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"I have many friends who don't wear socks with their shoes seasonally. I also remember the photographer Peter Beard going sockless under his Weejuns in winter, but I always thought this was less about style and more about why he would pick up a frying pan without using a pot holder. Photographer Wayne Maser rarely wears socks between his beautiful bespoke suits and his beautiful bespoke shoes (which are also, in an almost desperate gesture of je ne sais quoi, often unlaced). My very best dressed friend goes sockless in summer, but his genes were generated in a very warm land near the birthplace of civilization and so, I suspect, his feet don't sweat much. I am a sock person. You'll usually find me wearing them when my brethren are going sockless. I guess this is a matter of personal style, but I am convinced that wearing socks is healthier. I also think going sockless works better in the country than in the city. Sockless is not a good business look. Also, I tend to think of the city as a gritty place and socks as protection against the dog-trodden, sooty streets. Then again, I'm out there on the sidewalks craning my head at girls in strappy sandals. (Sorry, dear!) Maybe I'm a hypocrite. Or maybe it's just my dank Irish feet. But I also think socks are absolutely necessary for business, and maybe it's just that I never really feel off duty."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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