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Toastmasters Fashion

Posted by John Spaith  Published in Toastmasters Gone Wild

Last week we had our Area contest. I decided to wear a nice shirt, dress slacks, and a tie to make my annual attempt to look halfway decent. My neighbor saw me when I was leaving and I asked her advice on the tie and if it was too short. She wasn’t sure so she told me to look at what the other guys at event were wearing to gauge the modern fashion.

 

Bad idea. Sorry fellow guys, but I don’t think GQ will do a “Men of TM” anytime soon. At least in my experience in the Seattle area, doing the opposite of what most guys in Toastmasters do is probably a better guide than anything.

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Barbara Kryvko says,
in 4-5-2008 @ 06:08:47    

You are so right! We have one contestant who wears the very same old style ill-fitting jacket for every single contest…and he’s usually the best-dressed!

Barbara Kryvko says,
in 4-5-2008 @ 18:06:01    

I read this blog entry this morning, and went to an Area contest in the afternoon.

One of the five evaluation contestants was pretty good, she certainly could have placed on talent alone. However, she was was wearing faded jeans with a hole in the pocket area, and a hoodie sweatshirt with the name of a local college on it. She didn’t place at all.

John Spaith says,
in 4-5-2008 @ 19:21:52    

Everyone in my club told me to wear a tie or else I’d be the person in jeans and the sweatshirt. The only difference is that it’d say Ohio State or Purdue, which aren’t local colleges for Seattle.

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