He calls it “Popeye style.”
As in, “I yam what I yam.”
Harley rider. Sculptor. Businessman. Husband.
OK, so he made a few style detours over the years. In the ’60s, he was a flower child. Tried to avoid looking like John Travolta in the ’70s. And in the suited ’80s, he was a tad more buttoned down.
But in the midst of such sartorial experimentation, Stephan Weiss has developed his own way of dressing: a hang-loose, funky kind of classicism that’s high on tweedy separates and low on formal suits.
Of course, it doesn’t hurt when your wife is 7th Avenue angel Donna Karan-and she happens to design all your clothes.
“Men don’t talk amongst themselves about clothes,” says Weiss, who, along with his wife, serves as co-chief executive of the Donna Karan Co. “Men are much more expressive of this side of themselves to women.”
Just ask Donna.
Resources
Donna Karan grey onyx three-button suit ($1,395), available at Bigsby & Kruthers. Donna Karan gray onyx tweed vest ($395), available at Saks Fifth Avenue. Donna Karan gray crew neck silk pique T-shirt ($280), available at Barneys New York and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Stylist: Debbie Jacks, Stewart Beauty.
