johng70
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This is amazing. To me it's rather simple:
there are traditional guidelines about men's dress and formality.
Some men follow those guidelines and still look 'bad' to many people
Some men break them and do their own thing and look good doing it
Some people will look at an individual and, based on some strict interpretation determine the person looks bad because they didn't strictly follow the 'rules'.
I happen to wear oxfords without a suit and still get compliments. I don't discount those compliments because the people giving them are too ill-informed to know I'm breaking a code. I have no doubt certain members of the forum would look down their noses at some of my choices. That's OK. To me, it's all about developing your own style without your own style being so outside of the norms that the majority of people think you look ridiculous. Feel free to parse my words but this has to be the silliest topic to have gone on for 300 posts (and don't think I don't get the irony of me making it 301 )
there are traditional guidelines about men's dress and formality.
Some men follow those guidelines and still look 'bad' to many people
Some men break them and do their own thing and look good doing it
Some people will look at an individual and, based on some strict interpretation determine the person looks bad because they didn't strictly follow the 'rules'.
I happen to wear oxfords without a suit and still get compliments. I don't discount those compliments because the people giving them are too ill-informed to know I'm breaking a code. I have no doubt certain members of the forum would look down their noses at some of my choices. That's OK. To me, it's all about developing your own style without your own style being so outside of the norms that the majority of people think you look ridiculous. Feel free to parse my words but this has to be the silliest topic to have gone on for 300 posts (and don't think I don't get the irony of me making it 301 )