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Sartorial Splendor
of the Senior Male
by geezerbill
I have read,
while glancing
at the Style
sections of
magazines and
newspapers,
that a recent trend in menswear is getting in
touch with its feminine side. Cropped tops to
expose smooth bellybuttons. Ruffled blouses and
scarves in bright patterns for making grand en-
trances. Scooping necklines to show off that
freshly waxed chest. Even skirts for men, with
no mention of the underwear situation.
This is not a trend that will wear well with gee-
zer males.
Skinny jeans on the senior set? Varicose veins
would be pressed too tightly by the jeans which
would back blood up to our hearts which would
have to work overtime. Senior hearts that have
to do overtime then go on strike.
To get to the fashion hub of the matter, retired
geezers don’t care a lot about looking good in
clothes anyway. Not like when we were young
and in the workforce.
Back when I was working, I knew that all IBMers
wore white shirts at the insistence of Mr.
Watson. The rest of us, who worked for less
conservative organizations, were allowed to wear
shirts of other colors with our ties and suits
and, occasionally, a sports jacket.
Women wore skirts and blouses, hats and gloves
having gone the way of the manual typewriter.
It was a madman world and everybody knew what
to wear. But over time even the IBMers began
to loosen up, thus allowing the rest of us to get
even looser. By the time I retired from the
workforce, only bank presidents wore jackets