Wearing the same outfit (but not the same clothes) everyday

In the 1986 version of The Fly, Brundle shows off his wardrobe, five suit/shirt combinations that are exactly the same.

Assuming a person bathed frequently (Brundle admitted he wasn’t much of a bather), would you consider it weird for someone to wear the same outfit everyday to work (excluding uniforms, of course)?

To clarify the bathing thing, some people may assume that you are wearing the same set of clothes each day and possibly not bathing.

I don’t know how the same-clothes wearing person would let everyone know that they weren’t the exact same clothes every day.

I wouldn’t think it was weird, I would think it was great.

Probably from going to Catholic schools for 12 years I don’t care what I wear at all. My dream is to have only one outfit x 5 and wear it to work every day. Sigh. The person would be my hero.

Yep, I’d consider it weird.

If they were cool enough to give off some sort of Einstein vibe, it’d be neat, but still weird.

That was Brundle’s explaination, sorta. He wore the same outfit each day so he wouldn’t have to waste brain power to decide what to wear.

…and we all remember how well that worked. :smiley:

That’s the reason I’ve never actually done it.

Sounds pretty normal to me. I wore a school uniform every day at school and now I have a “business” uniform every day at work i.e. grey or black suit, black shoes and a white business shirt. The only thing that changes from day to day is the tie.

It makes perfect sense to me. Same outfit means no having to coordinate shirts, ties, etc.

Anyway, it seems to work for the military! :wink:

Depending upon your cow-orker to co-worker ratio, it might worth a try to see how long it takes for someone to ask you if you are indeed wearing the same clothes each day.

I have 5 to 6 of the same colored khaki pants. I also have about 7 dress shirts. I do have other clothes but on any given day the odds are good that I will be wearing a white shirt and brown khakis. No one has ever asked me if I was wearing the same clothes and no one has a problem socializing with me at work.

Of course they may just think of me as eccentric and make fun behind my back but who cares. As long as I iron everything on the weekends I don’t have to take time away from sleep to look for clothes to put on in the morning. It allows me to get that extra 15 minutes of unadulterated snnoze time in the morning.

My husband wears substantially the same outfit every day of the week. He just doesn’t like choosing clothes, so he buys multiples of the same thing. His socks are all the same color and the same style, so he doesn’t have to worry about mismatches. All his shoes are black.

Seems kinda weird to me, but hey, if the guy wasn’t weird, he would never have wanted to be married to me for 25 years, so I’m not complaining.

I wear something different every day, but once I worked with a man who wore the same outfit every day for as long as I worked there: white shirt, black vest, black pants, black socks, black shoes. We couldn’t tell whether they were the same clothes, or he had a wardrobe of identical garments. Nobody wanted to talk to him to ask; he was extremely unpleasant - I’ve met wicker chairs with more personality.

I don’t have any direct copies of any of my clothes, but when I find a style of shirt or pants that I like, I’ll buy it in every color, thus sating my desire to wear clothing that is comfortable and familiar but not look like a cartoon character. I probably wouldn’t even notice if someone wore the same clothes or style of clothes every day, it’s just not something I take much notice of. You know that “gender test” where women are supposed to recall the color and style of everyone they have casual conversations with? Yeah, I flunked that.

Being fat, if I find clothing that fits well, is well made and in my price range, I tend to buy multiple copies of the same thing.

In other words, I happen to have 5 identical pair of black work pants. I do have the identical model sweaters in 5 different colors…and another shirt I have in all 4 colors it comes in. All my socks and various forms of underwear are identical. If I like a bra, I buy 5 or 7 of them because a well fitting bra is sometimes hard to find if you are slightly out of proportion or fat, or even stick thin. A friend of mine has the devil of a time finding a 32DD.

I used to work with a guy who was color-blind. As far as I can tell, he owned only black dress pants and white button-down shirts so that he could dress himself in the morning without fear of a humiliating mismatch. I found it amusing, but not creepy.

One of my coworkers wears gray pants, a white shirt, and brown shoes every day. He has Asperger’s. Make of that what you will.

Blue jeans. Every day. My last job (many moons ago) required that I ‘dress up’.

HATED, HATED IT.

I do something similar for work.

Black or tan dockers (or similar)
Black, tan or white polo shirt
Docksider shoes

Convenience and screw what other people think.

At my last job in California, we did ‘business casual’ Monday through Thursday and we could wear jeans on Friday. It seemed silly, since we didn’t interact with the public, that we couldn’t wear jeans any day we wanted.

At my last job, I pretty much had to wear jeans every day. I got very tired of jeans very quickly.

I wear “similar” clothes nearly everyday. But not everyday.

Khaki pants in summer. brown socks. Brown loafers. Polo shirt (sometimes a summer sweater or blouse).

Black pants in winter. Black socks, black loafers. Sweater or turtleneck.

Once in a while I “dress up” and scare the boss into thinking I have a job interview.

Hitchcock had 13 identical black suits/white shirts. I wouldn’t think it odd, just efficient. And provided it wasn’t the same Grateful Dead t-shirt, I might not even notice.