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Why I Wear The Same Thing Every Day, And What I Wear

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Re: Why I Wear The Same Thing Every Day, And What I Wear

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Post by smikhanov »

jskopek wrote: post #6
jasonkester wrote: post #3

Funny to see what a female thinks of as "wearing the same thing every day". For most dudes I know, That's a lot of clothes to own. I think I made it to age 30 without ever owning 3 pairs of pants at one time.

I recently helped a female friend move out of an old apartment, and I was absolutely astounded by how much clothing she had lying around. It surprised me because she came off as a stylish, but not terribly fashion-centered person. By my rough estimate, this list represented probably 1/5 of my friend's clothing. Granted, a sample size of 1 is not terribly informative; however, my gut feeling is that a women's wardrobe…

...she came off as a stylish

The author is definitely NOT stylish by any reasonable definition of this word. Hence the difference in the wardrobe size. Things like "ethical" or "green" consumption only make situation worse.

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Post by gms7777 »

blt wrote: post #12

I think women don't fully appreciate the uniformity of men's clothes. Her plan is still more variable than most male dress codes like (dress shirt, slacks, leather shoes) or (T-shirt, jeans, sneakers). But I agree that too much choice causes stress. It must be a nice feeling to limit your possibilities and go from a 15-minute decision tree to a nearly instantaneous choice.

This may be just speaking from my own experience, but I think a lot of women do appreciate the uniformity in men's clothing. And frankly, are jealous as hell.

Its much more difficult, IMO, to be a woman and dress simply and look consistently "nice" than it is for a man, who can throw on pants and a polo/dress shirt and look classy.

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Post by vacri »

barik wrote: post #14

This article was actually really confusing. It reminded me of people who spend their time coming up with the "perfect productivity system", a quest which ends up ironically consuming all their time and preventing them from actually getting any real work done. I largely wear the same thing every day too -- I have 5 pairs of jeans, a single pair of shoes, and a bunch of polo shorts that I bought on sale once. Regardles…

I think it comes from a background of having to decide what to wear to make a statement, something that men don't usually have to do on a daily basis, but is common for a lot of women, especially women in some form of design industry. I guess changing the training of years can be a major mental shift - good luck to her, and it can be thinned out even more as time goes on.

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Post by fusiongyro »

Fashion makes a lot more sense when it's treated as a language (and one that women have a multiple-decade head start on versus men in our society). Then this article is less about how the author found a way to think less about fashion and more about how the author is using the language of fashion to communicate something different and interesting about herself. Regardless of the "reasoning" for doing it, that's what's really happening here: she's expressing herself through this medium, in a surprisingly different and interesting way.

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Post by planetguy »

clavalle wrote: post #10

Joe Celko does this but his outfit is a three piece suit. He told me that it is part of his 'personal brand' so he is easy to recognize and approach when at conferences and public in general. I wonder how different people's approach to him would be if his signature outfit was a hoodie.

That must suck on really hot days. Where does this guy live?

Having read this whole thread, y'know what's even better than wearing the same thing every day? Not wearing the same thing every day. I have a bunch of different clothes, and deciding which of 'em to put on really doesn't take that much time out of my day.

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Post by rodolphoarruda »

jasonkester wrote: post #3

Funny to see what a female thinks of as "wearing the same thing every day". For most dudes I know, That's a lot of clothes to own. I think I made it to age 30 without ever owning 3 pairs of pants at one time.

For the past 5 years I've been owning a single pair of shoes. In January of each year I give away the old pair and get a new one.

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Post by dclaysmith »

T-hawk wrote: post #26

This approach also seems to include a dependency on being in San Francisco or other places like much of California where weather remains rather constant during the year. A New Yorker wouldn't be wearing a hoodie in July or August or a T-shirt in January.

Definitely. I live in Ireland and wear the same clothes year round (in the winter I add a scarf and gloves). Definitely not possible growing up in Atlanta.

Blue jeans, black t-shirt, light jumper (I have about 20 in different colors), and soccer flats. I have a suit which I have to wear about once a year.

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Post by MSM »

gamache wrote: post #7
jasonkester wrote: post #3

Funny to see what a female thinks of as "wearing the same thing every day". For most dudes I know, That's a lot of clothes to own. I think I made it to age 30 without ever owning 3 pairs of pants at one time.

It sure seems like she spent a long time thinking about how not to think about what to wear. My dressing habits can fit in a tweet.

I too couldn't help but notice that she spent an awful lot of timing thinking through her fashion to be "liberated" from "taking up too much time and energy" deciding what to wear.
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