Overalls

screenshot_046I have a friend named Jay who, up until about a year ago when he moved out West, was on 99% of the camping trips I went on for the past four years. I don't see Jay much anymore, but I did manage to meet up with him this last Christmas when we drove down to Joshua Tree from his new home in San Francisco. Point of the story is this - whenever Jay gets to a campsite, no matter how hot or cold it is outside, he has a ritual that he may or may not be aware of. Dude takes off whatever he's wearing, puts on a pair of beaten khaki Carhartt overalls and proceeds to comment on how comfortable they are and how much he loves them. It's wonderful and I've yet to see him not do this, so I hope he doesn't read this and get self-conscious of it.After the first year of seeing "The Jay" performed so many times, I decided that I too would have to get a pair of overalls to put on while lounging around the campsite. The last thing I wanted to be was a poseur, so I found a pair of conductor overalls from Round House, who have been making their clothes in the United States since for over 100 years. Suppose that's a bonus. (Unfortunately, still a poseur.) I'll tell you what, those things are the most comfortable pair of anything I think I ever owned, so comfortable that I bought another friend a pair to put on with me whenever we went looking for a place to sleep outside. And with "workwear" becoming such a big part of the big-city fashion lexicon, it'd probably be a safe bet to wear them whenever you damn please. Go buy a pair.Round House