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The Good Taste Fairy is who died and passed on her wand.

Well, I may have misread it, but it seems to imply that unless you comply to his/her dress code you are inconsiderate.
I look like most of the people that are in the magazines I buy... by the way. So does that make it more acceptable? I mean, if it is in a magazine, it must be ok? Right?
I buy new shoes every season and stop weraing them once they get grungy. It's possibly OCD.
One more reason that I love Crocs is that I can toss them in the washer with cleaning/car wash rags.
Mine average 2-3 wears before they get washed.
Maybe I should rephrase that to: My shoes always look new and were bought within the last 6 months.

I think you did misread or misunderstand my post (thanks for coming to my defense vjpb...). What I was trying to convey is that the attitude that "I'll wear/do whatever I please, my comfort is the only thing that matters) is inconsiderate. If you disagree that is fine. It's just my opinion that the preoccupation some people have with their own personal comfort/desires/space to the exclusion of others when out in public is inconsiderate. While I don't think socks and sandals is at the big deal end of this spectrum of being incosniderate when in public - wearing whatever one wants simply because it is comfortable can lead to inappropriate attire in many cases that I can think of (eg - I know sweatpants and sneakers are comfortable, but they are inappropriate at a nice restaurant or the theatre).

the right combo of socks & nice sandals, with a good outfit, in a hot climante, is not the same as wearing sweatpants and sneakers!

To be honest, I wouldn't wear socks and sandles, to me personally, it looks a little silly. But, I say do whatever makes you happy! Why would you care what others think of you anyway? That goes that same for people who wear sandles with no socks at all!

Socks are never okay with sandals. If you tell yourself they look okay with Tevas, or with Nikes, or with vented sneakers, or for a long day's hike, or with Birks...you're only fooling yourself. They are oil and water. Peanut butter and mint. Please choose one or the other.

hey socks and sandals are a fashion statement in Oregon and Washington.
of course you wouldn't wear just any sandal- it would have to be a Birkenstock or similar walking sandal

Socks and Any Kind of Sandals = TACKY!!

Yes, they are a fashion statement. The statement is, "I have zero fashion sense and I can't be taught." Socks with sandals aren't even ironic. They're just plain wrong.

Ok karameli, I have to laugh at that last post.

Well apparently our fashion sense here in the PNW isn't bad enough to stop people from wanting to move here and associate with us

I have seen plenty of people (even in NYC ... gasp!) wearing sandals with heels (Acceptable? Still sandals?) and pantyhose!
Isn't that still sandals and socks?

Also, at what point does a sandal become too casual for you, karameli?
Is a kitten heel on a leather 'strappy' sandal really that much different from the same sandal with no heel?

What about all the hipsters walking around NY in Yoga pants on Saturday mornings?
Is that a lesser crime than sweats?

When is a t-shirt cool enough to wear out? When it is skin tight and costs 100.00?

It's all so silly.

Oh, but the socks with heels and pantyhose are ironic! And that always flies.

As soon as I can see toes, I don't want to see socks. I'm going to extend that warning to include mary janes, at least for the post-kindergarten crowd.

Yoga pants and sweats are always acceptable in my book, by the way. Ditto t-shirts. Even at black-tie dinners.

well i do wear socks and sandals. just yesterday as a matter of fact flying/airports for a tropical weather vacation... or so sandal straps don't rub bear skin if you are traveling and walking for miles in a day. something low cut as in not up to the ankle or just barely, in a dark pattern w/ a walking or fisherman style sandal works for me.

that said, never never EVER will you catch me w/ a pair of Birks or Tevas on my feet. and I live in Seattle. now THAT would be embarrassing!

OMG... look at these! Perfect, I had no clue such a thing existed!
http://www.sock-dreams.com/_shop/pag...egoryID_93.php

Tabis are nothing new. They have been around for ages, it's a Japanese thing. And those aren't what I was talking about -lol!

If you can't wear socks with sandals, how do you show off your rainbow striped toe socks???

Geez! I'm sorry to have reopened this post. All I was saying was that sandles are, in my opinion, a safety hazzard in airports. With terrorism and all kind of "current-day" threats, you do not want to get caught running in sandles if a terrible situation occurs. Safety first. Pack the sandles, and then wear them when you get to your destination.

If I dressed for the airport in clothes I could run fast in to get away from terrorists, I think I'd never be traveling. Are you funnin' us? ...I hope...

Where is bonnie?? Wish there was a way to send out an SOS.

It's advice. As I said before, keep yourself safe first. Wear the things when you get to your destination. I travel for a living. If there is a situation an I need to get around you, I'm going to run you over. We are getting lax again in our safety awareness & standards. It seems like no one remembers 9-11.