Sunday, August 10, 2008

The difficulty of casual

Dressing well for formal occasions or business is in fact surprisingly trivial, unlike most people would have you believe. It isn't difficult to pick out a suit or a tie or decide which knot to use. In fact, everything related with dressing well while being in a city is more or less simple: using common sense and the rules set forth by the more knowledgable dandies of the past will allow anyone to look stylish.

The difficulties start emerging when one does not go to the office. Or to the theater or the opera. What does one wear on the weekends, when sporting a spiffy pinstriped suit is not really an option? That, I guess, is one of the key questions which separate well dressed men from the rest. And as of now, I have no clue as to what a well dressed man should wear outside the office. Depends on the weather, depends on the activity. The choices are endless and closet space is finite. So in short, according to this definition and distinction, I am not really in any way a knowledgeable dresser.

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