Now, looking down the line of the Red Wings I still own, I see they contain memories – some happy (walking through thick, fresh snow in London) and some painful (the pair I'm holding were on my feet when I crashed a glider and broke my back). I swore that day that while people might laugh at me for many things in the years to come, it wouldn't be because of my boots. The Timberlands I had bought for the job had collapsed in the 40C heat, the glue holding the soles melting. Not long before buying that first pair of Red Wings, I had been working as an assistant to a geologist in the Australian desert. All it takes is for someone to say something nice to a teenager about a T-shirt he's wearing and that boy will be wearing a similar T-shirt when he's 70." We're lazier, too, less prone to experimentation. The editor of Mr Porter, Jeremy Langmead, stands against this sort of thing (and claims to be constant only to his beard). In an interview for the online retail site Mr Porter, Nighy responded to the question whether this is limiting by answering: "I've selected the things that please me." Architect Richard Rogers loves bright Nehru shirts. Tom Wolfe wouldn't be without his white suit. David Attenborough has his blue shirts – originally used so his shows would have continuity, but which now are a constant in almost every sighting of him. Men have a tendency, once we've found a thing we like, to stick to it. Thanks to that man in Salt Lake City, I developed a lifelong affection for the brand he was selling, Red Wing.
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