I definitely have it so much better than my father when it comes to work attire in the white-collar world! By the time I got to enter the workforce in 1991, blue jeans were accepted in most places but a shirt with a collar was often required. I imagine this line of short-sleeved shirts and short “slacks” were the compromise offered to men in offices during Summer. Due to the seriously wide ties, I can easily tell this was pitched in the Seventies. At least they’re not wearing sock garters. Blech! Normally, I come from the generation that says you should wear white socks with shorts yet white or dress socks just can’t hide the ridiculousness. Also, when did younger people decide dark socks with shorts was a thing? They look silly. They look like my dad in the Seventies when he would put on shorts after work while keeping those and his dress shoes on.
Anyway, could you take either of these guys seriously if they were your boss? I know I would move heaven and earth to make sure they stayed in their offices. We’d get little work completed from all the giggling. Feel free to post and mock the fashions of my time though. The Eighties and certainly the Nineties were far from ideal.