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Fashion

Fashion
Illustration by John Cuneo

“Everybody today, they have no manners, they have no civility. They don’t dress well.” New York mafia lawyer Bruce Cutler could have been talking about us.

July 2006

By William Swanson

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Wearing a baseball cap indoors
Wear it backward, we deduct another thirty IQ points.

Wearing anything with a pro sports logo if you’re older than eight and your team is not in the World Series


Shirts open below the second button, on men or women      

Ponytails on men
Yeah, you’re making a statement. You’re saying, “I am a chump.”

Mullets     

Necktie visible below your shirt collar
Ask your mom to check before you leave the house in the morning.

Neckties that celebrate your passion for golf (tennis, hunting, fishing . . . )     


Suit pants too short
Actually, any pants too short.

A cowboy hat unless you’re a cowboy
While astride a horse, okey-dokey. Striding down Nicollet Mall, you look like an ass.

Sandals on men
The socks only make it worse. 

Fanny packs
Just look at yourself.

Butts and bellies at work
Take another look.

Anything fur
Barbaric. Shame on you.

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