Fashionable Fathers

Today is a special day for us girls at Vignettes.  It's a day that we get to remember and honor the first male "love of our life" - our dad! We've asked our resident PR intern, Selden Hunnicutt, to spotlight her relationship with her dad, Greg, and his influence on her fashion perspective.  Happy Father's Day from all the 'Daddy's girls' at Vignettes!

It's a fact: dads know everything... or, at least, they give us that impression. From football technique to the proper way to parallel park, our fathers are always at the ready with a lesson to teach or a knowlegable helping hand. My freshman year at college required many a phone call home to consult my father about every ailment, technical issue, or tough professor. There he was, ready to impart his seemingly infinite wisdom that I was eager to accept in my struggles with a newfound responsibility. If, in my 19 years worth of trials and tribulations, he has ever not known what to do, he has certainly faked it well.

One thing I am certain that Daddy does not fake is fashion. To say we develop our sense of style with the guidance of solely our mothers is an insult to our fathers; they, too, have an influence on the clothes in our closet. Is that dress too tight? Are your shorts too short? Dads retain the exclusive right to act as the moral compasses of our wardrobes. We may not always heed their paternal concern, but their advice lingers in the back of our minds on every shopping trip.

Yet, our fathers do more than patrol our style; they teach it to us. My Daddy's choice in clothing has instilled three major tenants in my fashion philosophy:

1. Classic is always in style. My father has his perennial favorites, and he's not apologizing for outfit repetition. Every Christmas Eve he dusts off a wine red velvet sports coat to pair with a dark green tie, and each Easter Sunday he dons a seersucker suit. Button-down shirts, khakis, and boat shoes will be eternally acceptable and are therefore his everyday uniform. Keep the classics in your closet and you'll always have something to wear.

2. It's all in the details. Be it the tassels on his loafers, the print of his tie, or the embroidered Union Jack on his newest pair of shorts, Daddy knows that the best pieces are those which have a little something extra. Find those small accents and embrace them, because they can really make an outfit stand out.

3. "Comfortable" and "stylish" can be used in the same sentence. If it's hot, wear seersucker; it looks good AND it's lightweight. Your shoes don't have to kill your feet; I guarantee you can find an even better pair that doesn't always give you blisters. Fashion shouldn't involve so many Band-Aids. 

Happy Fathers Day to all of the dads out there; you've influenced us more than you'll ever know! 

à bientôt... see you soon!