2019 Beard, Shorts & Sandals Season: The Big Issue Vote- socks
Beard Liberation Front
22nd May
Media Release contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
2019 Beard, Shorts & Sandals Season. The Big Issue Vote: socks/no socks very close
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with another Bank Holiday weekend upon us the 2019 Beard, Shorts and Sandals is reaching a conclusion.
The BLF has relaxed guidelines for the 2019 season and brought in a new framework governing types of footwear, length of shorts and the controversial issue of socks:
1] Shorts may be half length (to the knee) or three-quarter length-‘culottes’. The length of shorts is particularly important as climate change may mean that unprotected legs get sunburnt.
2] Footwear should be casual. There is a considerable range of sandal type footwear now available. Some leave parts of the feet and toes open to public view, while some does not. The BLF is not prescriptive about the matter.
3] Socks should generally not be worn. However if the beard, shorts and sandals are to be displayed in busy urban areas it may be prudent to wear closed rather than open casual footwear and ankle socks, not visible to others may be worn.
4] There is no prescription or definition on what type of beard may be worn, or how this may match with the shorts and sandals. This is left up to the individual.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we deliberately have a category on the poll for those who are ideologically opposed to socks and sandals. We expect most are currently engaged in obsessing one way or another on Brexit. For the rest those who don’t wear socks and those who do, or might, are very closed matched. The vote closes at midnight on Sunday 26th May with the outcome announced on Bank Holiday Monday.
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