Your attitude to your Male wardrobe vs Female one

[Becky Blue]

I am curious in hearing how others feel about their men's clothes in terms of buying owning, liking not liking, wearing etc.

For me I have little interest in my male wardrobe. I buy clothes that look presentable for work or going out. I have little interest so mostly am very agreeable with whatever my wife suggests or likes. Interestingly I think I have good taste in clothes but no interest. I don't think that mens clothes suit my body (perhaps thats a bit of GD talking). It is very rare that i see something and think I really like that shirt, once or twice it has happened and then i realise that its Andro.

On the other hand I have a huge interest in woman's clothes, I have very definitive tastes and know what i like. In spite of the fact that i am of course a guy, some woman's clothes really seem to suit me. For example I don't seem to fill a mans shirt properly they always seem to hang on me.

I find it interesting that I can be so disinterested in my guy looks but yet the opposite when Becky is dressing, i am fussy and have a great attention to detail. How about others?

[pantyhoselvr kendra]

Sadly i have more women's clothes then men's. Since i live in a mans world at work and with friends

[Barbara Black]

I have never had a real interest in men's or boy's clothes. For many years I've worn blue jeans, a pocketed T-shirt, and a chamous type shirt when needed. I'm sure that this was because of my lack of interest in men's clothes. On the other hand, I've been looking at female clothing forever. I once though it was only because of the girls in them (which it was of course), but now I realize that the clothing had a bigger hold on me (due to having no self pride and therefore hopes with regard to girls and women). If I'd only known that decades earlier.... damn!

[Robin777]

I have always hated buying men's clothes. My men's wardrobe basically amounts to jeans and T-shirts or sweatshirts. I have some dress clothing for special occasions. I hate shopping for my male self,but I love shopping for my feminine side. I can spend hours digging through clearance racks of women's clothes. When I need male clothing I loathe to shop for it.

[Georgette_USA]

Looking / buying clothes for either sex can be tricky.

Have AFAB who is looking for a man's TUX, but have it tailored for her definitely female figure. She is NO Butch Lesbian either.

[DIANEF]

I have pretty much the same attitude as you Becky. Male clothes hold little interest for me, I just wear what is to hand, all very casual stuff mostly. I always make myself look presentable, and have to dress well for my job, and, when the need arises I can look as smart as anyone. But only female clothing really gets my attention.

[AllieSF]

I am pretty similar to you Becky. I have decent taste in men's clothing for me, but have really lost most interest in buying any. Though I must say that shopping for gifts before Christmas had me looking at some nice things (good taste never goes away?? LOL) and I actually bought a nice shirt for me as a gift from Santa. m I used to try to dress clean and sharp in male mode. However, now that I am retired and further down this interesting road of life, my daily male dress mode is quite un-refined and repetitive. My efforts now are into experimenting and trying to look good when dressed en femme.

[Anne K]

I completely agree with you, Becky. I was just thinking that I am going to purge the men's clothes I do not wear and have little interest in. I need more room for my woman's clothes. Men's clothes are SO boring. Don't forget shoes!

[Becky Blue]

Yes who can forget shoes... men's for comfort woman's for oh so much more

[sometimes_miss]

Quite a while after my divorce, I decided to figure out dating. In doing so, I read how most men dress as slobs. Disheveled, sloppy, worn out clothes, in fact, wherever you go (outside of business districts) all you see are guys in sloppy/casual attire. I don't know if it had anything to do with embracing the ghetto style of the rappers who had become so popular in the music scene, but it was apparent that there was a dearth of well dressed men. So I decided I would fill that void. And it made a huge difference in how women saw me. Since then, I've pretty much eliminated anything that looks very cheap ( like T shirts, which is essentially underwear), worn out, or ill fitting. A big unexpected plus was once having done so, it raised my self esteem quite a bit; I believed that I looked good; the compliments I got from the ladies confirmed that I made the right choice.
As far as female clothing, I don't dress to pass or attempt to look 'age appropriate', because I have no desire to look like a homely old lady. So I wear what I do because it would look good on a girl who looks like I would have liked to look, had I been a girl.
I take good care of all my clothes.

[Mollyanne]

Hi there B.B., I too feel the same way you do. Whenever I am updating my female wardrobe, I give much more attention to the colors, fabric and style then I do my (ugh) male clothes. I actually HATE my male clothing as I feel so much more comfortable and confident in my female clothing. I also take much better care of my female clothing, for instance when I am doing a wash I will separate my lingerie from other items, place them in a mesh lingerie bag and wash them with a product especially designed for lingerie(Woolite) and then hang them up to dry and not put them in the dryer. When washing my other items of clothing I will follow the mfg'ers directions to the letter. All my female items of clothing are on hangers or folded neatly.

Mollyanne

[rachel_rachel]

I'd tend to agree there, I went shopping for a few tshirts and got annoyed that I couldn't find what I was looking for.
After that I went lingerie shopping, so much more fun.

[Adriana Moretti]

Im with Kate...I havent bought guy clothes since 2010

[Anne K]

That's a very good point, Sometimes! I pointed out a fellow to my wife and noted how well dressed he was, including the matching shoes. Since then, I've been attempting - in a feeble way- to up my male attire. Last week, my sister-in-law mentioned that I was looking GQ. Hardly! I was just wearing some nice, skinny, black jeans, a nice tropical shirt, black shoes, and my black framed glasses. Nothing special about that. Perhaps her comment is more an indication of how poorly dressed men - and women- have become?

[Sharon B.]

Male clothes mostly blue jeans and tee shirts, might have dress slacks a few button down shirts and one suit.
Woman's clothes dresses woman's slacks and jeans different tops and sweater tops plenty of panties, pantyhose, thigh highs, knee highs, bra's, four wigs, earrings and three pair of heels. Not to mention my makeup, scented body wash perfume and woman's deodorant. I also have four different purses and two outer wear woman's coats with woman's clothes.

[raxdress]

I personally hate shopping for male clothes, but enjoy shopping for female ones. For one, there is so much more diversity in female clothing. Just go on amazon and browse male clothing... same drab pants, same drab shirts. For men, there are dress shirts, t-shirts, tank tops and they all look the same. For women, there are all kinds of different types of blouses with different frills, cuts, and layers. Same thing for skirts... so many different styles and variations. Diversity is fun. For two, I can't even buy male pants online as I'm 30x28... try finding me slacks on amazon at that waist x inseam size. I typically have to go to boys sizes to avoid hemming and then you have to deal with a totally different sizing system... constantly having to return clothes that don't fit. For women's clothes, I can go on amazon and pretty much wear anything meant for women sized medium with no hemming. Just buy and wear.

[Lucy23]

I will probably be in the minority, but I'm very interested in and fond of men's clothing and care about what I put on myself. It began few years ago when I realized I was dressing horribly and wanted to change my looks. It goes without saying that compared to women's clothes, men's lack options, variance and materials... But men's clothing is not bland, far from it. With that said, you can achieve quite impressive things with little effort, if you know what you're doing and what to look for.

Which begs the question, if you're that interested in women's clothing, why not extend that interest and put it to use when thinking of men's clothing?

Anyway, it just means I have to spread my search in more ways than just a single high street store, and buy and think of clothes, shoes, accessories or putting together an outfit as a woman would. My interest in men's clothes actually later encompassed even women's clothes. And to top it off, I use Pinterest as an essential tool to come up with outfits for my men's and women's wardrobe.

Actually, both wardrobes have their counterparts of some sorts. For example, when going to work, I usually wear really slim or skinny quality jeans or trousers tucked in boots, shirt, tailor-made waistcoat, blazer, and a few bracelets and other small accessories. If I could wear women's clothes to work, it would be a business dress (or a skirt with blouse), blazer, patterned tights, heels and accessories (those are a must). Even in casual outfits I want to present some form of style. For me, dressing is showing respect to others and a form of self-expression.

And I want to echo what sometimes_miss said about men dressing casually or sloppily. Don't know about other parts of the world, but around here it pretty much called style if you go out dressed in blue jeans, white shirt, black suit jacket and black shoes. Other than that, 99% of what I see consists of hoodies, ripped jeans of sweat pants, logo shirts etc. Around here, people usually tend to ask you whether you're gay if you show "too much" (whatever that is) interest in clothing. Maybe that's one of a few reasons men don't put much of a thought to what they were.

[Rosemary+]

So true this thread, my male clothes are there to be worn
My female clothes are to be lived in, they have a life of their own , to be enjoyed

[Judith96a]

Interesting question!
I buy men's clothes because I have to. I tend to be quite conservative, buy what I know fits me, replace worn out shirts with the same make & colour etc. I can't remember the last time I got excited about any item of male clothing. The one possible exception might be if I got the opportunity to wear a kilt! For most of my adult life I have only owned at any time three wearable pairs of men's shoes - a good pair for special occasions, a pair for work and a pair of trainers (and the first two have, for the past 20 years, rotated through three designs of the same brand).

Dresses, skirts & especially some high heeled shoes/boots - endlessly interesting and exciting! Wigs, nail polish, lipstick too! Did I mention corsets?

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Becky, I always take pride in my appearance whether En-Drab or En-Femme.

I will have to admit that my Femme outfits are so much more colorful......

[Connie D50]

Becky
Your right on I buy men's cloths because I have to I buy women's cloths because I want to. I have twice and much women's cloths and 5 times more shoes then men's.

[Lana Mae]

I do not like getting dressed up in male mode! Tee shirt(with some logo or design) and jeans are daily male wear. Scrubs for work bought in male size. I like skirts and tops then dresses. I also wear female jeans and tops out and about at times. I own a formal suit and wore it to my son's wedding and it has not been out of the closet since. I have at least twice as many female clothes and 5x the shoes. Hugs Lana Mae

[sara66]

I don't dislike my guy clothes. I just don't like shopping for them, my wife buy 80% of guy clothes. On the other hand I love girl shopping. I like the way quality women's clothing fits. My wife will NOT shop for Sara in any way. She said I have to do that myself. The sacrifice we have to make.
Sara

[CarlaWestin]

Male wear- 14 pairs of white socks for work, 11 employer supplied uniforms, 5 pairs blue jeans, 12 assorted t-shirts, 4 assorted thermal shirts, 1 suit, 1 pair running shoes, 1 pair dress shoes, 0 male underwear.

Carla wear- >100 dresses, >100 bras, >50 panties, 15 skirts, 30 tops, 35 assorted tights, stockings, pantyhose, lace top socks, 12 pairs breast forms, 25 pairs shoes and boots, 2 housekeeper uniform dresses, 3 sexy maid dresses, 1 cheerleader uniform, 3 schoolgirl outfits, 2 kimonos, 12 wigs, 3 drawers full of makeup, 6 bottles nail polish, 5 nightgowns, 3 silky robes, 5 sweaters, 6 corsets, 1 pair Dress Tec hip pads, 1 silicone padded panty girdle, 3 Rago all-in-one, 7 purses, 10 pairs clip on earrings, 2 necklaces, 10 bracelets, 6 belts, etc.....

As a male I've always been bored with the clothing and my daily attire is drab and utilitarian. But, Carla certainly has some choices.

[Teresa]

Carla,
I hate to say it but I feel with so few femme clothes you need to do some more shopping !!

I must admit I haven't had a recent count of my femme stuff , I know my shoes are beginning to overflow, but at least I bought myself a decent jewellery stand so i can finally organise my necklaces . I must admit I love necklaces, they really do lift and change an outfit, I've just had a count up and have 17, clip on earrings aren't far behind .