Nope. My favorite fashion accessory is denial.
Well, I’m not that bad, but I despise wearing a suit and tie. Most god awful uncomfortable and impractical clothing for a man ever. Yes, my suits are custom tailored. Makes no difference IMHO.
Now artwork is different, it’s very important to me to have the right pieces in the right place. We bought a new house this summer, and the art from our old house is still going up on the walls. It takes time to get it right.
I was in sales and for part of the time was single and actively looking for companionship.
Tokyo is the city of style and you need to look good.
Then I moved to laid back Taiwan countryside where no one dresses up, as a married, middle age father, not on the prowl and wore shorts, t-shirts and sandals.
I went from wearing suits daily to never.
I actually enjoyed looking good, but it’s so much easier this way.
I am scruffy. I wear shorts, ratty old t-shirts, rarely shoes.
But I also own a silk-lined 3-piece custom made suit, a tuxedo and another 2nd hand suit. Plus a safari suit (a ridiculous 70s “formal” wear for life in the tropics… made of polyester)
Style is important to me. Most occasions call for “very casual”, but “smart casual” is when I bring out the suits. I wore a 3-piece tailcoat suit and custom made top hat to my wedding.
(Also I build elaborate dress-up costumes, which may or may not fit the OP description of “style”)
I mainly dress for comfort: T-shirts, Henley shirts or polo shirts, jeans, khakis and Bermuda shorts. Within these parameters though, and taking into account my Bibendum-like build, I try to dress as well as possible: my jeans are all well-cut (but still inexpensive), my T-shirts are all visually appealing, and so on. I try to dress simple, but sharp.
I try to make a point of dressing “nice” if I’m out and about, by which I mean dressing as though I picked my clothes intentionally and not what was on top on the stack. Tan or grey pants, buttoned and/or collared shirts. I wouldn’t say I dress with an eye for “style” since I’m not actively following trends, I’m just trying to look somewhat put together. It’s not any less comfortable to me than “jeans & t-shirt” and I feel a little better for it.
That’s what I always remember about you. 
Clean and utilitarian. I have no wish to express my individuality through my appearance. I don’t display how much money I may have with my clothes and grooming. I only try to make my presentation and demeanor as one who respects strangers, and intends our transactions to be pleasant but as minimal as necessary.
::foghorn leghorn voice:: “I say, he’s about as sharp as a bowlin’ ball!”
Style? I literally laughed out loud at the notion. When I retired, I gave away all my ties save one, my suits, my button down shirts and dressy shoes. I can’t think of an instance in the past 17 years where I’ve worn anything dressier than a pair of khakis and a polo. And since moving to MSP I spend most of my time in sweatpants and tees. “Dressing up” means putting on jeans to go to the store.
I used to dress more “sloppily.” For comfort I favored overlarge shirts, and would wear jeans/shorts with rips/frayed hems. As I passed 60, (with my wife’s help) I decided I didn’t need any assistance looking like a doddering old man. Maybe it is vanity, but if I wear clothes that are slightly more fitting, and replace them before they fall apart, it makes me feel a tad less decrepit. I find age alone causes me to be invisible to most folk I encounter. I’ll prefer invisibility over a negative impression.
I work making things for a living, everything gets coated in sawdust and/or paint. So nope, style isn’t important, function is. I wear jeans or shorts that have a leather patch on the pocket so the clip on your tape measure doesn’t wear it out. Not too stylish. Winter, add a henley and a flannel to the tee shirt.
I do own a suit, for weddings and such.
It is, to some extent.
I have zero interest in buying designer clothes, but I do pay careful attention to matching the colours of everything I wear, from shirt to socks. I actually really enjoy making sure that they either subtly complement each other, or contrast dramatically.
Also, no buttoned-down collar for me.
Well said, and I agree.
I dress for the job at hand. Which in Colorado means dress casually. I’m a programmer that now works from home. Programmers are a different bunch though. Lets just say that thank god, it’s not clothing ‘optional’.
My wife and I frequent some nice restaurants, I don’t have to, but for that I’ll wear a shit that buttons, and shorts of course.
If your shit buttons, perhaps you should be more careful about gobbling your food without looking. 
But yeah, I bet that many home basements where software devs work remotely are indeed clothing optional spaces. Bathing optional too.
I’m artistic and my going-out clothing has to be aesthetically pleasing to me. I choose colors and fit and drape with a good bit of care. This is not for anyone but myself. But I make an effort to look like a human being worthy of respect. That’s one of the major functions of ‘style’.
Public clothes are ubiquitous in human culture, and the reason modern men typically ignore what clothing is supposed to do beside protect your skin is because they can now safely do so without consequences. Women are generally not as fortunate.
Maybe. Styles have waxed and waned over the centuries. There certainly have been eras where the well-off men dressed very elaborately peacock-style, while women of the same era not so much.
I agree that in the current era, men are the functional dressers and women are the decorative dressers.
To the point that men dressed like GQ models are often assumed to be gay. Even if they’re so dressed in the places and activities where high grooming is expected. If they stop off at Wal*Mart on the way home from the Grande Gala, everybody there will assume they’re gay.
'Tis a shame. After all:
In my admittedly limited observation, the real distinguishing factor is parenthood. Before kids = motivated to attend to appearance and social signaling, after kids = that’s a very low priority.
Often, the transition period lasts throughout the one-child period, but when the second child arrives it’s pretty much over.
Generally speaking.
As a young attractive woman, i wore bland baggy clothing to avoid unpleasant attention.
As an old lady, i mostly look for clothes that are comfortable and functional (pockets, please), but within those constraints, i like to have some visual interest. I enjoy the patterns on my Hawaiian shirts. My T-shirts are either meaningful to me, or have an attractive pattern.
So did I, at my last job. Still do, now I’m retired.
I suppose a big difference is how many of us are actively seeking attention from their sex of interest. And how do those people of interest generally present themselves?
As @sunacres and @puzzlegal describe, albeit for different seasons and reasons, lots of folks here aren’t seeking any such attention. At which point style seems kinda pointless. Especially for folks who aren’t working out in public / an office. WFH, stay-at-home parent, or retiree are all roles where for much of the day there’s nobody to impress even if you wanted to.
OTOH, 20 years ago in my mid 40s I was married and not looking for women. I did find that my weekday office dress of shiny dress shoes, tailored slacks, and a long sleeve dress shirt but no coat or tie resulted in very different treatment from store clerks and restaurant hosts and servers than did my weekend garb of sneakers, gym sox, cargo shorts, and a plain polo shirt. Or occasionally mid-DIY project, a torn T-shirt, shorts, & sneakers; all with paint stains on them.
I seem to be one of the few male Dopers who’s now out there every day actively looking to meet & befriend women around my age & SES demographic. Which for my crowd you don’t do in dirty crocs and a t-shirt, no matter how “comfortable” those things are.
In the States but not in Tokyo. There you can dress up as much as you want.
Dressing up did seem to make a difference when going to embassies and immigration. Officials there seem to make split second decisions on first impressions, and coming across as professional never hurt.
Back when I was single and out actively looking, dress made a huge difference.
At my age, even if I were single, there aren’t the same places to meet women in Japan, especially in the sticks.
I suppose I’d have to learn how to swipe right, which thankfully can be done in boxers and t-shirts.
In Tokyo, there are social groups that people still make concerted efforts to maintain standards, even after having kids. Here in the countryside, it doesn’t matter.