I recently did a blog post about five summertime dress tips for guys and happened to mention Bermuda shorts and the fact that in Bermuda they tend to wear them with long socks. This caused quite a stir of comments and e-mails which made me do a little bit of investigating on the phenomenon.
As your corporate image consultant first let me say I’ve got nothing against Bermuda shorts. I think they’re fine as summer weekend casual wear, but when you wear them to the office or team them with business wear like a suit or sports jacket, not so much.
Really weird
Google has a lot of photos showing Burmuda shorts being worn for business in Bermuda along with dress shoes, long socks (both light and dark), jackets, shirts and ties. This is Burmuda’s idea of dress for success. From a Canadian and North American view point, this looks really weird.
Try this
Take your hand and cover the bottom of the top picture (covering the shorts), Looks okay, a group of sensible business men.
Now move your hand away and something does not compute. Suddenly you’ve got a bunch of guys, who for some reason are standing around in their boxers.
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I had to add hidden captions balloon to these photos.
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Let’s just hope this Burmuda shorts fashion doesn’t catch on in Canada or America.