Oh, how good we are this off-season, our ankles open, slightly battered by the first frosts of fall, just around the corner. One would almost like to throw away one’s socks and go out barefoot in only shoes, wouldn’t one, dear Clement? Rest assured, you are not alone. Like you, on sunny days, many men rediscover the joy of walking barefoot in their espadrilles, their “boats” or even moccasins and other urban shoes. And sad to have to thread their knee-high Scots again at the start of the school year.
But another way is possible. Nothing, not the text of the law, not an international convention, and not, I bet, your company’s internal regulations (unlike the wearing of socks banned last week at Elsa-Triolet high school in Saint-Denis) prevents you from wearing your shoes without socks. Of course, after the first days of September, I will return…
Source: Le Figaro
