Yeah that comes from growing up watching old movies and British Tv shows. I grew up thinking the heroes in those sort of things looked cool and I loved the way someone like John Steed could just brush himself off and walk away after a fight scene so as soon as I was allowed to choose my own clothes that is how I dressed myself.
It's funny looking at old family photos because when I am a kid I am dressed in typical 80s and 90s clothes and then around age ten I seem to jump back in time about 40s years! :) What can I say? it works for me.