So, it’s summertime and the Style Vortex
is on temporary hiatus. I’m not entirely sure if that’s because men generally
abandon any pretence of style in the summer; after all, is it really possible
to look cool in shorts and sandals or, god forbid, short sleeved shirts?!?
It’s the opposite problem in the
winter: you have to wear so many clothes that it’s equally difficult to be
stylish. Winter coats have to be heavy and even if you think layering is the
solution there’s still a serious risk that the number of layers you’re forced
to wear will cause your body shape to lose any definition and you’ll become an
amorphous mass of clothing and no matter how slender your frame is you might
end up with the silhouette of the Michelin Man.
So when is the best time of year to be
stylish? Well, it has to Spring or Autumn, when you can get away with wearing
two layers; no more and no less. In fact, I’ve come to suspect there’s a
perfect temperature to be stylish. I reckon it must be around twenty degrees.
Probably no more, though. But whatever this magical temperature is, why do I
suspect it only occurs about three days a year?
