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Oh my.
Chief S itting Bull, the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive.
Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-31-11 06:15 PM
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I feel like a dork with this ponytail...
I'm growing out my hair for the Locks of Love program (for the second time). The way it works is that you grow your hair to 10 or 12 inches long, and they chop it off to make wigs for kids with cancer. I'm about halfway there in length.
They don't want dyed hair, and of course no kid wants a wig made of grey hair, so I figured I can do it one more time while my hair's still black.
But I wonder, when people see me with the ponytail, if they think I'm one of those middle-aged guys who's trying to regain his hippie youth or something. (Not that I generally care what people think, as you know.)
And I had my first business meeting a couple of days ago, and with the ponytail stuffed down inside my shirt, nobody noticed...I may do this again after this episode...it's kinda convenient to tie up your hair in the morning and not have to bother with brushing or combing it the rest of the day.
Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-31-11 06:56 PM
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3. That works. When I was in the electronics business, I generally did not wear a tie. But ever since I started my own business, I make it a point (though I'm no clotheshorse) to be the best-dresed person in any business meeting.
Even if my client's dress code is a jockstrap and a feather, I'll be the guy with the suit and tie. That, and being over 6 feet tall and with long black hair, goes a long way to take control of the direction of the meeting (and to help me talk them into spending money with my company).
Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-31-11 07:20 PM
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5. Very well and concisely said. And it works even better if you wear "timeless classic" clothes rather than what's in style at the time (like pleated pants were for a few years, or those idiotic yellow ties in the 1980s).
And, oh, this might not fit into the "timeless classic" idea, I do wear Tony Lama cowboy boots and Western shirts with snaps instead of buttons (but no string ties!)
*****after which a photograph of Chief S itting Bull*****
I dunno; I'm no clothes-horse--although I do wear three-piece pinstriped suits once in a while--but it seems to me from the haberdashery perspective that Chief S itting Bull should just stick with dressing in whatever New Hampshireans-Vermonters dress in, rather than trying to emulate cowboys. Chief S itting Bull doesn't know s it about cowboys anyway, not least their garb.