5/21/13

Dapper Days: Hello, Spring. Goodbye, Socks!


I'm so excited that it's warming up consistently these days. It's finally time to stash away the jackets and go minimal. Pants, shirt, hat and shoes. That's all it takes to get out the door these days. After suffering through months and months of coats and jackets and scarves and such, this feels like heaven. In another month it will be too warm for long pants and sleeves but for now it's perfect.


After a winter of boots and socks and shivering cold, it's always refreshing to forego socks for the first time in spring. I'm partial to a soft brown leather shoe myself. Soft leather is key if you're going sockless — and they should be slightly worn too. Otherwise your sock-free feet are just begging for blisters. I always make a short dry run in the shoes without socks before I commit to an entire day. There's nothing worse than realizing the heel rubs around hour three of long day on your feet.

Of course you could wear those little foot sock things but, I dunno, that kind of ruins the whole sock-free concept. I've actually been known to wear them to break in a pair of shoes but still look sock-free. So, you know, Captain Dapper doesn't judge.

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