Mark "Metro-Savvy" Ingram...Well Almost

Posted by Mason Jamal Monday, December 14, 2009

(Micro-post) From "Georgia On My Mind" to "Sweet Home Alabama". This past Saturday, running back Mark Ingram of Alabama University became the most recent recipient of the Heisman Trophy (congrats). His suit selection gave me new hope for African American star athletes and big day attire. We've grown accustomed to the unnecessarily long suits jackets riddled with almost as many (button) holes as a bullet ridden Tony Montana in the final scene of Scarface. Ingram, on the other hand, brought a little more metro-savvy sensibility to the affair. Personally, the pin stripes are still too aggressive. See this post for more on my feelings about the Yankee stripes. And it's hard to tell by this photo, but the aforementioned pin stripes are running a crazy cross pattern with the rep tie (diagonally striped neckwear). And you have to be careful with the pocket squares - never rock a square that comes in a set with your tie, never. But you know what: young sir is only 19 so he gets a pass and thumbs from me. By the time he leaves for the NFL for a top three selection, he'll be Mr. GQ. Click Here to See Video


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5 Comments

  1. That Teowonna! Says:
    Posted on December 14, 2009 9:23 AM

  2. Male fashion reviews... by other men. I guess this metro-sexual, I mean savvy, thing is serious. Not quite sure how comfortable with that though... But you do it well, in a non-gay way.

     
  3. Mason Jamal Says:
    Posted on December 14, 2009 10:13 AM

  4. @Teowonna
    GQ Magazine is unabashedly gay about their fashion critiques but so what. Straight men can use some help. It just needs to be tempered with a metro-masculine / metro-savvy sensibility. That's where I come in. Not really sure why you are uncomfortable with "male fashion reveiws". Should (real) men not care about how they look? Perhaps, a sloppy, ill-fitted and haphazard dresser is what you like. C'mon on Teowonna. I know your views on a few other subjects. I need to drag you into the 21st century...lol.

     
  5. Goddess Intellect Says:
    Posted on December 15, 2009 10:27 AM

  6. Yea brother should've chosen the tie or the suit. I'm not a big fan of pinstripes, I'm very picky...they can look borderline cheap. I think blk wool-blend suit with the tie would've done fine...cant see the vid, will watch when I get home.

     
  7. Qwami Ade Says:
    Posted on December 15, 2009 6:15 PM

  8. Yeah those thick ass stripes do bring Eddie L.Long/TD Jakes to mind at first sight like a mug....thanks for opting out on further usage of the Whispers...I'm still in recovery from the afore mentioned post. As a matter of fact I'm seconds away from clickin' over and revisiting it for th 144,000th time..Mwwwwwwwwhhaaaaaahhhhhaaaahh!!!!

     
  9. Mason Jamal Says:
    Posted on December 15, 2009 8:24 PM

  10. @GI
    You're feeling me. I still can him credit though. Most young men at the age of 19 can even barely tie a tie let alone pick out a tie/suit combo. He did alright considering.

     

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