My Best Flannel Shirt

 I actually owned this shirt for so long I am a little hazy on when I bought it —- which is a rare occurrence for me as I like my clothes. That being said, it was an expensive flannel shirt that I justified buying because I think it was on sale at the Gant store on 5th Avenue. A great color combination tan yellow with accents of white and red.  From there it had a life in the Catskills – weekends that is. It aged well from baking in the sun while fishing to washing and fading as time went on – I’d say twenty years. I really think it’s a source of strength like your clan tartan.

I wore it all the time. I loved to wear my yellow bee shirt under it – as it color coordinated distinctively. In fact it would seem the perfect Ralph Lauren commercial: standing next to one of those old 50’s Ford tractors. I really felt comfortable wearing my flannel shirt.

Now that it’s been called to my attention to think about this object, I wonder if there’s a correlation to when I was a young kid and had a baby blanket - one you didn’t want to part with and dragged around all the time while sucking your thumb! 

-Object gifted by my father