Sweats and Plastic.
Oh, and because we sail, the house is decorated like a cheap seafood restaurant.
Southern prep. And now I live in a country where tailored suits are cheaper than off the rack in America!
I don’t know if there’s a name for it. When I go out, I normally wear nice jeans like 7’s or R&R, a nice button down, and brown leather shoes. If it’s nice weather, I’ll roll up my sleeves. If it’s cold or I want to dress up a little, I’ll wear a blazer too.
Iconoclast.
My style is Art Deco-I love the geometric looks and glass and chrome plated steel.
For clothing I like the 1940’s-double breasted pinstripe suits, vests, and fedoras.
Me too! You wouldn’t know it by seeing my clothing or my house, though.
Today? Pudgy, aging hipster, I think, despite the fact that I am not and have never actually been hip. (Threadless t-shirt, dark wash boot-cut but still not that flared jeans, retro sneakers, corduroy jacket, ridiculous scarf. Eeep.) My clothes vary a lot, though.
My house is more mission/ shaker, if either of those groups liked textiles and cared if their couch was comfortable.
I generally take my style cues from Ronnie Gardocki, seen at the right in this image.
House: darkwood Asian furniture everywhere, big Chinese hand-painted mirror over Victorian fireplace, Tibetan thangkas on the wall. Thai and Nepalese lamps.
Clothing: as contemporary as I can be without my pants hanging round my knees. Button-up shirts from Fat Face or SuperDry. Dolce e Gabbana jeans or slim-fits from Uniqlo. Top Man hoodies. Caterpillar boots. Fake DSquared[sup]2[/sup] coat I bought in the bazaar in Istanbul.
We don’t follow fashion; that’d be a joke. Don’t you know we’re gonna set them, so everyone can take note?
I was trying to get at a general motif that defines your sense of style across all designed things: buildings/houses, decor, furnishings, art, cars, jewelry, electronics, apparel, etc. but not so much just clothing/fashion. I’ve noticed that for pretty much anything I’m interested in acquiring, I consistently prefer a simple/clean/classic/casual look and just wondered how much others are ‘locked in’ to a particular style type, and which one.
(and pardon the sidebar apostrophe snarking someone started…)
Clothing : Stolen from preppy older brother’s closet. Cotton only, comfy and easy care, everything a little too long/big.
Furniture: Dark cherry and mahogany Victorian.
Let’s see…
You don’t drink.
You don’t smoke.
What DO you do?
Eclectic in all manner of ways.
Non-clothing elements of my style would be pickup trucks, classic American guitars and amps, old style pocket knives, Craftsman tools. I love and am fascinated with wear, wear patterns, patina etc.
Sporty but classic motorcycles, cassette tapes of old blues, utilitarian guns, somewhat out of the mainstream movies, mismatched free furniture, rescue pets.
For casual, sort of an all purpose cross between preppy and Manhattan casual. Mostly jeans, dark sweaters, polo shirts, button downs from stores like Banana Republic, The Gap, J Crew and Ralph Lauren. I stay away from more “edgy” brands like Ed Hardy, Armani Exchange, Diesel and the like.
I also wear a lot of t-shirts.
This is a pretty good example.
IOW, clothes that tend to be not cheap but not too expensive but don’t really ever go out of fashion at the end of the season.
For work, it’s mostly Brooks Brothers shirts, suits and dress pants. Pretty much just like every other corporate guy in NYC.
Girly, girly, girly. I always say that if you want me to buy something, all you have to do is cover it in flowers (preferably pink flowers). I work in a conservative environment, so I dress in no-nonsense suits (Ralph Lauren is my favorite designer), but at heart I’m always pretty in pink.
Here in Florida, the ubiquitous style for summer is tank top, shorts, and flip-flops (or bikini and board shorts). Here, “summer” tends to be from May through Sept. or early Oct. – high '80’s, mostly '90’s. Busiest tourist months (June through August) and the grocery stores are over-run with families and young teen girls wearing scanty cover-ups over their bikinis. As the temperature falls to high '60’s and low '70’s, native Floridians get cold, and you’ll see kids and adults wearing hooded jackets with shorts and flip-flops (most everyone wears flip-flops). There will be some working men and women wearing dresses, high heels (no 5" spike heel designer shoes); sport coats, and suits. But usually, anything goes. I’m from the north (D.C. area) and while I hate the heat, I’m glad I can wear whatever I like, because most of us here are more interested in comfort and getting through the damn heat rather than what is stylish.
Expensive utilitarian . . . with cats, plants and enough art to open my own museum.