What's my fashion style? Say hello to Hood Heffner the representative of my style. From my neighborhood to your neighborhood and worldwide, my sense of fashion is versatile and cool yet aggressive. Detailed below are three outfits that express my one of a kind style. The Bond is a suit; The Polo is a casual look that I sport and The Surfer is my warm weather any day garb but first let’s reflect on where my style started. When I was a wee lad my parents dressed me. Back then my style was probably little boy blue but as I grew into a teen, I watched how my daddy and my uncles dressed. I remember once my uncle told me, that I looked like I was dressed straight from a mannequin. I didn’t know if this was good or bad at the time. He went on to show me the details of his tailor made suit. What I remembered the most back then is that his name was sewn on the inside of the jacket. That made it real personal. When I got a little older, I borrowed some of my dads’ style. I’m sure he would say I borrowed more than just his style but I’ll never testify to that. I copied some trends too but that wasn’t all it was with me. You don't believe me? Read on and you'll see.
My Bond swagger is characterized by my custom made suit. The suit is one hundred percent pure merino wool and soft to the touch. It has working cuffs that unbutton and a ticket pocket, which are rare but resourceful. The suit jacket is double vented and silk lined. All these features make it easy for me to move while looking my very best. Many times I don’t wear a tie and sometimes I break the suit up and wear the jacket with jeans or the trousers without the jacket. People say when they see my Bond swagger, for work or play, they know I mean business.
My Polo swagger is ferocious. My favorite three button placket Polo is red white and blue and has a bigger horse than my other Polo’s. I like to wear the shirt tucked in or out with khaki, flat front shorts or pants. When I make my splash in a room people gaze at the size, color, and fine thread of the horse and never fail to feel some kind of way about it.
My surfer swag is an outfit that puts Hawaiian print trunks together with a 100% cotton tee sandals and shades which are optional. If she could talk my niece Peyton would call me, fun in the sun. The trunks are knee length in a funky blue color with Water Lilly designs. It gives people a holiday in paradise feel. I take this look from the corner store, to school, in the pool and places in between. My Hawaiian trunks don’t just look interesting, they feature full elastic waist styling, an exterior drawstring and polyester mesh lining. My multi-colored trunks let me hang loose whether I’m at the beach or not. The lenses on my shades are large to fit the big eyes dreaming through them. The lens color depends as much on my mood as the time of day and thanks to interchangeable and transition lenses I keep my options open.
My style is flexible, smooth and provocative. To define my style is to put me in a box. I can't be boxed! You might see the same clothes on different guys but my sense of style is not just the clothes on my back it’s me. I’m taut at the shoulder and fluid at the hip so it's me who gives the suit and the Bond swagger a lean persona. It’s my state of mind that puts together and communicates that calm but aggressive look that sweeps away the clouds. The same uncle who said I dressed from a mannequin, years later saw me in Bond Swagger mode and gave me the name Hood Heffner. This time I knew exactly what he meant. There was no doubt it was something good.