If it were fashionably acceptable to don slippers for work, I would be the first to do so. Fortunately though shoe designer Charles Philip Shanghai has come to the rescue. And, as Paul Harvey would say, here's the rest of the story; "Charles, originally from Milan, has for several years lived in Shanghai's French Concession. As an adherent devotee of striped shirts, Charles always thought it would be a better world if there were more stripes in it! So on a hot and humid Shanghainese afternoon, Charles had a white and blue striped shirt shoe made by a Chinese cobbler on Mao Ming Road. And thus, came the inspiration for the first Charles Philip slipper. Charles Philip's design touches upon many of his favorite elements: the ease of the Moroccan babush, the elegance of the English gentry slipper and the freshness of striped cottons and soft colorful linens." But let's call them loafers, shall we? Especially if one plans to wear them outside of the abode.