Both, but it’s less about looking good or acceptable to others, it’s more about displaying a specific image really.
I dress for the weather.
I have multiple times been passively insulted by fashionistas who said ‘you treat clothing like it’s functional only’.
no shit I do. And I’m proud of it. fuck fashion and it’s classist bullshit.
I mean, manipulating people is technically a ‘function’ to which one can apply clothing. It’s not a good one, but it is a function.
I got tangible perks for wearing certain clothes and helping people in them. It seems like when you dress a bit more formally, people are more likely to think you’re going out of your way to help them, and you’re more likely to get compensated. That mentality kinda sucks because if you squint a bit, there’s a social class bias in play. And I remember a little factoid where someone found out you get scammed less at the dentist if you wear a suit vs if you wear something like a hoodie.
You don’t have to share your details but could I ask what yph mean more specifically by ‘wearing certain clothes and helping people?’
Mundane things like helping someone carry their groceries from one vehicle to another when we’re going down on the same stop. When we’re boarded in the same vehicle they enthusiastically pay for my fare.
I tend to experience it more when I’m wearing business casual.
Both. I like look good in clothes that fit, but I wear what I like, and always have. As a kid, my mother would pick out clothes in the morning, and I’d come down in totally different clothing. I like fashion. I am not gay. And I also like to appear well dressed. And also, 95% of my tshirts are geeky graphic tees, like my Andorian Mining Consortium (Runs from Nobody) shirt.
But it’s not like I’m walking around in suits, ever. I just like jeans and shirts that fit, and I hate mundane white bread and mayo fashion, or lack there of.
Hell, I BARELY dress for myself, let alone others.
The two deciding factors are “Does this protect me from public indecency laws” and “Am I warm/cool enough in this”. Anything goes so long as it meets this criteria.
Comfort is a deciding factor on how I dress. Within that, I try to pull off looks that don’t look like ass, which I seem to pull off.
I dress for myself unless I want to try to exploit something, then I’ll dress to fit in because a lot of normies are stupid and actually think different types of clothing means something.
I’ve learned, through the years, what’s comfortable for me and still produces an image that others find pleasing. That image is still very comfortable looking, mind you. I’ve been told that when I’m out I look like “Merlin on vacation…”
Like Sword in the Stone Merlin on vacation?
Picture for reference:
I am kinda required to wear safety clothes
Noone would ever confuse me for someone who dresses for others. Lol
Myself. I stopped following our work dress code after Covid and nobody has complained. Flannel and jeans and a hat == office casual now.
Looking at myself gives me the thoughts of despair so I dress to make people not look at me
I don’t know the difference. I pretty much live in business casual, but on the weekends I will wear a graphic tee instead of a white undershirt. Maybe I leave my button down shirt open. It’s what I would choose to wear in any instance I leave the house. I’m comfortable in my clothes.
I’d be naked if I could tbh
Hell yeah
when I dress for myself it’s usually in funky, slightly silly clothing
when I dress for others it’s as low-effort business casual for a zoom meeting square as possible
Why would I even dress if it wasn’t for others?
Because I’d be cold.
