Dad Fashion Finally Gets the Shrine it Deserves

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It's #BoxingDayand I'm relaxing after all the holiday hoopla and celebrating my #Canadian roots in all red #Polo and a touch of white with my favorite athletic socks. Wearing the same color and designer from head to toe makes a strong and powerful style statement. #AllRedEverything#ColorOfPassion #PassionForFashion #RalphLauren #Relaxation #Confidence #PorcelainSkin #ThighGame #IfYouGotItFlauntIt #BaeCaughtMePosing #NaturalModel #WhyIsThereNoCanadianFlagEmoji?#LoveTheLifeYouLive #CelebrateYourHeritage via @lizzyorum19

A photo posted by Fashion Dads (@fashiondads_) on Dec 12, 2014 at 2:42pm PST

We live in a world where Fashion Dad tendencies like mid-calf Nike socks make appearances in W Magazine shoots for the sake of normcore. Celebrities like Ryan Reynolds usher in fatherhood with dinosaur sweaters. President Obama even talks about his Gap jeans with Ryan Seacrest. It was only a matter of time before an Instagram account was created, celebrating the real heroes—those Hawaiian print-wearing, jort-sporting, Hanes Beefy T-emblazoned dads of a certain age. If even older dudes are more your thing, there's also an account for fashionable grandpas.