Do you like getting all dressed up?

I’ve always wondered why this doesn’t exist in more places. Big and tall, but no short? What’s up with that?

As it happens, tonight was the first time in quite awhile that I got “dressed up” to go out to dinner. It was a combination birthday/anniversary celebration at a fairly high-toned place, and I wore a button-down long-sleeved shirt, dark jeans and a tie.* Seeing that it was an Occasion I didn’t mind, but I’m generally happy in more casual attire.

*I would’ve worn the navy sport coat that I once used for job hunting (and which our small spaniel lifted his leg and peed on the night before a crucial interview), but it is now too small. :frowning:
**While I am not one for fancy dress in general, I think it might show a modicum of taste if you didn’t visit the hospital wearing a Megadeth tank top to show off your garish collection of tattoos.

Huh. Looks like I need to move.
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Sure, I get dressed up every so often. I put on clean jeans and a new t-shirt, and now I’m dressed up.

I spent substantial time there, and I can see where dressing up would be a hot, sweaty mess, even in the evening.

I’m not even certain what a “state dinner” is. I rarely attend funerals, but the few I have were for friends whose mourners wore mostly casual clothes (Aloha attire).

The last wedding I attended was one I officiated and I wore a handmade batik shirt acquired from a woman in the Caribbean, paired with black silk pajama pants. One of the older relatives thought it was attire of a specific religious sect. Wedding before that I wore a guayabera and khakis. I got a ton of compliments on my dress (the shirt is hand stitched), unless i was wooshed by stinging satire.

Sure, I like to suit it up. Even if I’m not wearing a suit, I tend to prefer wearing dress pants and a nice shirt from someplace like Brooks Brothers or Thomas Pink. Personally, I hate that Silicon Valley dress like a 15 year old style.

A relative gave me a bit of free legal advice, gleaned from (at the time) a decade of minor-crime prosecution:

No matter how disarming you think it is, don’t turn up for your drunk & disordely court case wearing a [beer brand] T shirt.

I love getting dressed up for fancy events such as the opera/theatre, cocktail parties, holiday parties, cotillions, etc. So much so that I own a full-length made-to-measure velvet cape for times of the year when I need more than a pashmina and less than a full-length wool winter coat.

That’s some trust; I’m wicked vain about my hair and have panic attacks at the idea of someone else doing it for a formal occasion. I also hate anyone else doing my makeup, though I should loosen up on that.

Last year at work (we really go all-out for Halloween), my department did an “under the sea” theme for decorating. So I was a jellyfish. I enjoy costuming a lot.

I hear what you’re saying about the sequins and shoes that hurt, but I just don’t wear any of those, ever.

Much as I enjoy dressing up for social occasions, I HATE wearing a skirted womens “dress for success” type suit for work and refuse to do it anymore, even for interviews. (Only exception is if I ever can afford or am given a Chanel suit; that I’ll wear…probably as separates.)

BTW, ladies complaining about pantyhose…I haven’t seen anyone wear them in fifteen years, unless they need them for varicose veins or something. Saw a few articles about Princess Kate wearing them, but generally…nope, no one does.

Maybe the idea is that it’s easier to take something in than let it out? DXL starts at a 25" inseam and 34" waist, so maybe it’s included but not mentioned in advertising?

Come on, you know, when you have the ambassador to Finland over to your house for the evening.

The problem is that short men are proportions built differently. You can’t just take a pattern made for a “normal” sized/shaped people and shrink it down.

This thread is one of the reasons I would never take up the offer to work in the States which sits on the table.

Basically you’re a bunch of slobs.

I like dressing up, but not just to eat dinner. No one cares how formal you look on Vegas or on a cruise and men could wear a jacket with black jeans. I prefer to mix casual and formal clothing and it looks more stylish and practical than pure formal garb.

This is one of the most interesting and confusing sentences I have ever read.

In Silicon Valley we are slobs, but rich slobs.

Spot on! A man in a well-fitted suit is a joy to behold. But not teenage boys, yep - they’re generally too skinny.

I like to dress up for a date-type venture - dress, stockings, high heels, make-up. It’s great to feel super feminine once in a while.

Larger women have been saying much the same (in reverse) for years.

Maybe our purchasing powers should meld together and get designers for these shops to wake the hell up and make things that look good on actual human bodies that deviate from the median.

In between. Last time I wore a tie was a borrowed clip-on at my stepdaughter’s wedding fifteen years ago, and the only pants I own are jeans.

But I also never leave my house in sit-around clothes. Anywhere further than my mailbox, I put on jeans, a button shirt, and proper shoes.

When you live in an area that can and often gets 30 FEET of snow over the winter, dressing up and proper shoes means something a lot different.