Hey now, loafers may be the best daily-wear shoe, and being socks-optional for popping over to the coffee shop or out on a quick errand is no small part of that :-)

But yeah, the book’s full of actually-decent fashion advice as long as you avoid the jokes (you can, in fact, wear polos with a button fastened) and are careful not to fall into affectation (probably avoid Nantucket reds if you’re not part of that set, for example) or it’s easy to accidentally become a walking parody. Fine line, hahaha.