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conservative business dress WAYWRN: An Experiment
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MBreinin
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Very close to ordering a cream linen suit. Please tell me on a scale of 1-10 how conservative business dress that is.Originally Posted by mafoofan
Way back when I was a baby lawyer, I took a client before the Parole Board in the dead of summer in a cream linen suit. Hunt Correctional Facility in Baton Rouge. It was plenty conservative business dress in that environment. Of course, I don't think it really mattered since 5 minutes into the hearing the Chairman pulled out a pack of Levi-Garrett chaw and packed his cheek. Yeah, right there in the hearing. I lost, 2-1....but was commended on my performance.
Yeah, I know, "cool story, bro."
I guess it all depends on where you are as to what is conservative business dress.
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Very close to ordering a cream linen suit. Please tell me on a scale of 1-10 how conservative business dress that is.Originally Posted by mafoofan
I wear one to work in the summer when it gets really hot and have yet to spot any disapproval. On one occasion when I had a meeting with the directors and a corporation member and I deliberately resisted wearing linen on grounds of formality despite the extreme heat only to find the most senior figure wearing a linen suit with PS but no tie. I haven't worried since.
Originally Posted by TRINI
Thoughts on a pair of these?
I could find a hundred shoes I prefer to those loafers, but those shoes are really nice
mmkn
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practical . . . trash.Originally Posted by Holdfast
That was exactly how I felt after doing this for a while.
Either that or tying one's shoelaces is one of those things that calcify early on in development, and are unlikely to change.
OK, enough derailing conservative business dress with a twist. I'm enjoying the pictures and comments so far.
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Today's not particularly exciting effort:Originally Posted by ManofKent
Apologies for the dodgy post-processing - I'd made a mess of focus and exposure and rescued it as well as I could:
MoK, I love this.
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Yes.Originally Posted by Manton
Seriously, I have seen some ridiculous nits picked on Style Forum, but shoe knots?
I sail so I know how to tie a small variety of basic knots but I have never known that there was a "correct" one for tying one's shoes and that mine is "wrong."
For what it's worth, I was told the same thing about a year back on the AA footwear thread- and the person who I offended actually put my photo next to another one underlined with "don't" and "do" captions. It greatly influenced my decision to curb my posts considerably. But apparently I was the only one who was defensive- everyone else thought his lecture was constructive and correct and told me to adapt...Life's funny, no??
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