Deconstruction | Picking apart the styles of fashionable South Floridians
Posted on Wed, May. 14, 2008
MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Al Smith
AL SMITH, 65, from Miramar, grew up in Hialeah. He is a retired sales rep.
hat: Mallory
shirt: Tommy Hilfiger
belt: Perry Ellis
pants: Dockers
shoes: Rockport
`` Basically, on a date I try to find out what they're wearing. You can't wear two outfits that clash. If I like the way they dress, I take them out and we go to Burger King.
``I have my Masonic ring. It's my grandfather's. I'm a Mason too. [The fraternity] is just getting smaller and smaller.
``Women can be really vain. So sometimes I'll dress down. I do that with my house, too. When someone comes to visit, they say it's too neat. So now I throw some magazines down, make it look lived in.''
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