No offense taken, barefootjaime. Few Americans travel outside of the borders of their country, so many tend to have a parochial view. I just try to broaden the horizons of those who post here whenever it seems warranted.
I agree. I feel kind of self-concious being too dressed up and barefoot. Most of the time, in warmer weather, I wear shorts and some Tshirt. The closer I get to "dressed up" is wearing Thai fisherman pants and some kurta. I am also a musician as well, so when I perform, I like to dress mostly in black, with collarless not tucked in shirt and long wide pants. The winter is a problem for me, because I was born in a warm climate. I usualy go for wool kurtas, fleece pants and those south-American hoodies.
I sorta forgot this, but 2 people I know really feel that a guy wearing jeans and a long sleeved shirt and a leather jacket, combined with jeans is hot.....just throwing that out there.
I think bare feet look fine with just about anything, not much different to bare hands when you think about it.
I used to feel I'd rather be caught dead than wearing shorts. Later, when it really got hot I began to relax that view. The pendulam swung again last summer and I could not see wearing shorts. It was jeans through the summer.....weird but from a self image point of view it was jeans only....and barefoot of course.
I agree that if it's super hot I'll dig around to find a pair of shorts but it's rare. Maybe because I've been spending more time in the city, I dunno.
I don't wear them in the winter either. I see how long johns would act as a layer, but not so much regular boxers so I figure, why bother.