# What age were you when you decided to stop dressing for fashion-cool, and just dress for comfort? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225 "2013-03-18T03:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/41 "2013-03-19T08:32:25Z")
16 maybe? ---
**Author:** ![sunnyone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@sunnyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunnyone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/42 "2013-03-19T09:15:03Z")
I was never a clothes horse and I didn’t have a cash cow or a sugar daddy. Blue jeans and flannel shirts were always fine for me unless I had to dress up for work. Then it was to the nines. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/43 "2013-03-19T11:24:44Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > As soon as I was picking my own clothes. So 15 or 16. I hate shopping so much, my mum still picks up generic shirts and tshirts and gifts them to me once every two or three years. So my answer is..always. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/44 "2013-03-19T11:48:42Z")
When enough distance passed that I was able to look at photos of my 80s self with objectivity. I seriously thought I was SMOKING HOT in my crunchy perm, enormous sweater and leggings. I looked like a buffoon. It completely cured me of any desire to follow ridiculous fashion trends. So when all the 20 years (and 20 year old wannabes) started walking around in their cotton dresses paired with clunky riding boots, in 80 degree weather, I laughed at them as I passed by in my comfortable flip flops. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/45 "2013-03-19T12:54:44Z")
I have always been fashion-impaired so I don’t think I ever dressed for fashion/style/cool. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/46 "2013-03-19T14:06:32Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You’re supposed to stop caring about fashion? :dubious: > No, seriously, it depends on the occassion. Sometimes it calls for jeans and tshirts, sometimes skirts and heels. And sometimes I like wearing non-dressy skirts and flats. Or jeans and stylish tops. It all depends on my mood. This. I revel in the days when I work from home and never get out of yoga pants and a tank top but I also enjoy suits and heels for my days at the downtown office. I guess I’m an everything in moderation girl. When the hell did that happen? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/47 "2013-03-19T16:58:27Z")
I never started trying to dress for fashion-cool in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/48 "2013-03-19T17:11:04Z")
I dress like Cosmo Kramer-I was “retro-cool” before it was cool. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/49 "2013-03-19T18:06:56Z")
I gave up on fashion at age 16. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/50 "2013-03-19T18:12:16Z")
But at what age are you supposed to stop wearing zip-and-button jeans and start wearing elastic-waist denim pants, which obviously are way more comfortable but not fashionable? Because I want to die before I get to that age. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/51 "2013-03-19T18:30:48Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > But at what age are you supposed to stop wearing zip-and-button jeans and start wearing elastic-waist denim pants, which obviously are way more comfortable but not fashionable? Because I want to die before I get to that age. Just a hint of lycra and zip-and-button jeans _in the appropriate size_ can be as comfortable as a pair of sweats. But, as always, if you try to stuff a size 10 into a size 8…you look as if you tried to stuff a size 10 into a size 8. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/52 "2013-03-19T18:33:34Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Just a hint of lycra and zip-and-button jeans _in the appropriate size_ can be as comfortable as a pair of sweats. But, as always, if you try to stuff a size 10 into a size 8…you look as if you tried to stuff a size 10 into a size 8. Yeah, but those aren’t what I’m talking about. You’ve seen those denim pants- elastic waist, no back pockets, usually in a light wash. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225/53 "2013-03-19T18:47:35Z")
My wife has a picture of me from when we first started dating (1987, 26 years ago.) I was wearing a white button-down shirt and blue jeans. Yesterday, I wore a white button-down shirt with blue jeans. I think my “worry about fashion-cool” phase lasted about 19 days, to tell the truth. And, to be honest, I love being a guy, _especially_ when it comes to clothes. Nothing I have ever really goes out of style. Jeans? Khaki’s? Slacks? Long-sleeve shirts? T-shirts? I expect to be wearing the same sort of clothes until the day I die… in 2462. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225.md?page=2)