Beef dressed as Veal

[domjoe]

Men, if left to themesleves will probably continue to wear the same clothes and haircut from the day they turn of twenty for the rest of their lives.

But after a while the penny drops that male fashions change, sometimes in as little as twenty years! Also, grey and paunchy men have never looked good in bellbottom jeans and flowery shirts, imo.

Middle aged men:

So, how do you dress?

Partners/mothers/daughters/chums of above:

How should we dress?


You can assume the "typical" middle-aged man - balding/graying, soft in the middle. Oh, and straight.

 

[impressive]

Hubby actually gives a shit and does his own makeovers every several years. Chooses his own clothes, the works. Good thing, too, 'cause I sure as hell wouldn't be doin' it FOR him. With myself and 3 kids to outfit, I don't need one more.

 

[Guest]

Nothing fancy, just a pair of regular cut jeans and a T shirt. Often black. I like black on a man.

For the more daring types: navy blue.

 

[Guest]

Oh, and boots. Big black boots.

 

[pop_54]

Nothing fancy, just a pair of regular cut jeans and a T shirt. Often black. I like black on a man.

For the more daring types: navy blue.

I've got some dark blue boxer's and can wear my wellingtons if you like love.

 

[pop_54]

Men, if left to themesleves will probably continue to wear the same clothes and haircut from the day they turn of twenty for the rest of their lives.

But after a while the penny drops that male fashions change, sometimes in as little as twenty years! Also, grey and paunchy men have never looked good in bellbottom jeans and flowery shirts, imo.

Middle aged men:

So, how do you dress?

Partners/mothers/daughters/chums of above:

How should we dress?


You can assume the "typical" middle-aged man - balding/graying, soft in the middle. Oh, and straight.

I'd love to reply Joe, but your final three word sentence lets me out of the equasion.

 

[Guest]

I've got some dark blue boxer's and can wear my wellingtons if you like love.

Phwoar! I have a quite astonishing mental image now.

 

[Guest]

my dad wore:
turtle neck with sweater and cords. hrm...oh, lets not forget the gold chain.

remember the above and do NOT attempt to replicate.

 

[Guest]

 

[gauchecritic]

Hello joe!

I find scruffy to be the only fashion I can wear. In fact every time I buy something that looks quite good, or have my hair cut or get weshed, after about an hour I've somehow turned it into 'scruffy'.

 

[shereads]

The golden rule of adult male fashion:

Watch a Moody Blues reunion concert, circa 1990. Don't look like that.

 

[Guest]

If not for their jobs or an occasion, I am wary of men who dress too well, unless they seem very comfortable in 'good' clothes (then again I wonder why they are that comfortable).

I have always loved scruffy. My best lover used to always have frayed cuffs and such, it was 'a look' that was him.

Perhaps because I came to adolescence in the fifties I still love the look of "bad", e.g., black, leathers, unruly hair, etc. A man in a black tee and trousers makes me squirm.

Except for rings and earrings I don't care for jewelry on men, hate those gold chains and belts. I like an ordinary religious medal hanging round a man's neck, makes me feel 'bad' when we fuck, haha.

Black boots - squirmy again. Trousers that show firm thighs whilst in movement - yet again. The right hat (masculine felt) is ooh la la sexy, but few men wear them.

Lastly, I hate having to advise men on their clothes, makes me feel too much like a mom.

Perdita

 

[impressive]

Re: Hello joe!

I find scruffy to be the only fashion I can wear. In fact every time I buy something that looks quite good, or have my hair cut or get weshed, after about an hour I've somehow turned it into 'scruffy'.

Scruffy is quite sexy.

 

[domjoe]

But dirty isn't. I've got that written down somewhere, along with "tit-staring is rarely a turn on".

 

[shereads]

Scruffy, on an otherwise clean and confident man who carries himself well, works as beautifully as distressed wood floors in an otherwise pristine room. Scruffy on Charles Manson just looks crazy.

 

[Guest]

Scruffy on Charles Manson just looks crazy.

My first huge larf of the day. P.

 

[shereads]

Oddly enough, Crazy Homeless Preacher Man who yells a sermon a few blocks from my house on Sundays and random afternoons, carries off scruffy with a degree of panache, even though he probably has fewer bathing opportunities than Charles Manson and spends less on haircuts. Crazy Homeless Preacher Man has that innate sense of style some people seem to be born with. He could wear almost anything and look...well, crazy and homeless. But with style.

 

[woodnymph_O]

my father and my boyfriend

both went through a major make over in the last year or so. My dad's came from his GF , and my other half came of course from me. Its not so much an insult to their fashion sense,but just that they don't really understand what clothes make them look sexy.there have been enuff mullet jokes on tv to atleast remedy the worst of those hair situations.
for my dads part if he had not gained weight he would be comfortably wearing his bell bottoms complete with platform shoes and pointy colar shirts..also note here that all my life he also wore a beach ball sizes afro,,and not to be racial here but he is 100% white ..for all of you who have trouble bending your mind around this image thank god for his GF and all her work

 

[Guest]

Woodnymph, I enjoyed your post. I know men like your dad. You should write a story about him and his transformation as you seem to have the right insight (funny too).

best, Perdita

 

[cheerful_deviant]

What I wear depends on where I am:

At work it's jeans, a button down shirt or golf shirt, and logging boots.

Casual is usually jeans and a golf shirt or a nice buttondown, but the devil is in the details. The belt should match the shoes, (balck shoes = black belt etc.) and no sneakers. Sneakers are for kids and exercise.

A little more dressed up, black dress pants, and a button down shirt over a black tee shirt, maybe a sport coat.

 

[Honey123]

I love when men wear, as casual clothes, jeans (ones that fit the butt just right!!) with a vee neck sweater and a white t under it.

Since I work with men who wear suits..I love when the shirt sleeves are rolled up, the tie a bit askew and you can see the forearm muscles...

 

[Belegon]

I'm very comfy in suits, etc., , if only because I do wear them at work and thus more often than anything else...

but I am a very eclectic dresser... and I just try to listen and react to who I am going out with as for choices of what to wear...

however, I do admit to being color-matching challenged sometimes. and I am guilty of wearing things I like that don't look good and saying "fuck it".