Penny loafers with shorts and a sport shirt?
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It works very well in the hot South. My legs are the hue of this background, so shorts don't go on my body (at least not right now, anyway).
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It is a classic Trad look in the summer, especially in the south and on the Eastern seaboard. As the days get warmer and then hotter it is sensible to wear more comfortable clothing. There is also a certain group that find this to be the perfect outfit for Guccis. I like the sockless Gucci look better on young guys trying to look sophisticated than I do on guys of my age pretending they are young, but hey, that’s just me.
In my day it was the Hugger by Gant.
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Short answer: yes, loafers go well with shorts.
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Personally I'd leave the sleeves down or wear a short sleeve shirt (like madras), never understood rolling up the sleeves. I start sweating right at the elbow because Ive got 8 layers of oxford rolled up there!
Second, and this might get shot down on the Trad forum, I'd untuck the shirt.
But strangely if it was a polo shirt Id tuck it in. No idea why... both just feel right to me.
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Personally I'd leave the sleeves down or wear a short sleeve shirt (like madras), never understood rolling up the sleeves. I start sweating right at the elbow because Ive got 8 layers of oxford rolled up there!
Second, and this might get shot down on the Trad forum, I'd untuck the shirt.
But strangely if it was a polo shirt Id tuck it in. No idea why... both just feel right to me.
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While there’s nothing inherently wrong with shorts, or penny loafers, or shorts and penny loafers, men of a certain girth who wear their shorts around their hips so that the legs of the shorts flair out to the sides should be aware that they look like they are wearing a skirt. And there’s presumably a reason that the PGA does not allow players to wear shorts: it wants to encourage people to watch, not turn away in...shall we say, politely, distaste?
Chances are few of us would resemble the pictures on this thread in the slightest.
Chances are few of us would resemble the pictures on this thread in the slightest.
Well if it feels right to you then go for it! And no one is talking me into a long sleeved shirt in Texas summer unless it is with a coat, tie, and good air conditioning! And oddly enough in the Trad world of my youth during summer there were completely different rules, and at least in Virginia they included untucked shirts! Of course we are talking about a stage in life when "going to work" meant climbing up in a lifeguard chair.
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First time I've ever heard someone talk about needing to break in driving mocs. I have had many pairs of drivers. None needed breaking in.
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Speak for yourself.
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By all means, if you prefer to tuck a button-down into your shorts then penny loafers will go well. If you are on the younger or more casual side and don't tuck in shirts to your shorts then I'd go with camp mocs or boat shoes over pennies.
There is something incongruent about pennies and untucked shirts IMO, even though pennies are casual footwear. The photo in here from Take Ivy on Princeton's campus: the student on the right, his look doesn't fly for me.
There is something incongruent about pennies and untucked shirts IMO, even though pennies are casual footwear. The photo in here from Take Ivy on Princeton's campus: the student on the right, his look doesn't fly for me.
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While I wouldn’t outlaw the company, those particular shoes would not be my choice. Bass would be better.
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