Style is an all pervading sense of presence and intent! However one chooses to express style, (or not
express it), a distinct statement is being made about who and what a person is or
is trying to be! Style is so very
personal it cannot be truly understood by anyone but the stylist who creates it
whether that person is the one who selects the look, walk, scent, and attitude accompanying
the clothing or an external stylist who coaches the host or model in how to
wear a particular look. Yes it is really
that deep!
Men's style is uniquely and happily very different from that of women... Men have a swagger, a machismo, a bravado, a je ne sais quoi... whereas women do not... at least not in the same sense as do males... Women have a delicacy and prominence like a flower but men have a robustness and boldness like a mountain!
For instance… let’s look at a man’s walk… I very much like
to study a gentleman’s style of walking… that is, when I encounter those
gentlemen who still cultivate a distinct walk, stride, pimp or strut! Whilst a man’s walk is a decidedly deliberate
expression and admittedly affected it nonetheless tells a great deal about him.
Now there are obvious things we can deduce by the manner of a man’s stride such
as if he is afflicted with some physical complication or if he is tired or in a
great hurry… But at the end of the day this reveals nothing about the nature of
the man, his passions, his spirit, the very philosophy of his manhood… The
bolder the walk the more character the man tends to have… or at least so it
would seem… The confidence and graciousness with which a gentleman walks
through a crowd is unmistakably marked by those who admire such things as part
of the manly arts cultivated over many, many years… Two decades ago I began
collecting men’s walking sticks and canes for that distinct purpose… to cultivate
a comfortable and characterizing walk. Every
day I watch my stride attempting to design one that is easy and distinguished.
FIN
D. Vollin
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