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Friday September 21st 2012, 9:15 pm

Fussy isn’t a word I ever used to describe myself, well I guess that would depend on what the subject might be, or who you talk to. I’ve never been one for being fashion conscious, or wanting or looking for the perfect clothes, although I’ve always been aware of what in general looked good on me. I’d wear shorts in the dead of winter in public. Most occasions a t-shirt and jeans was fine, and still is for the most part, for a while though I did have a thing with unusual western style shirts, still kinda do, just don’t wear them as often. But I was always frustrated never being able to have jeans that I didn’t have to roll up to cuff the leg ends, big problem with being too damn short. I did feel that this could look clunky depending on the situation. This one thing alone probably kept me away from spending money on nicer clothes. I’ve never been one to go for suits and ties, and in most cases when I had to wear them I always felt uncomfortable. But lately I’ve come to realize some of that had to do with attitude and the types of fabrics involved and just how well something fit. Interestingly, over the past year I’ve become much more conscientious over wardrobe, maybe it has something to do with aging and feeling like I’ve come more into my own. Now I’m discovering custom suit making, never thought I’d be so caught up in this idea. Now I’m going to alterations places to hem up jeans that are too long. Feeling better about wearing nicer stuff. This week has been about that a bit. Getting my first custom suit this next week in time for public appearances. For some reason I’ve become much more self conscious about things, maybe vanity is setting in, trying to compensate for getting a little older, don’t know. Or maybe I’m feeling that my personality has matured in a way that requires an occasionally more sophisticated sensibility. Or maybe its the exposure I’ve had to good friend self style guru James Sime proprietor of Isotope Comics Lounge in San Francisco, who wears an amazing suit every day, even to the beach! As matter of fact, when Wendy and I started planning our twentieth anniversary re-marriage wedding event for next month, it was Mister Sime who suggested getting a custom made tux, which in turn lead me to wanting another customized suit, all by Artful Gentleman out of SF. When going through the process of picking fabrics and colors I was quite surprised at myself, at how much I enjoyed it all, never thought I’d have such an opinion on this sort of thing. It could easily become an obsession of style. So I guess I’d have to say, that yeah, I’m a little bit fussy now, but thats okay, it suits me.

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