Like others have said, I wear a tie to work. If the dress code were to become more lax, I wouldn’t know what to do, as I take pride in my tie collection.
When I go out, even if it’s very casual, I pay attention to what I wear. My slob days are over.
I own a suit, but can’t remember the last time I wore it. I haven’t worn my tux since 2004.
I went to the biggest social event in the country last week, and I dressed up. This was especially challenging because a) I’d just got off an oil rig and b) I only had my oil rig clothes with me.
Did you use oil to paint a tuxedo pattern on your t-shirt?
I don’t go out of my way to dress up but doing so doesn’t bother me.
My wife’s baptism: suit.
A nice-ish dinner: My nice jeans and a button down shirt.
Church: Slacks and a button shirt, maybe a tie
Oh, and this time next year I’ll be applying for jobs so that means I can get a new suit. I’m rather stoked about that.
My husband owns one suit, but it’s been years since it fit him. He has several ties, but I can’t remember the last time he wore one - definitely at my dad’s funeral 9 years ago, and possibly at our daughter’s college graduation 3 years ago. He did wear a tux for her wedding, but it was a rental.
We’ll be going on a 12-day cruise in January, and I’m hoping we don’t have to have fancy duds to eat in the dining room…
I don’t dress up for anything, but then I don’t put myself in a situation where anything more than a button-down and a pair of chinos will suffice.
I don’t own a jacket, I don’t know how to tie a tie properly, and I have no desire for either. What clothes I do have are only there to cover my naked.
I despise ties. 
(How they feel around my neck, not ties qua ties).
However, for weddings, and the occasional formal party I have a black-tie Scottish outfit: kilt, wing-collared shirt, bow-tie, Price Charlie jacket, etc.
For funerals a charcoal suit, black shirt, black tie. (Though if/when I have to arrange my Dad’s funeral – many years off may it be – it’ll be the kilt… and I’ll be arranging a piper too…)
I used to wear suits a lot for work. Even though I work for a piece of shit startup, I will still wear a suit with no tie once it gets cool enough to wear a blazer.
I wear long ball gowns for black tie charity dinners. I wear cocktail dresses for more informal charity dinners. We go to a lot of charity dinners.
I love suits & ties only slightly less than Barney Stinson, so clearly I’m not an impartial commentator. But in my experience, men who hate the way ties feel around their neck are generally men who have been ill-served by their shirt salesopeople. If you have the right size collar for your neck, a properly tied four-in-hand knot is hardly noticeable.
In short, find the guy at Macy’s who sold you your last dress shirt, and slap him.
A friend’s annual company Christmas party - very dressy and held at a rather posh country club. Sometimes that’s the only time I dress up all year (and I rather enjoy it.) I buy an outfit especially for that party every year at the after-Thanksgiving sales.
I have a few dressy outfits in case I have to go to a wedding or funeral of fancy-pants restaurant or event, but 99% of the time I’m uber-casual.
My “work-at-home” environment of tending to gardens, pigs, goats and meals means that I have a large collection of Tshirts and jeans. I do have a few of each that are fairly new and stain free. They count as “dressed nice”.
I have one nice skirt and a couple of blazers left over from my former office life. The skirt has been worn twice in 8 years. Once for a wedding, once for a funeral. The blazers get worn once in a while (with the nicer, stain free Ts and jeans) for dinner with friends, etc.
Footwear consists of flip flops, tennies or crocs (crocs never go in public) and a couple different pairs of wintery boots. Any heel above 2 inches would probably get me laughed out of this town.
For funerals, I wear my *black *jeans. That’s about the limit of my dressing up.
I actually went to the store and bought some stuff. And when I say the store, I mean THE store. There’s only one shop in the entire country. But it had a jacket and a dress shirt. And I bought them both. Neckwear was a little easier, as the gift shop had a wide selection of novelty penguin ties woven from the finest polyester the Falklands has to offer.
The last time I wore a suit and tie was three and a half years ago, for my BIL’s wedding, and only after making sure that I wouldn’t be dressing more formally than the groom. That, incidentally, is why I wore a button-down shirt to my sister’s wedding a year ago.
I only have one suit – the one I was married in ten years ago (it seems like a better financial decision to buy a suit rather than rent a tux). I use it for other people’s weddings, and my annual professional organization’s Ladies’ Night dinner.
I don’t consider my work attire as “dressing up,” although it’s quite a bit more dressy than my weekend attire. Decent slacks, decent shoes, dress shirt, no tie. Polo style shirts are allowed, but they seem too casual for all but Friday. Short sleeves I avoid because I hate using Kevlar sleeves should I have to go to one of our manufacturing facilities. Some of the higher management wears ties, but that’s several pay grades above me, so it’s not even a “look like your boss” concern for me. Plus, same concern as the sleeves – ties get caught in stuff. We do have some guys that wear ties with short sleeved dress shirts, though. What can I say? We’re engineers, not fashion models.
when i go out in public i at least make sure i wouldn’t embarrass my mother. work is always business casual.
about every other year i attend a black-tie arts fundraiser, so i have on hand a half-dozen high-end, classic-look ball gowns that i rotate year after year to get the mileage out of them. the event requires me to put some effort into it, so that means hair, nails, etc.
it’s a PITA and costs a bundle, but i Look Good after i’ve done it, and let’s face it. it’s good to look like a girl every now and again. 
otherwise, i’m a jeans, sweats and sweater kind of girl.
Weddings, funerals, and New Year’s Eve.
I get dressed up (against my will) for the standard events- weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs etc.
The one event I enjoy putting great effort and funds into my appearance is Halloween.
I usually try to look as polished at work as possible, especially if I’m doing an interview. What’s funny is that I’ve been doing a lot of radio lately, but I can’t help but want to get dressed up for it, even though no one sees me.
I consider date night with my husband to be my baseline of nicer dress. Dates usually warrant at least a skirt and a fitted shirt or sweater with light makeup. Weddings or religious observances a nicer skirt or dress (makeup for weddings tends to be heavier than makeup for religious affairs). Funerals require formal business attire (a nice pantsuit or skirt and jacket) in muted or dark colors and light makeup.