Dressing Up or Dressing Down ?

[Emil Miller]

In order avoid the thumbnail requirement and facilitate the use of reasonably sized pictures to illustrate the question, I have opened this thread on clothes and members views on them.

So, what, if anything, do your clothes say about you? Or, conversely, what do you say about clothes?

[Scheherazade]

Dressing right.

[Emil Miller]

Dressing right.

Isn't that slightly ambiguous?

[billl]

To me, a person who knows what they're doing will soon make their clothes look just fine for the occasion, whatever they might be wearing--leaving aside extremes, such as wearing clown shoes outside of circus situations. However, if someone happens to be a dimwit, they don't stick out so much if they are dressed in a conventional (or even stylish) way. (Although a particularly noteworthy stylishness can begin to look like clown shoes, on a dimwit).

[cacian]

dressing up of course and dressing right at the right time.

[Emil Miller]

To me, a person who knows what they're doing will soon make their clothes look just fine for the occasion, whatever they might be wearing--leaving aside extremes, such as wearing clown shoes outside of circus situations. However, if someone happens to be a dimwit, they don't stick out so much if they are dressed in a conventional (or even stylish) way. (Although a particularly noteworthy stylishness can begin to look like clown shoes, on a dimwit).

Calling anyone who wears these a dimwit, apart from an actual clown that is, would appear to be understating the case.

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/5943/clownxw.jpg

[Helga]

I prefer to dress down. I don't like fancy clothes or dresses or skirts, I just want my jeans and a shirt, a fancier shirt if the occasion asks for it. That being said I bought shoes the other day to wear to a wedding, I hate buying shoes but I am very happy about this pair.

I think my clothes say a lot about me, my best friend is more of a trend seeker and she always says that there is a 'cool trend' going on and a 'I'm not following a cool trend cause I am different trend' but they still follow a certain trend just different. I don't know but there are a lot of dotted dresses about... Anyway my friend says I always look different, don't know if that is true cause I have been wearing the same kind of jeans for about 10 years and I have used the same jacket almost everyday for 10 years too.

Find something you like and stick with it, that's my thing..

[Scheherazade]

Isn't that slightly ambiguous?No more than "dressing up or down".

One can very easily question according to whom, where, when... What I consider "dressing up" might be your "dressing down".

So, I try to dress right for where, when, whom and why. And always go for comfort.

[papayahed]

Calling anyone who wears these a dimwit, apart from an actual clown that is, would appear to be understating the case.

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/5943/clownxw.jpg

You have to admit that, as far as clown shoes go, those are very dapper.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I dress comfortably. Simple as that.

[Calidore]

Being incapable of looking sharp in anything, I stick to jeans and tees (and overshirts in cool weather) unless I'm going somewhere that I have to dress up for.

[JuniperWoolf]

I dress down at work (no makeup, all black, hair in a ponytail) because I don't want the rigpigs to drool on my shoes. On my days off I dress up, long lacy pink skirts, bodices, I can dress in what I find beautiful when my time is my own and I can tell rigpigs to **** off without getting fired.

[Alexander III]

I dress comfortably. Simple as that.

FYI, from now on whenever I read your posts I read them with Peter's voice in my head.

[Emil Miller]

No more than "dressing up or down".

One can very easily question according to whom, where, when... What I consider "dressing up" might be your "dressing down".

This is true but I was referring to it in the general sense of the terms.



You have to admit that, as far as clown shoes go, those are very dapper.

I couldn't bring myself to show some of the examples on display.

[Lokasenna]

I do a lot of shopping in charity shops, so my wardrobe hasn't got much sense of unity about it. About the only thing I don't wear is T-shirts, which I've never liked - I much prefer to have a proper collar.

My favourite garment is a knee-length charcoal great coat, which I habitually wear in the colder months. It's stylish, goes well with both smart and casual clothing, is warm without being suffocating, has lots of useful pockets, and above all is 'swoopy'. I've also got a particular fondness for sleeveless sweaters (today's being a rather nice blue one).

I tend not to enjoy getting dressed up, though can do if the situation calls for it. These days I've grown to appreciate informality, and find my patience wears thin too much pomp. Though that may have something to do with the fact that the waistband of my dinner jacket is excrutiatingly tight (surely I was never that thin? I weigh the same as I did when I bought the thing...).

[Emil Miller]

Though that may have something to do with the fact that the waistband of my dinner jacket is excrutiatingly tight (surely I was never that thin? I way the same as I did when I bought the thing...).


:lol:

"The waistline has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

FYI, from now on whenever I read your posts I read them with Peter's voice in my head.

This is good. Though I suspect it's going to be weird hearing Peter Griffin discuss higher culture, heh heh heh heh heh heh.

[TurquoiseSunset]

I like to be casual and don't mind smart casual. I wear fairly plain clothes, with very little embellishments, patterns and so on. I like my clothes to be practical and comfortable. I don't buy uncomfortable clothes and shoes anymore. You end up spending more time fidgeting than anyting else. It's just annoying.

I don't follow fashion trends...I couldn't care less. I just wear what I like.

My favourite clothing item: jeans.
My favourite type of shoes: boots...with heels.

[Emil Miller]

You have to admit that, as far as clown shoes go, those are very dapper.

But are you ready for this?


http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/371/shortsuittwo.jpg

[qimissung]

I don't like to dress up. It costs money to buy nice clothes. Although of course I do buy clothes. In warm weather I wear clam diggers or cropped pants at work, slacks when it's cold. I have a couple of pairs of shorts I'm rotating through this summer vacay.

As far as shoes go, I like Clarks's. I have several pair that are similar to this:


http://www.clarksusa.com/eng/product/ruthie_anna/31038

[Paulclem]

I've also got a particular fondness for sleeveless sweaters (today's being a rather nice blue one).



A sleeveless sweater - formerly known as a tank top! (Shock horror - or so I'm led to believe by more fashionable friends)

I find a cardigan good these days for two reasons,

1) It offers an open or closed option depending upon the temperature.

2) It annoys my daughter who has developed a psychotic aversion to cardigans.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Practicality sums up my attitude to clothes mostly. I'm not very good buying clothing at all either, for one I hate it trying stuff on and walking around clothes shops etc, etc, and two, I just don't have much of a clue about clothes, what fits well, goes together and so on. I have to wear trousers, shirt and tie for work every day which I often don't find comfortable. I prefer more casual clothing by choice. I'm more comfortable at home in a T-shirt and old jeans.

I need some new walking/fishing trousers and that's not really happening. I had time Saturday to dash around three shops but I couldn't find anything to suit. I then spent about two hours looking for some online to be met with the same disappointment, until I've more or less given up. This is clothes shopping for me - just one big frustration. God knows why women are obsessed by it?

[KCurtis]

But are you ready for this?


http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/371/shortsuittwo.jpg
I am really hoping that is not you. I will have to go to your pic and compare.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I am really hoping that is not you. I will have to go to your pic and compare.

I doubt that is Emil's style. The hat is all off.

[qimissung]

A sleeveless sweater - formerly known as a tank top! (Shock horror - or so I'm led to believe by more fashionable friends)

I find a cardigan good these days for two reasons,

1) It offers an open or closed option depending upon the temperature.

2) It annoys my daughter who has developed a psychotic aversion to cardigans.

It's cause you're an old fogey, Paul. What! You didn't know that? :)

Whenever I come home with new clothes my son says that yeah, they're nice. They look like everything else you get. What is he implying, exactly? I wonder....


Practicality sums up my attitude to clothes mostly. I'm not very good buying clothing at all either, for one I hate it trying stuff on and walking around clothes shops etc, etc, and two, I just don't have much of a clue about clothes, what fits well, goes together and so on. I have to wear trousers, shirt and tie for work every day which I often don't find comfortable. I prefer more casual clothing by choice. I'm more comfortable at home in a T-shirt and old jeans.

I need some new walking/fishing trousers and that's not really happening. I had time Saturday to dash around three shops but I couldn't find anything to suit. I then spent about two hours looking for some online to be met with the same disappointment, until I've more or less given up. This is clothes shopping for me - just one big frustration. God knows why women are obsessed by it?

My feelings exactly, Neely!

[Emil Miller]

Practicality sums up my attitude to clothes mostly. I'm not very good buying clothing at all either, for one I hate it trying stuff on and walking around clothes shops etc, etc, and two, I just don't have much of a clue about clothes, what fits well, goes together and so on. I have to wear trousers, shirt and tie for work every day which I often don't find comfortable. I prefer more casual clothing by choice. I'm more comfortable at home in a T-shirt and old jeans.

I need some new walking/fishing trousers and that's not really happening. I had time Saturday to dash around three shops but I couldn't find anything to suit. I then spent about two hours looking for some online to be met with the same disappointment, until I've more or less given up. This is clothes shopping for me - just one big frustration. God knows why women are obsessed by it?

I agree that shopping for clothes, or indeed most things except books or music, is a boring pursuit, but since the age of elegant apparel has long given way to that of the masses in a spurious search for equality, there is no set standard of dress and everyone, except the very rich, and the young who can be persuaded to wear anything, are left floundering between high class tailoring and low class mass produced produce of questionable quality.
When I was younger I used to think that women were obsessed by fashion in order to attract a man, but have long since known that they dress to strike sparks off of other women without recourse as to whether men like it or not.

[The Comedian]

I'm kind of a "for everything there is a season" sort of a guy when regarding clothes. For work and other formal occasions, I like to dress up: like the tie, like the Italian leather shoes, like the shirt. . . . and when I'm splittin' wood out back, I like my old shorts from high school, Rage Against the Machine tee shirt and baseball cap. Fishin', I'm all for blue jeans (for wippin' worm/fish slime on), shirt, and sandals. . . .

In the evening, watchin' a little TV with the Mrs. after a long day: sweats and a tee. . . .

[Sancho]

I’ve gotta agree with a lot of people here - function over fashion. Cycling shorts, I’ve always thought, are dorky, but they sure are functional (long-distance bicycling being a highly chafe-able pastime). Hiking boots may not blend on the Upper East Side, but they’re indispensable on the Appalachian Trail. Helmets, Knee Pads, Wide-Brimmed Hats, Steel-Toed Shoes, Safety Goggles, Leather-Palmed Gloves, all have their special functionality, as well as Tool Belts, Fishing Vests, Spandex, Gortex, Nomex, 6-Inch Heels (uhh, wait a minute).

For kicking around town, I like: Flip Flops, Cargo Shorts, and a T-shirt with a pocket (you’d be surprised how handy the pocket on a T can be).

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I’ve gotta agree with a lot of people here - function over fashion. Yes, I'm wired the same way. It's all about the occasion, really. Fortunately our dress code at work is rather relaxed, which helps when I need to leave the comforts of the office and hit the workshop (very often). It is not half bad out there as workshops go, but I really would not like to wear a suit there. Not only due to the risk of getting it dirty, but more because the lot out there would laugh their heads off :rofl:


Cycling shorts, I’ve always thought, are dorky, but they sure are functional (long-distance bicycling being a highly chafe-able pastime). Indeed. I use mine twice a day all year round, commuting to and from work (10km cross country on a MTB, in order to avoid the lorries on the road). People often have a good laugh when they see me coming in in the morning, dressed for that ride, but as you say bicycling really wears the clothes out, and my usual clothes would soon be in tatters if I wore them while biking.

In my spare time I usually go for comfort, unless the missus interferes. You know the drill, gentlemen:
-Are you really going to wear this with that?
-No, of course not, Dear...

/Claes

[TurquoiseSunset]

I need some new walking/fishing trousers and that's not really happening. I had time Saturday to dash around three shops but I couldn't find anything to suit. I then spent about two hours looking for some online to be met with the same disappointment, until I've more or less given up. This is clothes shopping for me - just one big frustration. God knows why women are obsessed by it?

I'm not to fond of shopping either. There is so much I have to sift through in order to get something I like that I just don't feel like going most of the time. Most women's departments are chock 'n block full of high fashion that I'm not going to wear for just one season.

I'm very picky about my clothes: the fit, the colours, what it goes with what...it takes me ages to choose what I'm going to wear, even with my plain 'classic' wardrobe.

And before when I said I like to wear casual clothes, that does not include track suits. I mean, the full outfit. I own a couple of track suit bottoms that I wear for exercising. Otherwise, wearing a track suit makes me feel scruffy. I feel the same about wearing pj's for longer than an hour in the mornings.

[Emil Miller]

I doubt that is Emil's style. The hat is all off.

:lol: No you're absolutely right, I think he would be a bit cold around the knees in the winter. Here's one taken long ago in Paris. Note the length of the trousers.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/7528/scan0004ki.jpg

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

You debonair dog!

[Sancho]

Ditto. You're a sharp-dressed man, Emil.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Yes smart stuff and perfect Paris wear I would have thought.


And before when I said I like to wear casual clothes, that does not include track suits. I mean, the full outfit. I own a couple of track suit bottoms that I wear for exercising. Otherwise, wearing a track suit makes me feel scruffy. I feel the same about wearing pj's for longer than an hour in the mornings.

Yes same here. I have one pair of tracksuit bottoms that I use solely for tennis or bike rides where it is too cold for shorts and nothing else.

If I have a favourite item of clothing it is coats. I like useful coats. Last month I bought a light walking/fishing raincoat which has served me well so far this summer. Let's face it I've need it. Before that I bought a short suede/leatherish jacket which does the job and looks OK too. Apart from those items and some of my socks plus the odd shirt, my clothes are nothing to shout about. Maybe I could do with one of those makeover people fussing over my appearance like you get on daytime TV? :eek6: Or maybe not.

I've still not brought myself to look for walking/fishing trousers yet. (If anyone has any suggestions feel free to post!!!) I also need some 'knocking about' jeans or bottoms of some description as my 'good' pair are all frayed. One of my problems with clothes shopping is that I have one two hour window of opportunity on a Saturday to make such purchases. Needless to say I don't want to spend this window of time shopping for clothes.

[Emil Miller]

Well folks, as I said, it was a long time ago and I don't dress like that now but I still try to keep reasonably trim and make sure that whatever I'm wearing actually fits. I won't put up with ill-fitting clothes even though shopping for them is a chore.

[KCurtis]

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[KCurtis]

:lol: No you're absolutely right, I think he would be a bit cold around the knees in the winter. Here's one taken long ago in Paris. Note the length of the trousers.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/7528/scan0004ki.jpg

See!! You are the epitome of British, I just love it. I hear London calling.

[LitNetIsGreat]

My hunt for a pair of walking trousers continued today with no luck. I went (dashed around) 4 or 5 shops with all the usual frustrations - too big, too small, too light, too heavy, expensive, nothing. I am now getting desperate. Apart from my working trousers, I am down to one pair of day to day walking trousers that I just have to keep washing and one pair of jeans and they need to go in the bin. I'm getting fed up of jeans anyway, I like my one pair of walking trousers better, lighter and more comfortable. I might have to try Marks and Spencer's next week or bite the bullet and pay a king's ransom and have done with it. Luckily, I'm off to the Lakes tomorrow, maybe I'll find a nice walking shop there?

[Emil Miller]

My hunt for a pair of walking trousers continued today with no luck. I went (dashed around) 4 or 5 shops with all the usual frustrations - too big, too small, too light, too heavy, expensive, nothing. I am now getting desperate. Apart from my working trousers, I am down to one pair of day to day walking trousers that I just have to keep washing and one pair of jeans and they need to go in the bin. I'm getting fed up of jeans anyway, I like my one pair of walking trousers better, lighter and more comfortable. I might have to try Marks and Spencer's next week or bite the bullet and pay a king's ransom and have done with it. Luckily, I'm off to the Lakes tomorrow, maybe I'll find a nice walking shop there?

I'm not sure what you mean by walking trousers, doesn't it depend on whether you are talking about lightweight slacks or heavier trousers for the lower temperatures? Marks and Spencer's do a wide range of trousers to suit most requirements and are reasonable middle of the range stuff. I find that they make clothes that fit although I wouldn't use them exclusively because there are other outlets. I realise that London probably has a wider choice than other parts of the country but perseverance is all when buying any sort of clothing anywhere.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I want something medium weight, slightly waterproof, with pockets, ideal for fishing/ walking in general temperatures. I am better off with those outdoor shops like Blacks I think, but I'm not paying 70 quid for a pair. There might be a few shops in the Lakes tomorrow if they open Sunday. Decathlon is usually a good shop for stuff like this but it has let me down on this occasion.

http://www.blacks.co.uk/clothing/men/trousers-and-shorts/product/043051/Mens-GORE-TEX-Paclite-Pants.html
Does anybody pay £100 for a spare pair of fishing trousers?

[cafolini]

For summer weather I like a naval, closeknit. They are very light. I know what you mean about jeans. I pay for the naval stuff but they last quite a while and they are very pleasant. I don't know about London but I imagine they are there.

[YesNo]

http://www.blacks.co.uk/clothing/men/trousers-and-shorts/product/043051/Mens-GORE-TEX-Paclite-Pants.html
Does anybody pay £100 for a spare pair of fishing trousers?
Those look like high-tech trousers. Maybe they're worth it. I don't go fishing, so I don't know what the requirements are for that sport.

I think the only time I bought clothing that was functional like that was when I was working in forestry. I remember the boots had steel toes and were insulated. They were almost required for safety. They cost over $100 which is probably cheap for them now. I remember one of the guys working with me was so proud of the boots that he wore them to a barn dance to impress the girls. Of course, that might have been the only pair of shoes he had with him at the moment.

I solve all my clothing buying needs by letting my wife buy them. This keeps peace in the family. She gets to pick them out which she wants to do. If she didn't want to do this, it would still be no problem. I would go to Costco and buy whatever I needed there without trying anything on first. It would take half an hour. That might help explain why my wife prefers to do the shopping.

[Emil Miller]

I solve all my clothing buying needs by letting my wife buy them.

That sounds like a recipe for disaster. To my mind women have very little idea of what suits men. It's instructive to look at the kind of socks and ties they buy for men at Christmas. I have at least a half dozen items that women have bought me and which I have never worn; including a pair of blue and white striped slippers emblazoned with Mickey Mouse that were bought in Disneyland.

[qimissung]

I dunno, Emil. I have a friend at work and his wife buys all his clothes and he's actually considered a very snappy dresser.

[Scheherazade]

To my mind women have very little idea of what suits men.... including a pair of blue and white striped slippers emblazoned with Mickey Mouse that were bought in Disneyland.Don't know.

From the example you have given, it sounds like at least she has a very good idea.

[Emil Miller]

I dunno, Emil. I have a friend at work and his wife buys all his clothes and he's actually considered a very snappy dresser.

By men or by women?

[Helga]

If I'd let my son choose my clothes I'd be wearing pink dresses all the time and high heels. Luckily he doesn't, he is a very even tempered kid, a bit soft maybe, but he once cried and screamed cause I didn't want to wear a dress.

Like I said I dress down all the time

[LitNetIsGreat]

Hurrah! I've just got back from the Lakes sporting a new pair of walking trousers!!

[Emil Miller]

Hurrah! I've just got back from the Lakes sporting a new pair of walking trousers!!

Where did you manage to get them?

[LitNetIsGreat]

From a small outdoors shop called Hawkshead in Bowness. Black, medium weight, slightly waterproof, size 33 (?), deep pockets inc zip, reduced from £35 to £20 and a nice fit.

Now I just need a few light weight tops...

Edit: oh here they are -

http://www.hawkshead.com/buy/regatta-mens-action-trousers-short-224169

[qimissung]

By men or by women?

By everybody.

Perfect, Neely! I know how frustrating it is to need a particular item and it seems like you go everywhere looking for it, to no avail!


If I'd let my son choose my clothes I'd be wearing pink dresses all the time and high heels. Luckily he doesn't, he is a very even tempered kid, a bit soft maybe, but he once cried and screamed cause I didn't want to wear a dress.

Like I said I dress down all the time


That is hilarious!

[Emil Miller]

From a small outdoors shop called Hawkshead in Bowness. Black, medium weight, slightly waterproof, size 33 (?), deep pockets inc zip, reduced from £35 to £20 and a nice fit.

They seem to be the business and getting them reduced is the cherry on the cake. However at this point a word of caution might be appropriate because looking at the waist measurements chart I noticed that sizes 28 - 46 were in stock whereas sizes 48,50 and 52 are not. So it might be a forewarning of how your current 33 could creep relentlessly towards 52 if too much beer/food are consumed in the coming decades. As you already know, size 52 is often to be seen standing outside Wetherspoons.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Perfect, Neely! I know how frustrating it is to need a particular item and it seems like you go everywhere looking for it, to no avail.

Yes this is the frustration I often find with clothes shopping. I could do with half a new wardrobe but I think I would need a month off of work to do that.


They seem to be the business and getting them reduced is the cherry on the cake. However at this point a word of caution might be appropriate because looking at the waist measurements chart I noticed that sizes 28 - 46 were in stock whereas sizes 48,50 and 52 are not. So it might be a forewarning of how your current 33 could creep relentlessly towards 52 if too much beer/food are consumed in the coming decades. As you already know, size 52 is often to be seen standing outside Wetherspoons.

Yes they are pretty good. I've been out in them on the bike tonight, not really for the bike but I wanted to wear them to try, and they are fine. I'm glad you asked about them because I then found the website and that they are available in navy, so I'm going to order a pair of those as well. I seem to be an in-between size of 33 which is rare to find so I'm happy about finally finding those. Yes if it was not for the walking and biking everywhere I would be needing those higher sizes because I'm not giving up beer and garlic bread!

[KCurtis]

If I'd let my son choose my clothes I'd be wearing pink dresses all the time and high heels. Luckily he doesn't, he is a very even tempered kid, a bit soft maybe, but he once cried and screamed cause I didn't want to wear a dress.

Like I said I dress down all the time

That is the cutest.

[Calidore]

They seem to be the business and getting them reduced is the cherry on the cake. However at this point a word of caution might be appropriate because looking at the waist measurements chart I noticed that sizes 28 - 46 were in stock whereas sizes 48,50 and 52 are not. So it might be a forewarning of how your current 33 could creep relentlessly towards 52 if too much beer/food are consumed in the coming decades. As you already know, size 52 is often to be seen standing outside Wetherspoons.

I have that problem with inseams; stores always stop at 34, and I need a 36.

[Helga]

I actually had a big 'dress' day, my mom helped me fix a dress I have cause I can't handle a big neckline. I am going to a wedding next week and I hate dressing up. After my mom fixed the dress she started looking for jewelry for me that look good with the dress, aarrrg I hate that stuff.

but the dress looks nice.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Those navy, so called 'action' trousers came today and look good. Now I'm thinking about having to order another pair, one for fishing and one for knocking about in. Damn clothes shopping. I also ordered a walking shirt that's too big but I can't send it back because I took all the stuff of it and went fishing in it. Still, it is just about wearable. That's the thing with shopping over the internet for clothes it is difficult to judge sizes.

[Scheherazade]

Now that we know Emil has a thang for little green coctail dresses...

The OP:
In order avoid the thumbnail requirement and facilitate the use of reasonably sized pictures to illustrate the question, I have opened this thread on clothes and members views on them.

So, what, if anything, do your clothes say about you? Or, conversely, what do you say about clothes?

[Emil Miller]

Now that we know Emil has a thang for little green coctail dresses...

The OP:

:lol: Nope, only for what's inside them and I don't mean underclothes or whatever other items of clothing that women choose to wear.
Of course it's not absolutely necessary but there's an added incentive if they can play the piano.

http://youtu.be/YFRFgRm1BYE

Or even turn the pages.

[cacian]

Emil just wanted to ask: What is dressing down?

I personally dress first for myself and to impress if I can. When I can't I dress to feel comfortable.
It does me make think about those who do not like clothes who would rather walk around without. I am not sure where they stand in terms of clothes. Do they like nudity because they do not like clothes or is it something else?

[LitNetIsGreat]

http://youtu.be/YFRFgRm1BYE

Or even turn the pages.

Well they say two women are better than one...

[Emil Miller]

Emil just wanted to ask: What is dressing down?

I personally dress first for myself and to impress if I can. When I can't I dress to feel comfortable.
It does me make think about those who do not like clothes who would rather walk around without. I am not sure where they stand in terms of clothes. Do they like nudity because they do not like clothes or is it something else?

Dressing down is when, instead of wearing a suit or sports clothes i.e. Jacket, trousers, shoes, one decides to wear Baseball cap, sloppy Joe ( tee-shirt ), jeans, trainers. i.e basic 'informal' attire, usually ill-fitting and the opposite of what one might call appropriate for most occasions. This is open to the vicissitudes of 'fashion' whereby walking around with tattoos, nose rings, and a 4 day growth of beard and other grotesquerie is the mode for a certain stratum of the populace: usually young or of retarded development and, by inference, exhibitionist.
However, economically, times are changing and when walking around like a a tramp becomes a matter of necessity, rather than a juvenile attempt to thumb one's nose at propriety, I suspect that decent attire and appearance will again be the desired option.

[Scheherazade]

Dressing down is when , instead of wearing a suit or sports clothes i.e. Jacket, trousers, shoes, one decides to wear Baseball cap, sloppy Joe ( tee-shirt ), jeans, trainers.Not to be confused with "dressing someone down"...

[Emil Miller]

Not to be confused with "dressing someone down"...

:lol: I was asked a question and answered as I saw fit. Others may well have a different take on it.

[Sancho]

You guys like pictures? Because I like pictures. El Sancho's take:

Dressing down.
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/notemery-1.jpg

Dressing down?
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/emery.jpg

Dressing up?
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/perfumedprince.jpg