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Fashion Police (from the LA Times)
From Fashion Police LA Times Sunday October 3, 1999
But wearing your shirt tucked in also means not wearing your pants waaaaaay below your natural waistline, as some men do. They're fooling no one, either.
Just to let you know we're not the only one who believes this, we talked to Shlomo Kantrowitz, vice president of sales and marketing for Epic Menswear in New Haven, Connecticut, an online source for large-size men's clothing.
His philosophy is this: "The worst thing people can do is try to convince themselves that they're not really what they are, and that is an issue we all face, one way or another. When you get in front of the mirror, you don't need to say, 'I'm fat,' but you do need to say, 'I do need clothes that fit me properly.' It's difficult for a person who's robust to deal [with the fact] that they're always being looked at in an unflattering way, which is sad, but that's the world we live in."
Dear Fashion Police: Just wondered how you view the spectacle
of overweight, thirtysomething hairy-legged men in cutoff pants? Someone
in my office wears them to work on "casual Fridays" and swears they're
the look. He wears them with color-coordinated plaid flannel shirts and
pocket T-shirts, along with the cliched backward baseball cap. What's the
word--chic or eek? --SANTA MONICA SECRETARY
Dear Santa Monica: You work with a fat, hairy guy who wears shorts,
flannel shirts and a baseball cap? Is he single? OK, we won't ridicule
hirsute, flab-challenged men with dubious fashion sense. Not right now,
anyway. But this brings up that eternal nagging question: What exactly
is appropriate on "casual Fridays"? Every office is different, and it's
really up to management to set the sartorial rules. If this guy's wardrobe
truly bothers you, give positive reinforcement a try. When he wears something
nice, compliment him until his ego is sufficiently inflated. If that doesn't
work, toss him a copy of GQ and hope he reads it. But don't hold your breath.
Take it from us--repeat offenders are difficult to rehabilitate.