"Dress sneakers" in the Oval Office: Yea or Nay?

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,809
    Have you seen these types of shoes?  Nobody would wear them to the gym.
    (Actually, it would be funny to see someone wearing these like a pair of Nikes.)

    I've been saying for years that women should be wearing sneakers or at least normal shoes vs. Those torture device looking high heeled shoes.  (Of course, if they want to wear them and are comfortable,  more power to them.)
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    I have no issue with the "business casual" look. many executives at very big companies are taking on that type of look. I think it looks kind of "actionable wear". 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    https://www.menswearhouse.com/p/cole-haan-zerogrand-wingtip-oxfords-tan-41FX05
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,834
    Yea! And while they're at it, allow jeans jackets with sparklies for women.
    Do people honestly care if they wear comfortable nice looking shoes just cause they don't meet some standard of dress shoes from the 50's?


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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    cincybearcat said:
    Do people honestly care if they wear comfortable nice looking shoes just cause they don't meet some standard of dress shoes from the 50's?



    I doubt most people care. 
    This is the 2020's and their are dress shoes that are not sneakers but that are comfortable, unlike the foot-torture shoes of the 50's.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,404
    would it be fair to say the party leaders of the house are on their feet alot and do a fair amount of walking?

    would you have noticed if the soles had been a matching color?
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Kat said:
    I would like to see them all dress appropriately and by that I mean, really dress up. They are there to do serious business and it's just possible it would help them to remember that if they look serious - and they might even try to feel it and seriously do the work. Gym attire doesn't inspire confidence...at least in me.  It might be just me though. :) This excludes sports figures. 

    Exactly how I feel, Kat. 
    I just can't take people seriously if they are not taking the job seriously.  I would feel the same way of a fire fighter were wearing a Brooks Brother suit  or if a surgeon was wearing Grateful Dead t-shirt while trying to save my life.

    mickeyrat said:
    would it be fair to say the party leaders of the house are on their feet alot and do a fair amount of walking?

    would you have noticed if the soles had been a matching color?

    I don't have any idea how much walking Senators and Representatives do but when meeting in the oval office with the President, I would expect them to dress appropriately.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,404
    brianlux said:
    Kat said:
    I would like to see them all dress appropriately and by that I mean, really dress up. They are there to do serious business and it's just possible it would help them to remember that if they look serious - and they might even try to feel it and seriously do the work. Gym attire doesn't inspire confidence...at least in me.  It might be just me though. :) This excludes sports figures. 

    Exactly how I feel, Kat. 
    I just can't take people seriously if they are not taking the job seriously.  I would feel the same way of a fire fighter were wearing a Brooks Brother suit  or if a surgeon was wearing Grateful Dead t-shirt while trying to save my life.

    mickeyrat said:
    would it be fair to say the party leaders of the house are on their feet alot and do a fair amount of walking?

    would you have noticed if the soles had been a matching color?

    I don't have any idea how much walking Senators and Representatives do but when meeting in the oval office with the President, I would expect them to dress appropriately.
    both were in suit and tie.

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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,834
    Yea! And while they're at it, allow jeans jackets with sparklies for women.
    Man all this talk about what people wear actually pisses me off.  

    Serious business means you have to wear certain clothes?  I suppose we all have our lines on what is nice enough, but man this just all seems so petty.  It's got some serious "Get off my lawn" vibes.
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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Is this the new tan suit? 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    my executive team wear suits on days that they have board/executive meetings. otherwise it's business casual. 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    I said at the outset that there are much more serious issues than this.  That people are actually getting pissed off because of this thread means it's time to shut 'er down!
    I'm done here.  See y'all somewhere else.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    brianlux said:
    I said at the outset that there are much more serious issues than this.  That people are actually getting pissed off because of this thread means it's time to shut 'er down!
    I'm done here.  See y'all somewhere else.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    :lol:
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    brianlux said:
    I said at the outset that there are much more serious issues than this.  That people are actually getting pissed off because of this thread means it's time to shut 'er down!
    I'm done here.  See y'all somewhere else.
    ah, brian, don't let a negative nancy get all up in yer skivvies! 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    edited June 2023
    Yea! And while they're at it, allow jeans jackets with sparklies for women.
    "Dressing for success" is just a bunch of total bullshit IMO. To me is just seems like a way for people to pretend they're respectable, or for respectable people to waste money just so that shallow people will think a certain way about them because of how they look/dress. Fashion is a form of brainwashing as far as I'm concerned. Cleanliness and being presentable is important, but shit like what style of shoes or shirts or pants you wear meaning something valuable? What a ridiculous social construct.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    PJ_Soul said:
    "Dressing for success" is just a bunch of total bullshit IMO. To me is just seems like a way for people to pretend they're respectable, or for respectable people to waste money just so that shallow people will think a certain way about them because of how they look/dress. Fashion is a form of brainwashing!
    disagree. I gotta say, I sometimes "feel" more professional when I'm dressed professionally, and it may sound odd, but it actually sometimes even makes me act more motivated and professional. I didn't realize it until our company went from business casual to more casual. (we used to have casual fridays, now it's just everyday)
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    Yea! And while they're at it, allow jeans jackets with sparklies for women.
    brianlux said:
    I said at the outset that there are much more serious issues than this.  That people are actually getting pissed off because of this thread means it's time to shut 'er down!
    I'm done here.  See y'all somewhere else.
    I definitely saw this as a lighter topic...even disagreements should not be too contentious...
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,834
    Yea! And while they're at it, allow jeans jackets with sparklies for women.
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    I said at the outset that there are much more serious issues than this.  That people are actually getting pissed off because of this thread means it's time to shut 'er down!
    I'm done here.  See y'all somewhere else.
    ah, brian, don't let a negative nancy get all up in yer skivvies! 
    Didn't know pissed off would get such a reaction.

    And also didn't know the person not complaining about what someone else wears is the negative one ;)
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    cincybearcat said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    I said at the outset that there are much more serious issues than this.  That people are actually getting pissed off because of this thread means it's time to shut 'er down!
    I'm done here.  See y'all somewhere else.
    ah, brian, don't let a negative nancy get all up in yer skivvies! 
    Didn't know pissed off would get such a reaction.

    And also didn't know the person not complaining about what someone else wears is the negative one ;)
    well it seemed a tad much to get pissed off at. to me, anyway. 
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