NYT: How to look like a FWD at work

[Emily]

Hmmm. I did not give the New York Times permission to print my photo.

Hubba hubba!
Sounds like someone just earned themselves a post in the "Hunk of Meat" thread..

[Laurie]

Blame Thom Browne:

At least that dude has the good sense to wear socks with his dress shoes.

I love everything about this except the shorts.

I'm sure you can purchase that suit for a mere $6,000. Probably less, if you're purchasing with Euros.

[Bryan]

I can't wear shorts to work because I just haven't figured out how to manage the socks thing. Plenty of people DO wear shorts to my workplace (a university) but their outfits also usually involve sports sandals, which are, to my mind, intolerable. I feel ill at ease with those little sock-ettes that men have started wearing lately, too.

Also: this is not a real problem, I realize.

[gravy boat]

Plenty of people DO wear shorts to my workplace (a university)

I really hope these people are addressed as "Coach" and are carrying clipboards.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Plenty of people DO wear shorts to my workplace (a university)

I really hope these people are addressed as "Coach" and are carrying clipboards.

or they could be wearing cargo shorts  ::shudder::

[Sarah]

It's just English schoolboy chic, no?

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Hey, I like cargo shorts.  They make me feel like David Cross.

Doesn't the NYT publish an article like this every summer?  Maybe some Style section editor is just longing to start a trend so he construction workers won't make so much fun of him when he walks through Times Square in his short-suit.

[Bryan]

As someone who came of age in the early 90s, I'm kind of stuck on cargo shorts too. My wife made me buy a pair of longer shorts that I guess are more in fashion, but they seem like capris to me. My masculinity is too fragile for that  kind of thing.

[Pat K]

Is it just me, or did the whole thing of whether/how to wear socks with shorts really only become a big issue in the last 10 years?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

in people under 60+...yes

[mokin]

It's just English schoolboy chic, no?

That's exactly it! Those people in the NYT photos look like little boys (especially the left photo)! That's why it's so disturbing.

[Gilly]

The last one doesn't look bad but not in a work setting.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

The last one doesn't look bad but not in a work setting like Neil Patrick Harris.

ta-da

[Martin]

What's cargo shorts?

[Oogie]

I'm all for throwing rules of office attire out the window. I think people that freak out about jeans when you're spending your whole day trapped in a cube need to grow up. Heck, I could even get behind shorts and flip-flops in most cases. But seriously, what the hell is up with this? Nutters? With dress shoes?



http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/fashion/31shorts.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Hey, I could look like this! (?)

TOO?

Thanks!