The challenge of summer clothing.

When you’re six foot three, and 200 pounds, buying clothes is a huge challenge.

I’m too big for regular sizes but too small for “Big and Tall”.  Regular size shirts won’t tuck in and look goofy left untucked.  Regular shirts that come in “Tall” work, but very few manufactures offer them.

I eventually resigned myself to the fact that LL Bean was the only company that sold tall shirts that look good on me.

The upshot is I’ve been wearing the exact same style of shirt for twenty years.  This has been a source of frustration for Anne.  Every day, decade after decade, she’s looking at a husband wearing the same shirt.  Monotonous.

But what could I do?

Now I suddenly discover, with summer peeking around the corner, the chemo requires I wear long sleeve shirts during the most blazing heat.  This is not only going to be uncomfortable, but dweeby.

For twenty years I haven’t been able to resolve my clothing dilemma.  Now I have a matter of days to find a solution.  I am desperate.

The answer comes from Linda H (not to be confused with Linda G) who facetiously suggests I wear “Arab” clothes.  At first this seemed a marginally better suggestion than my idea that I wear a Moo Moo.

However the more I looked into it, the better the idea sounded.  After all, in the Middle East they’ve managed to stay cool while fully covered for centuries.

The picture accompanying this post is of Hafid Top that I have ordered from the Shukr (http://shukronline.com/mens.html) Clothing Company.  It looks nice, has long sleeves, and will protect me in the hottest days of summer.

The perfect solution.