{"id":16783,"date":"2022-09-10T15:13:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16783"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:14:12","slug":"cowboy-boots-and-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16783","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy Boots and Suits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"After all these years, I still receive inquiries like this: <\/p>\n

I am attending a wedding and have to wear a suit. I usually don’t dress up. My job doesn’t have a dress code, so I wear jeans and khakis with cowboy boots. My girlfriend doesn’t want me to wear boots with a suit to the wedding. Since I am not in the wedding party (just a guest), is my girlfriend making too big of a deal about this? I have some nice pairs of dress boots, but as of now, she won’t budge from her opinion against my boots. Signed, Rob<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While I am not “Dear Abby,” indeed I do have experience wearing cowboy boots with suits in my lifetime. Read on for my answer…
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\nHey, Rob,<\/p>\n

Thanks for your question. In my life, I wore suits to work as a manager. Suits became comfortable, though I enjoyed casual Fridays where we could dress down (like you, jeans or khakis and boots.)<\/p>\n

\"\"However, my usual “go-to” footwear were nice-looking cowboy boots. I have many pairs, and liked to wear different boots almost every day. My subordinates and colleagues frequently would see me entering a meeting, and I’d see them glance down to find out what boots I had on that day. <\/p>\n

I also attended weddings wearing a suit and boots. I was even my twin brother’s Best Man — suited and booted — at his destination wedding in Venice, Italy! <\/p>\n

Some old geezers grumbled, but honestly, no one really cared.<\/p>\n

Wear what you like, as long as the boots are clean and presentable (that is, not fresh from where you may have mucked out a horse stall). Some boots are so understated, it is hard to discern between shiny black leather cowboy boots and dress shoes.<\/p>\n

I am not a relationship counselor, but if your girlfriend has hangups about wearing boots with a suit, then there may be other things she thinks about that may cause problems later.<\/p>\n

Just be yourself. Wear boots with your suit<\/a> and have fun.<\/p>\n

Life is short: boots with a suit are just fine, contrary to the opinion of some people who have more narrow opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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