There’s a certain look that says Hawaii, the splashy-colored, billowy shirts imprinted with large dolphins, palm trees and hula girls. Or Miami, with the pastel colors and Panama hats. All indicative of a local fashion – and stating firmly that you’re IN.
I think we’ve all noted that some gringo men have their own Lakeside fashion version: a suave combination of short pants, t-shirts with a favorite beer logo, flip flops and straw cowboy hats. Now, each of these items of male garb is fine when worn casually with the right gear in the right place. The problem is the men down here who wear all of them together as an outfit. In public! Looking like a man who has sold his wardrobe for weed.
Wearing that outfit is a legitimate biometric for ID purposes, admissible evidence in any Mexican store or government agency. It shouts GRINGO! So if you hear, “No, señor, no need to show immigration card,” you know you’ve nailed the gringo dress code.
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