I miss dressing up!

[Rhody]

I recently bought 4 pairs of addidas pants.
One of them should have been white. (Flag)
I’m also told the kids have a term. Athleisure.

 

[Owen Bawn]

Anyone else remember fake pocket hankys? A suit would come back from the dry cleaners with what appeared to be a pocket hanky but when you lifted it out of the pocket you saw that it was 1/2 inch of fabric glued onto a card that had the cleaners' address and telephone number on it.

 

[Henry Green]

Except for new arrival soaps and aftershaves. I have to test those out. My cat hates all of them.

We have two new kittens in the house. My wife says that they smell like my cologne.

 

[Rudy Vey]

We have two new kittens in the house. My wife says that they smell like my cologne.

Lilac Vegetal????

 

[SharpieB]

I wore jeans for the first time in weeks yesterday. I figured I should look snazzy as my father-in-law came over for dinner.

I usually dress well, but since COVID I live in sweatpants, Crocs and band tshirts. Ugh.

 

[Doc4]

Anyone else remember fake pocket hankys? A suit would come back from the dry cleaners with what appeared to be a pocket hanky but when you lifted it out of the pocket you saw that it was 1/2 inch of fabric glued onto a card that had the cleaners' address and telephone number on it.
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Great idea right up until you need to wipe the sweat from your brow.

 

[Henry Green]

Get some Quoddy Maliseets, the perfect pandemic shoe, and they will feel at home on your feet right away!

Today’s project- more to go.

 

[Henry Green]

Lilac Vegetal????

 

[Tirvine]

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Nice collection of Aldens! My cordovan LHS have, so far, given me over thirty years, most of it four or more days a week. I have a pair of tassels and a snuff suede LHS, too. They'll all outlive me!

 

[Henry Green]

Nice collection of Aldens! My cordovan LHS have, so far, given me over thirty years, most of it four or more days a week. I have a pair of tassels and a snuff suede LHS, too. They'll all outlive me!

Plan to pass them to my son, had most of mine for 10+years.

 

[Rusty Blade]

I still miss dressing up.

 

[FarmerTan]

Plan to pass them to my son, had most of mine for 10+years.

Lol, my son has my Dad's feet: 2 sizes bigger than mine!

At least he uses a DE, he'll have something to remember me by.

 

[Henry Green]

Lol, my son has my Dad's feet: 2 sizes bigger than mine!

At least he uses a DE, he'll have something to remember me by.

My son’s feet are smaller than mine, and he has a beard at the moment- though I did look in his medicine cabinet today and he’s set for a DE shave if need be.

 

[Lefonque]

Miss dressing up.

 

[Doc4]

Stupid government making it illegal to dress up nowadays ...

 

[TonyTheRazorMan]

In the old days people didnt need an excuse to dress up. If you want to dress up, go for it! Even just to go to the supermarket.

 

[Tirvine]

I may not be dressed up by the standards of working in a big bank in a big city forty years ago, but I am dressing better...khakis, OCBDs, loafers. I miss ties. They are not uncomfortable if your shirts fit. On the subject of comfort, to me khakis are much more comfortable than jeans.

 

[Hachet]

I still dress up sometimes, especially when I know I'm going to run into "her"

Braces, loafers, tie clip and square. I save cuff links and tie bars for very formal events.

 

[Doc4]

I may not be dressed up by the standards of working in a big bank in a big city forty years ago, but I am dressing better...khakis, OCBDs, loafers.

That's all you need. Just make an effort and take pride in your appearance.

(IMHO "dressing better" is far more about getting the right item rather than "dressing up all fancy" ... more about, for example, having khakis that fit properly and are of correct length ... not floppy folds of excess fabric at the ankles or the wrong size. Buy quality, of the right size, and the right colour/pattern ... and you look a thousand times better than you would in an ill-fitting suit aimed at a 1950s big bank.)

I miss ties. They are not uncomfortable if your shirts fit

Absolutely. I think most complaints about ties are actually complaints about a too-small shirt collar.

On the subject of comfort, to me khakis are much more comfortable than jeans.

Actually, me too.

 

[Hachet]

That's all you need. Just make an effort and take pride in your appearance.

(IMHO "dressing better" is far more about getting the right item rather than "dressing up all fancy" ... more about, for example, having khakis that fit properly and are of correct length ... not floppy folds of excess fabric at the ankles or the wrong size. Buy quality, of the right size, and the right colour/pattern ... and you look a thousand times better than you would in an ill-fitting suit aimed at a 1950s big bank.)



Absolutely. I think most complaints about ties are actually complaints about a too-small shirt collar.



Actually, me too.

Dressing properly really is all about fit. Whatever you think of Trump and Nader, they dress like they've never been taught how to wear a tie properly. It's comical and an extreme example of how to do it wrong! lol