# Jeans and a tee shirt. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597 "2012-01-06T04:31:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shocker\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Shocker\_Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shocker_Khan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/21 "2012-01-06T16:24:39Z")
Thankfully, my job allows jeans and tshirts. Yesterday I had a client dinner so I dressed up. Today it’s back to No Moleste tshirt and jeans and I couldn’t be happier. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/22 "2012-01-06T16:47:12Z")
As much as i wear just jeans and a t-shirt when not at work, I have to agree with Unintentionally Blank that sometimes it’s nice to wear something, well…_nice._ I don’t care for most of my work pants…they are mostly all khaki’s. Which, while ok, are not classy _enough_ for me when I want to feel classy. I have to go black for that. I’d wear black pants all the time at work if not for the fact that then I’d have to wear my black shoes, and my only black shoes are quite dressy, shiny patent leather and all, and sort of uncomfy. It’s a lot easier to find comfy brown shoes that look “dressy” enough than black ones. But sometimes I just feel like I should wear a suit…class it up, all the way…bring out my inner Barney Stintson! So every now and then, on a Friday or Saturday night when my friends and I go out, I’ll “suit up.” I’ll usually forgo the tie, though…that way, I’m the perfect mix of classy…yet casual. I’ve finished the “big presentation to the board,” and it was a smashing success, now time to celebrate the merger! Or something. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/23 "2012-01-06T18:30:58Z")
I’m really glad I work in I.T. We can wear pretty much anything. I’m either in Jeans or sometimes Carharts. Occasionally shorts and sandles (I live in a cold climate so that’s pretty rare). I hate dressing up. It feels so, so unnatural and therefore very uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/24 "2012-01-06T18:35:18Z")
I wear jeans pretty much every day, but graduated from T Shirts to Hawaiian shirts when my belly became middle aged. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/25 "2012-01-06T19:35:01Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yup. Jeans and a T-shirt for me. Except I wear jeans shorts. Not cut-offs. No Man-Dukes for me. Just nice finished shorts made of jeans material that stop slightly above my knees. 1992 called and it wants its shorts back. 😉 Just funnin’, yo. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/26 "2012-01-06T19:42:24Z")
I’m wearing jeans and a Stinson Beach Market t-shirt today in honor of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/27 "2012-01-06T19:46:44Z")
> [@Mewl\_Dear](#): > > In public everyday life I wear jeans and a tee shirt as the title says. > Who else knows this is the only way for men to dress? Me, for almost all my life. . ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/28 "2012-01-07T00:01:41Z")
I work at home, so wear gym shorts and t-shirts. When I go out, I wear jeans or shorts, depending on the season. But always a t-shirt. Once or twice a year I wear a tux. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/29 "2012-01-07T03:42:45Z")
If you’re a grown man, unless you’re going to a rock concert, hosting an informal barbecue or doing manual labor - sorry guy, this is too sloppy. It won’t affect your comfort at all to throw a polo, collared shirt or sweater (depending on the weather/temperature) over that tee. And on the plus side, you’ll look like a grown-up. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/30 "2012-01-07T08:00:14Z")
Jeans and tee shirts, along with a hanging open button down work shirt, are my daily uniform. Does this mean I’m a guy and no one told me? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/31 "2012-01-07T13:53:01Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > If you’re a grown man, unless you’re going to a rock concert, hosting an informal barbecue or doing manual labor - sorry guy, this is too sloppy. I own my own business and make my own dress-code, thanks. If a customer is not happy with my dress, fuck em.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/32 "2012-01-08T02:00:20Z")
I wear jeans and teeshirts all the time, although I have to point out that the tees I wear are _meant_ to be wearable as regular shirts. I’d never go out in a plain white tee a la Fonzie; IMHO that’s only one step above walking about in public in your boxers. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/33 "2012-01-08T03:52:07Z")
Jeans and T-shirt, sure. Heck, neat dark straight-cuts, a nice fresh thick solid-colored tee, sportcoat and loafers or Docs and you’re ready to hit the town, man. Alas, the equatorial expansion as the half-century mark passes does call for reconsidering the look. Some styles require a certain bodily geometry to pull off well. Old fatigue/“cargo”/work pants were my dress-down style most of the time, anyway. But what I will not go for are “golf pants” (unless of course golfing; which I don’t). Nu-uh. That is the true sign it’s all over. ---
**Author:** ![Pops1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Pops1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops1963)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/34 "2012-01-10T03:42:30Z")
Jeans n’ T shirt in the winter. Camo shorts n’ t shirt in the summer. If its a formal occasion then a shirt with a collar. Oh and my most comfy Top Siders if shoes are required. (I have to wear a uniform for work.) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/35 "2012-01-10T03:47:52Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Nah, it’s winter. Jeans & a _long-sleeved_ T-shirt Nah, it’s winter _in Wisconsin._ Jeans & a sweatshirt is my uniform. Oh, almost forgot. On top of long underwear. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/36 "2012-01-10T04:43:46Z")
It is the \*only \*way to dress, providing you have your switchblade in your \*back \*pocket, and your Camels are rolled up inside your \*left \* side sleeve. ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/37 "2012-01-10T19:29:57Z")
> [@Mewl\_Dear](#): > > In public everyday life I wear jeans and a tee shirt as the title says. > Who else knows this is the only way for men to dress? Guilty as charged y’honor. ed: And sweats, hoodies and pullovers. Casual = comfortable ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/38 "2012-01-10T19:35:57Z")
I can’t even remember the last time I or my husband wore jeans and a t-shirt. We’re slacks people now. And anyway, jeans are uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/39 "2012-01-10T19:39:14Z")
I’m yet more of a jeans person than a slacks person by percentage. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597/40 "2012-01-10T19:45:42Z")
I’d estimate jeans and tees occupy 25% of my available closet space. The nice thing is you can never have too many. Everytime you go somewhere cool or see one that appeals to you FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER it’s perfectly acceptable to buy it, bonus points if it’s one size too large. These are two parts of the equation, the third being ballcaps. Unfortunately, even on casual Fridays this ensemble is just a tad too casual for my officeplace. Therefore, it’s mandatory wear all weekend long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-and-a-tee-shirt/608597.md?page=3)