I agree, each to their own ! I actually like what the wearing of socks with sandals says about a person - i.e. they don't give a hoot about style conventions or what people think. I admire and am drawn to people like that !

The particular male sartorial style (if it can be called that) that I prefer to see is the "old-fashioned British crumpled look" - trousers ( or cords, not denim), scarcely ironed shirt, knitted jumper, shoes (not trainers)/sandals (with/without socks)/boots, gone-through-a-hedge-backwards hair.

The style that appeals less (or, to be honest, not at all) involves the wearing of any of the following: baseball cap, trainers, tattoos, shaved head or very short hair, T-shirt, sweatshirt, long baggy shorts. All of these seem to have become the norm - It's interesting that the old conventional style that I described above has now become unusual amongst the vast majority of the male population - a great pity, in my opinion.

- jeanie