What kind of clothes do you wear?

[Cristina]

I recently read a post of Torsten, asking us what kind of music we hear, then I realized that could be an interesting topic to talk about the kind of clothes we use. :idea:
Do you take into account your spouse's opinion when you choose clothes?
Do you prefer formal or casual clothes?in which cases?
Is there a special color that you prefer to wear? when?
Do you like jeans?
How often do you buy new clothes?

Cris
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[Englishuser]

Hi Cristina,

Your question about clothes is very interesting. I don't buy clothes that often, and while I like to dress up, I do so relatively rarely as more casual garments are easier to keep clean and are more comfortable and practical in everyday-use. I prefer dark colours, and I dislike jeans. I won't let other people influence me when it comes to my choice of clothes: I stubbornly stick to what I like.

[Sunflower]

Hi Cristina,

Thanks for choosing this topic to talk about. I think different people have different likes, perhaps there are some similarities. However, one man's meat is another man's poison :lol: . Most of the time, we have got different tastes about the clothes.

At my age of 19, I prefer wearing casual clothes like loose shirts or T-shirts. And I also like wearing loose jeans from time to time. But when there is a formal occasion, I guess I should wear formal clothes according to my tradition.

[Jamie (K)]

I don't have a spouse, so I don't have anyone to give me an opinion about how I dress.

I was raised in jeans, so they are what I almost always wear in daily life, when I have a choice. (In the US, jeans were always just very strong, practical pants that would not wear out quickly, so I find it strange when people in other countries think of them as a fashion item.)

I have so few events requiring formal clothes that I actually don't own any. If I need a suit for some event, I have to go out and buy it. After that one time, I usually can't wear it again, because my body changes shape so often (usually my shoulders get too big for the suit).

I don't wear any particular type of color, but I prefer solid-colored shirts, rather than shirts with patterns.

I often get my shoes at an industrial shoe store.

The strangest thing is how my clothes look on me. At one company where I worked, I wore more or less the same kind of clothes my male coworkers did, but people used to remark on my "proletarian" look. They meant that I dressed like the workers in communist propaganda posters from the 1930s. This was strange, because I was wearing the same kind of cotton shirts and ordinary cotton slacks that anybody else wore at the company, and no one thought the other people looked like "proletarians".

[Englishuser]

Hi Jamie,

You wrote:

[Jamie (K)]

[Englishuser]

Jamie,

You wrote:

[Tamara]

My teen-age son always uses for tuxedo just slangy expression 'penguin suit'. :)
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[Englishuser]

Jamie,

You wrote:

[Torsten]

Well, I think it's more a question of what native speakers associate with the term evening dress. Obviously it's what women wear when they dress up to go out.

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[Jamie (K)]