So how many of you are watching “Westworld” on HBO?  It’s still early days, but so far it’s seriously good … like a Spinal Tap / Up to 11 kind of good.  And I remain optimistic because it has some legitimate bona fides, including:

1. It’s based on a 1973 movie written and directed by Mr. Jurassic Park himself, Michael Crichton.  He clearly knows what he’s doing with technologically advanced amusement parks run amok.
2. It’s both sci-fi AND a Western … in one TV show!  How can you not have fun with robots heading towards some Skynet-type singularity while carrying six-shooters and speaking with exaggerated drawls?
3. Among the all-star cast are BOTH Ed Harris and Sir Anthony Hopkins.  Now I do love Ed Harris because he has my favorite line of all time in Apollo 13 (see my post “It’s not the heat, but the humidity”), but to get Anthony Hopkins too?!?  Well, serve up the chianti!

After catching up on all the past episodes this weekend, I can’t get this show out of my head (and I’m also realizing how Netflix has spoiled us by making all episodes of their shows available at once for a real binge-fest because waiting a week now seems like true torture).  As a result, when I walked into my closet this morning, I was inspired to find something a little Western.  And who does Western-influenced couture better than Ralph Lauren?

Here, I’m wearing a Ralph Lauren shirt dress that I got from Saks Fifth Avenue (http://www.saks.com).  The Western influences are subtle … the desert-beige color, the two front pockets with pointed flaps, the ivory buttons that mimic the mother-of-pearl snaps usually found on Western shirts … but the overall effect is enough to make me think that if I added a hat and some cowboy boots, all I’d have to do is find Teddy the Guide to show me around.*

*  To all my Texas readers … if this were Go Texan Day in Houston, I know I’d never pass muster.  You guys knock Western wear out of the park.  Thankfully, I don’t think the robots of Westworld would require the same level of authenticity.