A Sense for Fashion

If it’s true what they say that clothes
make the man, then in my time I have
made some fashion-sense mistakes.
Blue jeans and a dirty t-shirt, PF Flyer

sneakers were appropriate for play.
A striped tie, white shirt and a fitting
3-button jacket were required for
weddings,funerals and many of the

jobs I’ve held throughout my life. I’ve
been teased a time or two for wearing a
sweater-vest knitted with a diamond
pattern. (I happened to love that damned

pull-over.) At work one day, a woman
called me a nerd because of my preference
in wearing apparel; another asked me if I
had a pocket protector in my shirt beneath?

Had I decided not to wear a pair of pants,
I’m pretty sure that I would have avoided
those embarrassing comments that day.
And as a footnote, I must say (to those of

you who may be wondering), I happened
to be wearing that sweater vest to cover
a stain which came from not wearing a
pocket protector on the only white shirt I

owned. And I ask you, dear reader, what in
hell is wrong with diamond shapes anyway?

Chris Hanch 4-6-18