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Let’s talk about shoes – politicalbetting.com
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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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.
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
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.
......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.
Nobody will ever look acceptable wearing Trump's gold trainers.
(Jeans because they are zero maintenance, and a jacket because it has pockets and vaguely obscures that I'm a bit lardy)
Which is a rather long way of saying “plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose” of course.
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.
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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...
Does the old rule apply? Black for town, brown for country.
No, has to be a man.
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.
- 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.
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.
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
Hur-hur-hur....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucLe-dAzM0M
Trouble is, I'm nearly 60.
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.
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.
Even Lobb makes trainers. Well, Lobb Paris, not Lobb of St James'.
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.
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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.
My feet struggle with the latter.
Not seen the Mephisto range before, but they're not right in my view stylistically.
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.
Shame for a heritage brand to go down that road - tacky.
Also - I want to be very clear about this - I have no problem with you wearing thigh boots with high heels.
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.
The other two are simply abominations, and also don't fit into the category of shoes.
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.
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.
Men look fantastic in a great suit, jacket or formal attire and you should take pride in your appearance, and cop the respect too.
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:
As usual you are wrong.
Rugby is best left to those who enjoy inflicting pain on each other.
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.
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.
Noted.