Cold weather probably played a bigger role in bringing back the hat, but sadly, the hat common to New Jersey guidos, South Carolina rednecks, Idaho potato farmers and Los Angeles gang bangers is the ubiquitous ‘tractor hat,’ which is derived from the cheap baseball style cap with the adjustable plastic tab. Roger Stone Read Quote
The pocket square, properly contrived, finishes a man’s look. With good tailoring and well chosen neckwear, the look connotes power, taste, refinement, manners. The naked pocket connotes the opposite: working class, tasteless, base, crude, ignorant. Roger Stone Read Quote
The straps that suspend a man’s trousers from his shoulders – known in the U.S. as ‘suspenders’ and in Britain as ‘braces’ – are always correct with a summer suit made of seersucker, linen, or silk. Roger Stone Read Quote
The general election is not an organizational exercise – it’s a mass media exercise. Roger Stone Read Quote
Stone’s Rules exist because sometimes the truth is too painful, and the lies will land you in prison. Roger Stone Read Quote
Above all, avoid the Indiana Jones fedora. It’s very yesterday, and if you wear a black one, you might be mistaken for an Orthodox Jew. Roger Stone Read Quote
In burgundy, a well-cut and properly tailored velvet blazer looks dashing with gray flannels and a cashmere sweater or a sleek, solid velvet tie. Roger Stone Read Quote
I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick. Roger Stone Read Quote
In the rough and tumble world of business, media, or politics, the black knitted tie is indeed indispensable. Roger Stone Read Quote
