Monday Missive

Spring Greens

Welcome to the first Monday Missive, a shorter dispatch—sartorial and otherwise—landing in your inbox on most Mondays to see what I’ve been interested in over the past week or so.

Spring Lookbooks

I get excited each season when lookbooks start to drop. It’s fun to see what brands are putting together, and get some ideas to shop my own closet for outfits with what I might already have.

Drake’s Spring Lookbook has some excellent pieces on the more casual end of things. The linen popover would be perfect to throw on over some swim trunks after a dip in the pool. The triple stripe and the not-yet-available big multi-stripe are great ways to add some color to otherwise simple outfits. I am also really into the herringbone cotton linen fatigue shorts and chore jacket worn as a full set. I have something similar in my closet and am going to have to try that one day.

The maker of some of my favorite reasonably priced OCBDs, J. Press, has a great spring lookbook with some great patterned jackets, and loud pants. If you’ve been feeling a little stuck in the trad Ivy world there are some good ideas to get you out of a rut.

And, in honor of a different green jacket handed out yesterday, a few other beautiful green jackets. Mark Cho of The Armoury styles a beautiful seafoam linen double breasted model 16, Buck Mason’s new poplin Carry-On jacket is a beautiful army green and looks great as a separate or with the matching trousers. If I didn’t have something similar on the way, I’d be all over this. At the Mashburn On The Road in Austin this past week, I tried on one of the Moss Matka Ghost Blazers. The dry silk/linen/cotton feels amazing, and it’s incredibly light and worthy of the “ghost” distinction.

Patinations

Given the name of this newsletter it should come as no surprise that I am a fan of things that are worn-in and well-loved. That doesn’t have to always mean old things, but sometimes, it does. This is my great-grandfather, C.F. “Papa” Clement’s trunk. It was one of several issued to him before he shipped off to Germany during WWII.

It has seen far more than I can imagine. Miraculously, there is still a customs sticker on the side, though the writing of where it has been, the borders it has crossed, has long since faded away. Now, it rolls about my house on casters serving as a coffee table and storage for my collection of Filson bags; a rather quiet life for this trunk, but one that keeps me connected to my family.

Collected Ephemera

1. Give me an beautiful collection any day.

2. Looking for something a little more geographically challenging than Wordle? Try this.

3. When it comes to beating your friends, every decision matters. (via Kottke)

Clothing conundrum? Sticky sartorial situation? Comment? Email me at bruce@awwdispat.ch or drop a comment below.