I'm surprised anyone disagrees with this. The growth of my social media account and root of my legitimacy is purely in the fact that I know how the ruling classes in Britain, Italy, and the United States dressed during the 20th century.
When Vivek Ramaswamy and Pete Hegseth wear tan shoes with navy suits, I can say "this looks like shit to most people because it's not how King Charles and Gianni Agenlli would have dressed." When Kash Patel puts contrast buttonholes on his suits, I can say it's wrong because the ruling classes across these countries during that period would have never chosen such a thing.
You read this as legitimate purely because you accept the legitimacy of these classes in forming our sense of aesthetics. Someone who has no interest in these classes — such as Paul Harden and Yohji Yamamoto — rightly disregards all of these notions and makes tailoring according to different rules.
The polo shirt is no different. The spread of the polo shirt is a story about how a pullover garment migrated from the polo fields played by British imperialists to tennis legends in France and eventually to the golfing middle classes in the United States. This is entirely a story about race, class, and gender. Football jerseys and basketball shorts don't enjoy such history, and thus they are not seen as legitimate business clothes.
The difference between me and other menswear writers is that: 1) I make this history and dynamic transparent and 2) I don't think the white upper class are the sole source for cultural legitimacy. There are many legitimate aesthetics that have nothing to do with this class, such as biker gear, workwear, punk and rap aesthetics, etc.
I just think it's weird to shit on contemporary women's athleisure while wearing a polo shirt, one of the original pieces of athleisure, albeit primarily worn by upper class white men.
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The @BlueJays play in the #WorldSeries today and, as their biggest UK fans, we made this video to wish them luck and cheer them on. Let’s go Blue Jays!
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En route back to Toronto. Played almost 11 years and never made it to the World Series. Happy to ride on the back on this @BlueJays team and get a chance to experience my first WS
Im expecting a very competitive series
Best players vs best TEAM
Can’t wait to watch!
A-Rod and Derek Jeter just sitting there while hearing Vladdy Guerrero Jr just belt out "DAAAAAAAAA, YANKEEEEEEEEE LOOOOOOOSE" - is PURE comedy gold and will be on replay until the END OF TIME!😂😂😂😂😂😂
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