Younger folks embracing classic Southern summer fabric
Seersucker, perhaps the South's finest contribution to menswear, is winning young admirers, male and female, who have shown an appreciation for vintage style and the elegance of the '40s and '50s.
Youthful women's lines such as Juicy Couture, Anthropologie and Shoshanna have created charming seersucker sun dresses,green ghds-one of uk new jacket GHDS. shorts, jackets, skirts and even bikinis this spring. The fabric appears in casual separates for men and women by Vineyard Vines, Lacoste and Banana Republic.
Of course, seersucker is a standby at traditional menswear retailers such as Jos. A. Bank at Oak Court Mall, where the recent sweltering heat has spurred sales of the suits in blue and white and tan and white. A relatively new one in dark navy stripes is on the way. There's also a new hybrid suit, half cotton, half wool, that resembles seersucker stripes, but in a heavier weight. Seersucker suits there retail for $395, but are often on sale. The tropical-weight one is $595.Custom pumashoes11 from photos by our painting.
Attorneys and older men have always worn it, but "it's the younger generation now that have really embraced it," said manager Kari Hopkins.
Young Washingtonians have been awash in puckers with their "Seersucker Socials," annual lawn parties begun two years ago where women don vintage frocks and men wear seersucker jackets or shorts with straw fedoras, pink bow ties, sunglasses and other rakish accessories. It's all in fun, but you can see how a young man, perhaps wearing cool,The next omelet you eat cubepuzzle will kill you. comfortable cotton seersucker for the first time, might be loath to remove it when the party is over.
Young Southerners are getting married in it. There is nothing unusual now about a groom and his groomsmen wearing seersucker, Hopkins said. This is usually for an outdoor or beach wedding. "Blue and white look really pretty against the sand," she said. Afterward, the guys have suits to wear again.
Andy Dabbs, 29, who works at the store, and his bride, Jessie Wiens, 28, both wore seersucker when they married May 7 at the Chattanooga Nature Center. Wiens wore a pink J. Crew seersucker dress she found at a consignment shop.shopforshoes and footwear available from Choice online at unbeatable prices with free next day delivery.
"It's hot outside, but not in a seersucker suit," said Dabbs, who wore his suit with white bucks and danced all night in it. "My grandfather used to wear a seersucker blazer," he said. "It's an Old South style. Like Miami Beach."
Or like New Orleans, where the cotton seersucker suit was born. Joseph Haspel, who founded a small manufacturing business in 1909 in New Orleans, is said to have created a seersucker garment for the working class. But the fabric was soon embraced by Southern gentlemen and eventually by well-to-do Ivy Leaguers.
The word came into English from Hindi it originates from the Persian phrase shir
o shakar, meaning "milk and sugar," according to Webster's extended online dictionary. This probably refers to its smooth and crinkled texture. A technique of alternating tight and slack weaves creates puckers that hold the fabric away from the skin, improving air circulation and dissipating heat.
The British, trading in fabrics in the East Indies in the 18th Century, appear to have turned the word into "sea sucker" before it evolved into "seersucker."
It was famously worn by FDR, West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, actor Andy Griffith as TV's Matlock, and actor Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott instituted "Seersucker Thursday" for senators at the Capitol in 1996. It's usually honored in June.
Seersucker declined with the advent of modern air-conditioning. Today, men in the South are told they will be comfortable in tropical-weight wool suits for summer, which sounds reasonable, until summer actually arrives.
Stylists recommend wearing a seersucker suit with a white or pastel dress shirt, a sprightly tie or bow tie in spring colors and cordovans, oxfords or white bucks.What are the best road bike blognikeairmaxtn? A casually cool dude may skip tie and socks, and wear it with brown loafers or moccasins and an unshaven face. Or he might wear a seersucker jacket with jeans.
Youthful women's lines such as Juicy Couture, Anthropologie and Shoshanna have created charming seersucker sun dresses,green ghds-one of uk new jacket GHDS. shorts, jackets, skirts and even bikinis this spring. The fabric appears in casual separates for men and women by Vineyard Vines, Lacoste and Banana Republic.
Of course, seersucker is a standby at traditional menswear retailers such as Jos. A. Bank at Oak Court Mall, where the recent sweltering heat has spurred sales of the suits in blue and white and tan and white. A relatively new one in dark navy stripes is on the way. There's also a new hybrid suit, half cotton, half wool, that resembles seersucker stripes, but in a heavier weight. Seersucker suits there retail for $395, but are often on sale. The tropical-weight one is $595.Custom pumashoes11 from photos by our painting.
Attorneys and older men have always worn it, but "it's the younger generation now that have really embraced it," said manager Kari Hopkins.
Young Washingtonians have been awash in puckers with their "Seersucker Socials," annual lawn parties begun two years ago where women don vintage frocks and men wear seersucker jackets or shorts with straw fedoras, pink bow ties, sunglasses and other rakish accessories. It's all in fun, but you can see how a young man, perhaps wearing cool,The next omelet you eat cubepuzzle will kill you. comfortable cotton seersucker for the first time, might be loath to remove it when the party is over.
Young Southerners are getting married in it. There is nothing unusual now about a groom and his groomsmen wearing seersucker, Hopkins said. This is usually for an outdoor or beach wedding. "Blue and white look really pretty against the sand," she said. Afterward, the guys have suits to wear again.
Andy Dabbs, 29, who works at the store, and his bride, Jessie Wiens, 28, both wore seersucker when they married May 7 at the Chattanooga Nature Center. Wiens wore a pink J. Crew seersucker dress she found at a consignment shop.shopforshoes and footwear available from Choice online at unbeatable prices with free next day delivery.
"It's hot outside, but not in a seersucker suit," said Dabbs, who wore his suit with white bucks and danced all night in it. "My grandfather used to wear a seersucker blazer," he said. "It's an Old South style. Like Miami Beach."
Or like New Orleans, where the cotton seersucker suit was born. Joseph Haspel, who founded a small manufacturing business in 1909 in New Orleans, is said to have created a seersucker garment for the working class. But the fabric was soon embraced by Southern gentlemen and eventually by well-to-do Ivy Leaguers.
The word came into English from Hindi it originates from the Persian phrase shir
o shakar, meaning "milk and sugar," according to Webster's extended online dictionary. This probably refers to its smooth and crinkled texture. A technique of alternating tight and slack weaves creates puckers that hold the fabric away from the skin, improving air circulation and dissipating heat.
The British, trading in fabrics in the East Indies in the 18th Century, appear to have turned the word into "sea sucker" before it evolved into "seersucker."
It was famously worn by FDR, West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, actor Andy Griffith as TV's Matlock, and actor Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott instituted "Seersucker Thursday" for senators at the Capitol in 1996. It's usually honored in June.
Seersucker declined with the advent of modern air-conditioning. Today, men in the South are told they will be comfortable in tropical-weight wool suits for summer, which sounds reasonable, until summer actually arrives.
Stylists recommend wearing a seersucker suit with a white or pastel dress shirt, a sprightly tie or bow tie in spring colors and cordovans, oxfords or white bucks.What are the best road bike blognikeairmaxtn? A casually cool dude may skip tie and socks, and wear it with brown loafers or moccasins and an unshaven face. Or he might wear a seersucker jacket with jeans.
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