If you can say Lapo Elkann represents the apotheosis of Italian style, then JFK Jr. represented that for American style. 

— Michael Bastian on style inspiration John F. Kennedy, Jr.

The Ad Man

If there is one thing I miss from my daily dose of street style, it’s New York Magazine’s Video Look Book series. Of all its features, the feature on Keith Klein “the Ad Man” has been most memorable to me. It’s quite obvious why now. But at the time when I first saw the feature, I had no definite taste for classic American style or any other type of style for that matter. Glad to rekindle this video.

About the feature:

The Classic American Ad Man Who Favors the Occasional Stogie

When our Look Book cameras caught up with Keith Klein, he was perched on a stoop in Soho smoking a cigar. “I’m not really an aficionado, I just like to smoke one on occasion,” he explained. The overall effect certainly lent to what he describes as his “American classic” look, consisting of a Uniqlo jacket, Izod shirt, and “a pair of Acne khakis, which rock.” It should be noted that Klein works in advertising, which of course could mean many things, and so we prefer to title him “ad man” — one, because it sounds like “Mad Men,” and two, because he looks like a 21st-century Don Draper. (When asked if he wanted to stand or sit during the interview, he said, simply, “I’ll sit.”) Watch the Video Look Book to find out who his icons are (not Matthew Weiner).