeze for some one who has yet to start a family a chance to give his “boys” a better lap time while still retaining that young, youthful look. Obtaining ¡Madras!, however, proved to be more difficult than buying a complete set of first edition books for a house on Martha’s Vineyard. Brooks Brothers, J. Crew, and even L.L. Bean have all run out or simply moved on from Madras. As usual, Ralph Lauren is late to the dug-out, designing some hideous looking shorts for this summer/spring season. We were looking for the pants version anyway and were able to find it at the Original Penguin store, on sale no less.
THE “CASUAL SPORT” SHOE
Sailing, tennis, golf. These are shoes that are meant to be worn but somehow not get dirty. It’s a marvel of mankind. I, personally, have become obsessed with Tretorn shoes for both men and women. Rubber sneakers and high fashion boots were made originally for wearing on boats, but could be cleverly used in Amsterdam, a city whose weather generally destroys every shoe you own.
Bjorn Borg also makes a nice line of shoes and it quite easy to get here in Europe. Sperry Top-Siders in this canvas stripe is a classic, the shoe that your future son will steal and wear to school (if you are lucky enough to not have a nerd-child).
OTHER FORMS OF INSPIRATION
This is really only the tip of the iceberg. There are a plethera of sports you can steal ideas and color palettes from. Caddyshack is a choice example of a casual sport look. As Pierre gets a little older, we might upgrade his look to a rougher, tougher sport to show that he’s lived life.
Maybe something in a Rocky…
