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12th May
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Jeremy Paxman at 70 is role model for 2020 Beard, Shorts & Sandals Season
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with the 2020 Beard, Shorts and Sandals Season now open, Jeremy Paxman who marked his 70th birthday on Monday is the role model for others to follow.
Paxman was pictured in a daily paper wearing an organic beard, sensible length shorts and enclosed sandals/trainers of the type suitable for the mixed weather of a British May
The BLF says that it has amended guidelines for the 2020 Season and brought in a new framework to facilitate social distancing.
1] Shorts should ideally be three-quarter length-‘culottes’ for the 2020 season. The length of shorts is particularly important as climate change may mean that unprotected legs get sunburnt.
1a) Shorts of the length worn by Nigel Farage in a video recorded in April are strictly forbidden
2] Footwear should be casual. There is a considerable range of sandal type footwear now available. Some leaves 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 relatively busier urban areas it is likely to 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.
5] If venturing out in accordance with lockdown rules in force at the time social distance should be kept at all times. On no account should there be any groups of beard, shorts and sandals wearers. Discussion of styles should be confined to social media.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, the Beard, ever since his Newsnight beard caused a crisis at high levels in the BBC Paxman hasn’t worn a beard on air. However at 70 he is without a poster boy for the 2020 Beard, Shorts and Sandals season
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