Is the world under dressed or am I just an old fart?

[fintstone]

Originally Posted by peteremsley

Where did you get those pants??? Share...

There is so much 70s goodness in that pic if you take a minute to look. I'd love a wall phone that the kids had to super stretch the cable on for a little privacy. That would be fun!

I still have a phone like that.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by foxpaws

Zeke - you need to post the real video....

Missed that one. Good vid.

[scottmandue]

When I did field service I wore slacks and button down collared shirt... I don't remember a dress code it was just "known" if you were a computer tech business casual was expected, boy did I hate schlepping computers around in the summer heat.

Last twenty years I have been issued work uniforms, Black Dickies cargo pants and first a company logo polo but now a company T-shirt.

Still trying to convince my wife it is okay to wear a jacket with blue jeans (she is old school)

[fastfredracing]

I get dirty for a living, and most of my after work activities are some sort of work in which I get dirty. I destroy clothes. I don't really worry all that much about what I look like on a regular basis. I probably look like an outright slob to most on the weekends, or if I have to hit the store on my way home, but it is what it is .
If Im going out to dinner, it is a button down shirt, and khaki's, or jeans. The other 99% of my life, I look , like I just crawled out from under a kenworth.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by foxpaws

Zeke - you need to post the real video....

That band sucketh.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by speeder

That band sucketh.

We don't all wear red.

[fintstone]

Originally Posted by peteremsley

Does it work? I have an old orange German rotary phone - it will (did - don't have a line anymore) receive calls but won't dial. Cool looking, but completely useless.

Yep.

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by David

I keep seeing politicians, TV hosts, news show guests, etc in a jacket with no tie and I'm thinking really? How hard is it to put a tie on and look much more presentable?

Sssh! You'll blow it for the rest of us! "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Do you know how easy it is to look better than everyone when they dress like slobs? I get raves for just wearing a polo shirt! Women practically swoon when someone wears a tie and grown-up shoes. The way things are headed, anyone who shaves regularly with less than 30% body fat is a catch...

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Nice kakis or even dressy jeans (sorry, no “ass dragons”), a decent, good-fitting and un-messy button-down shirt and decent footwear (I like Ecco personally) works well for 85% of situations, personal or professional (shorts and t-shirts cover the remaining 15% like workouts and just hanging out). I still do keep a couple of sport coats around for more formal type client meetings or if I want to look / feel dressy but it’s very uncommon to see and I think I’ve worn them only a handful of times in over the last year. People are far more interested in what I can produce and the ideas I can come up with than whether or not I’m confirming to some arbitrary fashion standard. I think having a good presentation is certainly important but it needn’t scream “I resort to convention!”

I have always despised neckties. They’ve always been a symbol of meekness and humility: the ultimate badge of corporate servitude, a leash for one to extend to the hand of their corporate master and the symbol of one’s willingness to whore themselves out for a dollar - the white-collar male’s stiletto heels, mini skirt and plunging neckline of the prostitute. This is probably why I’ve not worn one in many years. I had a couple of them in the back of my closet that hadn’t seen the light of day in a very long time but they got donated (along with about 75% of the other stuff) when I moved. No regrets at all.

I like dressing well / neatly and looking clean and presentable but dislike flashy or ostentatious dress and definitely do not clad myself in a way that is simply thoughtlessly conformist.

Rant on curmudgeons!

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

It was weird, he was a Military friend of mine.
The A. Legion was dressed in the uniform of course.
It was a pretty slovenly dressed bunch of mourners.
But as the topic here goes..maybe I am just an old fart that just can't adjust to the new way of thinkin.

+1. Some things shouldn't need much thought. I often spend time in our municipal court for my HOA and the young folks facing the judge are dressed very shabbily while the older folks all dress properly. The judge is cool about it but I know him and I know it bothers him.

[fintstone]

Although some here seem think dressing appropriately is ostentatious, I find failing to do so is insulting to others....or at least does not show any particular respect. I suspect that many others either feel the same....from a judge to a customer...or a superior. If you are single and have a first date (that is not hiking, surfing, etc.)...and your date shows up in an old baggy sweatsuit...if you do not feel a bit dissed, you are unusual. If you come to my office for a meeting and i am wearing a suit...your showing up in khakis and a polo will likely be noted (even if nothing is said). If you are dressed well, it will also be noted. One does not have to wealth latest looking, trendy, gay-looking outfit. In fact, that makes me wonder about your judgement. I guess I am just a bit old school...but, lots of folks are (and you never know just what the other guy is thinking). That said, I have never seen anyone annoyed because a man wore a conservative suit. I have had people annoyed because I dove a Porsche.

Many women (in my area) seem to think that there is no particular level of appropriate dress (for women). They dress very casual, sometime even wearing flip flops...or leave enough flesh hanging out that they look like a prostitute. About 15 years ago, I met my very senior (fat-assed) boss at a meeting with a very important customer. She showed up in a purple sweat suit that she sometimes wore to her office (probably 50-100 lbs overweight) and I in a black suit. The customer (also in a suit) thought she was the janitor...and even after being told otherwise, kept ignoring here and talking to me. I guess affirmative action could only take her so far...and she has never been promoted again.

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Went to a Funeral the other day, I was the only man there in a suit.

At my mother-in-law's funeral last year, i wore a sport coat and tie to the showing the day before. Had a couple people comment to the effect that I really didn't need to, it's just the showing. I said, "it's called respect".

[Zeke]

While I see juries dressed casual, I don't think it's a good idea to show up in court if you're behind the railing with an attorney dressed like the jury or a news reporter (not a televised reporter).
Speaking of which, why are all the TV news folks dressed to the nines? I'm not complaining.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Went to a Funeral the other day, I was the only man there in a suit.

Went to my mom's funeral and I was the only person in a jacket/tie.
I technically don't have a suit, I have nice dress slacks, some nice button down shirts, a couple dressy jackets, and a few ties.

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

At my mother-in-law's funeral last year, i wore a sport coat and tie to the showing the day before. Had a couple people comment to the effect that I really didn't need to, it's just the showing. I said, "it's called respect".

I got some funny looks at my mom's funeral too

[gwood]

[DanielDudley]

Can you tell which one is gay ?

Answer; Both.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by DanielDudley

Can you tell which one is gay ?

Answer; Both.

Actually the freak on the right may be straigh guy just doing his job, prety sure he didn't pick out that outfit.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Would you wear it ?

Way back in the late 1960s someone as a gag, bought my dad a pink sweater. He understood it was a gag. It was a nice sweater. He would wear it to casual events. He was 100% male, and very secure in his masculinity. It made an impression on me.

Back in the early 1990s I worked at a photo studio that was hired to shoot a big fancy golf tournament. This was long before the days of digital photos. We shot 35 mm slides and since we had a processor, processed the slides and had them ready to show that evening at the big dinner just hours after they were shot. It amazed all the golfers. However showing a bunch of photos of other golfers gets boring real fast. We needed a comic relief.

We went to a local costume place and fit me with lime green knickers, high top socks. goofy clown shoes, a bright red checkered shirt, and a stupid hat. It was the ultimate golf outfit. We took photos of me all over the golf course, and even taking shots from a tree. Every sand trap, and doing silly things. We went all over the course a week before the tournament as other golfers just stared. We stopped for lunch at the golf course. People stared at the outfit, and I could not care less. I was paid to do it.

It was a huge hit as we mixed those shots in to the mix of the boring photos. Several of the photos got big laughs. The folks that hired us were happy as can be.

So to answer your question, yea, I would wear it under the right circumstances, for the right paycheck. No one has ever, even once, wondered if I was gay. If they did they were really stupid.

[fintstone]

Originally Posted by gwood

I wear the same outfit (and coat) on the left (without the hat) once it cools off.

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Just think of Fred Flinstone he is
gay
Now think of rawknees, - he is ghay (or read a dictionary }

Quite simple really

ghay (gā)►
adj. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.

Your inability to think at all means that the whole exercise is a failure for you from the start.