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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 jlgreco »

mindcrime wrote: post #99
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…

All a man needs is a pair of blue jeans, a plain white t-shirt, some boots, and, optionally, a Marlboro cigarette. :-)

Find a pack of lucky strikes, much cooler.

I don't even smoke. ;)

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

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cletus wrote: post #94

I saw this post and ignored it on first glance. I just assumed it was some guy and as such it's pretty easy, particularly as an engineer. At work picking out the engineers is largely trivial (jeans, tshirt, runners). There are variations (eg SF engineers have more an affectation for, say, checked shirts at present). As a guy this seems totally fine. Women seem to have it much harder and not really because of men eith…

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Post by Nutella2 »

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.

We appreciate the uniformity of men's clothes sizes, too. One of the reasons women have to think about clothing and shop for clothing a lot more than men do is that we can't just look at the jeans in our closet, note the size, and walk out of any store with a pair of jeans labelled with that size and expect that they will be wearable. Women's sizes on labels have very little to do with the size of the clothes, even clothes from the same brand/store.

Fashions come and go more in women's clothing, too. My go-to dressup item is a navy blue blazer which is a standard that should be available all the time, right? No, some years standard blazers are out of style and cannot be found.

That's why all the work put in by the OP to find simple, classic styles is mysterious to many men. They can find simple, classic clothes that fit pretty much anywhere. That's a lifehack that's MUCH more difficult for a woman to achieve.

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

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Post by timoni »

vacri wrote: post #16
frossie wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I was hoping more for a "Steve Jobs" approach. [I am female] And frankly it is a bit confusing. Would you really wear a band t-shirt and a hoodie to a funeral? [edit following comment below: I see, so it's "I wear the same thing ever day" for different values of the word "same"? I am somehow underwhelmed. ]

I thought the same, then saw each entry has 'fancy subs', so she would swap the hoodie for a cardigan and a classier t-shirt for the band one (unless, of course, it's one for The Departed) It seems like she still has quite a lot of clothes to own. A story from growing up: a friend and I were about to play strip poker with his second cousin. Not wanting to lose too bad, we both put on everything we possibly could, inc…

FWIW, I don't actually have those subs. I just included them because I figured other people wouldn't wear a hoodie to a funeral (for example). I would.

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

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Post by timoni »

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…

This is true; a lot of guys dress this way naturally. I'm hoping the difference is that I actually _thought_ about what I wanted to wear every day, rather than just wearing jeans every day. I only know one guy who's consciously done this, and he's a designer, too.

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

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Post by timoni »

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.

I actually was in New York for two weeks last winter. I wore double hoodies, thick socks and boots, but still wore t-shirts.

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

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Post by timoni »

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…

Yup, I'm aware. Here's hoping leggings don't go out of style for a while.

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

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Post by timoni »

GuiA wrote: post #89
djbender wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Well, for example she states that she came up with this system to not lose time getting dressed in the morning. Writing that blog post in itself probably took more than a few hours — to write, review, edit, do the graphics for it, etc. If the initial goal was to spend time not thinking about clothes, that doesn't really feel like an optimal way to reach it.

Good point, though the amount of time I've saved, in the end, has far exceeded any time I spent thinking about it earlier (or writing that post, which was mainly for others that I've talked to before who were curious to hear details).
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