Published by Swiss James on 27 May 2008 at 01:52 pm
Shoe Tuesday - proper attire
<cue Shoe Tuesday music>
Well I have received no photos of readers shoes for this week’s Shoe Tuesday. I think the reason is that some of you are confused about the correct way to dress as summer grips us in it’s fiery claw.
Luckily, Shopboy AKA WoAiZhongGuo is here to show us the correct way to beat the heat:
Crisp cotton Chino’s, immaculate loafers, 2,000RMB in a solid gold Gucci money clip in the back pocket, a cigar cutter made out of endangered Tiger teeth. Good job WoAi
This on the other hand, well, words fail me:
This guy was wearing a short sleeved shirt with a tie, and bright canary yellow canvas trainers with white socks. In an ideal world he’d be explaining these kinds of choices in front of a jury of 12 Angry Men.
Here are some tips to beat the heat:
- During hours of business it is acceptable to dress down a little. Remove your waistcoat (assuming no ladies are present obviously) switch to a lighter cotton pocket square
- Heavy woolen socks are a pain in the warmer months.
But cotton is for gypsies so you really have no choice. - Put your sock garters in the fridge for a few minutes whilst your chauffeur brings the car around
Above all, remember that the minute one starts rolling up sleeves or undoing the top button of a shirt like some kind of animal, it’s a slippery slope to the guy I saw wandering around Tesco’s on Sunday.
He was wearing a white “wife-beater” vest and pyjama bottoms, both semi-transparent. I bet sales of Chicken legs hit an all-time low.
Is it a new policy to have bullet points in each post, I like it, very efficient
Thanks James for featuring my shoes in this popular feature. Just a small correction though, the loafers are from Tods at The Landmark in Hong Kong’s Central district and the price is 3200 HK dollars which is 2850 RMB. I’m sorry to be picky but I can’t have people thinking I wear cheap 2000 rmb loafers.
As for our yellow canvas loving friend, I suggest we get a few of the lads together and hunt him down to prevent further infringements on public taste and decency before young impressionable kids try to imitate this look and before you know it we have a nation of footwear freaks.
I’ve had a team of internet experts that tell me bullet points and quotations are going to be all the rage soon.
WoAi - check what I wrote, the 2,000 is just your folding money, naturally your shoes cost far more than that.
Also, I didn’t want to say anything because there might be kids reading, but I think his tie was made out of nyl*n.
Disturbing pictures.
back at the airport Swiss, having been in shanghai for four hours, on way to Tokyo, not back till Friday or Saturday.
My luggage is still at heathrow terminal 5
Loosa- I’m sorry you had to see that
dingle- oh aye I forgot you were doing that bizarre schedule, well at least you don’t have to worry about picking your case up from the carousel, just breeze straight through at customs.
Should be easy enough to get clothes in your size in Tokyo eh?
my eyes! my eyes!
(and the thought of chicken legs accompanied by that photo? . . . *shudder*)
I only popped into Tesco to get more beer and sausages! Next time you see me there come over and say ‘ello instead of just posting on here