Enar Zoppo Nielsen is used to getting second looks while walking A-B Tech’s campus. The 17-year-old dual-enrollment student looks like a time traveler whose machine got stuck in the wrong era. In his white starched collar, suspenders, and Edwardian waistcoat, the tall, thin student carries himself with grace and elegance not typically seen in men his age. To be sure, some of this is naturally inherited. But Nielsen will be the first to tell you that the rest of his image he has lovingly cultivated.
For the past two years, the history buff has chosen to wear exclusively Edwardian- or early 1900's era clothing- that he finds online on eBay and other vintage sites, including Historical Emporium. For Nielsen, the clothing of this era better reflects his own personality. In this short video, he explains why he feels more of a connection with menswear from the early 1900's and how he’s managed to make it his own. Nielsen, who his home-schooled, is graduating high school in June and will continue taking math and psychology classes at A-B Tech in the fall.