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Puttin' on the Ritz

November 11, 2006 2:43 AM

love to dress up. I don't know why, but I love wearing suits and stuff. It makes me feel like a real person or something. It makes me feel more powerful, more authoritative. And it's just plain cool.

Still, I find something essentially boring about the normal business attire. For instance, white shirts are so fucking boring. I refuse to wear white dress shirts. I don't own a single one. All of my dress shirts are a much darker color, like maroon, royal purple, dark blue, grey, etc. I think this is much more unique and stylish.

I also refuse to wear multi-colored ties. All of my ties are solid colors, although some have interesting textures.

I tend towards the darker end of the spectrum. I have a black suit and a black suit with grey pinstripes. All of my shirts are darker. My ties are my only brighter items.

Still, as interesting as a suit is, sometimes you need to change it up a bit. In college, and a few times during law school, I wore a black, floor-length skirt. I liked the way it looked, although I don't know if anyone else did, really. I also really like the way a vest makes a suit look. Really classy and formal, I think. Just my style. My latest ridiculous clothing accessory is my signature top hat, shown in my profile picture. That thing never fails to garner high praise.

Of course, you have to know how to accessorize, too. So, I have a selection of awesome tie bars and collar bars, which are my favorite accessory. Also, cufflinks are the shit.

Why am I talking about all of this? Because tonight was the Malpractice Bash. In a surprising turn, the beer never seemed to run out. The BO stench was kept well under control. And the temperatures, while on the warm side, were bearable, even in a three piece suit. The trouble didn't come until much later, when all hell broke loose at the coat check. Everyone mobbed the counter and, when I finally got up to the front, I realized what was going on: The coat check people had completely given up and the law and med students were freely getting their own clothes, which lead to a chaotic scene in which tempers flaired and threats were made. Things didn't get any better until a cop showed up (!!) and told people they couldn't be behind the counter, at which point massive confusion arose and people got more pissed off because their coats had been trampled on.

All in all, a mi\xed bag, but fun nonetheless.



2 Comments


Anonymous said:

it's just not a gathering of future uberyuppies until the 5-O shows up to break up a coat check scuffle.


and--er, ismael, as we call you on the internets i guess, i have always admired your sense of style when it comes time to shine up. i agree that you can work the kilt.

November 11, 2006 5:45 AM



f. x. vazquez said:

Hey, that skirt is flagrant plagiarism of the skirt worn by me, which itself was also a ripoff of the Fabulosos Cadillacs Unplugged, where the lead singer wore a skirt, which itself was stealing from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. You should really apologize to them about the skirt thing, though I guess it could also be a reference to Billy Corgan.

November 13, 2006 8:32 AM



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