THE QATSPY® Yankee Performance-Sports & Traditional Apparel Quarters
By: Charles W. Boatright
New Look to Return to the Workplace- Our Jobs will Require U.S. to Reconsider our Apparel and our Environment to Prevent Future Pandemics
Up until the COVID-19 Pandemic, we didn’t have to give much consideration to protective clothing, unless our jobs were in the field, shop, or in medical field. We wore wool- or cloth blend sports jackets and slacks, or skirts, that required dry or special cleaning and handling. Not much concern was given to wool-or cloth-blend material that offers an excellent breeding ground for bacteria and viruses to spread, like the COVID-19 Virus.
Returning to the workplace will require us to reclassify our apparel as protective clothing, instead of just fashion only. We will need clothing that will be easy to care for, clean, and sanitize on the go. We are going to have to have clothing that can readily be laundered, even while we are traveling for business or leisure. We are going to have to consider clothing that is Wash-&-Wear for our JOB on a frequent basis.
My JOB Apparel for Business and Leisure Wear
The J is for the Jacket– I have long since mothballed my wool-blend sports jacket for the A-2 Leather Flight Jacket that can readily be cleaned and sanitized, with a simple wipe down with soap & water solution. The A-2 Leather Flight Jacket was developed and adopted for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1931 after the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic to protect their pilots. The Spanish Flu killed more people than died in battle during World War I.
The A-2 Leather Jacket has multiple uses, from professional travel wear, as shown in the feature image, for meeting clients to riding my motorcycle, shown below, to tailgating. The A-2 Leather Flight Jacket transitions perfectly, without you having to carry multiple jackets.
Also, this A-2 Leather Flight Jacket that we supply to the U.S. Military garners attention everywhere I wear the jacket. With your business logo sewn onto the A-2 Jacket, it is the best advertisement that comes complete with its own spokesperson.
The O is for the Oxford– The Oxford button-down shirt provides the best fashionable look for men or women for business or leisure wear. The stay-in-place collar offers a very nice, structured look that doesn’t lose its shape. For those that are required to wear a ties, the Oxford button-down offers a very stylish look. Heavier Oxford cloth (5.5 ounces) offers a shirt that wears better than lighter material. Again, these shirts are carefree and are Wash-&-Wear that don’t require ironing.
However, I prefer my Oxford Button-Down shirts that are starched and pressed, because besides offering a better look, the oxford shirt that is starched and ironed offers an excellent barrier to protect against bacteria and viruses. I have THE QATSPY logo Oxford button-down shirt in my Online Store.
The B is for Blue jeans– I have a dear friend, who like me, grew up on a ranch. His standard dress was blue jeans. So much so, that at his wedding where I was best man, the guys wore black tuxedo jackets, shirts, and bow ties with blue jeans and cowboy boots. My standard business attire is my A-2 Leather Jacket, Oxford button-down shirt, and blue jeans, and that is the very definition of GQ. The main reason for this attire is that I can easily wash-and-wear my jeans on-the-go, along with my Oxford Shirt.
I even wash my clothes before I pack them when returning home off business trips to eliminate contamination of my clothing. So I need clothes that are carefree and that are also Wash-and-Wear. I carry washing pods with me for this very reason.
The A-2 Leather Flight Jacket, Oxford Button-Down shirt, and blue jeans allow for a very professional and cordial relationship with welders, linemen, and executives. I consider all of these essential professions to get our country back open and operating.
Your Health & Fitness is another Important Factor
Another part of my business is Performance Sports Training to provide individuals with health and fitness. Going through COVID-19, we found how important our fitness is for our health. The most important part of our fashion is our fitness. In the featured image and the photograph below, I’m 64 years old, and I model with ladies that are one-third of my age.
I credit my ASCOT- DIET & FITNESS Program that not only allowed me to achieve my fitness level, but to have younger, healthier skin, due to the Weight Factor that identifies foods high in fiber and protein, but low in sugars and the hidden sugars, which are your starches.
Starches aren’t listed on the Nutrition Label, but are actually worse than your sugar intake. Unfortunately, we have a greater craving for starches than sugars; just open a bag of potato chips.
I lost 45- pounds within 6-weeks and 52-pounds within 9-months.
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As part of our Sports-Performance in addition to Fitness is our Golf Training series, a part of that training is the Orange Bucket Challenge that allows the golfer to have a performance-style practice where they can go from the range to the golf course. See my video clip below:
THE ORANGE BUCKET CHALLENGE
NOTE: To watch, please select the enlarge to have a full screen viewing.