We caught this guy on his lunch break sneaking out of a Loop tower and heading for Buckingham Fountain. His outfit was swapping shop talk with the working masses–buttons battened down, tie firmly knotted, and creased trousers assuring fellow professionals he reports on time to an orderly desk each weekday.
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But our fashion lexicologists know the language of apparel isn’t always apparent. Tugging at the loose threads, they unraveled a subtler and more subversive Fashion Statement.
But the red zip-front Boy Scout jacket, thrift-store fresh, shifts allegiance from Britain to America, elbow patches to Band-Aids, work to hooky. A target-sized patch revering George Washington on bended knee at Valley Forge earnestly pledges to honor God, country, and well-stoked campfires. But on the job, the jacket strikes a sarcastic pose, equating board meetings with pack meetings, CEO with den mother.
