![[rb for cirq6] Younger Ain’t Always Better.
The media has a fascination with youth. The ‘sweet spot’ of their interest generally tends to follow the youthful focus of many major industries who also have the same fixation and so, while much of what we see in media is imagery of strapping young men or nubile young women, nowhere is this more prevalent than in the fashion industry.
Yet, with all this portrayal of youth there’s a certain aura of distinction, elegance, sprezzatura and insouciance that’s so wonderfully conveyed by those who’ve gracefully hit their middle years. While most celebrate the beauty of youth, we find that overseas (in menswear at least) it’s the effortless style of the older man that exudes the aura of good living, flawless dressing and power that defines for us how we should look.
No wonder that while we’re still learning to see the excellence of individual style in someone who’s been around style long enough to know the rules and how to break them to develop their own look (eg: Nick Wooster, Neil Machlovitz etc) it’s the sartorial icons like Lino Ieluzzi, the Ricci brothers (Nicola in this instance), the Rubinacci’s, Loro Piana’s etc whose daily looks are so flawless, that it makes us aspire to be just as magnetic.
In our humble opinion then, youth has its place but give us the style of those who have over time, cultivated the art of living and dressing well. It’s with this in mind that we tip our hats to the older men who give us the blueprint for how we should look as we progress through the vicissitudes of life and as we can see in this shot, they’ve certainly mastered it.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxmsamM1KO1qhomn5o1_1280.png)
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[rb for cirq6] Younger Ain’t Always Better.
The media has a fascination with youth. The ‘sweet spot’ of their interest generally tends to follow the youthful focus of many major industries who also have the same fixation and so, while much of what we see in media is imagery of strapping young men or nubile young women, nowhere is this more prevalent than in the fashion industry.
Yet, with all this portrayal of youth there’s a certain aura of distinction, elegance, sprezzatura and insouciance that’s so wonderfully conveyed by those who’ve gracefully hit their middle years. While most celebrate the beauty of youth, we find that overseas (in menswear at least) it’s the effortless style of the older man that exudes the aura of good living, flawless dressing and power that defines for us how we should look.
No wonder that while we’re still learning to see the excellence of individual style in someone who’s been around style long enough to know the rules and how to break them to develop their own look (eg: Nick Wooster, Neil Machlovitz etc) it’s the sartorial icons like Lino Ieluzzi, the Ricci brothers (Nicola in this instance), the Rubinacci’s, Loro Piana’s etc whose daily looks are so flawless, that it makes us aspire to be just as magnetic.
In our humble opinion then, youth has its place but give us the style of those who have over time, cultivated the art of living and dressing well. It’s with this in mind that we tip our hats to the older men who give us the blueprint for how we should look as we progress through the vicissitudes of life and as we can see in this shot, they’ve certainly mastered it.
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