Elegance

One in a thousand have even a pinch of this...

When I was a youngster my career path took me to the hallowed halls of academia.

Many things were possible in those sacred places including getting away with the daggiest wardrobe on the planet.

I spent years in blue shorts, dodgy short-sleeve shirts and veldskoen shoes. I cannot recall a colleague who was stylishly dressed. Eccentric and out there certainly, but not stylish.

Later in the business world, where people spend much more clothes, there were a few who had style with $500 shoes, trim shirts and Italian suits.

Along the corridors of buildings that house public servants I see an inbetween style, not quite super daggy and not designer either.

Now, as I stare down the delightful prospect of retirement, I can safely say that only a handful of people in all the years and places have true elegance and it is in the way they walk, not what they wear.

Paul Sorol

Hi, I'm Paul and I'm a chronicler.

I know it is a brave admission that is all thanks to the sayings and aphorisms of the Confused One. Bringing those slippery little suckers to you gives my life meaning.

Smile well, Paul

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