/fa/ - Fashion

[Anonymous No.6627776]

/fa/, I've been wondering... Why is it so bad to overdress? I see absolutely nothing wrong with showing up with a formal shirt, pants and shoes in everyday life. It just signifies that you value being polite, to me.

[Anonymous No.6627802]

[Anonymous No.6627807]

It shows a complete lack of social awareness.

>>6627802
I can actually imagine some people think like this.

[Anonymous No.6627822]

>>6627807
But of what worth is social awareness compared to one's self-esteem?

[Anonymous No.6627826]

[Anonymous No.6627840]

>>6627822
What does being overdress have to do with your self-esteem?

[Anonymous No.6627844]

>>6627840
I don't know, but he's clearly insane.

[Anonymous No.6627846]

>It just signifies that you value being polite
do you live in the south

or the 1950s

[Anonymous No.6627861]

Depends entirely on where you live. On Manhattan Isle there are enough formally dressed people that you could get away with wearing that stuff, even if you don't have a fancy job.

Whereas if you were to wear the same blazer in Seattle you'd be overdressed

[jpot LDN !!CTKZcTlVCFT No.6627878]

>>6627776
Formality creates distance in relationships. If I'm with someone socially why would I want them to look formal? That doesn't feel polite to me.

[Anonymous No.6627889]

>>6627878
>Formality creates distance in relationships.
But isn't that a good thing? Do we really want to be touchy-feely happy-go-lucky with everyone?
>If I'm with someone socially why would I want them to look formal? That doesn't feel polite to me.
What about settings like high school or university?

[Anonymous No.6627912]

>>6627889
>Do we really want to be touchy-feely happy-go-lucky with everyone?
yes of course

[Anonymous No.6627913]

>>6627889
>/fa/losophy

[jpot LDN !!CTKZcTlVCFT No.6627922]

>>6627889
>Do we really want to be touchy-feely happy-go-lucky with everyone?
I don't think I implied that. But I wouldn't want to create a distance between myself and someone else unless I have a specific problem with them. Most people I come across are pretty nice.

>What about settings like high school or university?
What about them?

[Anonymous No.6627927]

>>6627776
is try-hard
trying hard is a sign of little value

[Anonymous No.6627947]

>>6627922
>>What about settings like high school or university?
>What about them?
Clearly those aren't "social" settings, at least not any more than a regular office job is, where formal dress is usually required.

[Anonymous No.6627965]

>>so classy

[jpot LDN !!CTKZcTlVCFT No.6627961]

>>6627947
>Clearly those aren't "social" settings
Are you having a wind-up?

[Anonymous No.6627990]

>>6627961
Are you completely oblivious to the fact that schools and universities are places of learning, not places of mating?

[Anonymous No.6628006]

>>6627990
I guess you stayed in your room all term?

[Anonymous No.6628091]

There's nothing fundamentally wrong with it but nobody under the age of 25 should bother and also stay away from fedora's, it looks like you're going to a fancy dress party or you look like an autistic neckbeard.
Well if you do it, make sure the top button is undone you know and least try and dress down the formality a little.
Even if you're in a full suit, you can tone it down.

[Anonymous No.6628175]

>>6627947
you should read the evolution of the college dorm. the entire point of college is socialization. you can get job training, or learn about whatever, anywhere, but theres only one place you can get "the college experience"

[Anonymous No.6628192]

Nobody dresses formal in everyday life because suits need to be dry cleaned and are a lot of hard work, besides that, you'll stick out like a sore thumb.
To the average joe on the subway, you might look like you're going to work but to the people who know you, who see that you dress like that all the time, don't even have a job and live in your mother's basement, it'll just come across as weird.

However, I say wear what you wanna wear.
Just make sure the fit is good.

[Anonymous No.6628196]

>>6627776
i think its about social expectations. when you do whats expected of you, you are held in a good light, vicea versa.
by dressing better than you should/than the people around you, you are sort of asserting the belief that you are better than them. your dressing better than your station in life, implying that you think you are better, and since the people around you are in that station, its implying that you think you are better than them too. people pick up on these cues with extreme accuracy, especially if its sub consciously.

[Anonymous No.6628256]

>>6628196
Not OP but it's really sad in a way, I see people with really expensive phones and cadgets, spending all their money on cars or even paying for houses and shit, man, I love with my mom still but the thing is if I see someone with an expensive phone, they're basically doing the same thing only I'm spending my money on clothes rather than technology to improve my status.

[Anonymous No.6628733]

>>6628256
clothes have more importance. all throughout history clothes have been in this situation, there was even a revolution fought over pants.
i think its because clothes are like 'you' y'know? its like trying to change who you are. clothes have always been a source of identity. like how girls wore dresses instead of pants, and then theres the high school cliques. whereas having a better phone is seen as just wanting a better phone.
i think this is changing in modern times though, what with all the barriers that are coming down.

this is purely speculation on my part so...

[Anonymous No.6628831]

>>6628256
clothes have more importance. all throughout history clothes have been in this situation, there was even a revolution fought over pants.
i think its because clothes are like 'you' y'know? its like trying to change who you are. clothes have always been a source of identity. like how girls wore dresses instead of pants, and then theres the high school cliques. whereas having a better phone is seen as just wanting a better phone.
i think this is changing in modern times though, what with all the barriers that are coming down.

this is purely speculation on my part so...

[Anonymous No.6629892]

if everyone dressed formal then there would be no formal

[Anonymous No.6629921]

>>6629892
Incorrect, and there are a number of different formalities not shown on this infographic.

Of course all of this is mattering less and less nowadays, but at the risk of sounding neckbeardy, there was time when you knew exactly how to dress for any occasion and therefor, how to act.