One doofus or an annoying trend in socks?

[HudsonHawk]

So I'm in a big meeting this morning...a dozen or so people from all over the world. We're all wearing business suits. One gentleman, about 30 I'd guess, is wearing a charcoal gray suit, nice shirt and tie, and nice black shoes. He is, however, wearing one bright lime green sock and one bright pink and black striped sock. Is this a trend of which I'm just not aware, or is this guy just as big a doofus as he looked? I should mention this gent was from the UK.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

just a sartorial arse.

 

[herringbonekid]

David Hockney did mismatched socks in the 60s:

...given his eccentric pop art personality (and the rest of his outfit) i think it works.

 

[Edward]

I've done it as a way of using still-good odd socks. Needs to be a pronounced contrast for it to work, though. I remember when towelling fluroescent socks were in in the UK back in the early Eighties it was fashionable to wear odd ones - pink and lime green or yellow, usually - but I don't recall seeing it as a trend since. Entirely possible that it was no more than a slip induced by jetlag.

 

[HudsonHawk]

I've done it as a way of using still-good odd socks. Needs to be a pronounced contrast for it to work, though.

It doesn't work, no matter the contrast. Not even a little. It's just plain ridiculous looking. I just didn't know if it was a new fad or something.

 

[Dan Allen]

So I'm in a big meeting this morning...a dozen or so people from all over the world. We're all wearing business suits. One gentleman, about 30 I'd guess, is wearing a charcoal gray suit, nice shirt and tie, and nice black shoes. He is, however, wearing one bright lime green sock and one bright pink and black striped sock. Is this a trend of which I'm just not aware, or is this guy just as big a doofus as he looked? I should mention this gent was from the UK.

before I was married I would have been guilty of that--color blind.

 

[BR Gordon]

In my mind there's no question, doofus.

 

[HudsonHawk]

before I was married I would have been guilty of that--color blind.

You could at least match solids and stripes, no?

 

[mikespens]

I tend to appreciate a rebel without a cause and support a nonconformist. All sounds pretty harmless to me.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

Look at me! Look at me! I'm wearing loud mismatched socks! I'm such a rebel!

Well, Mike, a "doofus" is pretty much a harmless character, so I'd go along with you there. Otherwise, I see it as a pathetic cry for attention.

 

[Pinhead]

A sports' team colors? (pink?)

(Still, inappropriate for a professional environment.)

 

[Dan Allen]

You could at least match solids and stripes, no?

people (mostly men) who are affected by colorblindness don"t focus on color or pattern but rather on the general shape of an object. That is why camouflage is not effective against them, as I found out in Viet Nam myself. I am not saying that the gentleman in question is colorblind but if he were, combinations that you might say was an obvious mismatch would be hardly noticeable to him. When my family has get togethers now. my sisters invulnerably bring the subject up as it was their duty to inspect me before I went off to school. Unless you have been around a colorblind person it is hard to believe that nothing clashes to them. To this day my closet is 75% khaki for that reason.

 

[SHOWSOMECLASS]

In the 1980's a church member was regularly accompanied by her attention seeking husband who was always dressing in the style mentioned earlier. One day he arrived with half of his mustache shaved off. Being a smart teenager I had to ask. His response was, "just trying out the look". My reply, if he would shave one of his eye-brows off to match, the look would be improved and completed. LOL's.

 

[Michaelshane]

So I'm in a big meeting this morning...a dozen or so people from all over the world. We're all wearing business suits. One gentleman, about 30 I'd guess, is wearing a charcoal gray suit, nice shirt and tie, and nice black shoes. He is, however, wearing one bright lime green sock and one bright pink and black striped sock. Is this a trend of which I'm just not aware, or is this guy just as big a doofus as he looked? I should mention this gent was from the UK.

He probably has another pair just like them.

 

[MikeBravo]

He probably has another pair just like them.

ba-boom-tish!

 

[Stanley Doble]

My guess is he got dressed in the dark.

 

[Metatron]

Just a bit of fun surely?

 

[Bugsy]

Look at me! Look at me! I'm wearing loud mismatched socks! I'm such a rebel!

Well, Mike, a "doofus" is pretty much a harmless character, so I'd go along with you there. Otherwise, I see it as a pathetic cry for attention.

OH sometimes, members of this group can be so hard on others. Did it ever occur to any of you that the poor man might be color blind?? I comment with my tongue planted firmly in cheek. JEEESH!!

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I thought that was more of a teenage girl thing. My sister used to do that.

 

[Quigley Brown]

Someone who can't make a solid decision on matters....