# How does being "cool" work?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-being-cool-work/363751
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [July 9, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-being-cool-work/363751 "2006-07-09T16:26:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-being-cool-work/363751/1 "2006-07-09T16:26:08Z")
I just watched Roger Federer win Wimbledon again. On completion of the match he sat in his chair and put on his **cream blazer with his tennis related crest on the pocket** and rather than thinking “what a dickhead” I thought “how cool is that?”
Now I’m sure that part of it is how superhumanly good he is, and part is due to what a decent human being he seems to be but really…a cream blazer. How does he pull that off?
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### Author:  [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-being-cool-work/363751/2 "2006-07-09T18:13:57Z")
Sex appeal.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-being-cool-work/363751/3 "2006-07-09T18:17:57Z")
I knew it was something foreign to me.
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### Author:  [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-being-cool-work/363751/4 "2006-07-10T00:32:15Z")
I almost bought [this](http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod76057561&catId=cat105058) blazer at J Crew today. I think I could have pulled it off with the right pants and shirt.
“Being cool” works by “being” cool. It’s not “acting cool” or “dressing cool”. It’s not bragging or showboating. It’s being comfortible in a style that reflects who you are and what you’re about.
It’s the reason why one person can look cool in a suit while another person looks like he stole it from his dad.