One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer: Style At The Kentucky Derby

Style in the flyover states isn't something that concerns the fashion flock. We love to focus on pretty girls in pretty flocks at music festivals, fancy parties, and cocktail hours. And yet it is in the heartland that one of the quientessential events of American style takes place. The Kentucky Derby has been home to the iconic floppy hat but in truth the scene is a far deeper comment on American style.

The Kentucky Derby is an endearing testament to the American love of the high-low combination. From the debauched and reckless infield scene to the elegant society women in the stands with their pearls and hats, the Derby welcomes everyone.

The mix of hearty sportsmen, superbly bred thoroughbreds, drunken rural scumbags, and nouveau rich stable owners makes for a vibrant, clashing, and beautiful moment of American style that says no matter who you are, where you come from, or what you do you can come, get dressed up, be dressed down, get drunk and fit right in. The purity of the experience is American fashion at its best.