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with a tucked tee and shorts does improve the look I find. And also, I always wear dress shirts open and over sized. They're not as heavy as a sweater but warmer than a t-shirt. I'll post some pictures of my shorts + tee's this weekend. Interesting article though!
Okay, I agree with you on the flip-flops+socks is horrid. But, tucking your t-shirt into a pair of shorts is not bad at all. I do it all the time. Mind you half of my closet is composed of womens clothings, but when I wear short shorts I most often tuck my tanktop or tee into my shorts. And (I know I sound like I'm arguing here, but I'm not trying to) wearing a belt - CONT.D
[Continued] WTF, there's a word limit on comments here? How the eff is anyone supposed to have a decent conversation here? Back to what I was saying, Honolulu itself is a melting pot of surf/beach culture and various Asian cultures, with Japan contributing a lot. So, the trend -- in Honolulu, anyway -- probably arose from both sources.
You disagree with all points? Challenge then - show me ONE person who looks good doing any of the above, who is not dressed like a geisha or in traditional Japanse garb. I defy you, dreamecho. Defy you!
I disagree with all points. Certainly, these are looks that most men wear terribly, but I think all of them can be done with flair and class. Also, the "socks with slippers" (where slippers=flip flops) look comes from Japan and its Tabi socks. This was a big trend in Honolulu a decade ago. That's not to say that surf culture has nothing to do with them. [To be continued]
Dressing well makes such a big difference to impressions. I like your writing!
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It must be the heat what drives men mad
Jun 24, 2008Bumping around the internet it’s sometimes easy to forget that, give or take several million either way, there are around three billion men out there all of varying body shapes, heights, and cultural influences. It’s easy to forget this because so much of the internet comes from one place – middle class English speakers.
Given this fact it’s laughable and indeed insulting to think that all men should dress the same, or that “dressing well” would or should mean the same thing to every man looking to impress.
Taking all that into account, there are certain things that, from even a global standpoint, no man looks good in, certain combinations that are so antithetical to anything even approaching style that they practically leap off their wearers and run screaming down the street. And for some reason a lot of these looks make their first appearance in summer.
First of all, unless you’ve just played a soccer game, or are dressed as a geisha for Hallowe’en, there is no reason for you to be wearing flip flops with socks. According to at least one site that sells, it boggles the mind, flip flop socks, the whole thing started with surfers unwilling to conform to the shoes of a buttoned down, workaday world. And surfers, being the paragon of cool that they are, quickly propagated this style to the rest of the world. Well I have two words for you: hemp necklace.
Second, if you’re wearing shorts and don’t work for UPS, untuck your t-shirt. There are certain shirts that can be tucked into shorts, perhaps the subject of a future post, but a t-shirt isn’t one of them. Wearing a belt doesn’t help.
Finally, a button-down shirt isn’t a jacket. If you wear it over another shirt, button it up. Leaving it open doesn’t make it casual, or keep you cooler, or perform any function except broadcast that you can’t be bothered to button it. And if you’re going to do that you might as well tuck in your t-shirt and throw on some flip flop socks.
As for what you should do, you can’t go wrong with this MaleUgly look – oxford with rolled sleeves and boat shoes, a quintessential summer look.
-TheSundayBest
