Matt, in 1964 or so, they were even wearing preppie clothes in California, and there were no hippies yet. (or maybe just a few in SF).
My hair was the same length as the Beatles, but I never went fully tie-died or anything. Went to college, worked for corporations, tried to fit in.
BTW, the Sperrys are not as nice as the Bass, but they are good shoes.
These days I'm more LL Bean type, or even Walmart jeans. I care less about the look, but where I work, it's khakis and polo shirts as almost a uniform. On Fridays, jeans. Yee-ha.
But you fly that flag, Matt, and right on.
J