William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Team Collection Axalta Throwback Car shirt

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At my first appointment William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Team Collection Axalta Throwback Car shirt I worked with a bridal assistant who was similar in size to me. I knew this person understood what it was like to exist in a bigger body and wouldn’t suggest things that wouldn’t fit or suit my shape. The salon, NYC’s Sarah Seven, had even called me the day before to ask me about my wants, expectations, fears and budget. I felt amazing after the call, and went into the appointment really believing they wanted me to have a good experience. I didn’t get my dress there – though I fell in love with a $5,000 option that was far outside my budget – but I left feeling supported and prepared for future appointments. Instead, things got decidedly less fun. At a different salon, a bridal assistant – who could not have been bigger than a US street size 2 – brought me a gown I asked to see in a street size 8. When I told her that it would never go over my hips, she gently suggested we try. I obliged, knowing full well that I was setting myself up for a meltdown. As I shimmied and wiggled, the assistant tried to help, pushing softly on my upper thigh to get it into the unforgiving satin sheath. When the fabric looked as though it might rip, I started sweating. I said it wasn’t working and that I’d need to take it off.

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Other labels are going William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Team Collection Axalta Throwback Car shirt a little deeper: Wales Bonner’s varsity jackets pay tribute to the historically Black Howard University and the first Congress of Black Writers and Artists held at the Sorbonne in 1956; one features studs inspired by the kora, a west African string instrument. For other brands, such as Gap x Palace, the reason for adopting the garment might be a little more utilitarian. “A varsity jacket is a really easy piece when you want to do a collab,” says Pelly. “You can easily be like, ‘Oh, let’s just put out a varsity jacket and put our patch on it and call it a day.” The varsity jacket’s perpetual spot at the heart of American style is easy to understand. “It keeps coming back because it was born cool, right?” says Clemente. The guys wearing them at Harvard were the cool kids writing the rules – these guys in the Ivy League set the trends for American menswear for the first 50 years of fashion,” she says. “It’s perennially cool.”