i am a fan of billy ried
no doubt about it
the first time i walked
into the billy reid store in nashville
i felt like i had come home
billy reid
and while i fell in love with the clothing
{click here to see why}
it was more than the clothing
it was the atmosphere
it felt as if the old mississippi i grew up with
had been transported to the present
without losing the things i loved about the south
the hospitality
the grounded lifestyle
the sweet tea
the old furniture
the tradition
the cherry sours
the front porch community
the laid back mentality
all of that was here
yet along the way
it had somehow ridded itself
of the south i did not want to remember
the musty complacence
the prejudice
the piousness
the castigating of anything creative
the “you ain’t from around here are you?” mentality
none of that was here
when i walked into billy reid the first time
i was reintroduced to a part of myself
that i had lost somewhere along my 40 year journey
so billy…
congratulations on winning the
2010 GQ Best New Menswear Designer in America Award!
but maybe more importantly
thank you for helping me find me
for more info on billy
billyreid.com
billy & family
