Paul Smith

Patrick McDonald, the self-described "Dandy of New York," devotes himself wholeheartedly to the pursuit of beauty and the pleasures of fashion and style. Echoing sentiments expressed by the 19th-century French writers such as Charles Baudelaire, McDonald embraces the productive and creative bravura of the dandy figure: "Fashion is my art and that art is my freedom."

This elegant Paul Smith design in grey and pink wool is brought to life and infused with a touch of whimsy by McDonald's artful selection of coordinates, in particular the Rod Keenan hat with applique hand motif and the special attention that he pays to his faultless visage. Given the sense of fantasy in McDonald's sartorial compositions, his focus on surrealist artist Salvador Dali as a style icon is telling.