THE gallant guy

Day 3 from Milan and nothing is very surprising.  At least Etro, Canali and Gigli impress.

Day 2, from Milan.  The opening and closing looks from powerhouses like McQueen, Westwood, Versace, and Armani.

There are a lot of Milan shows to review from the last few days, and Paris fashion week begins tomorrow!  What to do!?  To overcome possible fashion overload, a very serious concern in the wake of metrosexuality, lets examine the first and last looks from the collections shown (or at least those I could comp pictures from):

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(1951-2003)

A number of factors contribute to the whole that makes up Jack Tripper’s fashion sense. In many ways, Tripper’s clothes are emblematic of the era and setting of the series he was mainstay on, Three’s Company. Certainly, his style epitomizes 1970s, American sportswear, but what makes Tripper stand out as a fashion icon is the casual nuance, boyish charm, and California cool that he imbued into each outfit. The result, for over eight seasons of Three’s Company, Jack was the informal, but ubiquitous, clothes horse of the series.
Jack’s breezy casualness was chic, smart, and timeless. Tripper was always dressed in classic separates, natural toned clothes that were modish in their simplicity. Often donning solid color polo shirts or sweaters over hip hugging pants (not as exaggerated as bellbottoms, but not as slim as boot cut), his timeless looks and unpretentious charm remarkably stood out against a cast that included the ornate caftans of Ms. Roeper and the Technicolor leisure suits worn by Mr. Furley.

Jack’s clothing style was much like profession. As the series began, Jack was a cooking student who eventually graduated into becoming a chef. While his clothes don’t directly reflect this gradual assention up the restaurant food chain, his style does reflect a unmuddled ease and California nouveau style that is part Meditation, part South Western, with natural/fresh overtones.Regardless of what precisely Jack wore, it usually retained the same rudimentary ‘disco’ cut throughout the show. The torso is cut slim, while the pants begin to flair at the knee. While this is influence of the era of the show and elementary demonstrates Tripper’s keenness to stay atop concurrent East Coast and West Coast trends of the late 70s.

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These briefs are called super low, and damned if that isn’t an apt description. They cut well below the hip bone, yet wrap around for rather full coverage in the back. Regardless, I never got the feeling that I was constrained, rather it felt like I’m wearing nothing when wearing these. The briefs also cut high enough on the leg so they perfect for the most slim of skinny cut jeans and the logo-waistband looks great peaking over low cut jeans or shorts … if you can find them low cut enough.

The briefs I ordered were size small, in a deeply saturated red. The fit is true to size, and after owning, wearing, and washing them over the past few months, the color has barely faded at all. Even better, the waistband shows no signs of warping or fraying. They are made of 96% Cotton and 4% Spandex, they have great fit, stretch well, and retain their shape. The material (what there is of it) is extremely soft. The briefs are made of seven panels: six in the front, and a full back. The crotch is made of two center seamed panels layered atop one another. There is a small Timoteo logo tab, approx (½ in square) sewn into the left-side seam, I found it unnecessary, but it's small enough to easily live with or remove.

The front is single-layer and although completely opaque it can be somewhat revealing given the thinness of the fabric so you may want to consider that a factor in terms of modesty. The front is a relatively basic center-seam design pouch but thanks to the material it’s comfortable and supportive.

Quickly, these Timoteo's have become one of my favorite pairs of underwear, so much so that I stocked up in various colors. These briefs are snug, sexy, comfortable, and keep everything in place. A great buy, well worth the cost.