{"id":8036,"date":"2014-11-01T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=8036"},"modified":"2020-08-09T13:06:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T17:06:26","slug":"cowboy-boots-with-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=8036","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy Boots with Suits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TLPecan19\"<\/a>I work in a professional office. I seldom wear a suit or even a jacket, but there are occasions that I do. While I work in a professional office, the traditional business suit is not customarily worn any more, even by the big cheese to whom I report. However, I usually wear a shirt and tie, and keep a jacket handy (hanging on the back of my door) for times when custom demands.<\/p>\n

And I always wear boots. No exception. Even with a suit or less formal attire — jacket and tie. <\/p>\n

I received an email the other day from an instructor at a community college in Texas. She wrote:
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\nSubj: “Boots and Suits”<\/p>\n

Thank you for posting some pictures of boots worn with suits. I teach a class on professionalism to students who mainly come from a rural background. Wearing boots is very important to personal identity, but I’m trying to encourage them to do it the right way for the business world. I’m glad I can now show them good examples of wearing boots with maintaining professionalism<\/a> for the corporate world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I work on the U.S. East Coast near Washington, DC. There could not be a more staid, drab, dull, and “corporate” unstated dress code among men. <\/p>\n

Few men have the courage to wear real boots with a suit or dress clothes in a professional office. (I said “real boots” because those short little things that Allen Edmonds calls “boots” are just slightly taller dress shoes.) I do not understand why men who work in a professional field are so reluctant to wear boots. Honestly, no one says anything, or if they do, they pay a compliment.<\/p>\n

I liked what this instructor said — that one can wear boots and maintain professionalism for the corporate (or government) world. Yes, a man can do it. I do, all the time.<\/p>\n

Life is short: wear boots with dress clothes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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