LET THAT FREAK FLAG FLY
Esquire|September 2021
DRESSING TO THE NINES? SHOOTING FOR THE high/low sweet spot? Both good options. But here’s the thing: Even as they push things forward, they both also presume a return to some sort of sartorial baseline. What if, instead of nodding to the past, you want to charge headlong into a future of your own design?
LET THAT FREAK FLAG FLY

The best way to do it is to take all the slouchy, stretchy, somewhat wild stuff you lived in at home over the past year-plus but never had the opportunity or audacity to wear IRL before and just fuckin’ go for it. Throw on your kookiest cardigan over a pair of plum-colored track pants, then throw open the front door and step boldly out into the world. Wear a tie-dye sweatshirt. Wear tie-dye socks. Wear them together!

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