Thoughts On Parisian Style What I Wore In Paris
[0:00:00] Gentlemen, welcome to Paris.
Okay.
So, I've been staying at this hundred some on odd year old apartment.
Loving it and it's got this beautiful courtyard which let me quickly give you like a roundabout
view.
Pretty nice, huh?
So, I'm right here in the center of Paris and it -- what I love about this courtyard
it is nice and quiet.
So, our apartment I can see it right up there.
My kids are opening the door it looks like or the window.
And, yeah, let me go ahead and really quick give you guys a view of kind of see that back
there.
And so, let's walk around, stay with me for a few minutes I am going to talk about what
I'm wearing the clothing.
But first off, let's talk about Paris style in general.
So, I have to agree, I met with a guy named Hugo Jacomet over at Parisian Gentleman and
very impressive guy.
I met with his wife Sonya as well and we just talked about men's style.
And so, having been just in London, now in Paris, what's the difference between Paris
style London style.
For me, the guys here in Paris just have a bit more flair.
Nothing against the guys in London they're very well put together.
I really like London style, but Paris flair and Paris style it just seems like these guys
have an attitude and they're not afraid to be a bit more I would say expressive with
their style, but, again, not putting the London guys down at all because I saw quite a bit
of different style and expression over there.
But, here, yeah, just everyone is maybe it's the attitude.
People have this attitude of love this attitude that, you know, they want a particular I don't
know feeling.
You know definitely the museums being everywhere helps.
I went to the Louvre, I went to the -- I think it's called the -- the one with water lilies,
‘Orange – orange – orange something.
But, I don’t want get hit by a car.
So, I promise you, you're going to get a really nice view here in about less than a minute,
so let's go over.
All right.
I'm going to try to cross on a red.
Let's see.
Okay.
There we go.
So, like I said I am in a -- in the downtown.
I got a museum right across from me.
And I got it wait at another light.
So, talking about the -- the flair that I've seen here in Paris, I would say it's with
the accessories also with some of the choice of the outerwear.
It's been relatively cool in the 40’s in the 30’s, so the temperature hasn't been
something that I'd see a lot of summer wear.
Yeah.
It's a nice day today, really nice.
I would say I don't know I like mornings like this.
We're talking mid 40’s.
And so, what am I wearing, I'll give you guys a quick peek.
What you'll notice immediately I've got a scarf on that I didn't have on in London that's
because I went to a John Var -- John Varvatos meet-up and they were actually giving out
these beautiful scarves.
They say it retails for like over $200.
I don't know if I would pay that for this particular scarf.
I would like something with a bit more color, but hey I'm not going to -- I'm not going
to turn down a nice gift like that.
The outerwear, you're going to probably recognize what I'm wearing again.
You've seen this before, Ministry of Supply.
I talked about it in my London video.
When it comes to the boots, I've talked about those before, Thursday Boots.
So, right now it got a lot of puddles, it rained all last night.
And so, what we're seeing here is that with all the rain, I just got to make sure to have
footwear that's got a rubber sole that's got traction that can deal with a little bit of
the wetness.
And, that's exactly what we've got with the Thursday Boots.
So, they have held up well for this entire trip, not that I didn't expect that.
Because when I was in Kiev, Ukraine, I wore them through an entire winter, so I knew what
to expect with these particular boots.
And the same with the Ministry of Supply jacket, I just loving it.
This John Varvatos scarf like I talked about, it's actually incredibly comfortable.
But, let me open this up and show you guys what I'm wearing.
Oh, and by the way, why did I – the sun's in my face here.
I didn't, but hopefully you can see this.
Let me see if I can get it in.
Nope, that's not going to pop up well.
Okay.
So, excuse me blinding you with the sun, I'm trying to get -- this is actually going to
be funny.
Can you see it?
Yeah.
There it is.
That's the real one.
So, we have like the Eiffel Tower right in our backyard, so that was pretty cool.
But, let me go ahead really quick.
So Bluffworks, I've talked about this before but this company makes this amazing jacket
right here.
And, what I love about the jacket it's got hidden pockets on the inside with zippers.
You can't see them all, but there’s one actually on the back double flap.
Very stylish jacket.
[0:05:06] The only thing I've had to make or I haven't
made the change yet because even though I've had it out of the box and I have washed it,
yes, in a washing machine to test it, I have not adjusted it to fit me correctly, so it
needs to be short and probably about an inch in the sleeves.
And I would say I could probably let it loose out a bit.
A lot of you guys brought up the fact that it just had a little bit of the X when you
saw it in the video that I did to promote these guys.
So, this jacket has actually served me well, 100% polyester.
Now, let's talk about what I'm wearing underneath here.
As you can see here, I've got just -- you guys know I go to a navy button-down.
This one's made from synthetic material, Ministry of Supply along with the sweater as well.
What I really love about the sweatshirt and the sweater, very lightweight uses a wool
synthetic blend.
And it's basically it's thermal regulates, so it actually cools you off, it, you know,
or it's got areas where you can cool off, in the armpit area on the at the top of the
back.
And I think the middle of the back as well it’s a little bit thinner.
Small details like that for me make a big difference.
Undershirt, I've got Ribbed Tee.
I talked about them before, great company.
I know Mike the founder.
And underwear, I am wearing Tani again.
So, Tani, I love their stuff.
Now, let me see if I can get you guys another view.
Look at that right there.
Pretty cool, huh?
So – so, that’s what I’m wearing in Paris.
Maybe if I have a little bit more color.
I definitely agree, more color in the scarf would – would have really worked well with
this outfit, but, hey, I got this thing given to me for free and it’s actually incredibly
soft.
Actually, I like it.
My scarf I left – I left at home, I left my hat as well.
So, maybe I’ve got a little bit of time still left here in Paris, maybe I’ll pick
up a nice, you know, beret.
What do you guys think of that?
Would it work for me?
But, that’s it, guys.
I just wanted to if you ever get the chance definitely make it out to the city of love.
I would have to say for those of you that are French, I want to apologize because I
had a misconception of this country being – I just thought people would be more rude
and I have been greeted with nothing but friendly people.
Maybe I’ve got four kids with me and that helps.
But I do try to speak the language a bit.
I try to and I don’t know a whole lot of words, but I at least try and I find that
when you come to a culture and you’re very friendly, you try to interact you try to follow
their customs, pretty darn friendly to you.
So – so, I’ve had a great time here in Paris.
I’m about to head over to London for one more day, then flying back to the United States.
By the time you see this video, I should be home in Wisconsin.
But, guys take care.
I’ll see you in the next video.
Bye. [0:07:39] End of Audio