"Women dress up for other women".

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You can't take my old gf's opinion and say that "women" in general are like her, but you can't discount it either.

Blaire, I suppose there are divas among every group of people! But in this economy, there aren't many who can afford to wear different evening gowns, even when the galas are in different countries! Frankly, I'd even go so far as to say that the average woman doesn't attend all that many galas. :D

Getting back to Sherry's question, maybe it needs a bit of tweaking:

Who are two women dressing for?

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The question isn't so much about individual women's personalities. I think you'll get more accurate answers if you ask what are her motives when a woman wears particular items of clothing. Unless the sexy sweater dress woman is a lesbian, if anyone thinks she dresses for other women, or even purely for herself, you have a lot to learn about women. She is definitely dressing for men (edited to add: or for the man in her life). But I would say that the plaid dress woman is dressing for herself.

Now granted, the CDs who post pics in lingerie or who go out wearing outfits that have a similar sexiness score as the sweater dress may be dressing for themselves, for the pleasure of knowing they are achieving the sexy woman look. But, I guarantee you that it is the men they encounter who will appreciate their look more than the women. It boggles my mind that some CDs don't, or say they don't realize this.