You know how l love clothes with a story. This entry of Style Sessions is more like a saga, so bear with me a minute.
A few months ago, I happened to watch The Mentalist, and fell in love with both Simon Baker and the costume designer’s use of three-piece suits sans tie. Hottt.
(Excuse me while I fan myself off for just a minute.)
I loved the look so much in fact that I wanted to find a slim-fitting, three-piece suit for the Flyer‘s fall fashion issue. Unfortunately, I was a little pressed for time this year and never came out up with anything.
At some point later on, I ran into the very charming Brett Magdovitz of Get Down and we started chatting, like you do, and though he is a connoisseur of the jumpsuit, he mentioned he owned several three-piece suits.
And then he said he would wear one to the Best of Memphis party. And I said that if he did, I would make Justin take a picture.
(To be completely accurate, Magdovitz didn’t actually wear this to the party. He wore a Cuban shirt and some sort of pants, but I *might* have made him go home and change and come back. Maybe.)
“I’m bringing back three-piece suits and jumpsuits,” he says of the two retro styles.
This was actually the first time Magdovitz had worn this suit (he accessorized it with an “Earl” belt-buckle, but you can’t see it in the picture). And he would never have found it if he hadn’t done a good deed.
He was driving near Highland and South Cooper one day when a hitchhiker waved at him to stop. He said he would give the guy a ride and the guy told him that he was needed to go to his best friend’s estate sale. Apparently both the hitchhiker’s best friend’s mother and father had recently passed, and “there was all this unbelievable stuff.”
Brett ended up getting a pair of boots, a hat box, and two other suits (This actually could be two other jumpsuits. My notes are unclear. What can I say? It was late in the party).
