Submitted 2 weeks ago by JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
The only reason I put pants on is because it’s be arrested otherwise.
That being said, comfortable has priority over good looking and I don’t think I’ve ever had a compliment on how I dress since grandma saw me in a suit when I graduated 20 something years ago.
Function over form every day all day. Duck others.
I’ve been a jeans and T-shirt guy for well over 30 years at this point.
Function over form every day all day.
This might as well be my motto. Appearance may reflect inside state, but I really don’t care as long as it works.
For others. If I’m staying home, I dress like I’m homeless in whatever grungy dirty things that already need washing. If I’m going out, my hair combed, my threads are fresh and I’m not getting denied entrance to the restaurant. The movie Blast from the Past was pretty stupid, but it did teach me (remind me?) that you dress nice as a courtesy to your friends.
I 100% dress for others, I don’t really care about clothing, and I hate to buy new clothes. I only do it because I think I may be nearing some limit of what is considered decent to wear in the presence of other people, who 100% always are better dressed than me.
The other day I was at the supermarket, and had seen they had a special offer on “plaice” I think it’s called.
Well the special offer was sold out, and I asked an employee if they had anymore.
The employee was extremely nice, and asked how many I had planned to buy? And I said 2, then he took 2 bags that had 50% more content, and wrote the price of the special offer on them, and said I should just mention his name at the register.
I though Wow that stellar service, and it was only when I came home I realized I had some of my worst pants on that are so warn they had holes in them.
I have newer pants, but I don’t like them, because they have no sway and they are some sort of stretch material to be tight, and I absolutely hate that. And I also hate shopping for clothes.
Anyways because my clothes are (to put it mildly) sub par for normal people, I figured he probably thought I was some sort of destitute.
I am married, and our economy is absolutely fine, we own an almost paid out house, and we have a car that was bought cash without borrowing, and we have a good amount of money in the bank.
Anyways I don’t care, maybe because I don’t have to. I just want clothes that are comfortable.
Why would I even dress if it wasn’t for others?
Because I’d be cold.
we are a social species I don’t know what the difference is
You don’t know the difference between dressing for yourself vs dressing for others? Try showing up to court in an inflatable costume! Or just go a single average day out in public without pants or a shirt (even with underclothes on)…
yea
I dress for myself. And my own comfort does depend on things like social interactions and conversation dynamics and office relationships and others’ perception of me and my reputation. So dressing for myself includes dressing within social conventions.
I have more important things to worry about than clothes. Nobody cares what I wear, and frankly neither do I.
They do care that I wear clothes. Ain’t nobody’s day improved by seeing more of my skin.
Clothing is a courtesy I wear for others.
Fuck others, I need to be comfortable.
Am Neurodivergent.
i would dress for myself but my cat will get hair over my outfit so the only time I can really dress is when I’m out of the house
Is that a calico/tabby?
shes a mess, thats for sure! 😂
i believe that is correct, but I’m not that educated on kitty types so I could be wrong.
here’s a photo that shows off her coat more Image
For both. I wear cheap business casual to work to present a particular image: appear like I have my shit together (I don’t) but I’m also budget conscious. I wear the same outfit every day (for me) because I hate making fashion decisions and crave simplicity. I have five of the same shirt and five of the same pant. Weekends I have a different uniform that says “fit, economical, comfortable, safe.” Two of the same pant and shirt.
You just saved me a bunch of typing.
Ditto, and thanks.
Myself. I stopped following our work dress code after Covid and nobody has complained. Flannel and jeans and a hat == office casual now.
I dress for the weather.
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I wanted to say that I don’t dress for anyone because I mostly lie naked in bed because pulling trousers up is too hard for me.
But then I realised when I have to get up I put on a bathrobe so that my kids don’t have to see me naked.
So, I do dress for others.
Hell, I BARELY dress for myself.
I’d be naked if I could tbh
Hell yeah
I dress for the weather and what I’m going to be doing.
Comfort is a deciding factor on how I dress. Within that, I try to pull off looks that don’t look like ass, which I seem to pull off.
It’s definitely a mix. I’m not a stylish person, but I find I get the most compliments when I’m wearing things I love.
I dress for myself. I like being memorable and looking good. I like taking style risks sometimes, but it seems to work for me.
I get complimented on my style often, and that makes me feel more confident in general.
Anyone who claims they don’t have other people in mind when choosing their outfit is lying - either to you or to themselves.
That said, I don’t think I’d dress any differently even if I were the only person left on the planet. I’ve got this outdoorsy, mildly militaristic “gray man” style that I like but I’m doing it for myself - not for others. Still, there’s an image of how I hope others perceive me, because that’s also how I like to think of myself. So it wouldn’t be honest to say I never think about other people’s perception.
Probably the only piece of clothing I avoid wearing in public because of how it might be perceived is my hiking/combat boots - they admittedly give off a bit of a nationalistic vibe, especially paired with the rest of my outfit. I still wear them for outdoor activities, of course, just not to the grocery store.
Now that I think about it, I do sometimes also not put on a beanie because I think my hair looks better but a beanie is arguably more comfy.
I dress for myself unless I want to try to exploit something, then I’ll dress to fit in because a lot of normies are stupid and actually think different types of clothing means something.
Looking at myself gives me the thoughts of despair so I dress to make people not look at me
At home for myself, at work for others.
If I'm going out, I change from cosy indoor clothing to tidier clothing so that I don't look like I'm wandering around in public in my pyjamas, so I guess I'm fitting to a societal expectation, and thus dressing for other people in that regard.
That said, I wouldn't want to sully my indoor clothing with the outdoors anyway, and I don't like going out as a rule, so I think I prefer to be dressed for myself.
I have probably spent more this year because I want a certain person to look at me.
Myself – I opt for the low decision fatigue – same thing everyday wardrobe.
If I wasn’t a bachelor remote employee I might consider mixing it up on the behalf of others. Right now when I do quarterly on-sites I stick with my usual wardrobe.
I have no fashion sense and buying clothes stresses me out so I dress for neither. At best, I dress for other people’s basic sense of modesty.
Both. I like look good in clothes that fit, but I wear what I like, and always have. As a kid, my mother would pick out clothes in the morning, and I’d come down in totally different clothing. I like fashion. I am not gay. And I also like to appear well dressed. And also, 95% of my tshirts are geeky graphic tees, like my Andorian Mining Consortium (Runs from Nobody) shirt.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I dress for the weather.
Sunsofold@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
I mean, manipulating people is technically a ‘function’ to which one can apply clothing. It’s not a good one, but it is a function.
XiELEd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I got tangible perks for wearing certain clothes and being nice. It seems like when you dress a bit more formally, people are more likely to think you’re going out of your way to help them, and you’re more likely to get compensated. That mentality kinda sucks because if you squint a bit, there’s a social class bias in play. And I remember a little factoid where someone found out you get scammed less at the dentist if you wear a suit vs if you wear something like a hoodie.