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PRECISION STYLING "Never underestimate the military fold—adjusting the fit of a shirt by pulling it snug in the front and folding the back into a pleat that you then tuck into your pants." Chambray shirt. Ralph Lauren "PRADA AND PLAID IS AN EXCITING FALL FORECAST "I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF "DOWNTON ABBEY" AND THE COWBOYS WINNING THE SUPERBOWL." PERFECT PAIR COMBINATION; I'M A SCOTS-IRISH MONGREL, BUT I OFTEN YEARN TO BE ITALIAN, SO I FOUND HER NEW WOMEN'S COLLECTION THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS." A look from Prada's Fall runway. Jay Fielden PORTRAIT BY CAMERON KRONE H e's spent the past two decades building a reputation as an arbiter of what's cool—Hamilton shirts, G. Lorenzi and Lauduree macarons, to name a few—so it's no surprise that Town & Country recently appointed him to refashion its iconic title. A native Texan, Fielden references his late, great uncle's ranching uniform as an early style influence. "The idea that something functional could be stylish made a big impact," he says. "I admire others whose wardrobe reflects a certain taste about what they do in life: Gerry Mulligan, Peter Beard, Vernon Jordan and, of course, Wild Kingdom's Marlin Perkins." After he fled Texas for the Big Apple, Fielden worked his way up the mastheads at The New Yorker and Vogue, landing his current job of Editor-in-Chief in March. Despite endlessly being exposed to new products and trends, Fielden finds that "I basically like the same stuff I did when I was 16 years old and working at The Polo Shop in San Antonio." He shares with us what he loves, from things tried and true to brand new.—JC 46 BAL HARBOUR OFF COURSE "I live in Brunello Cucinelli's unstructured sports coats and Barker Black shoes." ABOUT TOWN "What I love about New York is that if you wear a three-piece suit people don't think you're from Mars." Ermenegildo Zegna suit. This T own & Country editor may be immersed in the world of curr but his T exas r oots r e ign supr ent fashion, e me.