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that won’t make my hair look like peed-on I see more and more guys going sockless,

Ask straw?
I might as well just come out and say it: A
even with suits, even in autumn. Do you
approve? I’m okay with no socks with boat
mature man who dyes his hair may think shoes. On a boat. Don Johnson pulled it off
he’s pulling it off but he’s usually fooling no on Miami Vice. But these fashion-
one. And his efforts to stay young may just professional dudes one espies at dandy
make him look vain. Seventy-five per cent of conclaves such as Pitti Uomo look all wrong
American women colour their hair, but to me with their exotic suits, ties, and four-
there’s no taboo for them. Gentlemen prefer figure shoes—they look funny going sockless.
blondes, after all, and studies show that I guess it’s supposed to look sexy, but to me it
blondes not only have more fun but they also looks smelly. Now, if I see a guy who’s not
make more money. dressed to the nines walking around with no
Hair never stops growing. Two days after socks, I think: bachelor, probably hung over,
your dye job, here comes the grey. Women hasn’t done laundry in two weeks. There is
can get away with showing roots. Men are one exception: If you like to wear shorts on
busted for impersonating youth, which the golf course, it’s understandable that
bears a burden of shame. And the worst you’d want to avoid a mid-calf tan line, but
thing is that dyeing is addictive. How do you rather than going blisteringly sockless, wear

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stop and revert to your natural state? Men’s shorty socks for aesthetics and foot health.
hair dye hooks you like heroin.
I never got a compliment on my hair colour We’re seeing sweatpants and tracksuits
Dictator of Decorum until I went grey, and the whiter I got the becoming high-end fashion. What’s up
more acclaim my Kilimanjaro snow-cap with that? Is this a fad or the future?
earned. I’m convinced that white hair Tracksuits are inherently ironic in that they
Being young isn’t easy. Young men have actually makes me look younger. But I know were created for athletes and wound up as
pimples. Their budding beards resemble what you’re talking about when you mention day-to-day clothing for the obese and
peach fuzz. Their penis seems to have a the peed-on straw problem. White is not physically unfit. I first noticed the
mind of its own. But their biggest style issues blonde. If your grey has a yellow cast, you nonsporting sweatpants on portly airline
are not physical. Consider the plight of a run the risk of resembling a dirty old man. passengers, and then they began to become
generation with parents desperate to be as You want a blue tone, not a yellow one. fashionable among wise guys and
young as their offspring. Many of our youth Use a shampoo and rinse that brings out the bodyguards, but who would have thought
were raised not by actual parents but by the silver. I recommend Phytargent by Phyto the look would become popular beyond the
television they were plopped in front of. Paris. You can also target that pee-on-straw Sopranos set? But the massive popularity of
Even worse, they have no tradition to follow, yellow with a rinse made of apple cider active sportswear really came on the heels of
and so they go, clueless, from sweats and vinegar and water, a tablespoon to a gallon. the deluxe gym shoe. It was probably
flip-flops into a world of work they are ill Or you can steal your blonde girlfriend’s inevitable once Nike’s Air Jordan pioneered
prepared for. But even after we’ve finally Shimmer Lights by Clairol. the status sneaker, creating a “top this”
acquired some grasp on how to present imperative that eventually led to five-figure
ourselves to the world, age begins to assail You’ve said that a man shouldn’t wear kicks that made the finest, bench-made Brit
us with a whole new set of problems. suspenders with trousers that have belt shoes seem like paltry flip-flops. They are
Here’s a question from Max Blagg, the loops. Why not? promoted at great expense by giant
distinguished New York poet who has a Well, there are worse faux pas in dressing— corporations and collected like art, complete
long history of breaking ladies’ like wearing suspenders and a belt with limited editions. These were the shoes
hearts,demonstrating that even stylish simultaneously, the sure sign of a pessimist— of hip-hop and therefore the youth, and if
heartthrobs have their dilemmas. but those empty loops lurking below those there was a revolution in shoes, it made
look-at-me suspenders tend to make you sense that a revolution in clothing would
Dear Maximus, My hair is going grey but I look indecisive. Are you a belt guy or a follow, as the fashion leaders of hip-hop and
still feel young at heart. Why do most male braces guy? Make up your mind! If you hoops dressed for comfort and exclusivity.
hair-dye jobs look so fake and cheap and insist on trousers with suspender capability Today the active-sportswear industry has
tell the world you are a desperate old feller and an alternative form of levitation, become one with the high-fashion industry,
trying to retain an appearance of vigorous consider side tabs, which adjust the waist and a who’s who of fashion designers have
youth? Should I simply accept my silver like a belt but, being made from the suit’s adopted the once humble gym shoe as a vital
daddy status, or is there a miracle rinse fabric, are almost invisible. part of their repertoire—think Fendi,

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