Does Stubb break the dress code by being sneakers at the meeting of the Defense Forces Commander? The style expert assesses.
Style expert Mirva Saukkola. Outi Järvinen
President of the Republic Alexander Stubb will tell on his Instagram account on Wednesday, August 6th. He met the commander of the Defense Forces, General Janne Jaakkola at Kultaranta.
Stubb is wearing a blue men’s suit, a brown leather belt and a brown, presumably leather sneakers with a white base.
Is the label to wear sneakers with a suit?
– This is now in a sense of interpretation, starts with the Chairman of the Tapase Society, a style expert Mirva Saukkola.
Picture of President Alexander Stubb’s Instagram account.
Traditionally, no sneakers have been used with the suit, but leather shoes have been the choice. It is clearly a more relaxed working day. For example, he does not have a tie and the top button on the shirt is open, says Saukkola.
– Of course, Jaakkola is in the uniform because it is part of his work role.
For ordinary office workers, sneakers have become part of the dressing arc.
– This is not a protocol event, but clearly a working day. The commander of the Defense Forces is in the picture in the computer bag in his hand, so the gentlemen are moving to the coffee table to talk and work. I wouldn’t see this as a bad thing, especially on such a hot day, says Saukkola.
– I am sure that the president has taken into account that this is not a matter of representation.