I am wearing a suit today.
Suit jacket = extra layer of clothing
Today = hot
...so from what Krissa tells me, this means I have to wear another layer to hide any sweat.
To me, the concept of wearing more clothes to hide the fact that your clothes make you hot is INSANE.
You hear me?
INSANE.
Surely if the day is hot enough, one undershirt would not be enough?
At 80°F (or 27°C if you've any sense), you're outside, undershirted, feeling fucking uncomfortable but looking cool.
Job done.
What if at 110°F (or 43°C), you're outside and properly hydrated, and your sweat charges gleefully through your undershirt and your shirt and erupts in large blooming damp patches on your chest and back, causing excruciating, unbearable social awkwardness?
The only logical step is a thicker undershirt, or possibly two undershirts.
And if that doesn't work, even thicker, more absorbent ones.
As you slide up this scale of thicker and thicker undershirts, you're getting hotter and hotter, feeling more and more uncomfortable and sweating more and more profusely.
It all works perfectly until your clients just have to ask, "Who is this cool, composed, strangely bloated and unconscious man?"
I disagree with undershirts on principle.
It's like lying.
Lying with your whole body.
Suit jacket = extra layer of clothing
Today = hot
...so from what Krissa tells me, this means I have to wear another layer to hide any sweat.
To me, the concept of wearing more clothes to hide the fact that your clothes make you hot is INSANE.
You hear me?
INSANE.
Surely if the day is hot enough, one undershirt would not be enough?
At 80°F (or 27°C if you've any sense), you're outside, undershirted, feeling fucking uncomfortable but looking cool.
Job done.
What if at 110°F (or 43°C), you're outside and properly hydrated, and your sweat charges gleefully through your undershirt and your shirt and erupts in large blooming damp patches on your chest and back, causing excruciating, unbearable social awkwardness?
The only logical step is a thicker undershirt, or possibly two undershirts.
And if that doesn't work, even thicker, more absorbent ones.
As you slide up this scale of thicker and thicker undershirts, you're getting hotter and hotter, feeling more and more uncomfortable and sweating more and more profusely.
It all works perfectly until your clients just have to ask, "Who is this cool, composed, strangely bloated and unconscious man?"
I disagree with undershirts on principle.
It's like lying.
Lying with your whole body.
I disagree with suits on principle. They are a ridiculous form of clothing.
I always feel bad for men in the summer. Not only can you not wear skirts (instant AC), but you have to wear layers.
If the choice is to look sweaty or wear an extra layer to hide it... if I'm going to be out in public then dammit, I have to wear that extra layer.
And I think suits are only as ridiculous as any other outfit that is more than 1 layer - once it's no longer utilitarian, then it's all ridiculous if you don't consider things that are only preference based such as asthetics.
A bit late, but as a "layer" you could powder yourself with baby powder or something similar before you put on your clothing.