12th April
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2024 Beard, Shorts & Sandals Update as poor weather continues
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the 2024 Beard, Shorts and Sandals Pre-Season remains open but extra care must be taken due to cold and wet weather in many areas.
The 2022 pre-season opened on 20th March but with March 2024 one of the wettest on record and April likely to be similar only with improving weather will it appropriate for the full season to get underway.
2024 Pre-Season guidelines
1] Shorts should ideally be three-quarter length-‘culottes’ for the 2024 season. The length of shorts is particularly important as climate change may mean that unprotected legs get sunburnt. UV remains high even when the sun is absent
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 do not. The BLF is not prescriptive about the matter.
3] Socks should usually not be worn. However in the pre-season they are optional
3a] 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.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, the Beard, Socks and Sandals season has been a major influence on summer fashions in recent times and we expect the 2024 season to be no different. After carefully studying the Met Office’s beard friendly guidance we continue to urge caution with poor weather conditions likely
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