I agree with the no khakis, but the rest is like a early-90s timewarp. Striped shirts? Tuck a shirt into jeans? A shirt with a logo is glaring distraction? Sneakers are good to go with jeans?
Sounds like advice on how to dress for a church retreat. Ooo, sexy: tucked in dark jeans and white sneakers. The babies just can’t keep their hands off ya.
That article is retarded in suggesting jeans on a first date with an unknown woman, but they are correct about khakis. You shouldn’t wear khakis unless you can carry the look, and unfortunately these days khakis are (to be honest) a somewhat tired look that screams “low level service worker”.
If you’re gay or a rock star jeans are OK, but jeans on a first time hetero date is (IMO) a bit too risky if you’re seeking to make a good impression and don’t know what the ladies fashion preferences are.
How 'bout the secret undies? Or did you have to turn those in? 
Oh, those are long gone, dear. Sorry. 
Okay. No jeans. No businesss casual.
What else is there? 
I’m theoretically in the dating world, but with ‘rules’ like that I may just crawl back under my rock.
Black leather pants, of course!
Um, no offense, but isn’t that a blanket statement about the remaining half of the world’s populace?
Rocks are out.
Or better yet, ass-less chaps!
I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one to think this … 
Gentlemen: do not try this look as an alternative to khakis.
Or for any other reason.
Question for the ladies: do off white pants/slacks count as khaki? If yes, then even if they’re teamed with a nice solid colored shirt (usually blue to match my eyes)? Lastly, and also if the first answer was yes, what the hell else am I to wear? I don’t wear jeans on a first date, unless really, really informal and I also do. not. ever. wear long socks, EVER! Therefore, dark pants are out for me. The only socks I wear are the really low cut ones (in your choice of white or black). Wearing long sucks is just painful- nothing like getting hairs slowly and relentlessly yanked from your legs all day long. I don’t know how other guys can wear them damn things.
I thought chaps were, by definition, ass-less. If not, could someone direct me to photos of assed chaps??
And as for dating attire, if a man showed up to take me out and his clothes were clean, relatively coordinated, and he was bathed and smelled clean, I probably wouldn’t sweat too much else. Unless he sported a T-shirt that said something rude. But, like I said, it’s not an issue, so whew!
Arrggghhh. My eyes! :eek:
He looks like one of the fey club kids from Party Monster, after we secretly replaced his ecstasy with steroids. Lets see if he can tell the difference.[sup]TM[/sup].
Okay…here’s how I see it. You probably know a little something about the person or you wouldn’t be going out with them. You’ve seen the person. You’ve talked with the person. Probably even if it’s a blind date. But I’ve always felt comfortable asking either “Where are we going?” or “What should I wear?”. I don’t think there’s all that much mystery to it.
Damn! On one hand, that is a truly goofy outfit. On the other hand, if my date is Lenny Kravitz, I don’t care what he shows up in, as long as he shows up.
What? How? Other than “this person has bought a pair of jeans” what other idea do they give? How do you do them right?
I also don’t think I’ve ever noticed a man’s shoes. (Except dance shoes. Dance shoes, I notice. But you shouldn’t wear those outside, it’s bad for the soles. And occasionally biking shoes.)
I have decided to conclude that that entire article is a joke.
GT
You know, I would be really taken aback by a guy wearing birkenstocks, especially with socks (ew), on a first date. That’s a good point.
And for some reason I thought this was written by a woman, but I see that I was wrong about that. It just smacked of that “Rules” book, but now it seems more laughable for some reason.
I find it amusing that the article says not to wear a tie, yet the picture is of a guy…fixing his tie. Talk about your mixed messages!
I’m so glad I’m not dating these days