This is a reply to a couple of NikeTalk members regarding making the change to dressing better. Many of us when we make the change of dressing better, the comments from others are plenty. From "why are you so dressed up" to "where are you going tonight" to "your clothes are too tight/small." Here's my reply...
Initially when you start changing your style of dress, especially
if it is somewhat dramatic people will notice and people will talk. I know I
had that happen to me a lot, especially the comments about trying to be someone
else. Ideas to dress better and keep it simple, is still do you. You mentioned
t-shirts, why not wear some chinos with some plain tee's and some Jack
Purcell's or dress shoes for example. Hoody, replace the hoody with a V-neck
sweater and a button down top, change the sweats for some jeans, shoes you can
do some boots or some dress shoes as well. Plus at the end of the day, who
cares, if you feel comfortable and walk around with that confidence the
comments will stop.
I
completely agree as well with the "damn dude bought that suit too damn
small" comment. As most of you know I'm not a small guy so the assumption
is always to wear loose clothing, super loose clothing, ah no. I've gotten from
my co-workers (I'm a teacher), specifically my male co-workers the your suit is
too small, it's isn't it just fits properly. The main one I still get to this
day is again from my male co-workers, regarding where I'm going later in the
day (like a date, interview, usually it's "ahhh you must have a
date") when it's just the fact that I give a crap about how I look. It's
not that they don't but I can tell you right now that even the smallest guy at
work wears his clothing about 2 sizes too big and square toe shoes are staple
amongst most of the men at work or the pointy slip ons. If I even wear a blazer
to work most of the guys think I'm either going on a date or trying to show
them up. I actually got fed up the last week of school, since no students are
present mostly all the males just dress like if they're at home, and I wore a
button down, jeans and a blazer (my Bespoke suit jacket to be exact). The
comment was made and as much as I insisted that I just wanted to wear a blazer
they kept at it. I responded with "no I just care about how I dress and
considering I've waited 6 months for this jacket, I'm wearing it." My
principal is in a suit everyday and not well fitting ones so the times I've
worn suits to work which fit better than his, I've even gotten sarcastic
comments from him. I don't care, my thing is, it's not my fault I know how to
dress . Not surprising it's the women at work whom I get the most compliments
from. At least 3-4 of the women (staff of 45 teachers, about 28-30 female),
compliment me on a weekly basis and I think the men at work hate that. I once
was told by one of the women that my pants were too short because I cut them at
my ankle for my loafers and no socks, I let her know that no this is how you
are suppose to wear your pants not having 8 inches of fabric piling up, it shut
her up. Too many people don't know how to dress properly in terms of fit and
proportion and that's why when they see people like a lot of us here who take
the time to put ourselves together and wear things that fit that we are
"trying too hard."
At the end
of the day, do you. Be comfortable. Be Confident. Be You
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