Just catching up on this thread and realised that a phenomenon I'd noticed on holiday seemed to be covered. Mooching about in southern Italy, I encountered what my family took to calling the "Hugo". The millennial Englishman stubbornly wearing a linen shirt, tailored shorts and either driving/boat shoes (with those ghastly secret socks) or leather sandals, all in near 40C heat. Why?
Just catching up on this thread and realised that a phenomenon I'd noticed on holiday seemed to be covered. Mooching about in southern Italy, I encountered what my family took to calling the "Hugo". The millennial Englishman stubbornly wearing a linen shirt, tailored shorts and either driving/boat shoes (with those ghastly secret socks) or leather sandals, all in near 40C heat. Why?