:cheers: Huzzah! This is all anyone wants! Pants That Fit! :cheers:

I can't wait until I'm a gazillionaire and have my own tailor. That'll kick ass.

Here's my secret to being able to buy pants that fit:

I'm a man.

Now you know the secret. Please use it only for the forces of good.

Oh pshah, I can never find pants that fit. Man's got nothing to do with it.






(doubt that the man requirement is present, and you obviously haven't ever even glanced at my pants.)

There have been many, many times that I was shopping that I wished I was a man. I used to buy guy's jeans. Whenever I buy clothes for my younger brother, I realize I'm buying things that I would wear if I were a guy.

If I got a sex change, would that be for the forces of good?

I highly doubt that GD would think so.

I'd love to get the chance to dress myself as a man. I don't wish to be a man permanentally, but the options are really out there in terms of looking good when you're a male.

Yet so many of us fail to find those options. Or don't know them when they are smacking us in the face.

What in the world are you talking about???

Are you saying that the male uniform that exists purely for ease, and barely differenciates us one from the other, presents us men in a flattering light?

T-shirt and pants or shirt and pants. That's two of five combinations.

T-shirts and shorts spices things up a bit. Then there's the cameleon commonality of the ubiquitous business suit. Heck, get a bunch of us to a formal affair, and in tuxedos you can scarcely tell us apart.


I think male fashion is a quagmire of boredom ... perhaps even an insideous conspiracy to dehumanize. It's but one step ahead of Einstein's identical suit worn daily, so as to expend zero energy on sartorial decision making.

The standard options also emit nearly zero energy of self-expression. Ooooh, the pattern of a tie, or perhaps even an entire shirt of beautiful textile!



The heights of fashion and of fashion's greatest expression are denied us, ladies. Dressing like a guy may be easy, but it does little for your humanity.



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My survey of this is anecdotal and informal, but while occasionally you read articles about men getting facials, spa treatments, etc., I think the majority of women's magazine surveys say that men should not look like they fussed too much with their appearance, and they certainly should not compare notes with women on it (unless, of course, the conversation turns to waxing and triming). Men should just look at ease in their clothes and comfortable with themselves. (This is why hip hop guys with their pants belted in the middle of their ass don't look good. They don't look comfortable.)

Don't underestimate the power of a nice tie. I have a bunch of nice ties. Men and women alike like to touch my ties. It's a grace note like diamond earrings with a little black dress. How much do you actually want to be thinking about a person's clothes anyway?