Pop and Lock

I was pretty pumped when Gap put out their chambray popover a little while back so it should come as no surprise that I am all over their new 70% cotton, 30% linen numbers.  Once again we have a case of Gap picking up on what's "popular" and offering a take for the common man.  If you spend any time checking out all the threads on the Internets you will agree with me that at $44.50 Gap's joint is the cheapest of the cheap.  I can totally get down with these plaids and even though I definitely wish these were oxford cloth, beggars can't be choosers.  I'd also get rid of the button through sleeve tabs, but anyway...

I think the thing to keep in mind here is that at some point popovers/pullovers/turnovers/poptarts/etc. will not be "cool" again and the Gap will surely take them out of production.  While Gap's product selection, like that of any good mass retailer, is more fickle than you ex girlfriend I hope that you, the consumer, are not.  Popovers are pretty damn classic and I prefer them to polo shirts when it comes to this time of year.  So, I guess that leads me to two points: 1. Just because these won't be for sale by summer does not mean they won't be cool and 2. Buy them now if you're feeling them because once something like this is gone at the Gap it's usually gone for good (thought I probably would have said the same thing about their chambray's a year and a half ago so I guess I don't know shit - what else is new).

-L.A.S