I guess I am in the minority – I dress to please myself. I couldn’t give a shit less if other women like my outfit or not. I will wear things specifically to please men, though. I like having men compliment my clothes – when women compliment me, it’s just a “meh” moment.
I never understood dressing for women, though the truth is, most women do. I also wear men’s cologne, though – I am in this to get men to notice me, not women. Or at least my husband… 
Me too. Men and women are only going to like it if they share my taste.
It’s not that I intend to dress to impress other women. It’s that this is where I get feedback from. Guys just don’t give very satisfactory feedback, at least, not in my experience.
Guy feedback: Hey, nice looking tits/legs/ass/whatever.
Uh, thanks. I grew them myself.
Gal feedback: Wow, I love that top! It really compliments your eyes, and those earrings! Where did you get those? Have you been working out? Because your legs look great when you wear that skirt.
See, that kind of feedback invites conversation, discussion of shopping habits, how difficult it is to find [type of] clothing this season, and so forth. Guy feedback is just…iggy.
If I wanted to dress to impress most men, I would end up wearing streetwalker clothes.
I have posted before about this. Absolutely yes. It is similar to men and cars. We don’t go to the dealer and think “Oh, John is going to love this car”, but we are not getting the car for the women, we are getting it for other men. We constantly compare and evaluate. Check out other cars, see what mods they have, how they are kept, how they are driven. Women only care that they are Car-Wash-grade clean. Women and clothing are the exact same thing.
I dress for me. Since losing 45kg almost a year ago, it’s been wonderful to once again be able to dress the way I want to in the clothes I want to wear.
I have a quirky dress sense, and I know some days that neither my female or male friends particularly love what I wear, but as long as I feel great, am presentable and appropriate for the situation, why should I worry about what anyone else thinks?
It’a a combo of all three: me, men, and other women.
My particular style is for me.
I do try to dress in clothes that flatter my figure and I would hope that men would appreciate that.
But I know (some) women will apprectiate the finer details of what I wear. A man would just notice I was wearing heels, some women (or a particularly fashion conscious males) would (I hope) notice that they’re an interesting twist on what’s in fashion, and a especially fashion astute person would recognize them as the Christian Louboutin “Miss Boxe” wedge pumps in ebony pony skin.
I usually dress to make myself happy. When the thought of how someone else will view my outfit enters my mind, the someone is never another woman. Unless, you know, it’s a job interview.
I once read that men notice the outfit, women notice the accessories.
I think thats about right. I work with about 90% women and most of us wear scrubs.
But still its… oh I like your hair that way… oh thats a cute top…where did you get your uniforms?..oh nice shoes, are they comfy?
Yes nursing isn’t high style but we still like to look good in what we do wear. And I tell you, its not one of the four men who work on my floor who is asking about my hair clip.
Just an annecdote… when I get all dolled up, either for a date or a night out with my galfriends, my son looks at me and says “you don’t look like yourself in those clothes.”
And he’s actually right…
I rarely get specific compliments from my guyfriends. Most of the time their compliments are along the lines of, “Oh, you look nice today!” Girls, on the other hand, will say something like “I love your earrings!” or “Cute shoes!”
I will freely admit I dress for other people as much as for myself. I think I dress more to the occasion than to the gender, though. What I wear when I go to our local watering hole doesn’t differ according to whether I’m hanging out with girls or guys. Of course, I’ll usually be going with guys, whereas with girls we’ll usually go somewhere a bit nicer, which will prompt me to dress accordingly.
Which is exactly what men are trying to avoid. 
I can wear the same dress to dressy events for years and every time my husband will say, “That’s a nice dress…when did you get that?”
Frankly, I have some male friends who might notice it’s always the same dress with different accessories, and not all of the ones who notice are gay. But these guys are in the minority. The women I know, friends and otherwise, will not be fooled, and some of them might even think I’m cheap for not popping for a new outfit.
So if I get a new dress, yes, it’s for the girls. And for me of course.
To a point. I dress to flatter my assets and hide my defects 
But if I’m going to a social event or the like, I consider what other women might be wearing and (A) dress appropriately for the event and (B) make sure it’s going to be extra perfect, because we women notice that kinda thing
VCNJ~
You and me both, kiddo.
I dress for women, definitely. They’re the ones that will compliment a new shirt for it’s style, colour or fit…a man will just say my boobs look good in it.
To amuse myself, overall, and fashionable women. Why else would I be wearing Yohji Yamamoto? (Though sometimes I will wear a cool dress or interesting accessory that will elicit genuinely impressed responses in guys. Usually has to be something futuristic or embedded with electronics.) As others have mentioned, I know exactly what to wear if I want to get hit on.