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Do Dress Sneakers Belong in the Oval Office?
The New York Times ^ | 5/19/2023 updated 5/22/2023 | Guy Trebay

Posted on 05/27/2023 1:15:38 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken

Think of it as a rare instance of cross-aisle consensus or else a sartorial trend gone badly wrong. But it did not go unnoticed when, in a photograph from the Oval Office posted to President Joe Biden’s account this week, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Hakeem Jeffries were all captured wearing some variant of the dreaded footwear hybrid: the sneaker shoe.

Weighing in on Twitter, cult men’s wear commentator Derek Guy (@dieworkwear) called out the footgear as a clear lapse in dignity, if not actual protocol. Why pay a visit to a sitting president dressed in shoes designed for power-walking at the mall?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clothing; decorum; dresssneakers; honor; paywall; respect; sneakers; trivialization
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To: deweyfrank

I remember wearing black new balance walking shoes with a black “N” on them in the office back in the 1990s. Because they were all black and leather, practically nobody noticed.

Granted, it was and active engineering office with lots of coming and going (to site work).


41 posted on 05/27/2023 5:04:40 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

“Dress sneakers” is an oxymoron. And the idiot wearing them is just plain a moron.


42 posted on 05/27/2023 6:16:48 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

We live in a world where you may literally have to kill another human or run for cover on a moment’s notice. Anyone who wears poor footwear today is marking themselves as a pogue who is just NGMI.


43 posted on 05/27/2023 7:47:08 PM PDT by AnonymousConservative (DO NOT send me sensitive information - http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/surveillance)
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To: Alberta's Child

Are Biden’s “Depends” formal attire?


44 posted on 05/28/2023 4:28:22 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: John Milner

I wore black sneakers with suit and tie for years as university professor. I’m a very animate lecturer.


45 posted on 05/28/2023 4:30:38 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: 9YearLurker

I think 9YearLurker says it right.

Small things to distract the sheep from the big things. Very Big Things. Of which there are many.


46 posted on 05/28/2023 7:48:55 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: lightman

Do imbeciles belong in the U.S. Senate? What if the Commonwealth’s other U.S. Senator is merely a moron and needs to look smart?


47 posted on 05/29/2023 1:26:12 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

That’s quite a crowd.

More folk there than Biden ever had at one of his rallies.


48 posted on 05/29/2023 1:34:41 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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