Style scout: Steven Anderson

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson

Age: 49.

Sign: Pisces.

Occupation: Senior VP of Mull Drilling Company – No, I can’t stop the well in the gulf either.

Hometown: Overland Park.

Time in Lawrence: Since I began school at KU in 1979.

How would you describe your style? Dive Bar meets Brooks Brothers.

What are your favorite fashion trends? For ladies, short skirts. For gentlemen, the modern-day Frank Sinatra – I’m bringing the Rat Pack back.

What are your least favorite fashion trends? Anything that says “Affliction” and anything that is tribal unless you really were in a tribe.

What would you like to see more of in Lawrence? Quality student housing close to downtown.

What would you like to see less of in Lawrence? Missouri fans.

Do you have any fashion influences? My father’s closet – everything is coming back into style.

People say I look like: In the early years, Bill Clinton. Now I usually get Tom Cruise, Justin Timberlake, David Beckham …

Tell us a secret: I’m not actually Bruce Kallmeyer, but in the ’80s I told a lot of girls that I was …

Jeans: Ermenegildo Zegna, May 2009, $120.

Shoes: Cole Haan, December 2009, $180.

Belt: Martin Dingman, June 2008, gift.

Bracelet: “Avengers,” from AmericanSnipers.org, 2003, priceless.