One of the first Fashion Friday posts I wrote covered the idea that men are starting to dress again. Since that article was written, I have noticed that not only has the trend strengthened, but the idea has grown tentacles and touched other aspects of the everyday man paying closer attention to himself. These ideas obviously have existed before, but it’s like when you hear a word for the first time and then all of a sudden it appears everywhere.

I am proud to introduce the newest member and official mascot of the FC family, Luella Porchetta Canon! The middle name still has not been made official, but it is part of an ongoing and very intense debate. Now that a new fashionista has entered our lives, I feel very strongly about my responsibility to make her not only well dressed, but the most adorable creature that has ever crapped in public.

I’ve had a passion for tattoos for as long as I can remember, and I am a little surprised that it has taken me this long to write something about them, especially as it pertains to fashion. We are all fully aware of how tattoos have thrust themselves into mainstream fashion via the Jersey Shore and even some of the more respected fashion houses. Tattoo-inspired imagery has been screened onto handbags, bedazzled onto hats and printed onto t-shirts.

Goodnight linen, farewell flip-flops, bon voyage swim trunks…it’s been nice. Now that summer is in our rear view, we have to store all the outfits that worked so hard to keep us exposed to the sun and baked till golden brown. It’s time to make room for the bulk and layers that refuse to share precious closet space with our summer garb.

Early in the medieval age a young ambitious knight felt he wasn’t performing his duties at full capacity, mainly because of the extreme discomfort he felt beneath his armor. In order to relieve this annoyance he commissioned an artisan to make him a white cotton undershirt. The young knight was Sir Jonathan T. Shirt, who would later become king.

I have many long-term goals, and only one short-term. I know that this is the opposite of how most people organize their lives, but I’ll never claim to be organized, especially when it comes to my ambitions. My long-term goals, although very important, mean nothing to this article, so we can take the shortcut that bypasses my home in Rome, babies, wealth and power so that we can reach the very center of my immediate mission: becoming a style icon.