Our sense of fashion

[Detroitpete]

Hmmm..to dress like the gentleman you speak of--or to look as if one leaped from the cover of an Orvis catalog? I love both kilts and flyfishing. If I expect the water to be cold and deep and I'm wading through it, then I wear waders. However I wear kilts often while flyfishing when the water isn't cold enough to cause hypothermia. The cool water feels therapeutic on this old athlete's knees.

A waistcoat and tie might be a bit much for some, but so is some of the comical 'fly gear' looks I've seen folks splash into a stream wearing. To each their own.

[Pleater]

Yesterday at the supermarket I took off my sandals and was ankle deep in water as I crossed the car park.

As it has rained for the last eight months, as far as I remember, it was not surprising - what did surprise me was the number of people who were wearing saturated trainers and jeans wet for several inches up from the ankles.

I paused in the doorway to replace my footwear, having dried off on the walk through the raised trolley park and several dozen people squelched past, some coming in, others going out to get wet again.

It seems very strange that, when faced with six inches of water people did not think to keep themselves dry. The temperature was about 10degrees Centigrade, mid 40's Fahrenheit, so not exactly chilly, but wet shoes are never comfortable.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[BBNC]

Anne,

I don't know about the UK, but over here it can be very dangerous to wade barefooted through water built up in parking lots and on roadways. Unseen glass, nails, screws, all manner of potentially dangerous trash. Glad you made it OK.

[creagdhubh]

I entirely agree Cygnus! In all these things there is a place for common sense to be a consideration. I do baulk at the idea that wearing well cut quality clothing is somehow elitist or showy. I was always taught that style and fashion are only distantly related. I have known people with modest means who have plenty of the former and who couldn't care less for the latter. I have also known people with more money than sense spend significant sums on poor quality ill fitting clothes that have certain labels but will look ridiculously dated in five years time. Such common sense considerations of style over fashion generally fit with Highland attire (IMHO). However, to each their own I suppose

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I couldn't agree more, Peter! Well said, mate.

Cheers,

[tripleblessed]

I, too, will applaud Peter's comments. While I admire the style and fortitude of those who wear a coat and tie for
shooting and fishing, the south Georgia swamps and woods I rambled in as a child would make short work of such
attire, and I would not have survived the wrath of my dear mother for such destruction. My grandfather wore
overhalls (that, of course, is the correct spelling based on proper pronunciation where I grew up) when following a
mule growing up, but upon becoming the owner of the farm, excuse me - plantation, moved into a three-piece suit
for the remainder of his days, and like his father-in-law strode the fields in, as we say here, wingtips or brogued ankle
boots. Even when it was 110 Fahrenheit in the shade, with 85-100% humidity. Not for me.

Although in my defense, I have been seen on top of a ladder making emergency repairs or adjustments on opening
nights while wearing suits that would be 1500 - 2000 dollars today. Need occasionally has to override common sense.