Thursday, April 15, 2010

Men's Fashion

Can we talk about something that has been bothering me for quite some time?

What is the deal with men in the south who wear this:

I just don't get it. There is no place in society for a short-sleeved button up shirt for a man. Either you are committing to the oxford and rolling up the sleeves if it gets a little warm, or you are going with a polo/tshirt. Who are these people who think they can have it both ways? I recently went to church and counted about 37 offenders. In the house of God? You're really going to give that sort of C+ effort? Of course...having said that..I was at church for the express purpose of meeting men, so maybe I shouldn't stand in my glass house and throw stones.

But let's get back to the matter at hand. The short sleeved button up shirt is the clothing equivalent of a mullet. "Business in the front, party in the back!" False. Just like you're not going to get in the door at a company with a mullet, you are not going to be taken seriously at work with one of these Jehovah's witness shirts. Also, for me, it is a dealbreaker.

And I wonder why I am single.

3 comments:

Amy Cavanaugh said...

Oh my gosh, I hate these shirts too! The only people who ever seem to wear them are dorky, older math teachers.

Anonymous said...

what is wrong with these shirts. I like them. You don't necessarily wear them to a New York law firm, abut then again those people are just pitiful, as you well know.

Laura said...

i couldn't agree more with the sentiment of this post. if you want to look like you should be serving me a cocktail and handing me a napkin, stick with this type of shirt.