Maybe you should learn to say what you actually want to say, then. The English language is a beautiful thing.
Nice way to take my quote out of context.
See this raggy crappy pair of sweatpants? They don’t stink, they have paint all over the, but they are guarenteed to be the most comfortable clothing on the planet. Now would you wear them to a dinner date? They sure are comfortable, and since you dress JUST for comfort, it shouldn’t be any problem right?
Nice try though.
I refuse to wear uncomfortable clothes and yet I have plenty of ‘sexy’ outfits. Today, I am dressing up for a boy in my class and I can assure you my outfit is both very comfortable and sexy. I don’t follow fashion trends, but I’ve gotten enough random compliments to let me know I’m not wearing unfashionable stuff.
Now granted, platform boots with pointy, 5 inch heels don’t LOOK very comfortable, but I can, and have danced all night in them.
A dinner date? No. I feel most comfortable (mentally) dressed appropriately for the context. But I am currently wearing sweatpants full of holes at school.
And no, I don’t think the quote was out of context. You stated that you didn’t believe ANY woman did blah blah blah. I believe that’s an improper use of generalization.
By the way, I posted again before I had seen your next post. The tone was set accordingly.
Come to Kansas, you’ll see plenty of women “dressed for comfort”. Many women around here wear bootcut jeans, and t-shirts. The teenagers, and young college students wear “fashionable” clothes. I got told I was “dressed up” because I was wearing one of my “everyday” skirts and stretchy sandals that don’t buckle. (Not that I have many dressy clothes, I have 3 outfits atm, one of which is a bridesmaid’s gown.) The skirt had a comfortable fit, was cooler than jeans, and made of cotton. It was nothing you’d wear out clubbing or to anything more than a movie date. I think it might just be a regional thing, look around the next time you’re in the Midwest, look at women 25 and older, and you’ll see that they are dressed for comfort over fashion for the most part. That’s not to say that people of a certain age don’t go through a period where they are experimenting and dressing up for fun, at the cost of comfort. Males do this too, as evidenced by the sagging jeans, tattoos, and downright ugly and uncomfortable shoes I’ve seen lately.
I was shopping at a discount store for a pair of simple black shoes that had thickish soles, that had laces, and a back. (The store had carried shoes like this before, and have carried similar since. They happen to be somewhat trendy, “gothy” type shoes. I like them because they are comfy to me.) When I couldn’t find them in the ladie’s section, I checked out the men’s section, and found to my horror, that the shoes’ “foot compartment” was actually shallower on the men’s shoes than the ladies shoes! They didn’t come up high enough on my feet, and would have been very uncomfortable to wear, I can’t imagine a guy, who’s taller than I am wearing them, they’d not even cover his feet! I was looking for a pair of shoes similar to this, but mine have 3-5 eyelets, and hooks, fit well, don’t chafe, aren’t cumbersome, and LAST a while. Plus, I can wear them with jeans, or a long skirt if I so choose.
Only if they were Gaultier…
Well, there is a difference between the above and what I said. I didn’t say I believed No women did blah blah blah. I said I doubted any would. There is a bit of difference, even if it is just a nuance.
There are going to be exceptions of course, but exceptions don’t make the rule as they say. Especially in generalizations. I am sorry, not to come down on you, but you walk around in holey sweats? Do you bother showering or wearing deoderant and walk around with frizzy hair too? I would just as state as a generalization that women are much more likely to wash, shower and brush their teeth, but I am sure there are going to be just as many women claiming, they have no teeth, don’t brush their hair EVER, and certainly don’t shower every day. Would such a generalization be wrong? No, of course not. Generalizations are just that, not cold hard 100% of the population exactitudes.
Well, I’m with Traci, I do feel comfortable in my heels and attractive clothing. Granted, I sit at a desk all day. But, even when I danced, I had fun wearing those outfits and heels. Sure, your feet might be a bit sore at the end of the night, but who cares? It’s worth it.
And I even live in Indiana where almost everyone thinks sweatpants are ok to wear outside of the home. It would be a cold day in hell before I’d even wear them in the home, but ok, whatever you want to do.
I’d be uncomfortable wearing something sloppy. Hell, I don’t even own anything sloppy. I even wear pajamas with matching tops and bottoms, and I alternate them so there’s variety. You can be sexy and comfortable at the same time, trust me. The Victoria’s Secret catalog is full of comfy pj’s that are also attractive. No need looking like a slob, especially if you’ve got a partner you’re wanting to stay interested in you.
Well, I have already conceded it is a regional thing. You go to NYC and you probably won’t see too many of these. Women probably wear jeans and boots and cowboy hats in fine dining resturaunts in Texas. Go to Seatle and you might not be able to get in, even with one of those fancy necklace things you see the cowboys wear. (don’t know too much about western wear, sorry) For that region though, it is trendy, it is in fashion, and you are dressing to impress other women and men in your area and of your tastes and sensibilities.
Trendy clothes can be comfortable too, and the best buy is one that is both. Doesn’t mean that those people are ignoring fashion for comfort. So let me restate my point with a minor modifcation:
Women (typically) do not sacrafice fashion just for comfort.
Yeah, and Women typically are more consciencious about hygiene. Of course now some shower-challenged individual with no teeth will come along and “teach” me all about generalizations.
So, that’s why I can’t find a good plumber 
I’ll second liking the thong look as well…of course, maybe it’s just the novelty, considering it’s early February and all, and by the middle of June, I’ll be sick of all that bare, nubile young female flesh 
I’m absolutely aghast at your complete and utter assholishness. I don’t dress to impress men, so I’m likely to be (literally) dirty?
Oh, and Indygrrl, luckily, I’m in a relationship where I don’t need to worry about constantly impressing my SO. I’m secure that he won’t leave me for wearing unmatched pyjamas.
Goodness people, is it a full moon or something?
See, but this only supports my position. You aren’t willing to sacrafice fashion, so you find fashionable stuff that is comfortable. Even though if you got around your mental hangup about sweats, they would likely be more comfortable than the dressy clothings you currently wear.
Anyhow, all this is a major hijack, the OP was about thongs being trashy and skanky, of which I marginally agree and never had an argument with in the first place. (at least not consciously) S
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And personally, I think a woman in sweats is very sexy, nearly as sexy as a woman in business attire.
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Oh, I’m in a relationship where I still like to take pride in myself no matter what. I’ll also stay thin too, but it won’t be so that he won’t leave me. I have no fear of that. I just love the way I look in certain things, and that makes me feel sexy, which in turn makes things generally sexier around the bedtime hour.
It’s not an insult to your relationship that I like to wear matching pj’s so as not to look like a slob. I can only attest to my own relationship, and yeah, he’s pretty much always impressed.
Well, I am starting to become aghast at your thick-headedness. Let me say this again:
I AM NOT FUCKING TALKING ABOUT IMPRESSING MEN GODDAMNIT. I AM TALKING ABOUT FASHION IN GENERAL. GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD THAT I AM IN NO WAY SUPPORTING THE GIRL IN THE O.P.
Fashion is more about impressing your friends, peers or enemies (women, not men, because men (typically) give a rats ass about fashion).
The question was hypotheical, but yeah, I guess I am shallow enough that if I smelled something funny in class, the first person I would assume the source would be the girl in the cruddy, holey or paint splothed sweat pants. Yeah, it is an abberation in THIS area certainly. In the two years of going to college, I have not seen a single girl wearing holey pants (except goth girls wearing lots of black eyeliner and holey jeans.), certainly not sweatpants.
So why do you think women dress up? It’s not for themselves and it’s not for men, right? Who is it for?
And I bathe every day and do not smell, thank you very much. Asshole.
Um, Laur, there was something I meant to tell you the last time we hung out…
They dress up for others. Why does anybody buy Versace or Tommyhillfiger, or any of the countless other brands when they are three to ten times the price of similar products? Because it is trendy. Because the girls around them are wearing such things, and not to wear them invites derision.
Sure, they may seem to be thinking they are buying it for “themselves,” or to feel good, but it all breaks down to socicital pressures. You are buying the good stuff for your friends. Most guys could care less if you have a brand name purse. Only other women care about that. Ergo, you are buying your brand name purse (and presumable brand name pants and shoes) for other women. Not men, because WE DON’T CARE.
For women, straight or gay, women almost ALWAYS dress for other women.
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That’s why you never call!
Well, it’s nice to know your opinion. I disagree. Now we can both move on.
It was your knee that jerked. I only asked if you did, and then went on to say that there are women out there that don’t, and to generalize that women did practice good hygiene was not wrong. You took offense to my hypothetical question, instead of seeing that I didn’t say you did.
I don’t know if my writing was unclear, but upon reading it again, seems fine to me.