Does being a kiltie make you a "clothes horse"?

[CMcG]

Madam, dear CopperNGold...I strongly reject this notion. You are entitled to your personal style if you want to have one. You are entitled to speculate on your perception of what you think my personal style is. You are welcome to discuss personal style as an abstract or concrete idea, how it is projected to the world at large, what it's societal implications are and so forth.

But I ain't got one, and I find the very idea of somehow having such a thing, or spending a single nanosecond worrying about it, very unhappy-making.

Aaaaaah, the style of no-style.

[Lime]

I put on clothes in the morning and go do things that men do

Do I detect a hint of insecurity? Perhaps you had better wander over to the big hairy sporran thread… now excuse me while I go and get precisely the right shade of eyeliner to match my flashes before participating in a high speed car chase, traveling back in time, killing a wooly mammoth with my bare hands (now that would make a sporran and a half!), firing a really big gun, setting a load of stuff on fire, burping the national anthem and impregnating a netball team!

To get back to the thread; I think you are either a clothes horse or you aren't; I see plenty of kilt wearers (present company excepted) who apparently take no interest in what they are wearing and I think it is roughly in proportion to men in general who appear to take no interest in what they are wearing.

I use to let it bother me... now I just look down on them with the contempt they deserve! I'm only kidding; I've always been interested in clothes, whether kilted or not, but have plenty of friends who are completely disinterested and I've concluded that neither side really understands the other. Each to their own say I.

[GoodGirlGonePlaid]

Oh boy...

*backs slowly out of post*

[Alan H]

Do I detect a hint of insecurity?
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I've always been interested in clothes, whether kilted or not, but have plenty of friends who are completely disinterested and I've concluded that neither side really understands the other. Each to their own say I.

Regarding your point #1.... I'll refrain from telling you here, what I would tell you were you to say that to my face, because we don't engage in that sort of behavior, here on X Marks.

Point #2. I think you're absolutely right.

Regarding personal style-- One last time. You all can have your personal style with whatever that implies for you. You can all claim that I and everyone else MUST have one, because I live and breathe and am not forced to wear prison garb. I don't deny you the right to have, enjoy and revel in your personal style. I, personally find the notion to be antithetical to how I run my life, and what I value, and I would appreciate it if people would stop trying to pin such a thing on me. Thanks.

It's too bad, I was going to drop into this thread and laughingly tell you all how I changed my kilt today based on the weather, aka "dithered"... but at this point I really don't feel inclined. Time to move on to another thread before a big fight breaks out.

[OC Richard]

About the "no style" thing... even choosing to go naked is choosing a style.

Whatever clothes one puts on, whether the items were chosen consciously or not, creates a style.

Someone saying that they put no thought whatsoever into what they wear rings hollow, because they initially had to purchase the collection of clothes from which they choose each day.

How indeed could somebody not choose what they wore?
I suppose one could go into a clothing store and tell the salesperson "give me $100 worth of random clothes in such-and-such a size".
Does anyone actually do that?

(The exception of couse is when one is required to wear a uniform dress of some sort.)

Now pardon me, I have to go put on my tattersall spread-collar shirt, striped necktie (from the heart of course) which I shall tie in a Full Windsor, Strome kilt, tweed jacket and waistcoat, vintage sporran, shooting socks, flashes, and ghillies... it's time to go to work!

[CDNSushi]

I suppose one could go into a clothing store and tell the salesperson "give me $100 worth of random clothes in such-and-such a size".
Does anyone actually do that?

Hmm... No, but I aught to. Just for giggles. In fact, that would be a great premise for a new fashion blog. Have people go out to all sorts of different stores with $100, and doing exactly as you said: "Give me $100 worth of random clothes in xxx size." And then photograph and post up the looks you would get!

I love it, actually!

[SteveB]

Clothes Horse resides in my basement. It is adorned with a bit of attire straight out of the washing machine, and has a home near the furnace flue pipe (warmth).

Style: kilted.

Beyond that all is very random. This morning it is light coloured tatersol shirt, ABF tie, Black Watch tartan kilt, dark coloured hose, black sporran, shoes, and belt. I have no idea what colour the garter ties are, only that they are light in colour. Being without colour sight has its upside, in that I do not even try this matchy-matchy stuff. The downside is that the spouse occasionally objects to my outfits.

Cheers

[CopperNGold]

Thatwould be fun, wouldn't it? "I would like $100 of any clothing in my size, please." It would be interesting to see what you get. A good salesperson has your size and style figured out two minutes after you walk in the door. Great experiment! Maybe I'll take that one on.

[Tobus]

About the "no style" thing... even choosing to go naked is choosing a style.

Whatever clothes one puts on, whether the items were chosen consciously or not, creates a style.

Someone saying that they put no thought whatsoever into what they wear rings hollow, because they initially had to purchase the collection of clothes from which they choose each day.

How indeed could somebody not choose what they wore?
I suppose one could go into a clothing store and tell the salesperson "give me $100 worth of random clothes in such-and-such a size".
Does anyone actually do that?

(The exception of couse is when one is required to wear a uniform dress of some sort.)

Now pardon me, I have to go put on my tattersall spread-collar shirt, striped necktie (from the heart of course) which I shall tie in a Full Windsor, Strome kilt, tweed jacket and waistcoat, vintage sporran, shooting socks, flashes, and ghillies... it's time to go to work!

Plus, to point out the obvious, we wear kilts. That, by itself, defines a personal style.

[CDNSushi]

Thatwould be fun, wouldn't it? "I would like $100 of any clothing in my size, please." It would be interesting to see what you get. A good salesperson has your size and style figured out two minutes after you walk in the door. Great experiment! Maybe I'll take that one on.

Please do. I'd love to see the results.

Actually, thinking about this a bit more, $100 nowadays probably wouldn't get you much. Maybe a couple of shirts, some slacks and a few accessories. I was thinking it would be even MORE interesting to do it with like $200, or even $500. The latter would probably be best here in Japan. (Yeah it's expensive here).