Miami Aglifter: Dial of my watch and shoes co-ordinate with the secondary color of my shirt, whenever possible.

Charleston Ice Cream Papa to Be: Grey U.S. Made New Balances, and an MRG Square G shock.

When I lived in Charleston before, it was leather soles shoes or Sperry Topsiders, hunting jacket or Barbour and often a casual tie. (I miss the leather soles shoes but have to have them repaired - wearing them in Miami was an awful idea.

The cattleman hat and Barbour jacket are still being used - been in a hat since I could walk, and Barbours are useful in Charleston’s climate.

Maybe this is something to discuss with my wife? She always pushes me to “be comfortable” then dresses as far to the nines as possible, being 8 months pregnant.

Me - trying to find a "cool" pair of shoes after finding out New Balance were not.

Daughter - "It's OK, dad, you don't have to be cool anymore"

Youngest son - "It's OK, Dad, you never were"

I'm not sure how HRK found my high school yearbook picture.

Getting married and having kids shifted my focus. I wouldn't call it maturity, more like survival. Now that the kids are older, I'm putting some effort back into dressing better and I haven't bought a pair of New Balance or similar in 5 or 6 years now.

Socks are optional.

Jeans, Ariat boots & typically a polo is my typical attire.
Shorts & Asics or sandals otherwise when not barefoot

But, I've always been in a pretty casual setting/environment

You are wearing clothes? Call it a win.

I wear New Balance shoes. And grab whatever Carhart shirt is on top of the pile.

Say what? New Balance are un-cool?

I don't believe it. Not for one minute.

I know this is going to come as a shock to a lot of you, but as long as nothing socially unacceptable is sticking out, I don't much give a shit WHAT I wear.

Carharrt carpenter jeans and a not-too-holey pocket tee about 90% of the time. Add a well-worn LLBean chamois shirt in the Winter.

If I'm dressing up, clean denim jeans and a pocket tee with NO holes...

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Miami Aglifter: Dial of my watch and shoes co-ordinate with the secondary color of my shirt, whenever possible.

I’ve never even heard of such a practice. “Ain’t nobody got time fo’ dat”

I don’t delude myself with the idea that anything I wear would make me “cool”. It’s very freeing.

My feet are so beat up after fifty plus years on concrete floors New Balance shoes are about all I can wear anymore.

Let the naysayers laugh. I don’t care.

If you are wearing anything Carhartt there is no way you are anything but cool.

Call it awakening to reality, and embrace it.

I'm married. I've got nobody I need to impress anymore .

What's a "casual tie?"

I'm over 70 so my wife tells me no one pays attention to old fucks.

…and if you new balance uses Velcro?

What’s that say?

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Miami Aglifter: Dial of my watch and shoes co-ordinate with the secondary color of my shirt, whenever possible.

Charleston Ice Cream Papa to Be: Grey U.S. Made New Balances, and an MRG Square G shock.

A) “Secondary color” is how your wife matches your tie. Wearing a tie the same color as your shirt/suit can come off as a bit off.

Usually, there are several colors in a tie. Matching one of the less used ones to the shirt/suit is a norm.

(I’m partially colorblind, which leads to a weird situation where I am very good at matching colors, even if I can’t tell if they’re certain reds/pinks/oranges.)

B) Casual ties are usually a bit coarser/more open weave/something which goes well with tweeds/hunting clothes/barbours/“country” clothes - drives English people nuts, but social dress in SC is “country,” especially in Charleston/maybe ever city in the South.