If only men knew how simple it could be for them to look good!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Yesterday my husband and I attended the motorcycle show at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. No--he didn't force me--I've always thought motorcycles are an art form. And although I know that the folks who love them may not ascribe to my thoughts on good personal style choices (I've been to a few motorcycle rallies)--I was really unprepared for what greeted me there. Without going into sordid detail , I can only say, it's hard to believe why the same people who appreciate the beauty of certain bikes seem to be unable to transfer the aesthetics to themselves.The men in my "Never Cool" photos look like "afters" next to the "Wild Bunch" at the show. Ditto,for the ladies!
Of course jeans--and its many forms and reincarnations were a wardrobe staple on nearly every guy--young and old. But it was evident that not one person there had read "Forever Cool", seen Harrison Ford in "Extraordinary Measures", or read Guy Trebay's brilliant article "Read My Hips: These Are Jeans That Fit"." The article should be required reading. Really it should be the easiest style choice a guy has to make, what jeans to wear," said Mr Dan Perses the editor of Details,"who at 38 is at that dangerous age where one wrong satorial move can mark you as a person frantically clinging to youth or slumping into middle-age surrender."
"I hate all the designer jeans,the fake treatments and the artificial aging," said Bernie Pollack (longtime costume designer, now age 74, and the late Sydney Pollack's brother). They settled on a pair of 13MWZ Wranglers(about $32.00 online) perfect for Mr Ford--and his character. "The secret for Mr Ford or for an average Joe," Mr Pollock said (and hey haven't I said this for years?) is "to have some bit of style, but still look basic". "After all, he said, the essential element of jeans is nonstyle" (the secret to understated, sexy, masculinity) "--that and one other thing: "They have to fit your rear."
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