If the rough-and-tumble stars of the NFL can rock pink accessories on game day without anyone questioning their manliness, what's to stop Monday Morning Quarterbacks like you from following suit?This fall,the National Football League is doing its part to raise breast cancer awareness and charitable donations by encouraging players to wear apparel in the symbolic shade of the fight. That explains all those gregarious pink shoes, gloves, towels, belts and even penalty flags appearing on the gridiron lately.
The upcoming Real Men Wear Pink party Wednesday night (7-10 p.m) at the W Hotel-Perimeter offers one of many opportunities for regular guys to follow suit.
Besides swilling Hennessy and Belvedere cocktails, can soak in the artwork of Monica Tookes as well as the sound stylings of DJ Salah.
For guys who find their wardrobes sorely lacking in pink accessories, signature bow ties will be available for purchase on the spot ($20 each), with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.
"I have no fear, whatsoever, about wearing pink," said the 40-something Atlanta financier, D.E. Edmond. "A particular color does not define who I am.
"Everyone should be aware of this epidemic. Breast cancer affects us all, directly or indirectly."
Go to Facebook to see who else is invited and/or attending.
W Perimeter
111 Perimeter Center West
Atlanta, GA 30346
Please RSVP at: realmenwearpinkatl@gmail.com
3 comments:
Pink is just another pastel and you can get funky with pastels just like with any other color - If the hip-hop community ever gets behind this cause , prepare to see pink everything - I do distinctly remember a mad rush for pink polo shirts around the 1981-82 time frame when amongst Atlanta teens The Official Preppy Handbook became the no. 1 source for any and all wardrobe decisions
Wow, dude. Sounds like you were tracking fashion before the invention of cable TV and the cell phone!
I agree. Andre 3000 has caused a bit of a cultural shift. Thanks for the hit!
Yep, Ralph Lauren and to a larger degree Tommy Hilfiger should be paying royalty checks to those black youth who took preppy, added that mad street flavor and dropped that gift right into Hilfiger's lap - Russell Simmons is also cashing in on the urban preppy look
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