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Sunday, April 1, 2012

READER SUBMISSION

We're so excited to have one of our favorite roommates, Lynn, here today for a reader submission.  Lynn blogs over at 200 If We Can Make It and we have really loved getting his feedback on many of our style questions here on the Duplex.   He has helped us through many style slumps and we hope you'll help him through his style predicament.  

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I am 27 years old, became a dad last year, and work for a CPA firm. 
I do typical dad things like eat grape nuts and post pictures of my kid with a fake mustache on facebook. 
My age and having a stable job not only qualify, but almost compel me to make "the switch".

Many people with perfectly decent fashion sense have made "the switch"... to brown Skechers. There's the unspoken social rule that demands people in life circumstances similar to mine to embrace the quasi step to the business casual lifestyle involved with owning brown Skechers. I just don't know what to do. 

My heart wouldn't be in it if I bought the Skechers, but I'm feeling the social obligation.

I have narrowed it down to two pair of brown Skechers.  

Option A: Skechers, The Original
 Option B: The Shape Ups
Am I pulling off these shape ups? What do you guys think?

I think the shape ups might be a good option because I can embrace the business casual lifestyle while working on my calf muscles.



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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would go with the shape ups. Burning some extra calories can never hurt!

Rhett Maurice Billen said...

Man, if would have known that shape-ups came in a business casual version, I would have made the "switch" a long time ago. I guess we can't keep wearing vans forever, huh?

Anonymous said...

Best April Fools Day joke everrrrrr

kLr said...

If this is real...don't do it. There are so many better options!

If this is an April Fools...very funny : )

Nikki Olmstead said...

shape ups are awful unless you're an old lady over 50

lynn and cerise said...

thanks nikki. you guys are right, i should probably go with the originals. rhett, i think you could pull off the shape ups though.

Anonymous said...

this is the best post i've ever seen.

Anonymous said...

As a young lady over fifty and I would never wear those...

Anonymous said...

april fools?

Jess said...

Both. At the same time.

Sarah said...

bahaha totally fell for it and I was like - waahhh?!?

Bret Baker said...

you could pull off anything.....if you have the 'stache.

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