Looking Good in Layers
Club Monaco manager Sean Frazier creates dapper, preppy appeal with Northwest-ready layering pieces.
By Seattle Mag October 17, 2011
This article originally appeared in the November 2011 issue of Seattle magazine.
WHY WE LOVE THE LOOK:
When in doubt, put on another layer. That is style dogma according to Frazier, who layers (multiple) timeless, classic men’s silhouettes at a time to suit life in all-over-the-map Northwest temps.
“I’m drawn to anything I see that has the potential to go over, under, around or with other pieces, like long, elegant scarves or a cotton blazer worn as a jacket,” the Capitol Hill resident says. The result is gentlemanly with an added ounce of the debonair, pulling in hip-again pocket squares and ’60s-esque eye bobs. Or, the long and lanky style blogger often rolls up his favorite skinny jeans above the ankle to show off a pair of mod striped socks.
THE ENSEMBLE:
Gray and navy cotton striped T-shirt, by and from AllSaints Spitalfields; gray cable-knit button-up sweater, navy cotton blazer and tan wool/cashmere scarf, all by and from Club Monaco; The Hill-side black polka-dot pocket square, thehill-side.com; Hazelwood dark skinny jeans, Blackbird; striped black and white socks, J.Crew; vintage Allen Edmonds lace-up Oxford shoes, a Brooklyn find; brown tortoiseshell eye bobs, Blackbird.
FRAZIER’S SHOPPING STOPS
For long, broken-in T-shirts
AllSaints Spitalfields
Downtown
1511 Fifth Ave.
206.508.0018
us.allsaints.com
For layering shirts and staples
Barneys New York
Downtown
600 Pine St.
206.622.6300
barneys.com
For out-of-the-box blazers and jeans
Blackbird
Ballard
5410 22nd Ave. NW
206.547.2524
blackbirdballard.com
For classic silhouettes (and his occupational hazard)
Club Monaco
Downtown
600 Pine St., Suite 220
206.264.8001
clubmonaco.com
Favorite online sites
NeedSupply.com
TheHill-side.com
NorseProjects.com
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