Gender uniformity, uniqueness and human sexual attraction

[blobfish]

I observed recently that the standard in men's clothes, the suit (that which many women find very attractive), is pretty standard. Excluding the various stylistic changes that occurred throughout the years, a suit is pretty much a suit. Dresses, on the other hand, vary wildly, even during the same year. At any one time, there may be four or five different dress styles that are considered fashionable. Why is there so much room for expression in female clothing, and relatively little in male? Is it because men have a lesser biological need to express originality?

 

[Super-Surprise]

 

[blobfish]

I disagree.

 

[KRCummings]

Humans are the only animal where the male is not the most colorful of the species but this is a relatively recent development. For a long time men did dress with lots of colors and frills and wigs and you name it. Over time the role went to women for whatever reason. I'm sure a fashion anthropologist (if there is such a thing) would know more.

That being said, a nice suit makes a man look good. Problem is that too few men know how to wear one. They buy off the rack and tend to go a size too big or small. Makes them look awful. Not to mention many men are terrified to go with bold colors which actually work very well with suits.

Ok, I'm done.

 

[dolf]

 

[CandiCame]

Plus, that only works on formalwear, and only then if you stick within the same subculture.

They aren't all black. My brother's wedding had black pants, white shirts and pink vests. (The girl's dresses were pink). At the office you're confined to a pretty tight wardrobe, because "professionalism" means a suit and tie (or at my level, a dress shirt, tie, and dress pants; we can't even wear fucking knackies (sp)). But in your spare time there are a lot of fashion choices.

You can tell a guy's personality by his fashion. Me in my Zelda shirt and jeans give off a vastly different impression then the douchebag in the wife beater and the hat with the bill to the side, with his sunglasses and chains or what the fuck ever. Just like both those styles are different from the hipster look, or even other looks when I'm trying to be pretty with black bondage pants and a fishnet top. And all of those are different from when I'm cosplaying- there's a huge range of fashion. It's just not all formalwear.

 

[blobfish]

Humans are the only animal where the male is not the most colorful of the species but this is a relatively recent development. For a long time men did dress with lots of colors and frills and wigs and you name it. Over time the role went to women for whatever reason. I'm sure a fashion anthropologist (if there is such a thing) would know more.

That being said, a nice suit makes a man look good. Problem is that too few men know how to wear one. They buy off the rack and tend to go a size too big or small. Makes them look awful. Not to mention many men are terrified to go with bold colors which actually work very well with suits.

Ok, I'm done.

That's true, though I'm not sure how much of the obsession with colorful clothing had to do with flaunting money or power back then. Dyes were expensive, so any sort of color was a status symbol. I want to give medieval women more credit than that. Those clothes were ass ugly.

You're right about the suits. Most men that I see wearing them look like shit. Personally, I don't even own a full suit, since I never really have occasion to wear one. I do have a 1960s red suit jacket, but that's something to be worn with a button down shirt, and not a complete suit. Anyway, the best thing to do is to get it tailored. It costs, but it'll save the guy money in prostitutes, so it's worth it.

 

[blobfish]

What does this have to do with Gordon Brown?

 

[blobfish]

Plus, that only works on formalwear, and only then if you stick within the same subculture.

They aren't all black. My brother's wedding had black pants, white shirts and pink vests. (The girl's dresses were pink). At the office you're confined to a pretty tight wardrobe, because "professionalism" means a suit and tie (or at my level, a dress shirt, tie, and dress pants; we can't even wear fucking knackies (sp)). But in your spare time there are a lot of fashion choices.

You can tell a guy's personality by his fashion. Me in my Zelda shirt and jeans give off a vastly different impression then the douchebag in the wife beater and the hat with the bill to the side, with his sunglasses and chains or what the fuck ever. Just like both those styles are different from the hipster look, or even other looks when I'm trying to be pretty with black bondage pants and a fishnet top. And all of those are different from when I'm cosplaying- there's a huge range of fashion. It's just not all formalwear.

I don't think anyone likes the fishnet shirt look.

 

[Liar]

I don't think anyone likes the fishnet shirt look.

Then why are there fishnet shirts?

 

[piccicatopolka]

I'd wear stuff like this all the time if society wouldn't view me as whacky.

CONFORMITY really sucks which is why some of us love Halloween, and
historic recreation events.
A friend of mine just made a cool video from a Great Gatsby party that
she went to with about 200 people.
So we find our niche wear we can come out safely.