CHAD GOES TO MIAMI

Chad is going to Miami, no not just Miami to be honest. I'm making a road trip, The journey starts tomorrow in Orlando, Fl. and it will ends in Miami,Fl. I will stay in South Beach (Art Deco district) at the Albion Hotel. This hotel was designed by Igor Polevitsky and built in 1939. The hotel is an example of the streamline modern architecture, which was popular in 1930s, with portholes, curved front and "smokestack" like fins.

WHAT DID I SEE TODAY?

Today, I spent some hours in Amsterdam and spotted this fine stuff,  Yuketen Main Guide Boots and Penfield Stapleton Tweed Jacket at the 1-store. A great color story of brushed plaid shirts at the Ralph Lauren Store and the cargo pants from PT Icon at Oger.

STYLE POR FAVOR

(pic via Khaki & Surplus)

AMERICA'S PLACE TO EAT

"I want you smoothered want you covered
Like my waffle house hash browns
Come quick like fed ex"

Just a part of the lyrics of a song called Ain't Nothing But Mammals by The Bloodhound Gang. It's all about a a restaurant chain founded in 1955 with over 1600 locations in 25 States in North America. Founded byJoe Rogers and Tom Forkner. Rogers had started as a short-order cook in 1947 at the Toddle House in New Haven, Ct. Rogers' concept was to marry the speed of fast food with table service and around the clock availability. Forkner suggested naming it Waffle House, as waffles were the most profitable item on the 16-item menu. Honestly I don't care that much about the history, but I will make detour if I know there is a Waffle House on my road trips.

G.H. BASS X TOMMY HILFIGER WEEJUN'S

Introduced in june 2011 at Colette, Paris but now for sale in most Tommy Stores. The G.H. Bass x Tommy Hilfiger weejun's is an update of a classic, available in plaids, pony hair or just leather with a color twist. Make sure you show your penny in the loafer, they come in red white and blue.

J.CREW THE HIGHLIGHT REEL

 American East Coast preppy style as per J.Crew. I like the orange chino combined with a tweed blazer.

CHAD IS CONFUSED

Okay help me out here!! I have always read, and learned from the GANT guys that Mr. Gantmacher started in 1949 and that a celebration after one year is called the first anniversary. Soooooo then it must be 1950 instead of 1951 or.......did GANT started in 1950? (pic. via Labor History)

HACKETT, LONDON THE BROCHURE FALL 11

Mister Classic did it again, British preppy at his best.

NEED FOR TWEED

Above the sales guys from the Rugby Store, New York pictured at The Tweed Run. They show us the "need for tweed", this how we should dress ours self this Fall. I met Alexander (the guy in the middle) during my last trip to NY in the Bleecker store and he is a hell of a sales guy with a lot of knowledge of the preppy style.

MONDAY BOOK MANIA

Wow, what a gift last week I received from my colleagues a book called "Preppy, cultivating Ivy Style".

Filled with great pictures and easy to read everything you need to know about the preppy lifestyle.

Authors Jeffrey Banks and Doria de La Chapelle examine the fashion designers who played a major role in shaping the preppy look, from retail pioneers J.Press and Brooks Brothers to Ralph Lauren, who single-handedly marketed not just a look but a lifestyle. Also featured, a band of young twenty-first century Ivy stylist and fashion labels, like Michael Bastian, who infused preppy with high-octane design. Buy it and enjoy it just like I do.