The hot summer days are not a good time to dress respectably: any extra piece of clothing is likely to get drenched in sweat, and exposing too much of your body can embarrass others if it doesn¡¯t embarrass you. The Chosun Ilbo singles out the no-nos and offers advice on how to avoid them.
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No: A prominent panty line inside a pair of tight skinny jeans, black polka-dot panties visible outside a white skirt, lace panties visible over a pair of low-rise pants -- plus, for good measure, some excessive flab around the tummy.
Yes: Thongs or seamless panties can avoid showing off what you are wearing underneath. When you wear a pair of low-rise pants, match them with low-rise panties.
No: Exposing worn colored bra straps, adjusting bra straps in front of others, wearing clothes that expose too much of your body and are only suitable for the beach; and for men, wearing T-shirts with armpits soaked or discolored with perspiration.
Yes: When you want to expose your shoulders, wear strapless bras. If you sweat heavily, you can wear half-sleeved underwear or T-shirts inside your outer garments. There are sweat-absorbing pads to be attached around armpits available on the market.
No: Wearing sleeveless tops without waxing your armpits properly or wearing sandals without trimming your toenails, with hardened skin visible on the soles of your feet.
Yes: Hair removers for women that pull out the hair at the root are available in the shops. Apply scrub to wet feet to rub off the hardened skin and use foot cream, and get a pedicure to make your feet look neat and clean.
No: Wearing a pair of noisy flip-flops working in the office or on the subway.
Yes: Prepare an extra pair of slippers for the office when you find sandals other than flip-flops too uncomfortable to wear. Better slippers than flip-flops.
No: Wearing white socks inside sandals; matching shorts with black dress socks while running on the treadmill; wearing shirts so tight they show the shape of your nipples; wearing just a vest without anything inside it.
Yes: Sandals are worn with bare feet, for heaven¡¯s sake. If you must wear socks, choose footlets: at least they don¡¯t reach the ankle.
No: ¡°Chic and cheap¡±, matching designer clothes with farmyard manners. Spitting in Prada, baggy hip hop pants on short legs, designer bags and dirty old shoes¡¦ that is taking the mix-and-match principle a step too far.
Yes: The basic principle is good manners. Then strike a balance among different items, rather than focusing on a single one, and the summer is yours.
No: Wearing shorts in a fancy restaurant or high-heeled shoes at outdoor pools, staggering around in 10 cm wedge heels when you can¡¯t cross the street in time, coming out in you underwear in the name of a ¡°lingerie look¡±: all these just betray your total ignorance of fashion.
Yes: Grow your ability to adapt fashions to your own style. When you try a new style, do it by halves just to be on the safe side.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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