Gabriel Ricioppo: What are you wearing now?

Armchair:
Ok.

Gabriel:
Did we start?

Armchair:
No, here we go.
Hey Gabriel, what are you wearing now?

Gabriel:
Today I’m wearing my typical uniform, jeans and a tshirt. Having a tshirt line really requires that I keep up the casual attire. It’s funny, but I wear a Ser-vice shirt most days. Today I grabbed my Trees Forest Shirt designed by our friend and yours, Stefan. My jeans are Nudies, Low Slim Jim cut, Dry Japan Denim. I have a few pairs of Nudies, and recommend them if you like denim. These are about a year old now, and really show the wear. Don’t tell anyone, but they haven’t ever been washed. On my feet I have Surface to Air black&white striped slip-ons, no socks. The shoes are getting a little dirty, so it’s probably time for a new pair. These are special too, because they haven’t gotten that smelly even though I’m not wearing socks most of the time. I don’t have any jewelry or a watch, but when I’m up and about I usually have an iPhone in my back pocket.

Armchair:
Nudies are definitely fab.
Does your butt ever feel boxy with the iphone in the back pocket? I get insecure about it all the time.

Gabriel:
A little, but I don’t have much back there to get in the way of the phone. I try not to sit on it, and I’m working on using the speaker phone option a lot, so I don’t have this thing on my head all the time.

I like Nudies a lot, but my favorite jeans are actually my Kicking Mule Workshop ones. By far the best pair of jeans I’ve ever owned.

Armchair:
Oh yeah! I’ve seen those at this local boutique called DressCodes.
That’s awesome. I’ve always wanted a pair.

Gabriel:
They’re worth it.

Armchair:
So I wanted to mention that I always liked Stef’s tree shirt, but then I saw it was one of the few shirts on sale. Was it not well received?

Gabriel:
It did pretty well, I think we’ve sold a fair bit of them. We were just trying to move a few shirts through, I think we’ll have more shirts on sale soon. We sometimes put good ones on sale, like the Braille, which actually did well also.

Armchair:
Phew. Okay, for a moment there I was a bit embarrassed for him.

About:
It’s our supposition that every choice in life is a design choice. Whether it’s the belt you pick out, or the shirt, the dressing up or down that you do, for utility or decoration, retro, future or a mix of all of the above – it might hold unique clues to you and your approach to work.

What you just read is a recurring feature on the Armchair blog wherein we ask some of our most inspiring creative friends one question: What are you wearing now?

Gabriel Ricioppo is owner and primary designer of the celebrated lifestyle/t-shirt brand, Ser-vice. Based out of Richmond Virginia, Ser-vice has shaped the casual attire of Armchair since 2003.