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Originally Posted by alec
shoes: loafers are amazing, but you have to wear socks with them, im sorry. im not some obnoxious prick vacationing on the vineyard so i dont have the luxury of buying a new pair everytime my feet stink them up
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Psst...over here. If you want to know the secrets of sockless life, listen carefully. ODOR-EATERS foot poweder! If you have a pair of loafers, walking shoes, sneakers, sandals, or leather flip flops that you need to keep dry in order to preserve the smell, you need some good old fashioned oder absorbing foot powder. Most powerders can absorb between 90-110% of its weight in sweat. So long as you can keep your feet dry, socks are unnecessary with those shoes. I've had a pair of leather flip flops that are something like 4 years old. They still smell like leather. You don't have to be a bitch to your socks.
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Originally Posted by alec
lets not forget about sneakers though, if youre young like me and still wear khaki shorts from time to time, you have to have a good pair of sneakers, so i try to go upper end nike or classic kswiss/adidas. and, recommendations on good shorts: tennis/boat shorts -- all white and sometimes see-through, i dont know what it is about them but theyre mad comfortable and look hot.
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Nothing beats comfortable shorts and sneakers. NOTHING!
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Originally Posted by alec
ok, one quick annoying question too -- for whatever reason, me, dress pants, and socks never seem to match -- what the shit is going on here?
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Alrighty then. When you say 'match' are you talking about color, shape, style? If you're going for color, look for complimentary colors. Let's say you have a pair of nice black slacks (black slacks go with every body chapse and skin color). So what socks go with this? It depends on three things: Shirt, shoes, and skin color. If you have black slacks, and black shoes, go with black socks, the darker the better. With grey slacks, look to shits, shoes, and skin color. If you're wearing a white shirt and black shoes, you need a grey or black sock. If you go grey, make sure it is a grey that falls between the color of the pants and the color of the shoes. Most often, socks should be a battlefield between the shoes and pants, so the color should reflect that. So when does skin color enter into the equasion? If you are going buisness casual, and you want the sockless look, you should have a pair of tanish, cream, or brown socks that matches your skin color. Let's say you have khaki pants with a light colored polo and loafers. Unless you want to go sockless, you'll need to be wearing a skin-complimentary color.
If you have specific pants you want to get reccomendations on, feeel free to take a digital pic of them and post them for direct and specific reccomendations.