The rare times I've seen an elderly man wear his pants that high (while the rise is high, the inseam is never high-water level) it never struck me as cringe worthy.Originally Posted by Pompidou
A good rule of thumb for style is "less is more". The less butt-crack, underwear, etc. one chooses to show the better.
Workwear is the new Black.
What do the women see? A good portion of dressing is to look good to the opposite sex. Fact is, " the chicks dig guys built like Charlie Brown".
More proof, then, that evolution is going in reverse.
The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. -- William Jennings Bryan
I don't believe that at all. A gal with Charlie Brown on her arm will always give a look when a well dressed guy walks in the room. They'll generally comment at some point too. I've received enough of those, "I wish my boyfriend/husband dressed better" comments from appreciative women.
Truth be told, I think most women have low self-esteem and their choice of men confirm it.
I see too many couples out and about where the woman is dressed to kill and the guy looks like he just finished his little league baseball game.
Workwear is the new Black.
You crack me up Lizzie
I completely agree though!
"Kissing a man without a moustache is like drinking champagne without bubbles”
In those days the best painkiller was ice; it wasn't addictive and it was particularly effective if you poured some whiskey over it.~ Gracie Allen
I disagree. I just think that the majority of men dress like that, so women have no other choice
"Kissing a man without a moustache is like drinking champagne without bubbles”
In those days the best painkiller was ice; it wasn't addictive and it was particularly effective if you poured some whiskey over it.~ Gracie Allen
Men's dress varies pretty drastically across history and culture. Funny pants are just one iteration of this. It's certainly possible that women in all circumstances except those where men dress like Cary Grant have been settling or lack self esteem. If women 200 years ago found knickers attractive on a guy, and some women can be attracted to the farmer in overalls, others the hard working mechanic, and others yet the suited gentleman, and in fact at times those favoring the metrosexual or the working man not liking the alternative, it seems simpler to just assume that most women seeing guys in modern fashion do in fact like it. Sure, some might just be settling, and it's mathematically mandatory that half a population have less self esteem than average, but these fashions don't form in a bubble. There's a lot of give and take trying to appeal to peers, of which women are a part. To argue otherwise might lead one to believe women never liked a man's outfit until the advent of the suit, and women in no suit regions are settling even still. People's tastes span a huge range, and cultural norms can make a lot of soon to be silly ideas attractive. Happens every decade.
Don't forget the trends set by the industry.
One always finds a large amount of people who are most unsatisfied with the current 'look' of the opposite sex. Yet it is the expected look, so the majority will wear it - just because it is expected (force majeure, as war and rationing, aside).
Look your best - who said love is blind?
Mae West
As Miss Neecerie used to wisely point out: We are not mainstream. We wear clothes from dead stranger's attics, dumpsters, rummage sales, rotting trunks and roach motels. People in glass houses....
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A sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth. - Fitzgerald
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That's hilarious because it's so true.
Progress: Going from being able to "hear a pin drop" to "can you hear me now?"
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