Suits Me

The Random Penseur celebrates the arrival of summer in style:

Summer is here, today, officially! YAY! I am celebrating, not by making burnt offerings to the Norse gods, but by breaking out my seersucker suit (supposedly from the Hindi words "shir shakkar," meaning "milk and honey") and the madder silk bow tie (madder refers to a natural dye from a Eurasian herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctoria).

As much as I approve of RP's sentiment, I've long been of the opinion that seersucker and bow ties are a veeeeeery dangerous clothing choice. In order to carry them off, one has to be either big or old, and have a certain kavorka as well. I've met RP in person. He's a large guy with a commanding presence, so he can get away with it. Me? I'm an average sized guy with self-consciousness issues. Walking about the streets of Dee Cee in a rig like that, I'd look like a complete dork. Therefore, I probably won't pull out the seersucker myself until the summer of oh, say, my sixtieth year.

In the meantime, I'll stick with my less-adventurous blazer & khakis combo.