chroot said:
LOL okay, good!
But some of your fashion picks really do look pretty boyish. You got to admit it.
I agree. I think the only older men wearing them would be the ones trying to hit on younger women. I could certainly see the 21 y.o. set wearing things like that and getting away with it, but if you want to be taken seriously in the workplace, or want to look more mature, there are more conservative looks that are still very nice.
GeorginaS said:
I can't believe that grown men -- or almost-grown men -- actually admit to wearing clothing (and saying the word, even) called a "hoodie". Honest to Pete. It sounds like something you'd dress a two-year-old in, not an adult. And certainly not an adult male. I realize that's what the article of clothing in question is called, but, seriously, y'all. Hoodie. Please.
Yep, seems like hoodies should be sold next to the onesies, huh? I think of it as a style for teenagers...high school kids and younger.
chroot said:
The only hoodie I own is black, with a large California Vehicle Code sign on the back, the one with a bicycle icon and the words "ALLOWED USE OF FULL LANE." It's from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. I love it. It ends up starting at least one conversation every time I wear it.
I can only imagine the conversation...guess it depends on whether you encounter another bicyclist or the Hummer-driving road hog.
I have one hoodie, I wear it when I need to shovel the snow, and last week, wore it out at the farm when the furnace wasn't working because I desperately needed to stay warm and was going to be too filthy to care what I was wearing (scrubs don't keep you warm).
I don't understand this resistance to dressing nicely. It's so different from when I was in college. We used to actually worry about how we were seen by others. I was sort of the "unfashionable" one who only put on nice clothes and didn't fuss for an hour with hair and make-up before going to the 8 AM class. We noticed the people who looked like they just rolled out of bed, because we were laughing at them for looking like they just rolled out of bed! Nobody was dressing up in cutting edge fashion and $2000 suits, we were poor college students, but we did make an effort to dress neatly every day.
People do read things into what you choose to wear, because it is an outward expression of your personality. Look like you just rolled out of bed, it says, "I don't care about myself, hygiene, or any of you who have to be around me when I'm wearing what I slept in," and if you take time to look very well groomed, it says, "I care about putting my best foot forward, I'm sharp and on top of things, I'm motivated to succeed," and if you wear things like super-trendy, bright, flamboyant outfits, it says, "I want attention, look at me, talk to me!"
), trip over the cat at least twice, get dressed, walk downstairs (sometimes starting a load of laundry on the way), pick up the cat food bowl, walk to the kitchen, start the coffee, fill the cat food bowl and water bowl, turn on the computer, get my cup of coffee, and I usually still have 15 or 20 min to post on PF while imbibing my coffee and waiting for the caffeine to kick in...it would probably take less time to do everything in the morning if I could move the coffee pot to the nightstand and have coffee before I had to attempt anything else.