Do you ever experience hostility because you are well dressed?

[clarity]

man, back in 2000 i had some pretty awesome ae carpenter jeans

ah

 

[tagutcow]

People who aren't friends/family don't really comment on my jeans, and even the comments of my friends/family don't go much beyond asking what they are and how much they cost.

I can think of only one exception, which happened about three months ago. A 40-year old self-described "cougar" flagged me over at a bar and proceeded to tell me that, in her first flush of youth, she would have "hurt [me]... sexually." Any general compliment paid to me by a woman is typically followed by a laundry-list of criticisms, so she then called my jeans "faggoty" and my hair "*****rly" (no, I did not misspell "niggardly".)

Her apparent insanity aside, she wasn't bad at all. A former bikini model, in fact.

 

[mikeman]

^I hate when people ask how much I paid for my denim.I usually just say i dont remember,but I am really thinking "i know they cost more than everything your wearing combined".

 

[Orsini]

Originally Posted by tagutcow

...40-year old self-described "cougar"...
Are you two married yet?

 

[Kodiak]

It's not really hostility, but back in high school I had a girl ask me what size my Nudie Thin Finn's were and when I told her 28, she said she was expecting something like 1 or 2 (girls sizing).

 

[WayneGibbous]

^nobody believes that you talked to a girl

 

[Deluks917]

In order to get my KMW's to fit I put them on soaking wet and went running. I've told this story to loads of people and nobody has called me gay yet, though I did get a few looks.

 

[constant struggle]

Originally Posted by rjakapeanut

i get **** from my gf, sister and mom all the time because they seem to think that levis 511s, 514s and APC new standards are girl pants.


514s aren't even slim!

 

[tagutcow]

Originally Posted by Deluks917

I've told this story to loads of people and nobody has called me gay yet

Well then let me be the first!

 

[illegalcheeser]

I am treated much better when I am well dressed professionally or when I'm running around campus dealing with something. But personally, I think I am perceived as unapproachable on a person to person basis

 

[thorman]

Originally Posted by illegalcheeser

I am treated much better when I am well dressed professionally or when I'm running around campus dealing with something. But personally, I think I am perceived as unapproachable on a person to person basis

Me too - I think I just look kinda angry all the time - but i really am a pretty nice guy usually

.

That said I get called gay a lot by jerks wearing pink varsity print t's.

 

[The Southsider]

hostility? no,
surprise and interest? usually.

I wear warmup suits all week to work, so on the weekends, I usually dress well, I prefer a suit. Suits in san diego raise questions but also gets you noticed by the ladies which is always helpful. Even in the guys WERE hostile towards me, I don't think I'd care. Many of you lads out there know what I mean when I say that a suit in the mind of its wearer blocks out any and all insults because you already know you look good, and so do they.

 

[haru02]

I experience it sometimes. When I am dressed formally, people around me that I don't know or not related will say 'Hey where are you going? To a party or somewhere else?

 

[zissou]

I get somewhat criticized at work just for ironing my shirts, nevermind for wearing something more than the typical uniform of ****** levi's and a golf shirt that all other guys in my buidling wear. What ever happened to the image of the well-dressed college professor??

 

[Patrician]

Of course. I get mocked becuase of how I dress all the time. However I could not care less about these people, I'm way above them.


EDIT: Btw, why is this in Streetwear and Denim?