I was surfing the net tonight and happened upon a transcript of an online discussion of men's fashion at the Washington Post website. This chat is nearly a year old at this writing, but it had so many good points that I had to stick it on the blog.
You can click on the title above to link to the page, as I didn't want to clog up my entire front page with sartorial opinions. That would take away room reserved for mindless chatter about sneakers and malls :)
If you don't read the whole thing, here some points I gleamed:
--Women care about a man's intelligence, sense of humor, integrity, listening skills, etc. But style is what that whole package is wrapped up in. It's the first impression.
--Gay men, on average tend to be more adventurous and more focused on clothes - or at least are willing to admit that they are. but the male fashion scene is also influenced by African American men, teenagers, sports, technology, CEO's and Hollywood.
--In clothing decisions, choose quality over quanity. Love thy tailor. Dress for the occasion. Be comfortable and don't be a chicken.
--Buy pants based on fit. Nothing makes you fatter than pants that look too small on you and show your gut hanging over.
--The wardrobe of male fashion conformity: Dockers, blue chambray button-down shirt, loafers with a rolled over heel and that haven't seen polish in their lifetime, canvas backpack
and finally...
--Everyone is allowed their indulgence. for some people it's clothes, for others it's cars, wine, jewelry, rare books, season tickets to the whatevers. the problem is when the indulgence leads to debt counseling.
True dat. Read the article.
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