Hey y’all.

Welcome to Well Clad Dad! I’m Render Parkman, and to even call myself a life + style blogger makes me laugh. (It certainly made my wife roll her eyes a few times.) But here I am! I’m a thirty-something dad of two, a dental professional (DMD), I run my own practice (with my awesome DMD wife), and I’m a Major in the United States Air Force Reserves. I’m a true Southern boy at heart, a former college athlete, a weekend golf warrior, and a college sports junkie. You might be wondering what in the world I think I’m doing modeling men’s clothes on the ‘gram. Here’s a little background on what landed us this blog:

To be honest, the past few years of my life could be summed up as “in the weeds.” My wife and I skidded out of my active duty military career with a 6 month old baby girl, a cross-country move, and a brand new business to run. We proceeded to buy a second dental practice and have a second child less than two years later. Needless to say, it’s been hectic. We’ve been working really hard trying to raise kids and take good care of people and build a profitable business, all the while trying to juggle responsibilities with the Air Force, church, relationships, and life.

About a year ago my wife joked that I no longer cared about my appearance and the “dapper Southern gentleman” she married got shoved in the back of the closet somewhere. In all honesty, I was tired. We wear scrubs to work most days and our church is pretty broad-spectrum in it’s dress expectations, so I got lazy in my efforts to “put my best foot forward.” I noticed my wife had some instagram accounts she followed religiously that give her ideas on affordable, fashion-forward, mom-appropriate clothes. I had no idea what a fashion blogger or an Amazon Haul was, but I spent several days looking for a male counterpart to these ladies that could help make it easy to spruce up my wardrobe. Well, no such luck. Sure, you can find some men modeling high-end Italian leather shoes and fancy watches, but no one I felt I could relate to. With a little encouragement from my wife (who loves fashion and is constantly pulling something out of her closet that I’ve never seen before…) and a few others, we decided to take to the social media universe with a little southern charm, dapper style, and a little laid-back fashion inspiration. So, here we are! Follow along, or maybe tell your wife to follow along. Prepare to see some of our day-to-day, home improvement, and family life as well. If that’s not your gig, that’s fine too. Either way, have some patience as I navigate the blog space. Before this, I really didn’t even know how to make an Instagram story. I’m getting help.

And as we would say in the deep south, “it’s real good to meet you.”