Orange is the new white?

Business clothingI was at a department store with my wife the other day. I was there because that’s what guys who want to stay married do. I thought that maybe I would look for a few dress shirts, I have to wear them for work and I could use a few more. I was thinking a light blue or white, you know something traditional. What I found were the most hideous colors I have ever seen. What happen to shirts in normal colors? I found an orange not found in nature, glow in the dark green and some other colors I swear I saw in a baby’s diaper once. If they were a “normal” color they were very shiny or unknown materials which looked like they could save you from a fire. What happened to plan business shirts? I wasn’t at some trendy shop this was a vanilla department store. I guess I am getting to the age where I have to go to the old guy suit store if I want to buy something I can wear to work. I am not that old but I am not going to spend my day explaining the color of my shirt to everyone who comes to my cube, nor do I want to have to hand out sun glasses to everyone I work with. If I am going to buy a shirt it has to be something that I can wear every day and not make me stand out for the wrong reasons.

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