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edited May 30 in General
Let’s talk about shoes – politicalbetting.com

33% of Britons say it is acceptable to wear trainers with a suit to a formal event, a look adopted by Justin Trudeau at yesterday's opening of the Canadian parliamentAcceptable: 33%Unacceptable: 59%yougov.co.uk/topics/consu…

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  • ManOfGwentManOfGwent Posts: 178
    I went to a wedding in Bristol last year and one of the guests appeared to be wearing slippers with his suit. They sadly did not distract attention from the ankle tag he was also sporting.
  • BattlebusBattlebus Posts: 848
    Some sole searching there.
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 30,909
    Trainers, unlike brown furniture and rust-brown cars, are apparently collectable by a certain demographic.
  • TazTaz Posts: 18,552
    Actually it was a look first adopted by David Tennant’s 10th Doctor incarnation 😎
  • CookieCookie Posts: 15,191
    It rather depends on the trainer.
    Some of us cannot look good in any clothes whatsoever, so why bother, frankly. I'm always slightly baffled when I see British men managing to look well-presented - you could spend thousands on clothes for me and I'd still look like I was wearing something designed for someone of a different species. The best I can hope for is clean.
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 14,431
    Trainers with a suit is OK if you are a trend setter. I don't know if Trudeau is a trend setter these days. Last time I saw him in the flesh he was speaking some years ago at a graduation ceremony for Edinburgh University. The young ladies were visibly melting in his presence. He could have worn a suit of armour, top hat, brown brogues and a sari and been fine.

    A trend worth noting is the growing fashion amomg women of all ages for sensible shoes of unfashionable and practical design at occasions where once they would have endured ridiculous discomfort. This is a move towards civilization IMHO.

    I still draw the line at brown shoes with blue/navy suits. Like Japanese knotweed it creeps in all the time
  • AugustusCarp2AugustusCarp2 Posts: 342
    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,967
    Nearly as bad as the Clarkson-style jeans and jacket look.
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 11,639
    Trudeau looked fine.

    Average trainers, definitely not.

    However we've all become accustomed to shoes that don't torture our feet in recent years (well all males), and when you put on the brogues again it hurts after about half a tango.

    The great problem for me is that with really great attire, I couldn't afford it when it worked, and now I can it doesn't.

    Nonetheless if I won the Euro lottery I'd be off to the tailors as my first act of self-indulgence.
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,967
    My late father in law was an avid runner. He wore trainers all the time. Including to his younger son's wedding.
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 14,431
    edited May 30

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    You intervene decisively at these words, it's the last chance saloon:
    ......into which holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined. Therefore if any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,930
    Partly depends on the trainers.

    Nobody will ever look acceptable wearing Trump's gold trainers.
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 11,639

    Nearly as bad as the Clarkson-style jeans and jacket look.

    Well that's me shot down in flames.

    (Jeans because they are zero maintenance, and a jacket because it has pockets and vaguely obscures that I'm a bit lardy)
  • PhilPhil Posts: 2,665
    Fashion trends redefining formal wear is an old, old story. Once upon a time the suit (as we now know it) was informal wear for working people - the upper classes wore morning dress, something now reserved almost entirely to undertakers & aspirational-class weddings. Up until the 1960s hats were absolutely compulsory outdoors & often worn indoors too, with the type of hat defined mostly by class or profession. Now no-one is compelled to wear a hat. Presumably at some point hat wearers railed against the fashion-forward of the day dropping the hats from their everyday attire.

    Which is a rather long way of saying “plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose” of course.
  • vikvik Posts: 441
    President Donald Trump lashed out at the conservative legal movement and one of its prominent leaders, Leonard Leo, on Thursday night, blaming them for the federal court ruling that blocked most of his tariffs this week.

    In doing so, Trump deepened a schism with an influential community that was crucial to shaping his first term but has increasingly fallen out of favor with the president as he ramps up attacks on the judiciary.

    In a lengthy social media post, Trump called Leo a “real ‘sleazebag’ ” and suggested that the Federalist Society led him astray on judicial nominations during his first term.


    https://wapo.st/3HgR6fY
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,967

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    He should have worn blue shoes?
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,930
    True story told to me by Terence Stamp over dinner.

    He was not a man bothered by ostentation. However, his one great luxury was hand-crafted shoes. He had over 100 pairs.

    When he took on the part of Bernadette in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the costume budget was tiny. He spent the shoot in horrible, cheap drag-queen shoes.

    At the end of the shoot, his feet had become so malformed, he couldn't get into any of his beautiful hand made shoes.

    Let that be a lesson, wannabe drag artistes...
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 31,966

    Partly depends on the trainers.

    Nobody will ever look acceptable wearing Trump's gold trainers.

    Hmmm.

    Does the old rule apply? Black for town, brown for country.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,930
    Omnium said:

    Nearly as bad as the Clarkson-style jeans and jacket look.

    Well that's me shot down in flames.

    (Jeans because they are zero maintenance, and a jacket because it has pockets and vaguely obscures that I'm a bit lardy)
    Corduroy jackets take some carrying off.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,930

    Partly depends on the trainers.

    Nobody will ever look acceptable wearing Trump's gold trainers.

    Hmmm.

    Does the old rule apply? Black for town, brown for country.
    The shit in the country tends to be brown.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 31,966

    Partly depends on the trainers.

    Nobody will ever look acceptable wearing Trump's gold trainers.

    Hmmm.

    Does the old rule apply? Black for town, brown for country.
    The shit in the country tends to be brown.
    Farage isn't brown, although Clacton is semi rural.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,930

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    Presumably the intervention you intended was with your daughter?
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 11,639

    Omnium said:

    Nearly as bad as the Clarkson-style jeans and jacket look.

    Well that's me shot down in flames.

    (Jeans because they are zero maintenance, and a jacket because it has pockets and vaguely obscures that I'm a bit lardy)
    Corduroy jackets take some carrying off.
    Amongst my usual set there is indeed a corduroy jacket. A mere trifle of carrying off though to me :)
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 34,832
    algarkirk said:

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    You intervene decisively at these words, it's the last chance saloon:
    ......into which holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined. Therefore if any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
    I've always thought that was sexist. Why should a woman not be able to shout 'but he's the father of my baby and he PROMISED......'.
    No, has to be a man.
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 54,787
    s

    True story told to me by Terence Stamp over dinner.

    He was not a man bothered by ostentation. However, his one great luxury was hand-crafted shoes. He had over 100 pairs.

    When he took on the part of Bernadette in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the costume budget was tiny. He spent the shoot in horrible, cheap drag-queen shoes.

    At the end of the shoot, his feet had become so malformed, he couldn't get into any of his beautiful hand made shoes.

    Let that be a lesson, wannabe drag artistes...

    …. And then he made the Limey. A film about a very, very angry man.
  • FF43FF43 Posts: 18,017
    Trainers with a suit are fine but they need to be black.
  • PhilPhil Posts: 2,665
    Jeans & a jacket is the modern “casual formalwear” if you can’t carry off jeans and a t-shirt any more because beer gut + t-shirt isn’t a good look.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    Anyone who insists you have to wear a suit for anything is an arsehole frankly. They are the most pointless attire in existence
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 54,787
    Omnium said:

    Trudeau looked fine.

    Average trainers, definitely not.

    However we've all become accustomed to shoes that don't torture our feet in recent years (well all males), and when you put on the brogues again it hurts after about half a tango.

    The great problem for me is that with really great attire, I couldn't afford it when it worked, and now I can it doesn't.

    Nonetheless if I won the Euro lottery I'd be off to the tailors as my first act of self-indulgence.

    Have you tried Mephisto shoes?
  • My middle lad videoed the wedding of a rock guitarist friend recently (she plays with rock royalty, and has a burgeoning solo career)
    He asked what she wanted him to wear so he'd mingle in with the guests (he looks like a better looking, cleaner Kurt Cobain). Her answer "whatever you usually wear, but no fucking brown shoes". He ended up wearing , a rolled up linen suit and a pink T shirt, very Sonny Crocket, and classic Vans. He reckons he was better dressed than 90% of the Rock Gods who attended.
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 45,451

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    As a compromise you could have let the service happen but excoriated him in your speech afterwards.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    kinabalu said:

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    As a compromise you could have let the service happen but excoriated him in your speech afterwards.
    Told my father when you croak I am not buying a suit for your funeral I am wearing this. His response was hell good you be you
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 34,832
    Phil said:

    Jeans & a jacket is the modern “casual formalwear” if you can’t carry off jeans and a t-shirt any more because beer gut + t-shirt isn’t a good look.

    Back in the '50's my father was very much against me wearing jeans. Not 'appropriate wear" as far as he was concerned. However when, against his wishes, I bought a motorbike he relented.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 59,971
    edited May 30
    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 65,457
    Lord Hermer, the Attorney General apologises for 'clumsy remarks' and regrets using this reference
  • WhisperingOracleWhisperingOracle Posts: 10,080
    It was always a shame than John Major never began gold trainers with his suits, to achieve a "gangsta" effect, and wrongfoot his critics.

    That was many years before Cameron's Converse trainers, ofcourse, and in a diffrreng epoch. Geoffrey Howe should also perhaps have tried large baseball trainers.
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 45,451
    Pagan2 said:

    kinabalu said:

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    As a compromise you could have let the service happen but excoriated him in your speech afterwards.
    Told my father when you croak I am not buying a suit for your funeral I am wearing this. His response was hell good you be you
    A perfectly fine and healthy exchange.
  • WhisperingOracleWhisperingOracle Posts: 10,080
    In a different epoch, that should say.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    rcs1000 said:

    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.

    There are more types of shoe than those two

    Unless you think
    a) wellies
    b) sandals
    c) flip flops
    d) steel toe capped doc martens
    e) Thigh boots with high heels

    fit into those two categories
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,291
    This has upset me.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,930

    It was always a shame than John Major never began gold trainers with his suits, to achieve a "gangsta" effect, and wrongfoot his critics.

    That was many years before Cameron's Converse trainers, ofcourse, and in a diffrreng epoch. Geoffrey Howe should also perhaps have tried large baseball trainers.

    Baseball hats caused an image problem from which William Hague never recovered....
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,930
    Coca-Cola looking to leave the US.

    Hur-hur-hur....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucLe-dAzM0M
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    kinabalu said:

    Pagan2 said:

    kinabalu said:

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    As a compromise you could have let the service happen but excoriated him in your speech afterwards.
    Told my father when you croak I am not buying a suit for your funeral I am wearing this. His response was hell good you be you
    A perfectly fine and healthy exchange.
    Hey I moved 300 miles to look after him what more does he want.....didn't like him before, like him less now but its duty
  • I'm a lean fecker can wear anything superbly, and I carry off the urban mountain biker/ surfer look like I'm born to it. I love FiveTen trainers, skinny jeans, cutoff shorts, hoodies and race jerseys. Got long floppy hair.
    Trouble is, I'm nearly 60.
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 31,467
    edited May 30
    Sadly we live in a very badly dressed age. I don't exclude myself from that critique, though I try to dress appropriately and would never wear trainers with a suit.

    https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/14-23.jpg

    A football fan in the 1930s - full article here:

    https://designyoutrust.com/2019/10/stunning-vintage-photos-of-british-football-fans-from-the-1900s-to-1940s/

    I mean what have we become.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 34,832
    Since I retired I've downsized, clothes-wise. I've one suit, which so far I've worn for four funerals and my grandson's wedding. And I've invested in the sort of shoes which you can slip on without having to fight with laces. Not quite trainers, but nearly.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 77,796
    Cookie said:

    It rather depends on the trainer.
    Some of us cannot look good in any clothes whatsoever, so why bother, frankly. I'm always slightly baffled when I see British men managing to look well-presented - you could spend thousands on clothes for me and I'd still look like I was wearing something designed for someone of a different species. The best I can hope for is clean.

    That's unlikely.
    Almost anyone can look good given time to acquire the knowledge of how to dress stylishly.
    Whether it's worth the expenditure of resources (mainly time) is, of course, questionable.
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 31,467
    kinabalu said:

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    As a compromise you could have let the service happen but excoriated him in your speech afterwards.
    Just disinherit them both.
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 45,451
    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.

    There are more types of shoe than those two

    Unless you think
    a) wellies
    b) sandals
    c) flip flops
    d) steel toe capped doc martens
    e) Thigh boots with high heels

    fit into those two categories
    Not many men wear thigh boots with high heels. Respect if you do.
  • carnforthcarnforth Posts: 6,137
    https://www.johnlobb.com/en_gb/shoes/shoes-trainers

    Even Lobb makes trainers. Well, Lobb Paris, not Lobb of St James'.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 55,446
    Yet another attack on a prison officer:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14765155/Prison-guard-taken-hospital-stabbed-maximum-security-jail-holds-notorious-inmates-latest-act-violence-Britains-prison-system.html

    A source with knowledge of the prison told MailOnline the attacker used a flick-knife brought in by a drone.

    The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard
    They said drones were a 'real issue' at the prison and warned an officer 'would be killed' if the problem was not resolved.

    'This happened this morning - a flick-knife got in and a prisoner stabbed an officer,' the source said. 'The governor isn't stopping the drones coming in - they are dropping items to prisoners in their cells.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664

    I'm a lean fecker can wear anything superbly, and I carry off the urban mountain biker/ surfer look like I'm born to it. I love FiveTen trainers, skinny jeans, cutoff shorts, hoodies and race jerseys. Got long floppy hair.
    Trouble is, I'm nearly 60.

    Can go with the long floppy hair, I try to be more stylish though that cutoff shorts
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 31,467

    My middle lad videoed the wedding of a rock guitarist friend recently (she plays with rock royalty, and has a burgeoning solo career)
    He asked what she wanted him to wear so he'd mingle in with the guests (he looks like a better looking, cleaner Kurt Cobain). Her answer "whatever you usually wear, but no fucking brown shoes". He ended up wearing , a rolled up linen suit and a pink T shirt, very Sonny Crocket, and classic Vans. He reckons he was better dressed than 90% of the Rock Gods who attended.

    Mandy Rice Davis applies.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    kinabalu said:

    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.

    There are more types of shoe than those two

    Unless you think
    a) wellies
    b) sandals
    c) flip flops
    d) steel toe capped doc martens
    e) Thigh boots with high heels

    fit into those two categories
    Not many men wear thigh boots with high heels. Respect if you do.
    Rocky horror parties nods
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 11,639

    Omnium said:

    Trudeau looked fine.

    Average trainers, definitely not.

    However we've all become accustomed to shoes that don't torture our feet in recent years (well all males), and when you put on the brogues again it hurts after about half a tango.

    The great problem for me is that with really great attire, I couldn't afford it when it worked, and now I can it doesn't.

    Nonetheless if I won the Euro lottery I'd be off to the tailors as my first act of self-indulgence.

    Have you tried Mephisto shoes?
    I've worn Merrell shoes almost exclusively for I guess 10 years - perhaps more. I have 3 pairs of much-repaired Churches shoes - those were once worn (and rotated) every day.

    My feet struggle with the latter.

    Not seen the Mephisto range before, but they're not right in my view stylistically.

  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 73,878

    Lord Hermer, the Attorney General apologises for 'clumsy remarks' and regrets using this reference

    Why? Did he say something supporting the wearing of trainers with (shudders) SPATS?
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 31,467
    kinabalu said:

    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.

    There are more types of shoe than those two

    Unless you think
    a) wellies
    b) sandals
    c) flip flops
    d) steel toe capped doc martens
    e) Thigh boots with high heels

    fit into those two categories
    Not many men wear thigh boots with high heels. Respect if you do.
    Not sure where the high heels would go - on the hands?
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    Pagan2 said:

    kinabalu said:

    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.

    There are more types of shoe than those two

    Unless you think
    a) wellies
    b) sandals
    c) flip flops
    d) steel toe capped doc martens
    e) Thigh boots with high heels

    fit into those two categories
    Not many men wear thigh boots with high heels. Respect if you do.
    Rocky horror parties nods
    Strangely I don't possess either a pair of trainers haven't worn them since I was 12 and no formal leather shoes since the late 90's
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 30,909

    It was always a shame than John Major never began gold trainers with his suits, to achieve a "gangsta" effect, and wrongfoot his critics.

    That was many years before Cameron's Converse trainers, ofcourse, and in a diffrreng epoch. Geoffrey Howe should also perhaps have tried large baseball trainers.

    Brixton boy. Rankin' John Major.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 65,457

    Yet another attack on a prison officer:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14765155/Prison-guard-taken-hospital-stabbed-maximum-security-jail-holds-notorious-inmates-latest-act-violence-Britains-prison-system.html

    A source with knowledge of the prison told MailOnline the attacker used a flick-knife brought in by a drone.

    The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard
    They said drones were a 'real issue' at the prison and warned an officer 'would be killed' if the problem was not resolved.

    'This happened this morning - a flick-knife got in and a prisoner stabbed an officer,' the source said. 'The governor isn't stopping the drones coming in - they are dropping items to prisoners in their cells.

    Jenrick's already on the case according to Sky
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 11,639

    Phil said:

    Jeans & a jacket is the modern “casual formalwear” if you can’t carry off jeans and a t-shirt any more because beer gut + t-shirt isn’t a good look.

    Back in the '50's my father was very much against me wearing jeans. Not 'appropriate wear" as far as he was concerned. However when, against his wishes, I bought a motorbike he relented.
    Do you remember your first long trousers!? I must have been perhaps 10.

    Shorts! Shorts in winter, and especially if it's ridiculously cold.


    Mind you then at high school the rugby lessons used to be much of that ilk. You could get into big trouble if you tried to wear a t-shirt under your rugby shirt. Shorts. socks (not too cowardly long) and a reversable rugby top. Minus 3million degrees in a gale - perfect for a boy's education.
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 31,467
    carnforth said:

    https://www.johnlobb.com/en_gb/shoes/shoes-trainers

    Even Lobb makes trainers. Well, Lobb Paris, not Lobb of St James'.

    'Elevate' is a big giveaway word that Chatgpt has been used to create that copy.

    Shame for a heritage brand to go down that road - tacky.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 34,832

    Yet another attack on a prison officer:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14765155/Prison-guard-taken-hospital-stabbed-maximum-security-jail-holds-notorious-inmates-latest-act-violence-Britains-prison-system.html

    A source with knowledge of the prison told MailOnline the attacker used a flick-knife brought in by a drone.

    The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard
    They said drones were a 'real issue' at the prison and warned an officer 'would be killed' if the problem was not resolved.

    'This happened this morning - a flick-knife got in and a prisoner stabbed an officer,' the source said. 'The governor isn't stopping the drones coming in - they are dropping items to prisoners in their cells.

    Jenrick's already on the case according to Sky
    I have a niece who is a prison officer. Has twenty years of horrific stories.
  • WhisperingOracleWhisperingOracle Posts: 10,080

    It was always a shame than John Major never began gold trainers with his suits, to achieve a "gangsta" effect, and wrongfoot his critics.

    That was many years before Cameron's Converse trainers, ofcourse, and in a diffrreng epoch. Geoffrey Howe should also perhaps have tried large baseball trainers.

    Baseball hats caused an image problem from which William Hague never recovered....
    Theresa May should have tried a hooded top, gold trainers, the baseball cap look, and "low rider" jeans. This might have changed her ratings.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    Omnium said:

    Phil said:

    Jeans & a jacket is the modern “casual formalwear” if you can’t carry off jeans and a t-shirt any more because beer gut + t-shirt isn’t a good look.

    Back in the '50's my father was very much against me wearing jeans. Not 'appropriate wear" as far as he was concerned. However when, against his wishes, I bought a motorbike he relented.
    Do you remember your first long trousers!? I must have been perhaps 10.

    Shorts! Shorts in winter, and especially if it's ridiculously cold.


    Mind you then at high school the rugby lessons used to be much of that ilk. You could get into big trouble if you tried to wear a t-shirt under your rugby shirt. Shorts. socks (not too cowardly long) and a reversable rugby top. Minus 3million degrees in a gale - perfect for a boy's education.
    Sounds like you went to a public school
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,291

    Coca-Cola looking to leave the US.

    Hur-hur-hur....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucLe-dAzM0M

    Just for the taste of it?
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 45,451
    Pagan2 said:

    kinabalu said:

    Pagan2 said:

    kinabalu said:

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    As a compromise you could have let the service happen but excoriated him in your speech afterwards.
    Told my father when you croak I am not buying a suit for your funeral I am wearing this. His response was hell good you be you
    A perfectly fine and healthy exchange.
    Hey I moved 300 miles to look after him what more does he want.....didn't like him before, like him less now but its duty
    Yes, I wasn't kidding, I meant it. And that's a deeply admirable thing you're doing there. It takes strength and character.

    Also - I want to be very clear about this - I have no problem with you wearing thigh boots with high heels.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,291

    Sadly we live in a very badly dressed age. I don't exclude myself from that critique, though I try to dress appropriately and would never wear trainers with a suit.

    https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/14-23.jpg

    A football fan in the 1930s - full article here:

    https://designyoutrust.com/2019/10/stunning-vintage-photos-of-british-football-fans-from-the-1900s-to-1940s/

    I mean what have we become.

    We have moved from dressing for the pleasure of others to dressing for the pleasure of ourselves.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    kinabalu said:

    Pagan2 said:

    kinabalu said:

    Pagan2 said:

    kinabalu said:

    My son in law turned up for his wedding wearing a blue suit with brown shoes. I thougt that an intervention was called for, but my wife dissuaded me.

    As a compromise you could have let the service happen but excoriated him in your speech afterwards.
    Told my father when you croak I am not buying a suit for your funeral I am wearing this. His response was hell good you be you
    A perfectly fine and healthy exchange.
    Hey I moved 300 miles to look after him what more does he want.....didn't like him before, like him less now but its duty
    Yes, I wasn't kidding, I meant it. And that's a deeply admirable thing you're doing there. It takes strength and character.

    Also - I want to be very clear about this - I have no problem with you wearing thigh boots with high heels.
    If I come to the next pb meet I will sit on your lap and you can stroke my stockings :)
  • numbertwelvenumbertwelve Posts: 7,477
    edited May 30
    It depends.

    Trainers with a suit when commuting, before and after meetings, social get togethers that need smart/business casual - yes,

    For formal business meetings, weddings and funerals I would always still say no

    And yes they should be black trainers typically. You should probably avoid those zany coloured Air Max 95s.
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 11,639
    Pagan2 said:

    Omnium said:

    Phil said:

    Jeans & a jacket is the modern “casual formalwear” if you can’t carry off jeans and a t-shirt any more because beer gut + t-shirt isn’t a good look.

    Back in the '50's my father was very much against me wearing jeans. Not 'appropriate wear" as far as he was concerned. However when, against his wishes, I bought a motorbike he relented.
    Do you remember your first long trousers!? I must have been perhaps 10.

    Shorts! Shorts in winter, and especially if it's ridiculously cold.


    Mind you then at high school the rugby lessons used to be much of that ilk. You could get into big trouble if you tried to wear a t-shirt under your rugby shirt. Shorts. socks (not too cowardly long) and a reversable rugby top. Minus 3million degrees in a gale - perfect for a boy's education.
    Sounds like you went to a public school
    Nope - comprehensive. It had been a Grammar School a few years previously.
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 30,909
    I have two pairs of unworn black shoes, bought just before we went WFH. They are probably unwearable after more than a decade. One thing I do recall is that switching between trainers and formal shoes was hard because of the different gait each imposed.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 59,971
    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.

    There are more types of shoe than those two

    Unless you think
    a) wellies
    b) sandals
    c) flip flops
    d) steel toe capped doc martens
    e) Thigh boots with high heels

    fit into those two categories
    Wellies, Doc Martens and Thigh Boots are all boots, rather than shoes.

    The other two are simply abominations, and also don't fit into the category of shoes.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    Omnium said:

    Pagan2 said:

    Omnium said:

    Phil said:

    Jeans & a jacket is the modern “casual formalwear” if you can’t carry off jeans and a t-shirt any more because beer gut + t-shirt isn’t a good look.

    Back in the '50's my father was very much against me wearing jeans. Not 'appropriate wear" as far as he was concerned. However when, against his wishes, I bought a motorbike he relented.
    Do you remember your first long trousers!? I must have been perhaps 10.

    Shorts! Shorts in winter, and especially if it's ridiculously cold.


    Mind you then at high school the rugby lessons used to be much of that ilk. You could get into big trouble if you tried to wear a t-shirt under your rugby shirt. Shorts. socks (not too cowardly long) and a reversable rugby top. Minus 3million degrees in a gale - perfect for a boy's education.
    Sounds like you went to a public school
    Nope - comprehensive. It had been a Grammar School a few years previously.
    The comprehensive I went to the pupils would have just told the teachers to fuck off
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    rcs1000 said:

    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.

    There are more types of shoe than those two

    Unless you think
    a) wellies
    b) sandals
    c) flip flops
    d) steel toe capped doc martens
    e) Thigh boots with high heels

    fit into those two categories
    Wellies, Doc Martens and Thigh Boots are all boots, rather than shoes.

    The other two are simply abominations, and also don't fit into the category of shoes.
    But fit into neither of your categories which was the point
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 45,451

    It was always a shame than John Major never began gold trainers with his suits, to achieve a "gangsta" effect, and wrongfoot his critics.

    That was many years before Cameron's Converse trainers, ofcourse, and in a diffrreng epoch. Geoffrey Howe should also perhaps have tried large baseball trainers.

    Baseball hats caused an image problem from which William Hague never recovered....
    Theresa May should have tried a hooded top, gold trainers, the baseball cap look, and "low rider" jeans. This might have changed her ratings.
    Yes, I can imagine her in that running through fields of wheat.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 54,303
    I can't remember the last time I wore "proper" shoes. Possibly an interview at UEA in November 2018.
  • You should wear whatever you feel comfortable in. Obviously, there will be times when a certain style/ formality will have to kick in, but the rest of the time- follow your own code, and feck everybody else.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 34,832
    Pagan2 said:

    Omnium said:

    Phil said:

    Jeans & a jacket is the modern “casual formalwear” if you can’t carry off jeans and a t-shirt any more because beer gut + t-shirt isn’t a good look.

    Back in the '50's my father was very much against me wearing jeans. Not 'appropriate wear" as far as he was concerned. However when, against his wishes, I bought a motorbike he relented.
    Do you remember your first long trousers!? I must have been perhaps 10.

    Shorts! Shorts in winter, and especially if it's ridiculously cold.


    Mind you then at high school the rugby lessons used to be much of that ilk. You could get into big trouble if you tried to wear a t-shirt under your rugby shirt. Shorts. socks (not too cowardly long) and a reversable rugby top. Minus 3million degrees in a gale - perfect for a boy's education.
    Sounds like you went to a public school
    Grammar schools ..... at least the one I went to ...... could be like that.

    However there was the saving grace that at the end of a rugby 'lesson' the master would shout 'Balls to me laddies, balls to me".
    Which engendered shouts from the boys of "Balls to Mr......., Balls to Mr ....."
    Happened every year. No idea whether he thought it was funny or what.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 77,796

    Sadly we live in a very badly dressed age. I don't exclude myself from that critique, though I try to dress appropriately and would never wear trainers with a suit.

    https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/14-23.jpg

    A football fan in the 1930s - full article here:

    https://designyoutrust.com/2019/10/stunning-vintage-photos-of-british-football-fans-from-the-1900s-to-1940s/

    I mean what have we become.

    We have moved from dressing for the pleasure of others to dressing for the pleasure of ourselves.
    No, we haven't.

    Those who care about how they dress have always done it mostly for their own satisfaction. That their social/friendship group might share their tastes doesn't really alter that.

    And there's always been something of a trade-off between comfort and style.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    kinabalu said:

    It was always a shame than John Major never began gold trainers with his suits, to achieve a "gangsta" effect, and wrongfoot his critics.

    That was many years before Cameron's Converse trainers, ofcourse, and in a diffrreng epoch. Geoffrey Howe should also perhaps have tried large baseball trainers.

    Baseball hats caused an image problem from which William Hague never recovered....
    Theresa May should have tried a hooded top, gold trainers, the baseball cap look, and "low rider" jeans. This might have changed her ratings.
    Yes, I can imagine her in that running through fields of wheat.
    If you are clothed while running through fields of wheat you have missed the point of running through fields of wheat
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 45,451

    Yet another attack on a prison officer:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14765155/Prison-guard-taken-hospital-stabbed-maximum-security-jail-holds-notorious-inmates-latest-act-violence-Britains-prison-system.html

    A source with knowledge of the prison told MailOnline the attacker used a flick-knife brought in by a drone.

    The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard
    They said drones were a 'real issue' at the prison and warned an officer 'would be killed' if the problem was not resolved.

    'This happened this morning - a flick-knife got in and a prisoner stabbed an officer,' the source said. 'The governor isn't stopping the drones coming in - they are dropping items to prisoners in their cells.

    Jenrick's already on the case according to Sky
    Will he be solving it or just using it for self promotion?
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,291

    You should wear whatever you feel comfortable in. Obviously, there will be times when a certain style/ formality will have to kick in, but the rest of the time- follow your own code, and feck everybody else.

    No, that selfish and lazy and also makes you look like shit.

    Men look fantastic in a great suit, jacket or formal attire and you should take pride in your appearance, and cop the respect too.
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    Nigelb said:

    Sadly we live in a very badly dressed age. I don't exclude myself from that critique, though I try to dress appropriately and would never wear trainers with a suit.

    https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/14-23.jpg

    A football fan in the 1930s - full article here:

    https://designyoutrust.com/2019/10/stunning-vintage-photos-of-british-football-fans-from-the-1900s-to-1940s/

    I mean what have we become.

    We have moved from dressing for the pleasure of others to dressing for the pleasure of ourselves.
    No, we haven't.

    Those who care about how they dress have always done it mostly for their own satisfaction. That their social/friendship group might share their tastes doesn't really alter that.

    And there's always been something of a trade-off between comfort and style.
    A lot of people dress to fit in with their social circle sorry but its true, its not about comfort for them but about being part of the crowd
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 59,971
    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.

    There are more types of shoe than those two

    Unless you think
    a) wellies
    b) sandals
    c) flip flops
    d) steel toe capped doc martens
    e) Thigh boots with high heels

    fit into those two categories
    Wellies, Doc Martens and Thigh Boots are all boots, rather than shoes.

    The other two are simply abominations, and also don't fit into the category of shoes.
    But fit into neither of your categories which was the point
    The header, though, is about shoes. So I merely talked about shoes.

    If the header had been about male footwear then I would clearly needed to have covered boots and sandals.

    I think you need to look at it like this:

    - footwear
    - shoes
    - trainers
    - formal shoes
    - semi-formal shoes
    - boots
    - Doc Martens
    - wellies
    - thigh boots
    - sandals
    - flip flops
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,291
    Nigelb said:

    Sadly we live in a very badly dressed age. I don't exclude myself from that critique, though I try to dress appropriately and would never wear trainers with a suit.

    https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/14-23.jpg

    A football fan in the 1930s - full article here:

    https://designyoutrust.com/2019/10/stunning-vintage-photos-of-british-football-fans-from-the-1900s-to-1940s/

    I mean what have we become.

    We have moved from dressing for the pleasure of others to dressing for the pleasure of ourselves.
    No, we haven't.

    Those who care about how they dress have always done it mostly for their own satisfaction. That their social/friendship group might share their tastes doesn't really alter that.

    And there's always been something of a trade-off between comfort and style.
    Yes, we have.

    As usual you are wrong.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 54,303

    Nearly as bad as the Clarkson-style jeans and jacket look.

    And on that bombshell...
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 77,796
    Omnium said:

    Phil said:

    Jeans & a jacket is the modern “casual formalwear” if you can’t carry off jeans and a t-shirt any more because beer gut + t-shirt isn’t a good look.

    Back in the '50's my father was very much against me wearing jeans. Not 'appropriate wear" as far as he was concerned. However when, against his wishes, I bought a motorbike he relented.
    Do you remember your first long trousers!? I must have been perhaps 10.

    Shorts! Shorts in winter, and especially if it's ridiculously cold.

    Mind you then at high school the rugby lessons used to be much of that ilk. You could get into big trouble if you tried to wear a t-shirt under your rugby shirt. Shorts. socks (not too cowardly long) and a reversable rugby top. Minus 3million degrees in a gale - perfect for a boy's education.
    After the first encounter with rugby, I managed to avoid it by simply not turning up, and seeking sanctuary in the library - a place almost always deserted, and where no one thought to look for me.

    Rugby is best left to those who enjoy inflicting pain on each other.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 59,971
    Pagan2 said:

    kinabalu said:

    It was always a shame than John Major never began gold trainers with his suits, to achieve a "gangsta" effect, and wrongfoot his critics.

    That was many years before Cameron's Converse trainers, ofcourse, and in a diffrreng epoch. Geoffrey Howe should also perhaps have tried large baseball trainers.

    Baseball hats caused an image problem from which William Hague never recovered....
    Theresa May should have tried a hooded top, gold trainers, the baseball cap look, and "low rider" jeans. This might have changed her ratings.
    Yes, I can imagine her in that running through fields of wheat.
    If you are clothed while running through fields of wheat you have missed the point of running through fields of wheat
    I thought it was to get away from the rozzers?
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664
    rcs1000 said:

    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    Pagan2 said:

    rcs1000 said:

    This question is bullshit, because in the old days there were two types of shoes for men:

    - Formal leather shoes
    - Trainers (which weren't really used for training)

    Nowadays, there's a whole new class of shoe: the comfortable, smartish shoe. A lot of my shoes are like that these days: they have flexible tops (like a trainer), but the shape of a formal shoe.

    I wouldn't wear them with a suit (what kind of freak do you think I am?) but for smart casual, and semi-formal settings, they are absolutely perfect. They are comfortable, without making you look like a chav.

    There are more types of shoe than those two

    Unless you think
    a) wellies
    b) sandals
    c) flip flops
    d) steel toe capped doc martens
    e) Thigh boots with high heels

    fit into those two categories
    Wellies, Doc Martens and Thigh Boots are all boots, rather than shoes.

    The other two are simply abominations, and also don't fit into the category of shoes.
    But fit into neither of your categories which was the point
    The header, though, is about shoes. So I merely talked about shoes.

    If the header had been about male footwear then I would clearly needed to have covered boots and sandals.

    I think you need to look at it like this:

    - footwear
    - shoes
    - trainers
    - formal shoes
    - semi-formal shoes
    - boots
    - Doc Martens
    - wellies
    - thigh boots
    - sandals
    - flip flops
    That looks pythonesque....I refuse to burn my eyes out with it
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 31,966
    Over 50 and I am not convinced trainers are appropriate. I binned the Stan Smiths and most of my Vans although I still have one pair of Old Skool and one New Skool remaining, but rarely worn these days. Casual means Sperry Docksiders. For the most part only Brogues or Oxfords are appropriate.
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 11,639
    Pagan2 said:

    Omnium said:

    Pagan2 said:

    Omnium said:

    Phil said:

    Jeans & a jacket is the modern “casual formalwear” if you can’t carry off jeans and a t-shirt any more because beer gut + t-shirt isn’t a good look.

    Back in the '50's my father was very much against me wearing jeans. Not 'appropriate wear" as far as he was concerned. However when, against his wishes, I bought a motorbike he relented.
    Do you remember your first long trousers!? I must have been perhaps 10.

    Shorts! Shorts in winter, and especially if it's ridiculously cold.


    Mind you then at high school the rugby lessons used to be much of that ilk. You could get into big trouble if you tried to wear a t-shirt under your rugby shirt. Shorts. socks (not too cowardly long) and a reversable rugby top. Minus 3million degrees in a gale - perfect for a boy's education.
    Sounds like you went to a public school
    Nope - comprehensive. It had been a Grammar School a few years previously.
    The comprehensive I went to the pupils would have just told the teachers to fuck off
    Well that happened at mine too. And the teachers were well armed with modest tools such as wooden rods of great disciplinary history.

    I fell foul of many teachers (we all did, and in fact I think in retrospect the policy was to have at least one beating per lesson), but luckily I never experienced the real bastards. There was an economics teacher who was just a world of pain if you crossed him, and thus I didn't study economics - I think his name was Radcliffe.
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 45,451

    You should wear whatever you feel comfortable in. Obviously, there will be times when a certain style/ formality will have to kick in, but the rest of the time- follow your own code, and feck everybody else.

    No, that selfish and lazy and also makes you look like shit.

    Men look fantastic in a great suit, jacket or formal attire and you should take pride in your appearance, and cop the respect too.
    Amongst famous men which one do you like the best in a smart suit?
  • Pagan2Pagan2 Posts: 11,664

    Over 50 and I am not convinced trainers are appropriate. I binned the Stan Smiths and most of my Vans although I still have one pair of Old Skool and one New Skool remaining, but rarely worn these days. Casual means Sperry Docksiders. For the most part only Brogues or Oxfords are appropriate.

    This "I am not convinced its appropiate" thing has to stop.....how about you just wear what you feel is comfortable for you?
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 59,971
    Pagan2 said:

    Nigelb said:

    Sadly we live in a very badly dressed age. I don't exclude myself from that critique, though I try to dress appropriately and would never wear trainers with a suit.

    https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/14-23.jpg

    A football fan in the 1930s - full article here:

    https://designyoutrust.com/2019/10/stunning-vintage-photos-of-british-football-fans-from-the-1900s-to-1940s/

    I mean what have we become.

    We have moved from dressing for the pleasure of others to dressing for the pleasure of ourselves.
    No, we haven't.

    Those who care about how they dress have always done it mostly for their own satisfaction. That their social/friendship group might share their tastes doesn't really alter that.

    And there's always been something of a trade-off between comfort and style.
    A lot of people dress to fit in with their social circle sorry but its true, its not about comfort for them but about being part of the crowd
    Indeed: if you hang out with a bunch of Goths, then before long you will be wearing eyeshadow and you won't own any non-black clothing.

    That said, the amount we care what our peer group thinks about us (and specifically how we look) peaks at about 16. Now - candidly - I couldn't give a fuck.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 77,796

    Nigelb said:

    Sadly we live in a very badly dressed age. I don't exclude myself from that critique, though I try to dress appropriately and would never wear trainers with a suit.

    https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/14-23.jpg

    A football fan in the 1930s - full article here:

    https://designyoutrust.com/2019/10/stunning-vintage-photos-of-british-football-fans-from-the-1900s-to-1940s/

    I mean what have we become.

    We have moved from dressing for the pleasure of others to dressing for the pleasure of ourselves.
    No, we haven't.

    Those who care about how they dress have always done it mostly for their own satisfaction. That their social/friendship group might share their tastes doesn't really alter that.

    And there's always been something of a trade-off between comfort and style.
    Yes, we have.

    As usual you are wrong.
    As usual, you take your own beliefs, often dogmatic, as objective truth.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 73,878
    Really classy people wear Loakes shoes, of course.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,291
    kinabalu said:

    You should wear whatever you feel comfortable in. Obviously, there will be times when a certain style/ formality will have to kick in, but the rest of the time- follow your own code, and feck everybody else.

    No, that selfish and lazy and also makes you look like shit.

    Men look fantastic in a great suit, jacket or formal attire and you should take pride in your appearance, and cop the respect too.
    Amongst famous men which one do you like the best in a smart suit?
    Anthony Eden
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 45,451
    Pagan2 said:

    kinabalu said:

    It was always a shame than John Major never began gold trainers with his suits, to achieve a "gangsta" effect, and wrongfoot his critics.

    That was many years before Cameron's Converse trainers, ofcourse, and in a diffrreng epoch. Geoffrey Howe should also perhaps have tried large baseball trainers.

    Baseball hats caused an image problem from which William Hague never recovered....
    Theresa May should have tried a hooded top, gold trainers, the baseball cap look, and "low rider" jeans. This might have changed her ratings.
    Yes, I can imagine her in that running through fields of wheat.
    If you are clothed while running through fields of wheat you have missed the point of running through fields of wheat
    Really? My mind is a-boggling. Sheltered city boy life.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,291
    Nigelb said:

    Nigelb said:

    Sadly we live in a very badly dressed age. I don't exclude myself from that critique, though I try to dress appropriately and would never wear trainers with a suit.

    https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/14-23.jpg

    A football fan in the 1930s - full article here:

    https://designyoutrust.com/2019/10/stunning-vintage-photos-of-british-football-fans-from-the-1900s-to-1940s/

    I mean what have we become.

    We have moved from dressing for the pleasure of others to dressing for the pleasure of ourselves.
    No, we haven't.

    Those who care about how they dress have always done it mostly for their own satisfaction. That their social/friendship group might share their tastes doesn't really alter that.

    And there's always been something of a trade-off between comfort and style.
    Yes, we have.

    As usual you are wrong.
    As usual, you take your own beliefs, often dogmatic, as objective truth.
    We can tell from your comments on here that you dress like a twat, and look like shit.

    Noted.
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