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[P.CARSTENSEN]

I was talking to some women that I work with the other day, and
they all said that they preferred seeing men in suits and ties
(translation: given 2 guys, equally attractive in respective dress
they would take the one in the suit and tie...) This to me sound
simply WEIRD, but then I may be simply weird, I dunno :-)
I can't quite formulate what I think is wrong with this, but am
interested in what other women think (Let's please not embarrass the
guys who read this newsgroup by mentioning certain Jordasche
ads, OK...)
Patty

[M.A. Zeszutko]

Patty,
I think it depends on what you want to do with the guy!
If you're going to a christening, wedding, or funeral, you don't
want the guy to turn up in an old T-shirt and bedraggled jeans.
Similarly, you wouldn't want somebody to don a tuxedo to come paint
your living room.
Some men can be devastating in a turtleneck and jacket. It's
not the suit-and-tie look, though it is a little more dressed up
than cutoffs.
Dressing (or un!) appropriately for the occasion is the key.

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[Barry Gold]

Myself I prefer seeing men in casual dress (sports shirt and pants)
rather than suit and tie (or other uniforms). Occasionally my husband
puts on a suit and tie, and I find myself looking at him as if at a
stranger: a nice-looking guy but too formal for me to want to get to
know him better.

Men also look nice in medieval-type outfits (as at Society for Creative
Anachronism events). And those with good figures look nice in bathing suits
too.

Many men seem uninterested in coordinating their skin color (sallow,
ruddy, whatever) with the color of their clothes. Or even in coordinating
the colors of their shirt, pants, socks, etc. Such men definitely look
better in a neutrally-colored, pre-assembled costume...like a suit.

--Lee Gold

[fai...@ucla-cs.uucp]

Re: the article on men in suits and ties-- I, too, prefer my men
in suits and ties... I can think off-hand of 2 likely
(reasonable) explanations:

(1) When do we see our men in suits? If yours is like
mine, the only time I see him in a suit is on special
occasions, which somehow makes it special..

(2) It could go back to the Daddy=Power equation that we
grew up with... seeing Daddy come home from the office
(in a suit) to be met with a hug by Mommy..

This equation holds, however, ONLY if the suit is well-cut ...
I'd rather see a man in well-cut jeans than an improperly cut
and/or tailored suit... (Those $99 C&R suits look AWFUL!!)

Karen Davis

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[Ellen Eades]

I don't know whether or not this is typical, but
(being a romantic at heart) I prefer men who like
to wear costumes rather than just clothes. This can
range from gorgeous & colorful SCA garb to a full-sleeved
poet's/pirate's shirt to a Levi jacket with a bunch
of weird buttons. I really regret the passing of the
'60's feeling that men can wear flower-print shirts just
as well as women. There's a lot more room for individual
expression in colorful clothes, and more insight into the
man's character. Personally, if I see a man wearing charcoal
gray and oatmeal every day, I avoid him like the plague. Men,
as well as women, express themselves through clothes. The
idea of befriending a charcoal gray personality .... yrrch.

[Monica Nosek]

Well, frankly, I like men in clothes that I can borrow. My
boyfriend supplies roughly half of my wardrobe--all of his
shirts, and most of his sweaters--"what's yours is mine", you
know? I still won't let him wear my skirts (which is not to
say that he hasn't asked, in the spirit of fair play).
Those of you who were reared on prime time deodorant ads may
find this offensive, but one of the things I like best about
wearing Chris's clothes is that they *smell* like him.
Mmmmm...bliss.

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[Georgia Pritchett]

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Yes! Yes! Borrowing clothes! (my husband (hi boofie!) will attest
that I appear to have no clothes of my own). Actually, I love smelling
someone I love (I once "borrowed" a boy friends coat for 2 weeks and kept it
in my bed so that I could smell it whenever he wasn't around). I saw a
Sandy Duncan movie (?All American Girl? late sixties early seventies) where
the two gentlemen involved could tell they were in love because they loved
her smell. That's me!
As for the topic of what looks good, I feel that it all depends on
the guy. One of my best friends has these wonderful Indian shirts that
would probably look really silly on half the other guys I know but on him,
they look perfect.
Actually it also depends on how you feel about the person involved.
My husband has these F*L*O*R*S*C*E*N*T O*R*A*N*G*E ski pants. I know that
if I would have seen these when I first met him, I might very well have had
second thoughts. But now I kind of look forward to squinting as I look at
him.

---georgia pritchett

[Joyce Black]

>I was talking to some women that I work with the other day, and
>they all said that they preferred seeing men in suits and ties
>(translation: given 2 guys, equally attractive in respective dress
>they would take the one in the suit and tie...) This to me sound
>simply WEIRD, but then I may be simply weird, I dunno :-)

>Patty

Neat and clean ... suits or jeans

[Liz Sommers]

I guess I am still a child of my times. I prefer my men in tight
jeans, long hair, and sort of scruffy.

liz

[Clare Chu]

When meeting a man for the first time, like at
a party, I prefer a simple shirt and a tie.
A guy in a suit is certainly overdressed, not
quite casual enough. However most men, in my
opinion look best when engaged in some kind of
sporting activity, like skiing, surfing, running,
weight-training, etc. Thus the appropriate
outfit, a nice physique, tan and smile beats
any grey business suit in my eyes.

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[Susan Finkelman]

> Re: the article on men in suits and ties-- I, too, prefer my men
> in suits and ties... I can think off-hand of 2 likely
> (reasonable) explanations:
>
> (1) When do we see our men in suits? If yours is like
> mine, the only time I see him in a suit is on special
> occasions, which somehow makes it special..
>
> (2) It could go back to the Daddy=Power equation that we
> grew up with... seeing Daddy come home from the office
> (in a suit) to be met with a hug by Mommy..

My dad wears Sears work clothes to work. Suits are for funerals,
as far as he's concerned. (no, not weddings, funerals)

I enjoy looking at men who have put some effort into looking nice -
and it doesn't seem to matter much what clothes they've chosen.
Large groups of men in suits remind me of the travel posters showing
natives in exotic lands all dressed up in their identical typical
native costume.

Susan Finkelman (415) 945-2274
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[Jeanette Zobjeck]

I really dont care to much what a man wears, I am not overly fond of
suits because I really hate the uniform image it conjurs up for me,
as long as he is clean, neat and has obviusly taken the effort to be presentable
it makes more of an impression on me if the man i happen to be with has
obviously tried to present himself as he is. Besides a suit always seems so
uncomfortable looking to me no matter how well it fits.