Shined shoes, buttoned down  When my kids were in high school,
the look seemed to take hold; the grubby look.  I often wonder
why this look has hung on for so long because specific elements
of this look require extraordinary amounts of work to maintain.
Take for example, the scruffy, stubble-bearded look of Shaggy
from Scooby Doo. He has that, never-a-full-beard, just-a-few-
days-of-growth look.  The problem with that look is that sooner
or later you have to shave with something, or whiskers will
continue to grow into a full beard.   Supposedly, it might make
somewhat plain looking guys appear to be a little more manly,
but, for the most part, it makes them look like they are
homeless: bed head hair, shirt tails out, scuffed up shoes and
no neckties ever.  The dirty jeans, shoddy shirts with tails
out, slacks that are five inches too long, rock-star-look is
very in. Actually, as a young teacher back in the 70s, the dirty
look was a very big deal, too. In fact, sometimes the kids would
wear the same jeans for