I’m hopeless. Straight creased slacks, button-down sport shirts, t-shirts, flannel shirts, cotton denim jeans, crew socks in blue, bermuda shorts, black and white. Nothing’s changed in 50 years. Were there “fashions” in the 80s? I must have missed that.
I do remember having dinner with a lady friend in Zermatt, Switzerland in 1977. She made fun of my green and white paisley polyester shirt. She also chided me for cutting the lettuce in my salad with a knife instead of stuffing the entire leaf into my mouth. I learned manners and styles don’t translate from the USA to the Continent.
Well, technically the U.S. never saved Switzerland, so I guess you just have to accept it.
Paisley was named after a town in Scotland, based on a Persian design, that was supposed to look like mangos. You were being cosmopolitan.
With salad, you should always put the entire leaf of lettuce into your mouth. The only salad intended to be cut with a knife is the wedge salad.
“shirt. She also chided me for cutting the lettuce in my salad with a knife instead of stuffing the entire leaf into my mouth‘
I do that sometimes. But then I have always been independent minded and don’t care what people think. I also use knife and fork to eat Chinese food. :-)