Someone made this observation on comedy radio. I thought about it - I know a dozen folks who wear suits with fancy socks that ostensibly highlight the wild and crazy side of their personality. But most of them don’t have that much personality to be working with. Making me think the comedienne was right.
OTOH our PM is known for socks. Socking is a well known media distraction strategy. We often see it here.
Is the comedienne right?
Well, to speculate, the “boring” person wearing fancy socks has probably suppressed so much of their natural personality in order to succeed in life, that all they have left is colorful socks. So, I’d cut them some slack on that. Whereas the wakka-wakka Patch Adams type is often marginalized in life ultimately, and socks are the least of their concern.
I don’t mind fancy socks, and own a few pairs. I’m happy that cut some slack for individual clothing choices, which are more good than bad. But not as a leitmotif.
Not in my case.
Although I usually wear my fancy socks on my days off and not to work, I don’t know if that makes any difference or not.
I likes me some fancy foot wear. Socks, or shoes.
I’m unanimously heckled around here for my tie-dye Crocs/with sox. Seems it’s ‘oh so gauche’
Doubled down upon.
I care, not one iota.
My personality would not be described as boring. There’s lots of words to describe me. I’ll let you form your own opinions.
Remember what your Mom said, "If you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything, at all."
I love wearing fancy socks! I have colorful socks, socks with prints, stripes, etc. I have all kinds of Christmas print socks that I wear all through December, I also have socks for Halloween, Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day. They make me happy. I do not own any plain white or black socks.
Crocs with socks sounds like an excellent book idea. There is something to be said for dressing in a way that makes you happy.