Tag: formal

Hall’s Rule of Social Order – #44

8 October, 2012 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Don’t wear ties with short sleeve shirts. There’s no dressing that short sleeve shirt up.  Face it.  Your arm hair and forearms scream “I want to be comfortable!”, much louder than your tie will ever scream “take me seriously.” Really, I question the existence of short sleeved dress shirts entirely.  Unless your name is Angus […]

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I like the way you comb your hair, I like those stylish clothes you wear

21 September, 2012 (12:00) | Ramblings

WARNING:  I’m going to go on a bit of a rant about chivalry, gender roles, and social norms.  You may be offended or disagree. One frustration I have is women who complain they aren’t treated “fairly”.  WTF is fair?  If you want to be treated like a man, act like a man.  I absolutely think […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #107

28 March, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

You’re only as dressed up as your least formal article of clothing.  More specifically, you can’t dress up sports gear.  A football jersey with a sports coat and tie underneath is still a football jersey.  A sweater vest with warm up pants is still warm up pants.  You’re basically a walking contradiction.  That, or you’re […]

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