Rbk Zig - Matte Black vs Patent Leather

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Indeed, wasn't it just 2-3 years ago that PL was all the rage? Now, suddenly, I go to camp and evaluators start to chuckle. Politely, of course, but the grace period for officiating fashion faux pas is very short.* By this time next year I'll be getting downgraded for them.

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Were you wearing them with shorts?

Originally Posted by Rich

Huh?

I wear mine to camps and to summer games in shorts all the time. When I wear shorts, I'm not trying to look fashionable.

I'm an evaluator at 3-4 camps this summer. I spend 0% of the time looking at someone's shoes when someone's wearing shorts.

I think patent leather with shorts in the summer looks just silly. Not silly enough to downgrade someone or even mention it. But likely what the evaluators were laughing about.

It is sort of like wearing a bow tie with a T-shirt.....or dress shoes and dress socks with board shorts.