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

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Post by clavalle »

planetguy wrote: post #25
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.

He lives in Austin as far as I know. So, yeah...not sure how he does it in August, or May for that matter (though this May was nice).

I love my city but two things I can never defend: the heat and the traffic. Aside from that it is heaven on earth.

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Post by anthuswilliams »

brianlovin wrote: post #9

By attempting to be 'unconstrained' from fashion, OP has become more constrained than ever. Is she saving time & money? Maybe...but that blog post and graphics sure took some time to put together. And now that she's made this public, she's stuck. Want to wear something different, colorful, playful? Fuck it, gotta stick to the schedule. Clothing isn't time consuming or energy draining. It's about finding a style you'r…

I assure you, if she changes her mind and wants to wear something else, no one will think less of her for not staying true to a blog post she once wrote. Maybe it took her time to put the post together, but that was more about writing something interesting than building a how-to doc for the fashion-casual.

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Post by ajross »

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.

Right. I hesitate to call it "sexism," as there's no adverse discrimination going on, but the double standard here is turned up to 11.

What is described in this article is, basically, the way almost every western man in a casual profession dresses. I wake up in the morning and pull on jeans, a t-shirt, and top it with a long sleeve, sweater or nothing depending on the weather. Yet no one would have any interest in reading a blog post about it.

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Post by sliverstorm »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #53

I appreciate her effort to find a look not subject to the whims of fashion. However, she will have to adapt her look in a few years when the leggings under a skirt look goes out of style. I'm sure she'll adapt, perhaps switching back to tights. It's also a look that will be difficult to pull off when she's 20 years older. For some reason, women have to dress their age. My guess is because there is so much societal pr…

Men have it easy. A well fitted Saville Row cut suit has been relatively fashionable for at least a century

Though, they have also cost a small fortune for at least a century.

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Post by ken »

planetguy wrote: post #25
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.

Joe Celko is bald. Do not underestimate how much cooling this buys you. :-)

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Post by danso »

ajross wrote: post #74
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.

Right. I hesitate to call it "sexism," as there's no adverse discrimination going on, but the double standard here is turned up to 11. What is described in this article is, basically, the way almost every western man in a casual profession dresses. I wake up in the morning and pull on jeans, a t-shirt, and top it with a long sleeve, sweater or nothing depending on the weather. Yet no one would have any interest in re…

Are you sure about that? Because I think you can find similar such themed articles in any given mens magazine, and unless the economics of print have changed, such articles require significant amounts of ink and trees to produce, so someone in the audience is interested in it.

Perhaps this article attracted attention because it was well-written and well-produced with a liberal use of attractive graphics...as opposed to the 100% width Times-New-Roman-400-word-paragraph format that many bloggers use. Why were you so quick to jump to sexism?

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Post by dminor »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #53

I appreciate her effort to find a look not subject to the whims of fashion. However, she will have to adapt her look in a few years when the leggings under a skirt look goes out of style. I'm sure she'll adapt, perhaps switching back to tights. It's also a look that will be difficult to pull off when she's 20 years older. For some reason, women have to dress their age. My guess is because there is so much societal pr…

> Men have it easy. A well fitted Saville Row cut suit has been relatively fashionable for at least a century.

I'd be laughed out of the office if I wore that.

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Post by djbender »

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…

How did her sitting down and thinking about her clothes sudden "consume all her time?"
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