Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Skinny Suits

As the days tick away and this wedding I am attending draws closer, it is becoming painfully obvious to me that I will have to buy a new suit.
Unfortunately,  my efforts won't allow for any suit or sports coat in my wardrobe to fit just yet. 
Quite honestly, except for the jacket that Sara bought me 3 years ago and the tux that I bought back then, I have not bought a suit in a very long time.
Believe it or not, styles do change so a new addition to my closet isn't the worst thing.
This has led me to start thinking about what my outfit for this affair might be.
As I drove past The Suit Store this morning, I glanced at the mannequins in the window. 
Each and every one of them was sporting a "skinny" suit. 
It seems this is the new "in" thing. 
The Skinny Suit.
Dumb!
I don't like it!
Quite frankly,it's a bit too effeminate for me.
When did men lose their machismo?
This is not a matter of sour grapes because I don't have a skinny suit build.
Quite the contrary.
I'm glad I don't.
I think skinny suits are for sissy's!
Can you imagine John Wayne or Gary Cooper in a skinny suit?
Call me old fashioned. 
In my day the coolest of the cool were known as BMOC....big man on campus not skinny man on campus.
My heroes were Paul Bunyan and Big John Henry and Sgt. Fury and G.I Joe. 
Big strong men. 
 One of my favorite movies was Cast a Giant Shadow. 
I don't think I would have been interested in a film entitled Barely Casts a Shadow.
My heroes were gladiators not gladiolas. 
Nope.
Skinny suits just don't cut it for me.
BTW,,,,neither do shaved chests or arms !
As I queried earlier, when did men lose their identity?
I like my scotch neat, my women curvy and for men to look like men!

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