I believe a man never looks better than when he's dressed in black tie. Or better yet- white tie.
The first dinner jacket or 'tuxedo" I ever wore was a cheap, out of style $15 number I rented for the 1971 Jupiter High Junior-Senior Prom. All the other guys blew $30 or more on gaudy jackets and ruffled shirts topped with gigantic butterfly bowties. I recall feeling slightly uncomfortable in my old rig- like Don Draper at a tractor pull. Adding to my miserable attire was my crowning glory: half brown/ half blond shoulder length hair- courtesy of a bottle of Clairol's Summer Blond that I split with my future art school roommate a year earlier.
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| "Blonde" leading the Blonde. The Jupiter High Junior-senior Prom, 1971. "Her Majesty" never spaketh to me again after that night. |
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| I caved to current fashion the following year and lost most of my blond hair after cutting it into a stylish "shag." My demeanor took a serious turn that year as my focus turned to pursuing my post-graduation dream of being a lifeguard and "surfing all day." |
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| New Years Eve, 1989, in a smart Ralph Lauren tux. Everyone looked better in 1989! |
With WPBF reporter Terri Parker in 2008.
You simply can't go wrong in classic Brooks Brothers
black tie. I wear them while painting, at the football game
or blacktopping the driveway. But never before 6 p.m.!
