What kind of clothes do you wear?

[Cristina]

I recently read a post of Torsten, asking us what kind of music we hear, then I realized that could be an interesting topic to talk about the kind of clothes we use.
Do you take into account your spouse's opinion when you choose clothes?
Do you prefer formal or casual clothes?in which cases?
Is there a special color that you prefer to wear? when?
Do you like jeans?
How often do you buy new clothes?

Cris
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[Englishuser]

Hi Cristina,

Your question about clothes is very interesting. I don't buy clothes that often, and while I like to dress up, I do so relatively rarely as more casual garments are easier to keep clean and are more comfortable and practical in everyday-use. I prefer dark colours, and I dislike jeans. I won't let other people influence me when it comes to my choice of clothes: I stubbornly stick to what I like.

[Sunflower]

Hi Cristina,

Thanks for choosing this topic to talk about. I think different people have different likes, perhaps there are some similarities. However, one man's meat is another man's poison . Most of the time, we have got different tastes about the clothes.

At my age of 19, I prefer wearing casual clothes like loose shirts or T-shirts. And I also like wearing loose jeans from time to time. But when there is a formal occasion, I guess I should wear formal clothes according to my tradition.

[Jamie (K)]

I don't have a spouse, so I don't have anyone to give me an opinion about how I dress.

I was raised in jeans, so they are what I almost always wear in daily life, when I have a choice. (In the US, jeans were always just very strong, practical pants that would not wear out quickly, so I find it strange when people in other countries think of them as a fashion item.)

I have so few events requiring formal clothes that I actually don't own any. If I need a suit for some event, I have to go out and buy it. After that one time, I usually can't wear it again, because my body changes shape so often (usually my shoulders get too big for the suit).

I don't wear any particular type of color, but I prefer solid-colored shirts, rather than shirts with patterns.

I often get my shoes at an industrial shoe store.

The strangest thing is how my clothes look on me. At one company where I worked, I wore more or less the same kind of clothes my male coworkers did, but people used to remark on my "proletarian" look. They meant that I dressed like the workers in communist propaganda posters from the 1930s. This was strange, because I was wearing the same kind of cotton shirts and ordinary cotton slacks that anybody else wore at the company, and no one thought the other people looked like "proletarians".

[Englishuser]

Hi Jamie,

You wrote:

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[Englishuser]

Jamie,

You wrote:

[Tamara]

My teen-age son always uses for tuxedo just slangy expression 'penguin suit'.
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[Englishuser]

Jamie,

You wrote:

[Torsten]

Well, I think it's more a question of what native speakers associate with the term evening dress. Obviously it's what women wear when they dress up to go out.
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