This is a rebranded newsletter that originally appeared as part of the Timeless & Timely family of publications. We’re giving it its own space because…well, it deserves it.
You’re here for a reason
It may be food & drink, style & fashion, design & architecture, art & illustration, fashion & beauty, pens & stationery, or dozens of other topics.
But you know what you like. And you’d like to see more of it.
1. “Classy” and “AF” in the same sentence?
I know. It seems like an oxymoron, but stay with me here.
We all have favorite things. Things that make us feel special. Things that aren’t made the way they used to be.
And those things stand out in a sea of sameness. They’re pieces of nostalgia that we can still enjoy today — analog dreams in the midst of digital life.
In short, we can partake of the wonders the modern world brings us while enjoying something that reminds us of a slower, genteel yesteryear.
And we can drop an f-bomb every now and again. Because we’re all adults.
We can be classy AF.
2. What’s classy AF to you?
My own bias toward Classy AF is male, but this is by no means a gender-specific newsletter. Everyone can be classy AF.
But I may need help.
If you have ideas for topics or would even like to write for us, please get in touch. Leave a comment below or email us at classyaf@substack.com.
3. What to expect
It’s tough to say out of the gate how often we’ll be posting, but nothing more than weekly.
And as this community grows, if we find something compelling for paid subscriptions — exclusive content or interactions — we’ll update it. But for now, it’s a free-for-all.
4. What else?
Is there a site you’d like to see us link to or explore? A favorite place you go to find things that are classy AF?
Let us know!
We want to make this a warm and welcoming place, with lots of resources to help other people find what makes them feel classy AF too.
Thanks — and stay classy AF, my friend.
Ooooh. I cannot wait to see what happens here. I am wondering how the dictionaries are handling AF and the recent proliferation of the word fuck in everyday language. And, in literature.
My parents were quite wealthy when I was growing up. I said something was classy once and you’d have thought I dropped an F-bomb in church. My Mother stared at me silently for far too long, then said, “We don’t use that word. Only people without class do.” I said, “Well, what do ‘we’ say then, still not grasping the elitism of her statement (I was seven or eight). She said, “You can say something is elegant, refined, or exquisite, but never classy.” My Mother is apparently Cruella DeVille.