Friday, August 17, 2012

Summer Fridays rehash: An EV Grieve editorial (aka, this week's sign of the Apocalypse)

Hey, we're STILL digging into the EVG archives for these next few summer Fridays... We first posted this hard-hitting editorial on July 31, 2008 ...

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According to the Times today, shorts are no longer "an office don't. These days, they are downright respectable" at the office.

EV Grieve responds:

"Shorts are no longer an office don't" — OH YES THEY ARE.

"These days, they are downright respectable" at the office — NO! NEVER! NEVER EVER.

That is all. Thank you.

Oh, if you must, an excerpt from the article:

The willingness of men to expand the amount of skin they are inclined to display can be gauged by the short-sleeved shirts Senator Barack Obama has lately favored; the muscle T-shirts Anderson Cooper wears on CNN assignment; and the Armani billboard in which David Beckham, the soccer star, appears nearly nude.

Not a few designers are pushing men to expose more of the bodies that they have spent so much time perfecting at the gym. “We have all these self-imposed restrictions” about our dress, said Ben Clawson, the sales director for the designer Michael Bastian. “As men’s wear continues to evolve and becomes a little more casual without becoming grungy, it’s not impossible anymore to be dressed up in shorts.”

While Mr. Bastian is a designer of what essentially amounts to updates on preppy classics, even he has pushed for greater latitude in exposing men’s bodies to view.

[Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times]
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 6:57 AM

    EEW to the shorts and jacket to the office look.
    The Beckham ad is unreal..no one looks like that. My boyfriend is way better than that. Beckham looks like a freak.

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  2. pinheadAugust 17, 2012 at 7:01 AM

    Out of respect, Grieve, I will cover my legs when commenting.

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  3. EV GrieveAugust 17, 2012 at 7:43 AM

    To be honest, since this article appeared, I've worn shorts and a jacket to work ... though you can't see the ensemble under my Buzz Lightyear costume while roaming Times Square.

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  4. randallAugust 17, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Wearing shorts to work is like going into the Stage Restaurant and asking for sweet potato fries.

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  5. DrBOPAugust 17, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    Speedo Saturday (worn with a Tux Top) is a Canadian Tradition of millenial standing. (Indoor Occupations ONLY!)

    If 'ya gotta work Saturday, might as well let it all hangout!
    (embed appropriate youtube vid)

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  6. FipperAugust 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM

    @grieve - you actually "go to" work? Thought this was your full-time gig! :)

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  7. EV GrieveAugust 17, 2012 at 2:40 PM

    @ Flipper

    Well, I guess making balloon animals for the children isn't really work...

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  8. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 3:03 PM

    Cargo shorts are an East Village no.

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