Somewhere between the lines of the last four or five posts is the "other rule" of keeping your clothes from looking like a costume, I think. Stated simply, that rule is to wear them often enough that you look good, but you also feel comfortable. Think of the 50 mission crush and the Highland Burn treatment for headgear.

We have all seen, at least in movies, the guy who appears dressed to do something- going fishing, playing golf, shooting, whatever- and he is dressed based on an illustration, not on any actual experience. Everything is brand new and a little too complete. And he looks like a bozo.

It is a shame, because some clothes and much equipment really do/ does look better when brand new ( as long as they fit well and aren't too stiff...). But we are so prejudiced against newness because of all that it implies (inexperience, false familiarity, gullibility) that we distrust it. By the time you compound all of that by standing or sitting uncomfortably and stiffly, you have lost the inherent advantage of being well dressed. And that is too traditional, in my opinion.