I chased a guy around the Beaumont Club before the Passion Pit show, trying to get a good shot of his feet, until I realized that he was not unique: 7/10 of the dudes at the venue were also wearing loafers without socks.
One loafer-wearing guy explained to me that he's gone sockless ever since he was a kid and got tired of his skate shoes wearing holes in every pair. Thing is, my problem is not with the lack of socks. It's more with the just-got-off-the-boat-gonna-have-some-brewskis-and-chill-bro, maybe-a-game-of-Frisbee-golf-but-can't-be-out-too-late-gotta-work-at-my-dad's-firm-early-tomorrow-morning loafers. They remind me of the pretentious golfers in Caddyshack. They remind me of Cary Elwes' character in Hot Shots.
And I bet they smell pretty ripe after a night of spilling beer and sweating inside the Beaumont.
The Passion Pit show unearthed all kinds of '80s nostalgia, I suppose,
and as the Lycra exercise gear and Keds come back around, so do the Alex P. Keaton duds.
If the loafers thing is an attempt to escape the whole dudes-in-flip-flops trend, I appreciate the effort. A man's hairy-ass toes should go unseen if at all possible. But boys, this just ain't working.
Like this guy, in the picture below, whose dad undoubtedly has a wicked condo in Breckenridge (and who was surrounded by pals in loafers, without socks):
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Cry me a river with this "smelly foot" joke, it's getting old and inflactioned (the same comment about sockless guys all over internet) :). As I think you don't wear socks in flats, wedge pumps or slingback, in summer even if technically they are closed shoes and I think you feet don't stink, no pun intended I'd bet about it, then I may ask why a sockless guy necessarily have to smell at his feet if he washes frequently?
I think the issues lies in the image you associate with this type of outfit you project onto these (mostly) innocent guys. The shorts and loafer sockless boy has a sort of original sin, he inherited the fault of an asshole wearing a similar outfit. The yachty ass hole is different though , he has a worst taste, his loafers are too dressy do be worn with shorts, and don't wear a t-shirt but a buttoned down long sleeved shirt, he is pretentious where the normal SALSB is very casual and easy going, maybe he likes to show his legs and a little of his body but it's not overly vain and his loafers are casual and definitely he washes and always keeps his feet from sweating and stinking too much, just like you. He can be an asshole too but that can be regardless of the outfit
You are some kind of annoying princess, because loafers without socks is fine and has been fine for ages. Get a life.
Sockless loafers is super sexy!
If YOU can't pull it off then don't do it :)
I personally love it
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