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Clothing Ridicule in Adulthood - Details?

post #1 of 28
12/6/11 at 12:49pm
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Anyone want to talk about being made of fun offline for wearing certain clothes in adulthood? How about making fun of others offline? Just a hunch - females rarely directly ridicule men's clothes.

Likely suspects: pocket squares, certain shirt colors, skinny jeans, costumey clothing, and of course "being too dressed up." Teasing about physical characteristics revealed by clothing is a separate issue, and ridicule for athletic team logos is its own issue.
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post #2 of 28
12/6/11 at 2:03pm
I'll bite - for about 10 years if I wasn't wearing a suit I was wearing a french blue shirt. I liked the idea of always wearing the same color shirt. a few people have mentioned that as a quirk.
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post #3 of 28
12/6/11 at 8:25pm
I get a lot of good-natured ribbing from the hockey parents at my son's games.Trust me, I would be considered a small-timer by SF members- a professionally laundered Italian dress shirt, wool pants, loafers or monk-straps.

We live in a very affluent area. People make a lot of money --- high six figures to low seven figures --- but I swear people dress like they're in high school.

My daughter plays rep soccer in a more middle-class area. Her teammates tell her that her Dad "dresses like he's smart", which amuses me and humiliates her.
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post #4 of 28
12/7/11 at 9:43am
My friends are all well used to my dress. In fact they love having a smartly dressed and well informed friend.

I don't think I've ever received a negative comment from a stranger based on my dress. Sometimes they'll ask what the occasion is, but it's never in a malicious or derisive manner.

At work I stand out for being so young and well dressed, but there's an older gentleman here who wears outfits like brown linen DB blazers with rust orange pocket squares and purple suede chukkas, so my slightly conservative dress barely warrants comment.
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post #5 of 28
12/7/11 at 10:15am
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It seems that strangers only make fun of other people's clothing if in groups (talking to each other more so the subject) and/or when intoxicated.
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post #6 of 28
12/9/11 at 11:03am
As I was walking home from the gym after work last night, a group of three drunken youths were walking by me. The one kid says "damn that guy has mad swagger! I bet he pops p*ssy on the regular."

I think it was in regard to my dress, which included a brand new peak lapel Etro overcoat, and my manly/confident stride. So I suppose it can go either way with strangers, even in groups, and intoxicated.
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post #7 of 28
12/9/11 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by whiteslashasian View Post

As I was walking home from the gym after work last night, a group of three drunken youths were walking by me. The one kid says "damn that guy has mad swagger! I bet he pops p*ssy on the regular."
I think it was in regard to my dress, which included a brand new peak lapel Etro overcoat, and my manly/confident stride. So I suppose it can go either way with strangers, even in groups, and intoxicated.

So... do you?
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post #8 of 28
12/9/11 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by Gatsbee View Post

So... do you?

Sometimes, other times not so much. I'm kinda in between right now. Looking to right that ship tonight and/or tomorrow evening.
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post #9 of 28
12/10/11 at 10:43am
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Interesting thought for the people who have been nice enough to read:
'Swagger' seems to make ridicule much less likely, even if for example one is overdressed.
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post #10 of 28
12/10/11 at 11:04am
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Originally Posted by mensimageconsultant View Post

offline

offline? what's that?
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post #11 of 28
12/10/11 at 1:28pm
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Originally Posted by WildeMan View Post

I get a lot of good-natured ribbing from the hockey parents at my son's games.Trust me, I would be considered a small-timer by SF members- a professionally laundered Italian dress shirt, wool pants, loafers or monk-straps.

Do you have a tie or jacket on? If not I'm surprised they'd remark on that... a tie-less dress shirt and rolled up sleeves with wool trousers is usually acceptable anywhere after oh age 25, and is usually my default dress... though sometimes it makes me look kinda nerdy/office-y if the patterns are too bland.
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Originally Posted by WildeMan View Post

We live in a very affluent area. People make a lot of money --- high six figures to low seven figures --- but I swear people dress like they're in high school.

Gotta love the 40/50 year old ladies wearing Pink and hoodies.
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post #12 of 28
12/10/11 at 1:37pm
I have two basic looks that I've cultivated, casual street and formal - the former includes Dior silicone coated jeans that look like they're covered in wet bukkake, a ponytail, facial hair that belongs on a mexican 13 year old, and other things that sound bad on paper, but you know what? People like it and I genuinely look like I could simultaneously samurai sword your head off while impregnating your wife or hoodrat girlfriend. Nobody has ever said an unsavoury word to me, nor have I ever heard anything bad in passing in regards to this look.
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post #13 of 28
12/11/11 at 10:32am
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Dressing "badass" tends to prevent others from directly saying anything critical. But it does not preclude dislike, distrust, and/or avoidance by some.
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post #14 of 28
12/12/11 at 8:03am
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Originally Posted by impolyt_one View Post

the former includes Dior silicone coated jeans that look like they're covered in wet bukkake,

pics or gtfo
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post #15 of 28
12/12/11 at 8:18am
he just means waxed black dior jeans
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