Men are missing a trick by dressing SO BADLY

[BellaneyMimphus]

Overheard two American women on the bus discussing British male fashion.
Their inclination was that jogging bottoms should be burned and I agree.

Got me thinking that loads f women positively fantasise about certain kinds of male outfits: uniforms, britches, good boots, etc.
I'm not suggesting that men go out and get an officer's uniform and it's obviously not ok to suggest that men should dress "for" women, but what most men wear and what women like to see men wearing are totally different, would you agree?

AIBU to think men's fashion needs a bit of an overhaul anyway?

Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen looks like Janice from Friends.

Not just the clothes. Most men, imho, need to think hard about their footwear

YANBU

they should read the Sartorialist blog daily and make notes. I'm so sick to the back teeth of badly and lazily dressed men. they look rank.

Oh I would love to go about in ball gowns all day. I love them. I'm afraid I'd look mad old bag rather than Grace Kelly, though.

"Oh look, there goes Old Woman Cunting in her ball gown again! I wonder what she carries in that plastic bag" - local youths.

My DH would like me to dress in Laura Ashley or <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=star+trek+costumes+for+adults&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=l2kOJeW8h8v6OM:&imgrefurl=www.costumecraze.com/ST26.html&docid=W7BS6Bvu6Mv7fM&w=600&h=1348&ei=zutpTvnBGs_zsgaT5Ny5BA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=530&vpy=75&dur=1687&hovh=337&hovw=150&tx=68&ty=167&page=1&tbnh=227&tbnw=101&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this.

Women DO wear ball gowns, knee-high boots, boiler suits (mainly rejected as vile though), wraparound dresses are everywhere, pirate outfits I would wear in a second, and armour just isn't practical in our damp climate.

You've got it made as far as fantasies go. I can't find a riding boot/britch combo for love nor money

Slightly Miss Havisham Bupcakes?

I was known to grace Sainsbury's in a corset, big skirt and huge boots in my yoof, Bupcakes. Do it!

Oh very dear me summer

Exactly like that, Cheekey.

I do try to make an effort with me togs. Wouldn't be caught dead in Boden. I like to think that I'm a bit "quirky", like Vivienne Westwood. My friend informs me that I am more Edie Monsoon. :(

Goddness, I must be lacking imagination. I'm really just happy with the Geography teacher look on men - some faded cords and a jumper in an autumnal colour.

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=naval+uniforms+19th+century&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=iB8TMszmGx9N1M:&imgrefurl=www.sutlers.co.uk/acatalog/Napnavy.html&docid=ILhbtwvYXJAtRM&w=350&h=550&ei=j-xpTsexFYqO8gPlqaE_&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1454&vpy=56&dur=1252&hovh=282&hovw=179&tx=128&ty=147&page=1&tbnh=155&tbnw=99&start=0&ndsp=51&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0&biw=1680&bih=869" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a man in a 19th Century Naval Uniform does it for me

Makes me go all unneccesary

That would be your friends head you are carrying in the carrier bag then bupcakes?

I know, cheekeymonkey! I'm sure I looked pretty cool though

Depends if he has a 'Boner'part ruby

MillyR, oh I like that too! Depends on the man. Would have to look slightly geeky and like he needs dirtying up a bit to get away with looking like that. And have glasses that can end up slightly askew...

Oooh cripes, no. Like a carrier bag would be able to hold the weight of her fat head...

Wonder if I can get DP to consider it

It's the trekkie fan bit that worries me summer

Would give the mice something to nibble on after all the wedding cake bupcakes

tell me about it!

Agree Bellany. God, he's creepy.

See, with jogging bottoms, the BEST a man can be thinking is 'I hope the centre seam makes my cock look a bit bigger' and I think men should be aiming higher than that.

Any creativity would be most appreciatively received, wouldn't it? Sigh.

No, with jogging bottoms they're hoping the ladies will take advantage of the easy access they also benefit from when they walk with their hands down there having a jiggle.

Also it isn't just young good-looking men I'm talking about.
There was a programme a few weeks ago about Georgian men's clothes and the demo-man was kind of plain, maybe a bit balding. He looked 100 times better in his costume than my nice-looking but scruffy-shirted, gap-trousered life partner .