delta1 wrote:speaking of suits, button up shirts and long pants, my wife said I should go through our closets and gather up stuff I prolly wont wear, or need, anymore since we're both retired and have very little occasion to wear dressy clothes, especially here in laid back SoCal...she had a few bags of donations gathered up already and wanted me to make a run to the Salvation Army donation truck.
Obediently, I gathered up some things to donate and to clear out some room in the closet, hopefully not to be re-filled. I picked out one plaid sport jacket, one nearly new Adidas pullover rain hoody, one long sleeve pull over Henley sweatshirt, four long sleeve dress shirts, three long sleeve casual shirts, 5 short sleeve button up shirts and 2 Hawaiian short sleeve shirts...hope somebody can use them...
nowadays I'm usually in shorts and T-shirts or tank tops...in the cold season, I wear sweat pants and t-shirts or long sleeved Ts...always wear step in slider around the house or light weight athletic shoes when out and about or walking shoes when out for long walks...
Hadda wear a dress shirt and tie all 4 years of high school then again during my Sony stint in the ‘80s. Only good thing was being able to wear an Aloha shirt (…aka “Hawaiian” shirt…) on Fridays. Biz trips to the Mainland and Japan necessitated sport coats and suits. Glad those days are long gone and the closet has been cleared of all dress shirts, ties and monkey suits.
Pared down the Aloha shirt collection since retiring but most of them now look dated (…fashion-wise…). Might gotta go to the mall and pick up a couple. Should thin out the long pants inventory since I’ve only wore either Khaki or black in 3+ years.
