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Polo shirts with the company logo? No need for any logo, seems a bit over-the-top..
I would pay that $5 donation to wear a long-sleeved dress shirt and tie instead of a polo shirt with the company logo. I'd feel like much less of a tool.
Does anyone (other than me) think that it's silly for men to wear long sleeve shirts in the heat of summer (in places with 90+ F temperatures and high humidity), only to roll them halfway up so that they're bunched up around the arms?
I just don't get the purpose of this look (mainly with white collar office types) and have to wonder why someone is going to wear long sleeves on such a hot day, knowing that they're going to have to roll them up? Why not just wear short sleeves? To me, The look is just plain silly and it often looks sloppy and uncomfortable, because then the fabric is bunched up in one place, leading to a sweaty point somewhere between the wrists and elbow.
I know this look has been around for a while, and I'm even an apologist for fashion statements that I myself or others may not get, but this makes absolutely no sense! Another reason why men's clothing choices (especially in hot summer weather) need to be expanded. Why not just have mid length sleeves (between short and long sleeve length). Somewhere someone decided that the landed gentry class of men wearing short sleeves was unbecoming, but why does everything about the male dress code (i.e. long pants, long sleeves, covered shoes, etc. ) have to be so freaking hot and claustrophobic compared to what women can get away with in the summer (i.e. sandals, shorter dresses, sleevelessness, etc.). Why can't men's clothing be more common sense focused and still dignified (or in this case more dignified)? Does anyone else agree?
Come to Australia my dear, you can literally bake an egg on the footpath, and everyone has long sleeves due to the carcinoma risk.
Some people need long sleeve shirts for parts of their job but can roll them up for others. Like a boilermaker who'd have sleeves down when welding, burning or grinding but rolled up when rigging or fitting.
This goes for women boilermakers, just like the men. And no open shoes, Daahling.
You may not have hot legs or arms but exposed skin sheds overall body heat better. Far better on a 90+ day, especially walking around a place like NYC with a jacket on.
Wow, so far no one else finds this unpractical/an unattractive fashion statement?
Which is okay (people can go for different looks/comfort levels) ; but I'm a little surprised no one has agreed, at least not yet.
Unpractical? Having the option of rolling up sleeves makes the same garment work over a wider range of temperatures. That's pretty much the definition of practicality.
My office has a dress code that specifically states no short-sleeve shirts. Ties must be worn at all times. Shirts must be pressed, no frayed collars. Women are required to wear nylons, dresses cannot be more than two inches above the knees, slacks must cover the top of the foot and no opened-toed shoes. We do have casual Friday's- a $5 charity donation gives you the right to wear dress slacks and a polo shirt with the company logo on it. There have been a few days where the bosses have caved and told us we could take off our ties because the of heat (the building A/C is iffy at best).
Short sleeve dress shirts are ok if you want to look like Dilbert or Dwight Schrute
Hey, don't be bashing Dilbert, who stood for logic, intelligence, pragmatism and efficiency. Except he did have to battle all kinds of situations with people in the corporate world creating solutions in search of a problem. Perhaps we'll see a new policy requiring long sleeves, regardless of weather, and Dilbert will be forced to negotiate his superior logic against the forces of illogical dress code policies, whether explicit or unwritten).
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Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA
Unpractical? Having the option of rolling up sleeves makes the same garment work over a wider range of temperatures. That's pretty much the definition of practicality.
I would agree except many long sleeve shirts are narrow near the bottom of the sleeves, and generally don't look particularly neat when they're rolled up because of the way they're designed.
Some people need long sleeve shirts for parts of their job but can roll them up for others. Like a boilermaker who'd have sleeves down when welding, burning or grinding but rolled up when rigging or fitting.
This goes for women boilermakers, just like the men. And no open shoes, Daahling.
Okay, I agree in these cases, it does make perfect sense for a legitimate safety reason.
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; but I'm a little surprised no one has agreed, at least not yet.
