robertjerl wrote:
And another thing, now that I no longer have to dress for work, well "If you don't like what I wear, don't look!"
So I go for pants and shorts with cargo pockets (can hold a pretty big e-reader) and sometime a photographer/fishing vest with lots of pockets and if needed a camera bag with a comfortable padded shoulder strap. Add a fedora for a hat and I am comfortable, eyes shaded, lots of pockets to distribute stuff so I don't have to carry it in my hands and I am set to be an anti-fashionista old guy out to shop or take pictures.
I also wear those nice comfortable semi-custom diabetic shoes with thick soles and memory foam liners that the podiatrist at Kaiser writes me a Rx for every other year or so. My feet are a full size apart and that is what I get. Then for hard use or out at the Railway Museum (safety shoes required to work around the streetcars and trains) I go to a good uniform shop that caters to cops, firefighters, paramedics, mailmen etc. and they will do the same thing only in a pair of zip up the side, steel toed, punji stake insert combat boots (black so they go with my conductor's uniform).
Us retired old guys can dress to be comfortable and practical and if people don't like the look, well too bad. And I haul it around in a dark red SUV with comfortable seats and easy to get in and out over sized doors.
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I'm totally with you on the cargo pants! And I like shirts with two large pockets. I also have a photo vest. Still looking for good "ole people" shoes that are easy to put on and take off....