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Nothing wrong with tan shoes. I just think they look good with indigo/sapphire suits or light gray. For me they contrast too much with dark suits.
I feel like many of the responses are part of the same spectrum:
Suit with tie only > Suit with no tie > Blazer and slacks without tie > Chinos and a button down > Jeans and a T-shirt.
Part of me wonders... why? For customer-facing jobs I understand to some degree, since it's really an issue of presentation, the same way everyone at Best Buy has to wear khakis and a polo, or lots of jobs have to wear a uniform. For "hidden" jobs, though ... I struggle more. If the pandemic taught me anything, it's that I can write circles around counsel in gym shorts and an Iron Man shirt. I do it as easily on casual Friday as any other day before and now. I'm not any less a professional in my sweatpants.
Maybe that's part of what's driving casualization, too. It's the person, not the attire, that is important for the (or at least many) job(s).
Wingtips? Sleek? Fashion forward? Same sentence? Where are my smelling salts?...so it is understandable why younger people [are o]pting for more fashion forward sleeker shoes such as wing tips...
Wingtips? Sleek? Fashion forward? Same sentence? Where are my smelling salts?
I'm sure I have five or six pairs in the inner sanctum (my shoe closet ... otherwise known as the Temple of Imelda by my spouse) ... but they rarely see the light of day. Now if I'm wearing a lounge suit the cap-toe Oxfords will come out ... but unless I'm wearing a lounge suit, I'll opt for Derbies ... and have since I was in college** Now for the heavy tweed suit ... once in a blue moon I'll get out the full brogue wing tips. But wing tips, sleek, and fashion forward don't belong in the same sentence. Good Lord deliver us ... have times changed that much?
** That was so long ago that my undergrad school brought a white-coated waiter into the salon to serve tea at 4 PM daily. Well, that was true the first year I was there. But the times were in transition. The year I graduated we got refreshments from vending machines in the basement. Civilization died.
Let us keep this between us. Promise?well I believe you are older, and might have foot problems?
Let us keep this between us. Promise?
When I was younger I loved arguing. Perhaps it's why a few of my closer friends are lawyers (mostly retired now). But as I grew older I developed a preference for expressing my opinion and getting on with life.I love your ability to be completely unbothered.
Let us keep this between us. Promise?
When I was younger I loved arguing. Perhaps it's why a few of my closer friends are lawyers (mostly retired now). But as I grew older I developed a preference for expressing my opinion and and getting on with life.
In all sincerity, I truly appreciate your style. When I see a post by you, I am going to read it. I have a great fondness for the knowledge you so generously share.I'm slowly getting there. Or trying, at least.
In all sincerity, I truly appreciate your style. When I see a post by you, I am going to read it. I have a great fondness for the knowledge you so generously share.