My wife and I have been discussing this to an extent over the last day or two following the America is fat thread.
When we met, She liked to dress up, like Kayla, even to go to the grocery store.
To back up a moment, my cousin, who got me into P-cars is VERY wealthy and maybe a member on here lurking, I can remember going to his million dollar home, with all his toys in the drive and he would be dressed in ripped up favorite jeans an old comfy t-shirt and some old sperry topsiders. This was his look, he could afford Armani or Versace but chose an old t-shirt and some old Levi's instead. He did not care he had money and did not feel a need to show off. He was just as happy grabbing some Burger King than heading to the 5 star place in Boca where he lived.
I feel the same way, I once read an interview with an actor, Freddie Prinze Jr., he stated in the interview, when asked his favorite designer clothes, that he preferred a plain white t-shirt and a pair of plain blue jeans, he was instantly my hero and honestly, I felt he was ripping off my look.
I could care less about what designer I am wearing, I will never be a slave to that joke.
I do wear appropriate clothing for whatever situation I am in.. i.e. if I am heading off to a 5 star restaurant I wear a nice suite, maybe a tie, heading to my favorite greasy spoon for breakfast on the weekend, in Florida? Baggies, Flip Flops, and a tank top. Bumming around on the weekend, running to a store for this or that, Jeans and a T-shirt.
I have nice clothes, I have a really nice Brooks Brothers Suite with an extra pair of slacks in my closet, I have $100 pairs of dress slacks this I love to wear from Express Men that are so cool, they low cut more like jeans than dress slacks that you wear around your navel.
I wear them when the situation dictates, running errands does not dictate getting all gussied up. To be honest, when I saw Motions pictures from Montana I had to giggle at the pics I Kayla digging up a tree with the fancy clothing on. I am sure you are getting "comical" looks from the locals. Your out of place up there in the country with your Orange County fashion. Its no place for it. Especially out in the woods digging up plants.
My wife likes to dress nice always, she drives me nuts with it, especially when we were newly weds. As the years have passed she is now a blue jeans and t-shirt kind of gal. (BTW- Huge Thanks to Jeremy for the BHT shirt for Renee, she looks really cute in it with a pair of jeans) It took me a while but she finally has relaxed.
If we are heading to West Palm Beach to shop and know we will be heading out to dinner afterwards, yes we dress nicer than if we were running to our local store to pick up something.
Is it a lack of style? I do not know, Renee made a good point over dinner this evening, Europeans seem to be color blind. They wear some really wacky colors together that just look wrong. So who has the better fashion sense? I know my Blue Jeans and White T match.
