Still picking my jackets for this upcoming trip. Of course, going Johnny Cash, itinerant preacher poet dreamer on this one (my usuals, as they are me!). But I also need just a touch of Fred Astaire meets Harry Dean Stanton on this trip.
I think often about how could what i wear, bless the place or people I’m visiting (why not let our clothes be prophetic?) we usually interrupt the message anyways….how could fashion be an act of prayer for them before i get there?! That’s how I pack anyways!
Where I’m heading needs a touch of joy and levity, so the outfit needs to carry that anointing. This will take a bit of time….still wardrobe is underrated as a spiritual gift! And Joy and great costumes may be our best medicine these days!
If you don’t do the back work, don’t show up, as my mentor said! Symbolic fashion is like prayer–do it before you do anything else! Even the priest, consecrated themselves by wearing unique costumes! Consider the symbols…
This jacket from a polish designer is a contender. Got it in Berlin at a trailer show. Plus, it has four inner pockets–two with zippers!
I like lots of pockets, as I collect things wherever I go. I’m a treasure hunter….an inner artifact finder, a metal detector for the soul of things-so I need lots of pockets in my jackets! And they need to actually work. My wife often reinforces them to carry the gold I find globally! Fashion also has to “work”!