Look at almost any photo of F. Scott Fitzgerald and a few things are immediately apparently—his haircut is hilariously outdated, he only ever half-smiles and all of his poses look very affected. Less obvious, however, is that he’s wearing a Brooks Brother’s polo collar shirt, known today mostly as an oxford shirt. Although Brooks Brothers has disappointed many customers by changing the specifications of the shirt’s collar, it is largely the same. Fitzgerald made an outfit of their shirts, and was seldom seen without one; it’s strange to think that despite the writer’s fussy and ironically pre-jazz-age look, you can walk into the same store almost a century later and buy more or less the exact shirt he wore in most of his photographs.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and Brooks Brothers Oxford
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- The Way We Were
- Salvador Dali and Espadrilles
- Andy Warhol and Berluti Warhol Loafers
- Marcello Mastroianni and Persol Sunglasses
- F. Scott Fitzgerald and Brooks Brothers Oxford
- The Beatles and Silk Knit Ties
- Samuel Beckett and Clark’s Wallabee
- Pablo Picasso and the Sailor’s Shirt
- Le Corbusier and Arnys Forestière Jacket
- Serge Gainsbourg and Gitanes