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BTW the sandals are all from recycled material, old car tyres etc. I think that's kind of cool.

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John Betjeman once remarked that on the beach, perhaps people should be in some sense aesthetically pleasing, male or female. before bombarding one's eyesight with naked flesh.

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Today I was waylaid by someone prepping a fashion column which may or may not appear in our local paper. They snapped me an did a short interview; I was rather vainly pleased about that. I was wearing a black double-breasted 8x4 buttoning naval blazer, mushroom linen trousers, black tie with a royal blue and cream stripe, cream shirt, black brogues and a grey-green fedora.

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Today I was waylaid by someone prepping a fashion column which may or may not appear in our local paper. They snapped me an did a short interview; I was rather vainly pleased about that. I was wearing a black double-breasted 8x4 buttoning naval blazer, mushroom linen trousers, black tie with a royal blue and cream stripe, cream shirt, black brogues and a grey-green fedora.

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Whoa! I would be struck frozen and mute by your very presence, sir.

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I'm internet surfing in bed, so.... not much! (Sorry, TMI?)

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John Betjeman once remarked that on the beach, perhaps people should be in some sense aesthetically pleasing, male or female. before bombarding one's eyesight with naked flesh.

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But seriously, perhaps people on the beach should wear whatever they want, since they aren't there for John Betjeman's aesthetic pleasure, but instead they just want to enjoy the sunshine on their skin?

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I'm internet surfing in bed, so.... not much! (Sorry, TMI?)

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John Betjeman once remarked that on the beach, perhaps people should be in some sense aesthetically pleasing, male or female. before bombarding one's eyesight with naked flesh.

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But seriously, perhaps people on the beach should wear whatever they want, since they aren't there for John Betjeman's aesthetic pleasure, but instead they just want to enjoy the sunshine on their skin?

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I'm irresistibly reminded of Les Murray's 'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever'

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• tracky daks (navy blue)
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  Mid winter in the southern city!

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Just occasionally one winces at, how shall I say this?, slightly older people wearing jeans or teenage clothes. There was a time when children dressed to look like their parents, now parents dress to look like their children.

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Today we have locked the door and agreed to not laugh at each other. It is well over 35 degrees in the office and I am in my Borat style "mankini" while my colleagues are wearing various forms of beachwear from Speedos to thongs and at least one other mankini wearer. Note to anyone interested in following suit - you can't sit down at a desk in a mankini without displaying your credentials. A piece of string around the hips keeps everything covered up.

I'm still sweating like a pig though...

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Look at the people in the middle east -- they've settled on light weight loose clothing that protects from the sun and absorbs sweat.

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Just occasionally one winces at, how shall I say this?, slightly older people wearing jeans or teenage clothes. There was a time when children dressed to look like their parents, now parents dress to look like their children.

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Most of my 50-60ish friends and I wear jeans. Particularly in the winter along with sweaters and boots. We aren't trying to look like our children but like ourselves, the way we've always dressed during our casual hours. We baby boomers invented the idea of jeans for movies/travel,shopping, etc. We even had a popular song called, "Forever in Bluejeans." Please don't make us wear lavender flowered dresses to work in the garden!

As for beach wear, I find it's hard to swim in long pants and shirts.

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What I cannot stand to see is old men (or any men, for that matter) who insist on wearing black calf-length dress socks and loafers with their tan shorts. It just screams "Snow bird!"

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While I would never wear good white trainers in the UK, there is no stigma about wearing them in the US.

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Real viyella, Gee D? I haven't seen that for years and years. I think it's just a brand name now but here is a site for shirts, cheap ones at that.

I made many items of clothing out of it, lovely stuff. Even made the ex- Mr L a shirt which he probably still has, although it wouldn't fit him now. The shirts on that site are pure cotton, not the lovely mix.

RMW moleskins and riding boots? Grazier's style hat too?

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[Dry season]: Sandals. Shorts. Tee shirt.
[Build-up & wet season]: Sandals. Shorts. Short sleeved cotton business shirt. Several in a day. The material in tee-shirts is too clingy.

I start a new job next week and may have to begin looking more swish. I guess my naked toes and knees will have to disappear into (lightweight) trousers and shoes and socks.

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And shorts HAVE to be these because where else can you find 6" inseams on cargo shorts these days? All other companies are selling 'longs'.


sebby: it is not commonly known but Alan Berg, a Denver talk radio host who was murdered for some unfathomable reason by thugs, used to say (paraphrase) 'it ought to be a capital offense for fat women to wear shorts'. < koff>

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hosts: I know this is heaven, I'm trying to be very careful.

sebby - I respectfully submit to you that what other people wear is none of your business. I live in a different place than you - and we are pretty fiercely independent. It is the height of rudeness here to judge others who are doing no actual harm. I have forcibly removed a woman from my bar for saying rude things about other people's appearance. and I'd do it again. The reality is, I was protecting her from the reactions of the locals.

Thing is, when you see someone out and about, you have no clue what their situation is. I wear things like jeans and even carhartts* precisely because I often need clothes that are sturdy for whatever tasks I have on hand. I'll also wear skirts and shorts with my work boots. and no tights! how inappropriate is that? you don't know what the story is. the reality is, whether or not you think someone else's clothes are appropriate or not is all about you minding business that is not your own. It must take a shit ton of energy to care so much about what random people on the street are doing with their sartorial choices.

And what really chaps my ass is that this kind of judgmental shallowness is what is, on a societal level, totally fucking up our kids. They hear someone commenting that someone is "too fat" or "too old" or "too ugly" to wear the clothes they chose. and inside themselves, they wonder what snickering and judgement is going on behind their backs. And they become afraid to express themselves with their own fashion choices, instead being "safe" by wearing either the same cookie-cutter look as everyone else, or choosing to wear "armor" by making themselves look dangerous and protecting the fragile reality inside.

some of the people in my community dress pretty bizarrely. I had a long talk with a co-worker awhile back (hot pink tights, ripped fishnets, combat boots, a skirt made out of a rolling stones t-shirt, a grandma-knitted sweater, pink and green hair, 6'3" and 260 lbs) and she said that the whole reason she even lives here is because she gets to be herself. in her former home (suburban in a lower 48 state) she was treated so poorly due to her size that she wore grey sweats full time. She came here and no matter what, people will accept her and even love her, so she feels free to dress the way she feels expresses her true self.

That's beautiful. I wouldn't want to have it any other way. and I'm appalled that there are people out there who obviously have it all so figured out that they can feel free to lord it over others.

please consider this before passing judgement in the future. it can cause a lot of hurt and does no one any good at all - it doesn't force conformity, it creates insecurity.

comet - mutton dressed as a lamb and looking hot doing it.


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Your independence is no doubt respected. I wonder of you would have a gentle word with a young teenage daughter (say) who wore something maybe just a little too skimpy in the worng part of town on her own? Or would you assert her independence and keep quiet?

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Your independence is no doubt respected. I wonder of you would have a gentle word with a young teenage daughter (say) who wore something maybe just a little too skimpy in the worng part of town on her own? Or would you assert her independence and keep quiet?

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This is what Mrs Sioni and I did. When we were concerned about our 14 y.o daughter's attire we had a word with a couple of women between her age and ours and asked them what they thought of her clothes. They weren't impressed, as we expected, so we asked them to tell her. Sorted.

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Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
Today we have locked the door and agreed to not laugh at each other. It is well over 35 degrees in the office and I am in my Borat style "mankini" while my colleagues are wearing various forms of beachwear from Speedos to thongs and at least one other mankini wearer. Note to anyone interested in following suit - you can't sit down at a desk in a mankini without displaying your credentials. A piece of string around the hips keeps everything covered up.

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Anyone seen Real Women Have Curves? There is a great scene where some clothing workers were sewing under a deadline in the midst of the LA summer. They had no air conditioning and could run no fans, because that would make the dust fly and smudge the high end dresses they were making. So the little workshop had literally become a sweatshop. The main character played by America Ferrara ("Ugly Betty") stripped down to her bra and undies and got the rest of the middle aged ladies to do it too. Except for her mom, who was horrified and seriously tut-tutted.

It made everyone happier to be cooler and to flout convention, and they worked harder, too.

ETA: sebby, "cords"- Trousers made of corduroy.

[ 30. July 2012, 18:03: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]

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I'm seriously disturbed by the thought of two mankinis in the same room. Even on the passably buff (possibly not work safe unless you're in the same office as Bob Two Owls) they're a bit brain- bleachy. On the unbuff, I think you'd be begging for fat women in Spandex.

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