The ties that bind...

[Ian]

I love women's office wear, it's so slutty <3

God, yeah! Any woman who "power dresses" automatically notches up a few points on the Sexy Scale. Sarah Palin, Segoline Royale, Hillary Clinton, BBC news presenters and that dykey looking bint currently in charge of the IMF are good examples.

I have a cufflink persuasion. A tie and suit jacket doesn't make me feel smart, but when wearing a classy set of cufflnks, I can take on the world.

I only ever wear a suit jacket when having high-brow meetings at work or attending weddings/funerals/christenings/interviews.

I always wear a set of cufflinks and a tie to work (there's no dress code) because it puts me in a work mood. Once home, off they come, change into trackies and t-shirt and work is behind me for the day.

I think men and women should be presentable when working in an office because, like a uniform at school, it's less distracting and can set a professional vibe amongst colleagues.

 

[SaiyanHajime]

Hate dressing up smart. </3

I understand the point, marginally, but I often feel it is enforced where it's inappropriate. School, instead of instilling the positive message, just encourages everyone to dress like they do for school for any formal matter. It looks ridiculous, ill thought, clueless and the worst part it is that places lap it up as a convention of appropriateness. The people who can dress smart and not be confined to such bollocks are the people who have confidence and all the skills one should be looking out for. That's not me mind, and in ways I'm glad this isn't the way things are, but yeah.

I avoid occasions where one has to be smart (where possible), because I find it awkward, forced, uncomfortable and loads of other bad pretentious stuff.

 

[nadroJ]

It's funny now how 'smart' is in fashion. For men anyway, a lot of the trendy shops like Topshop and River Island stock a lot more shirts, ties, braces, trousers, etc whose intent is to be worn on a day to day basis, as casual wear. I know a lot of my guy friends like being smartly dressed. They don't wear the full suit of course, but a shirt, tie and trousers combination is often worn as day wear.

 

[Ian]

I literally cannot get top buttons done up in shirts though!! On shop-bought shirts for my size the collar is always just too small for me.

Just noticed this...same here! Initially I thought it's cus I've got a fat neck but a relatively normal sized beer gut, but no, it's obviously a short-arse thing. If I wear a shirt where I can do the top button up, the bit around my gut looks like a tent.

It's funny now how 'smart' is in fashion. For men anyway, a lot of the trendy shops like Topshop and River Island stock a lot more shirts, ties, braces, trousers, etc whose intent is to be worn on a day to day basis, as casual wear. I know a lot of my guy friends like being smartly dressed. They don't wear the full suit of course, but a shirt, tie and trousers combination is often worn as day wear.

Hahah, one of my mates arrived in the pub one night dressed with one of those skinny ties on. He looked ridiculous. It's fine for somebody in their teens/very early 20's to do that, but when you're 30-odd, it looks silly. His wife dressed him though and she's a fag-hag.

 

[Martyn]

I've never understood why shirts are sized solely on collar size. It's almost as ridiculous as the random numbers picked from thin air to size women's clothes.