tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27161443445954180282024-03-13T12:10:56.874-04:00Lord MaxwellA fashion anthropologist exploring the style of my adopted home in the Southern U.S.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.comBlogger817125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-80967447492003243222018-02-20T21:06:00.001-05:002018-02-20T21:51:09.940-05:00Basketball & Fashion....A Delightful Match<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was rather charmed by the story of Duke University basketball player Erin Mathias, who designed this outfit for her coach Joanne McCallie. You can read all the details <a href="https://today.duke.edu/2018/02/womens-basketball-player-uses-fashion-skills-dukes-kay-yow-cancer-fund-game" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I do hope the university doesn't mind that I grabbed their photo from Twitter. As you can see, my attempt to capture the event from my television screen left a bit to be desired.<br />
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Basketball coaches are <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-fashion-choices-important-to-coaches-20170316-story.html" target="_blank">a rather fashionable bunch</a>--I'm delighted to say--so no wonder that I've become quite the fan, particularly of the women's game. (Somehow this old British chap has lucked into making his home in a <a href="http://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-womens-basketball/article199461549.html" target="_blank">women's basketball heaven on earth</a>.) And I must add, huzzahs to design for a good cause!<br />
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As for young Erin, the emerging designer, one of my favorite details from her story is that she recruited her teammates to model her first collection. You can find her work on her website, <a href="https://www.erinmathiasdesigns.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-11795959956988790152018-01-31T16:54:00.000-05:002018-01-31T16:56:40.499-05:00Storybook Charm....Scoopy Doo Gelato<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a wonderful gent, looking as if he might be a hero plucked from the pages of a beloved childhood story. Or, as I noted in my initial <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdp6VtindWT/?taken-by=dearlordmaxwell" target="_blank">Instagram post</a> (because, dear reader, an old dog CAN learn new tricks), it might be that the mural behind him reminds me of childhood days spent in my beloved English countryside.<br />
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Whatever, you might by now be sighing at this aged chap's rambles. Instead, I implore you, take note of the mix--a floral pattern, a bit of a blouson about the top, the belt, the trousers--and see if it doesn't bring to mind the dashing <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029843/mediaviewer/rm143232000" target="_blank">Errol Flynn</a>.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-55266069498192346082018-01-27T21:31:00.000-05:002018-01-27T21:40:49.447-05:00@billysoundtrack....Five Points<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My interest was piqued by the penny loafers. But I soon noticed the entire outfit was impeccable. And the gentleman was an absolute delight. I do hope to encounter him again (and can only he hope he shares my penchant for gelato).</span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reviewing my photos later that day, I found myself contemplating the shoe. It has always amused me to think that the footwear associated with the American preppy was actually an invention of fishermen in Norway. In 1936, when G.H. Bass became the first company to mass market the "Weejun" loafer, they were not naming it after an exotic Native American tribe, as many have wrongly believed. They were jazzing up "Norwegian," I suppose. G.H. Bass also jazzed up the shoe with a horizontal strap across the vamp. Before long, clever young fellows discovered the decorative cutout provided just enough space for a penny.</span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I could go on, but perhaps you'd prefer to consult <a href="https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/23/loafing-around-a-brief-history-of-fashions-favorite-flat/" target="_blank">this charming article</a> by Nancy MacDonnell for <i>The New York Times</i> and supplement with <a href="http://hespokestyle.com/penny-loafers-history/" target="_blank">this breakdown</a> of the penny loafer from <i>He Spoke Style.</i></span><br />
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Ah, to be young and stylish...to have both friends and pink sneakers...to sport equally well a ladylike collar and a crossbody bag. Is it any wonder that I ran as foolishly as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Amigos" target="_blank">Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short combined</a> to snap a photo of these three friends? The darling young woman on the far right even provided me with the source of her cropped plaid trousers: <a href="http://us.romwe.com/?url_from=usadgs01_romwe02_20170720&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0Yft0Nrg2AIVyLjACh09WwPmEAAYASAAEgKEFPD_BwE" target="_blank">Romwe</a>Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-69472391775607776542018-01-15T13:23:00.000-05:002018-01-15T13:23:15.835-05:00Betsy....Teal & Those Tights!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Her fabulous tights were the first thing to catch my eye, though there's no arguing that Betsy is striking from head to toe. I confess: I immediately thought of master scribbler <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Twombly" target="_blank">Cy Twombly</a> when I saw those tights (whose artistic panache and baseball-inspired name I have long envied). Perusing this image later in the day, I was also delighted to discover that her skirt rather matched <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DripOnMain/" target="_blank">Drip on Main</a>'s umbrellas that you see in the background.<br />
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Lovely Betsy, you'll not be surprised to learn, is also an <a href="https://www.scetv.org/blogs/author/betsy-newman" target="_blank">accomplished creative</a>. Perhaps you have enjoyed some of her work. Indeed, I have.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-67154020804771365772018-01-13T10:52:00.000-05:002018-01-13T10:52:23.941-05:00Mario....Saturday Stroll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The coat, the patterns, the colours, the cap--marvelous!--and this fellow purported to be only running an errand in this stylish attire. Thank you, dear sir, for stopping to pose for an old fashion anthropologist. I do look forward to running into you again soon (at the Art Bar, perhaps?).Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-75782158215215914382018-01-07T17:22:00.000-05:002018-01-07T17:22:28.633-05:00Mum & Pup....Keeping Cozy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Brilliant sunshine, indeed, yet one cannot denty: It has been rather chilly these last few days. All the more reason, I say, to marry fashion and function. I admired this young woman's layers and cheery backpack....and that she'd remember to lend a layer to her four-legged friend.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-6612499627811493322018-01-06T14:17:00.001-05:002018-01-06T14:44:45.279-05:00Venturing Forth.....Greetings, 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A fabulous coat and an eye for snappy images--what better way to launch my return to work, I ask? After a sabbatical, I'm eager to get back to my research. During my retreat to a remote island (where fashion, dare I say, was optional), I understand something called <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dearlordmaxwell/" target="_blank">the Instagram</a> has taken off. Thus, I will post my findings there as well as here, and do hope to encounter my fellow fashion anthropologists, style enthusiasts, and cheerful dwellers of fair Columbia, S.C. My heavens, it's good to be back. And doesn't this young woman's style warm your heart?Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-45602621092571850942015-01-30T06:25:00.000-05:002015-02-02T08:31:14.195-05:00Amy....Soda City Market<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'd delighted that our citizens can enjoy a <a href="http://www.sodacitysc.com/" target="_blank">year-round farmers' market</a>--and even more delighted by the intrepid folk who shop there on winter Saturdays. Isn't this a fabulous combination of colour, pattern and texture? And indeed, who doesn't covet this pretty woman's glasses and ear muffs? Many thanks to intrepid photographer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Molly-Harrell-Photography/173411968387" target="_blank">Molly Harrell</a> for this image, as well.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-73062918161224653302015-01-28T11:39:00.001-05:002015-01-28T11:50:53.091-05:00Late January.... Anthropologie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Take a glance to your right at the number of posts I've managed in 2015 and you'll quickly divine how well I'm progressing with my New Year's resolution: <i>Post to blog every day</i>. On this last week of January, thank heavens for these lovely young women--and photographer <a href="http://mollyharrell.sites.livebooks.com/" target="_blank">Molly Harrell</a> who provided these images. Perhaps I might get on track before 2016.<br />
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Summer, pictured above, is a display manager for Anthropologie and a <a href="http://www.scad.edu/" target="_blank">Savannah College of Art and Design</a> graduate, or as I discovered one could say (rather jauntily), a "SCAD grad." <br />
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These women are all at work, at the newish <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp" target="_blank">Anthropologie</a> store in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TrenholmPlaza" target="_blank">Trenholm Plaza</a>. I recognize Whitney, the young lady above, who I'm certain I've photographed myself. <br />
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And here's a third young woman, Katie, wearing clothes from the shop I assume. I'm rather fond of the way they put things together there, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/naomisherman/anthropologie-displays/?z=1" target="_blank">the windows in particular</a>. I understand that Katie is responsible for the pretty home department at the store.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-6651139212503529422015-01-10T11:10:00.000-05:002015-01-10T11:14:19.827-05:00Jason....Whole Foods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How fortunate I was to spy this stylish man and his coat while grocery shopping. Indeed, it was enough to inspire me to get back to my work on this blog. I thought his coat made him look like an admiral of the high seas. In fact, I was not too far adrift: He found his coat, he told me, at the Army-Navy surplus store on Main Street in Columbia.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-75836869038055472642014-11-22T17:19:00.001-05:002014-11-22T17:20:36.698-05:00Whimsy & Colour....Anthropologie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I encountered this charming lass at Anthropologie in Columbia, a new retail spot that--given it's name--I felt I had to see right away. (Indeed, I'm glad I did, for I am at last inspired to add to this blog.) The young lady's attire fit the mood of the store perfectly--festive and whimsical, with a bit of an edge. Perhaps you can't tell, but her braids were highlighted with a pretty shade of pink. And there just above her knee and just below her hemline, on her stocking, you'll note a cat's face peeking out. Fabulous!Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-89405649201916073912014-10-26T14:42:00.001-04:002014-10-26T14:43:32.994-04:00S.C. Oktoberfest....Main Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While there was a decided German theme going on at Soda City Market on Main Street yesterday, I was more taken with the look you see above than with the traditional St. Pauli-Girl-meets-Pippi-Longstocking costumes that were plentiful (and quite adorable, no question about it).<br />
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Likewise, I eschewed the traditional bratwurst in favor of these....<br />
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....beef empanadas, fried on the premises. I was so well fortified, in fact, that I recovered my enthusiasm for photographing the local attire and posting it here. (I do believe that the empanada may be <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/why-did-popeye-eat-so-much-spinach-the-surprising-answer-191802" target="_blank">the spinach to my Popeye</a>.) So, cheerfully, back at it....<br />
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...and finding that this young woman did look quite sweet, no? I believe she is the force behind <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Butterfly-Vintage/123542171063564" target="_blank">Butterfly Vintage</a>.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-2159144205255463702014-09-07T15:25:00.000-04:002014-09-07T15:28:18.969-04:00Pattern+Pattern....Soda City Market<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Overjoyed to be back in Columbia (Aunt Dahlia would be pleased to know), I ventured out to the Saturday morning market on Main Street. I was charmed immediately by this woman's combination of patterns....and only hope that my stalking her from booth to booth was not unnerving for her.<br />
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A block further, and I happened across a lovely collection of vintage clothing. Best I could gather through casual eavesdropping, the stylish beauty on the left is the proprietress and the gentleman on the right was interested in purchasing the plaid <a href="http://www.esquire.com/style/tips/blazer-vs-coat-vs-jacket-0709" target="_blank">sport coat</a>. <br />
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Also at this tent--which was a bit of an open air fashion museum--I spied this extraordinary coat.... <br />
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....and two charming displays of plaid.<br />
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If you care to seek this out on a Saturday, here's the inventive suitcase-sign. The business, I believe, is called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SaintRamblerVintage" target="_blank">Saint & Rambler</a>. Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-35833689102889104562014-08-15T10:24:00.000-04:002014-08-15T10:26:17.652-04:00"Three-hour Tour".... Best of Columbia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It seemed as if half of Columbia's residents had decided to channel their inner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_Howell,_III" target="_blank">Thurston Howell, III</a>. The occasion? <i>The Free Times</i> <a href="http://www.free-times.com/cover/best-of-columbia-south-carolina-2014-081314" target="_blank">Best of Columbia</a> party. The instigators? Those charming lasses of <a href="http://www.flockandrally.com/" target="_blank">Flock and Rally</a>.<br />
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My fellow party-goers urged me to photograph this handsome duo. I found myself imagining young Thurston chatting up a potential <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovey_Howell" target="_blank">Lovey</a>.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-47657811077283144792014-07-26T21:06:00.001-04:002014-07-26T21:06:55.856-04:00Ashley....Bourbon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A reader who was enjoying cocktails at <a href="http://www.bourboncolumbia.com/" target="_blank">Bourbon</a> last evening sent me this photo. Many thanks!Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-51533466743433198312014-07-23T09:29:00.000-04:002014-07-23T09:29:25.636-04:00Fabulous Hat....Tasty Tomato Festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While many who attend this festival find the <a href="http://lord-maxwell.blogspot.com/2011/07/mary-kenttomato-festival.html" target="_blank">locally grown tomatoes to be inspired</a>, I am always rather <a href="http://lord-maxwell.blogspot.com/2011/07/debitasty-tomato-fest.html" target="_blank">charmed by the attire</a>. In a crowd of delightful outfits, this young woman and her hat stood out.</div>
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Here's another photo--and as you see, even without the hat, she's lovely.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-48638235737295269462014-07-10T23:25:00.000-04:002014-07-10T23:25:04.987-04:00Seersucker & Brogues....Whole Foods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This store was full of well-dressed shoppers today, including this chap in the seersucker trousers.<br />
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I was particularly delighted by the shoes.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-77663804617227009302014-07-05T15:54:00.001-04:002014-07-05T15:54:16.042-04:00Converge....Main Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This fellow's t-shirt caught my eye this morning when, oddly enough, I was converging with my fellow Soda Citizens at the farmers' market.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-38891225093245580222014-06-27T13:33:00.000-04:002014-06-27T13:39:11.025-04:00World Cup Fans....Publick House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I was fascinated by the handsome chap in the center of this group, for he was wearing both a work-worthy shirt and tie AND a sort of I-believe-I-shall-mow-the-lawn red bandana. </div>
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Here's a closer, though blurry shot. (Drat the low light, but I suppose an advantage for those skipping out of work for long lunches.) Is there significance to the bandana? Or was he adding some red to his white and blue?<br />
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I mustn't forget our charming waitress, who was a veritable star as she fetched beverages for our table in her red & white stripes....<br />
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....or this fellow, who'd stuffed his pockets with flags, which he told me he'd be reusing on the Fourth of July. Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-35313702573515659812014-06-16T15:27:00.003-04:002014-06-16T15:28:27.945-04:00A Pair of Skirts....Soda City Market<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I spied these pretty friends and their skirts at a recent farmers' market..... </div>
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Here's a closer look at the details.
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The excited chatter about <a href="http://www.thestate.com/2014/06/12/3503990/star-spotting-bruno-mars-on-main.html?sp=/99/117/" target="_blank">Bruno Mars being spotted on Columbia's Main Street today</a> reminded me that I'd taken this photo of an attractive young fellow. Not sure which I admire most....the sneakers, the lime green pants, or the <a href="http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/brand-thats-not-a-fedora-and-stop-wearing-it/" target="_blank">trilby</a> atop his noggin.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-32444560922157610002014-06-11T15:39:00.000-04:002014-06-11T15:51:25.651-04:00Happy Seersucker Day....U.S. Senate<br />
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This photo in today's <i>Los Angeles Times</i> inspired me to post, for if the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ar-yipes-stripes-its-national-seersucker-day-20140610-story.html" target="_blank">U.S. Senate can manage to agree to bring back Seersucker Day</a>, surely it's time for me to resurrect my will to blog.<br />
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I've <a href="http://lord-maxwell.blogspot.com/2009/06/reidseersucker-friday.html" target="_blank">written about this day before</a>....which in its infinite wisdom, the Senate decided to squash a couple of years ago....lest it make them seem unproductive. Indeed. One assumes that they have finally realized that puckered fabric is not the problem. <br />
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I found a fun, visual history of seersucker, <a href="http://haspel.com/history.htm" target="_blank">here</a>, on the Haspel website. Have a mint julep and enjoy!<br />
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And, lest you think that I've ignored my work in order to behave like a member of Congress--watching the telly, eating bonbons and starting pointless debates--let me assure you: My hiatus was owing to a research trip to Peru to study Andean hats. More on that soon! <br />
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Oh, and by the way, the gentleman standing second from right is the incomparable <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/praying-for-a-miracle-senate-chaplain-barry-black-says-enough-is-enough/" target="_blank">Senate Chaplain Barry Black</a>. He is a marvelous orator I've had the privilege to work alongside. If you ever have the opportunity to hear him speak, do take it.Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-87865615732405959652014-05-17T15:00:00.000-04:002014-05-17T15:00:16.346-04:00Trim Suit....S.C. Book Festival<div style="text-align: center;">
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My companion at the opening reception for the <a href="http://scbookfestival.org/" target="_blank">S.C. Book Festival</a> was rather taken by this man and his slim-fitting suit. She urged me to snap the handsome chap's photo (and as a bonus, I inadvertently captured the woman to his right in the entrancing floor-length floral number).<br />
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My charming date (in the black dress) played it cool as she insisted I take this photo and the one below. The woman in the striking blue dress, it turned out, was the well-suited man's pretty wife. <br />
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And here's one more angle of the fellow, who I later learned has been photographed for the cover of one of the <a href="http://www.sc.edu/cmcis/news/spring13/intercom/ypb.html" target="_blank">books featured at the festival</a>. The entire gathering has been a delight thus far, and I've met a charming writer of children's books--<a href="http://www.kamikinard.com/home.html" target="_blank">Kami Kinard</a>--who hails from Camden, I believe. I also chatted with another Camden-connected writer, the nephew of <a href="http://lord-maxwell.blogspot.com/search/label/him%20again%3F" target="_blank">my dear friend Reid</a>, the always-funny <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/books/review/christopher-buckley-by-the-book.html?_r=0" target="_blank">Christopher Buckley</a>. Perhaps, I will see you there today or tomorrow? Do wear something interesting, for I'd love to take a photo!Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716144344595418028.post-13542685121938287172014-05-07T18:34:00.000-04:002014-05-07T18:35:22.876-04:00Cortado with a View....Drip in 5 Points<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The view from my table at Drip a few days ago--what fun and well done, fellow Columbians!Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308847884289453331noreply@blogger.com0