Beard Liberation Front
29th June
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett @kmflett
2024 Beard, Shorts & Sandals Season. 56% say socks should NOT be worn
Socks should not be worn 56.6%
Whatever works 19.5%
Socks OK 13.3%
Socks Optional 10.6%
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that after a sustained period of poor weather the 2024 Beard, Shorts and Sandals is fully open
The BLF says that it has relaxed guidelines again for the 2024 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 remain optional depending on individual preference. If the beard, shorts and sandals are to be displayed in busy 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 again is left up to the individual.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, socks are always the most controversial issue during the Beard, Socks and Sandals season. It is an issue that seems to divide the beard, shorts and sandals community. As a result we are holding our annual advisory vote. In 2023 60% voted that they were ideologically opposed to socks. In 2024 the anti-socks vote was down slightly to 56% but the vote is of course only advisory.
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