Improper clothing

Have you ever unintentionally gone out in public in horribly mismatched or lack of certain clothing.

I have one time. Thank goodness it was in Hong Kong.

I was in the Navy at the time and anyone who was in Hong Kong at the time knows of the clothing bargins there. While trying on a gray with charcoal flecks cashmere sports coat and charcoal slacks for first fitting I remembered that about 50 yards down the street some shoes I had made were ready to pick up.

We were wearing our white uniforms that summer. So, I walked down the street to get my shoes dressed in my new sports coat I had been trying on (it was a perfect fit), no top, my white shorts, white Navy hat and black boots.

No one even seemed to notice until I arrived at the place where my shoes had been made. They really laughed. I put on my news shoes, then with boots in hand walked the 50 yards or so back to the tailor shop.

I imagine the people on that teribly crowded street either wondered what Navy I was in or thought that American sailor sure is drunk. No, I wasn't.