How much influence should a man have over his own wardrobe?

faceman

Question says it all i guess. How much influence should the other half have though? I was at one stage very reliant on my missus doing the shopping but i have learnt the evil in my ways by doing that so i try do most of my clothes shopping myself.

Does it make a man less of a man, if the ladies have to coordinate his wardrobe?

Would the ladies stop a man from wearing something he bought cos she didnt like it? e.g. light up transformers decepticon t-shirt

Maple

nope, doesn't bother me what he wears. my ex used to try make me dress him, the lazy git. just told him that i wasn't his mother and that he was big and ugly enough to make his own wardrobe choices.

shapez

It doesn't make me less of a man, but I would certianly welcome an opinion on what suits me or what doesn't suit me.

Black Swan

faceman wrote: »

Does it make a man less of a man, if the ladies have to coordinate his wardrobe?

Larger question... would you pose for a girl you thought highly attractive, allowing her to comment on your clothes?

Jules

Fortunately my oh has good taste but does ask me my opinion. Or if i was out and i saw something i thought would suit him i would pick it up, not been wrong yet. But if i didn't like something i would definately speak up!

And same goes visa versa, if i'm going cloths shopping, which i fcuking hate doing, i prefere to bring him with me. Always tells me the truth on how i look. Plus he generally pays too

BTW light up transformers decepticon t-shirt FTFW!

Maple

should have qualified that if he asked me i had no problem giving my opinion on what he was wearing or assisting him to find something that suited him. But I wasn't going to sort out his clothes for him while he was sitting on his hole watching tv. :rolleyes:

*Lees*

My boyfriend thankfully is great at shopping, matching stuff and dressing himself!!! I would pick some stuff up for him if I saw something nice but other than that he does all his own clothes shopping!!:D

WindSock

I don't mind what he wears. Even if he looks silly, I just laugh at him

Crumble Froo

faceman wrote: »

Would the ladies stop a man from wearing something he bought cos she didnt like it? e.g. light up transformers decepticon t-shirt

have you met fantasy_suicide's boyfriend?


my b/f has about two different selections of clothes, and that's just kinda him, he's been wearing the same kinda stuff for years, and im not about to change him just cos we're a couple. i never really liked that concept in general...

fits

OH does all his own shopping. If I really don't like something I'll definitely speak up.
On the other hand, if I really like an item he's bought, I'll let him know about that too.

Malteaser!

My boyf does all his own shopping and he's actually really good at it, really knows what suits him. Just as well really coz I hate going shopping with other people!!

DubLegs

My boyfriend doesn't give a toss about his appearance and i always end up nagging him. It's only because he looks exteremly cute when he's well turned out. Problem we have is he doesn't like what i like and i don't like what he likes (clothes wise)

LouOB

faceman wrote: »

Would the ladies stop a man from wearing something he bought cos she didnt like it? e.g. light up transformers decepticon t-shirt

Nope - but dont expect her to actually go out with you wear it
And certainly dont expect to find it in your wardrobe again

echosound

faceman wrote: »

Would the ladies stop a man from wearing something he bought cos she didnt like it? e.g. light up transformers decepticon t-shirt

Nope, in fact that's often his t-shirt of choice (albeit not of the lighting up variety, just a plain ol decepticon tee). The only thing I ever do mention regarding his wardrobe is pleading with him to let me iron it before he wears it, cannot stand crumpled clothing.

It's part of what I found attractive about him in the first place (he knows what he likes and what suits him and has a particular "look"), so I have no need to try to co-ordinate him, in fact it's more likely to be the other way round - he's often (after being nagged for input, mind) suggested a particular top and skirt or jeans and shoes combo that I wouldn't have initially paired up myself, but which look great together once I try them on.

I seem to end up with men who have appauling dress sense.
I took one, a 5ft 9 skinny white guy, who had a penchant for dressing like a down and out gangster rapper. Really.
On a makeover shopping spree in the middle of our first date. Really.

Lands Leaving

My last girlfriend introduced me to dressing well. Quite thankful to her for that one. (Little else mind!) Because now I have a fairly good idea of what I should get when I go man shopping. (Like normal shopping only faster, with more barging through crowds.) I wouldn't mind being given a general idea of what would go down well, but I still like to be happy with what I'm wearing.

Is that clear or gibberish? Getting late, bit sleepy.

Star Lord

I've actually been asked before if I'm sure I'm straight simply because I can co-ordinate my clothes well (most the time!) and put stuff together that looks pretty good when I'm dressing up (shirt + tie / suit).

When it comes to casual, a casual shirt or tshirt goes with any jeans you throw at them really lol