who doesn't?
but i've recently been pondering the possibility of a "uniform" for day to day.
not having to go into an office,
where the "jeans and a blazer / pants and a tee" attitude made getting dressed pretty easy
(there is no uniform for creatives in my field, but there was always a desire on my part to dress it up a bit, not treat the position with any disrespect.)
has made my day to day
a bit of a dilemma.
my upstairs neighbor is a writer,
and laments the "sweatpant" issue
which i gradually began to understand.
when the days bleed a bit, it's far too easy for a guy to slide into sweats, a tee, anything that makes it easy.
but i found that made me depressed.
i LOVE clothes.
so,
i have started mandating a dress up moment
every day.
and hence, the uniform idea.
i've spent the last few years limiting the palette i buy to colors that work for me,
that make me feel powerful.
it's a very navy and stone colored world.
now i've narrowed to shapes, pieces, labels even
that fit, marry, and make me feel
powerful, comfortable, adult.
does this constitute a uniform? and if so, do other guys find themselves
not in a rut,
but in a refined form of presentation?
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4 comments:
I work from home. If I am going to the gym at noon, I will be wearing my gym clothes all morning.
I find I get up and launch my day with whatever I have on hand, shorts, flip flops, casual. But f I have an event, like lunch, or going to the grocery store, I get "dressed" with real clothes. Shirts with collars. Shoes that cover my toes.
My friends often wonder why I show up in a tie for the movies at night.
grey, blue, brown, black & white are my primary colours. i'm experimenting with green and yellow as options. ;)
hmmm, yesterday i went to brunch and when i joined the table, one of the members of the party commented, "ooo, fancy." i looked her slovenly self up and down and said, "not really."
i dress for me, and since, like you, i love clothes, i do not take weekends off. what i'm doing rarely dictates what i wear since i am always occasion enough. ;)
my father was a navy officer. that photo was basically what i saw my father wear to work every day. crisp white cotton in the summer, deep navy and black wool in the winter.
and i wonder how i got into menswear?
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