You're welcome! And I always love it when the young lovelies agree with me.

Also, don't forget to make sure the brown belt is the same color as the brown shoes. Just because they're both brown doesn't make it okay.

Older men are exactly that...Old School. They typically like the more military look, meaning black shoes with navy suits. You can always wear brown shoes with navy. It's got a little more European look to it but it gives a look of you know what you're doing.

Agreed! Alden's Shell Cordovan is second to none.

Ian,
Thanks for reading! You're going to see a big difference in fit if you can get use to buying pants that way. Obviously, it doesn't always work for khakis and jeans. But then again, we should always buy jeans a size smaller because of the way denim stretches out over time. Let me know if you have other questions and I'll try to answer those in next week's post!

That's funny. I actually had a tie on with the shirt before the picture was taken. It was a silk knit tie. Good call! Thanks for reading.

Andy - That's great news on the launching of www.hocshop.com! Glad to see everyone will have access to your awesome product. Thank you for being 'a Gear Patrol guy' and your continued support. Please keep Gear Patrol up to date on all things concerning House of Carrington.

Love the picture of the Vols in the Swamp.

These look awesome! It seems the shoe of choice these days is the Sperry Topsider. What better way of keeping up with the trend and putting your own special touch than with these. Wisconsin is the home of Allen Edmunds too so they definitely know how to make shoes up there. Great job, Jon.