About Me

My Style

I liked clothes for a while before figuring out just how I wanted to dress. Perhaps you are in that position now—wanting to dress well, but not quite sure exactly what “works” for you, or even just what coherent set of stylistic choices you like best. If so, and if you like the way I dress, perhaps a short explanation of my style will help you as you sort things out for yourself.

I’d describe my style as having a healthy appreciation for Southern Italian panache, tempered with a dose American ruggedness.

Southern Italian style is big, bold and confident. In particular I love the carefree, lived-in and comfortable way they wear tailored clothes. I lean heavily toward tailored clothing because I love the way it flatters me and inspires confidence; more often than not that’s what I’m wearing out in public. The comfortable attitude imbued in Southern Italian tailoring quells concerns of being overdressed in the casual world we live in. I also like the way Italian clothes are cut to fit: flattering, fitted, but not necessarily skinny.

On its own, Italian style can sometimes feel a bit too Euro, though, which is where American ruggedness comes in. Our nation's identity forged by the frontier, ideals of individual responsibility, rejection of class distinctions, and general reverence for hard working self-made people is the perfect foil to the sometimes overly suave Italian influence.

As our family has grown and I've gotten used to wrangling two monkeys—I mean sons—I've filled out my wardrobe with better casual pieces. But the two pillars of my style—Southern Italy with a dollop of American ruggedness—are still my guiding lights.