STYLE ICON: PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY

His suits, a modified Ivy style with soft shoulders and shallow chest - invariably single-breasted, two-button coats - were the perfection of simplicity.

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DAY3: OUTWEAR - THE OVERCOAT

THE OVERCOAT

A coat created by a Scottish family business that dates back to 1772 may be an unlikely

style totem for Teddy boys, mods and skinheads. But in its various guises the Crombie,

as it was affectionately called, became as much part of their considered and particular 

uniforms as certain polo shirts or shoes.

Overcoat -  usually extend below the knee (made from heavier cloth or fur, because overcoats 

are more commonly used in winter when warmth is more important)

Topcoat -  short coats that end at or above the knees ( topcoats are usually made from lighter 

weight cloth such as gabardine or covert)

 Topcoats and overcoats together are known as outercoats.

(Then you also have the greatcoat, redingote, frock overcoat, ulster coat, inverness coat, 

paletot coat,paddock coat, chesterfield coat..but there is no time to go into details of each one..

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Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí arriving in London in 1955, wearing a double-breasted Chesterfield-style and

waxed moustache (we love the moustache!)

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DAY 2: OUTWEAR - THE BLOUSON

Fashionspam's ICONS of MEN's STYLE Series presents today the ageless men's outwear 

items from the blouson to the famous denim jacket, the fishtail parka, the biker jacket, the 

trench coat..and many more!

THE BLOUSON

Neat, simple, casual, comfortable, smarter than the denim jacket, not as load with 

stereotype as the leather one, the blouson has been the choice of powerful men in 

the west from John F. Kennedy, to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush!

SHOP HERE: MR PORTER!

John F. Kennedy was a fan, though only while sailing

Originally inspired by the 1937 G9 Baracuta, and for a while known as the 

Ahmadinejad-jacket (after the president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad), the blouson, 

now also known as the windbreaker, golf jacket, or Harrington became the official

 attire for US Presidents. 

When Elvis Presley wore the style in King Creole 1958, James Dean wore

 a similiar one in  Rebel Without A Cause, Steve McQueen became an adherent, 

and whore a G9 when he was photographed riding on one of his many motorcycles 

for the cover of LIFE Magazine in 1963, and when even Frank Sinatra wore one in 

1966 in Assault on a Queen, its status as a STAPLE was assured!

Steve McQueen

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