This week is more casual. It is certainly much colder as well…
This is First Weekend. The galleries and studios have extended First Friday into Friday and Saturday. Being a night-shift worker, I am happy for that. So, Saturday afternoon, I was off to the Slap-n-Tickle to hang with Apryl. Always a great fit there. I have taken to making it a reason to dud up. The choice has been well-received.
But it was freakin’ freezing outside. I should have at least taken gloves. Shit. Time to figure out where I packed them last year.
This overcoat has been hanging in the closet since August, waiting for this time of year. The fuzzy collar is warm and snuggly. I landed it for ninety-eight cents. Big score! I stuck with the oxblood fourteen eye boots. This is suppose to be about blending and merging and although I have been landing some cool shoes as well, that leaves only the spetum peircing to stand out against normal dress. I am working on that. I think I will save the shoes for when queer effects show up in the clothing…
The collar is broad and stands up well. A loop and button at the collar brings it up tight against my beard, blocking the wind most completely off my neck. I am a freeze baby. As much as I enjoy the winter, I never really reacclimated to it after six years in the desert.
The sweater is Paul James and one hundred percent wool; thick and textured. The shirt is a grey Croft & Barrow cotton/poly oxford; the tie, all silk by Geoffrey Beene. All DAV finds. At this point, outside of leather, ninety-five plus percent of my clothes are DAV finds… but you all should know that at this point.
The trousers are wool herringbone; a nice tight crisp pattern. The belt is Kenneth Cole in brown leather. Well, brownish. This has proven to be the most versatile belt. Its color reads to match (at least well enough) any footwear I have from burgundy through oxblood and into the deeper brown leather… A good land for a buck.
Quality, hefty sweaters and stylish overcoats are rarer finds at the DAV Thrifts, but I have been shopping off-season through the summer and landed some fun things. The warm and layers of winter clothing has always been enjoyable to me. I am looking forward to this coming year-end.
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