Losing Things

Obviously the people that are more pathological in this field have not stepped up yet - or I really am an extreme case. This is the main reason why I find the fact that good accessories are one of the most important elements of a man's style to be especially grating.In the last five years, I have lost: two pairs of three-hundred dollar glassesmy favorite made in Sicily velvet flat capa camelhair Yves Saint Laurent sport coatat least two nice cashmere scarvesanother custom-made flat capa wool argyle sweaterbasically every pair of leather gloves I've owneda checked Paul Smith shirt - I think the dry cleaner must have made it into pocket squaresthe diamond stud from my platinum money clip (this can be blamed on the producer, I hope)My socks that still have their mate are a very limited breedSomehow all of my metal collar stays - I had over ten pairssurprisingly no ties come to mind, but I'm sure there was at least one. I always lose my keys, though I've amazingly never lost my credit card. I also just losted the black visor type thing from the front of my camera. I've gotten to the point where I just cannot bring myself to spend serious money on glasses, hats, gloves, scarves, or anything that doesn't attach pretty well to the body. I also try to avoid dry-cleaning things. I don't seem to lose pants and shoes. Needless to say I don't even bother with watches and I have to tell people to stop buying me cufflinks.So don't feel bad. When I buy something, I expect it to be gone soon. Everything in life seems utterly transitory.