Badsingularity Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 If you are a man and your wife or Gf gets ready for a night out and she comes to you wearing a dress that doesn't look good on her and asks..... "How do I look"? "Do you like this dress?" How would you answer? Would you be honest? I know how I answer. Just curious to see how others would.
USMCHokie Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 If you are a man and your wife or Gf gets ready for a night out and she comes to you wearing a dress that doesn't look good on her and asks..... "How do I look"? "Do you like this dress?" How would you answer? Would you be honest? I'd be honest and tell her I didn't like the dress or it wasn't appropriate for the occasion and then find and recommend something else. I have absolutely no reservations about this. I've watched enough What Not to Wear in my day to have a respectable opinion on women's fashion... 1
MissBee Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 I'd want the truth from my guy about it. I don't do "trick questions". I'd only ask because I wanted his honest opinion. I need a man with tact. He can be truthful and tactful at the same time and tell me it isn't flattering, if it isn't. 1
Author Badsingularity Posted August 11, 2012 Author Posted August 11, 2012 I like these answers so far:cool:
threebyfate Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 If we were to line up 10 men and ask them to judge what looks good on specific women, 9 would fail. 2
USMCHokie Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 If we were to line up 10 women and ask them to judge what looks good on specific men, 9 would fail. It works this way too.
threebyfate Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 It works this way too.Do you honestly believe this? I'd have to strongly disagree as a generality.
USMCHokie Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 Do you honestly believe this? Yes, I actually do honestly believe it. There are lots of nuances to men's fashion, primarily with fit and quality of materials, that many women (and probably more men) just don't have an appreciation for. But if you're just trying to dress an average Joe to look marginally presentable, then anyone can just eye him up and say it works.
threebyfate Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 Yes, I actually do honestly believe it. There are lots of nuances to men's fashion, primarily with fit and quality of materials, that many women (and probably more men) just don't have an appreciation for.So you're judging by the narrowest criteria in order to draw conclusion for overall. Intellectual dishonesty. But if you're just trying to dress an average Joe to look marginally presentable, then anyone can just eye him up and say it works.This is all that matters as it relates to generalities.
USMCHokie Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 So you're judging by the narrowest criteria in order to draw conclusion for overall. Intellectual dishonesty. Versus the validity of purely conclusory statements...? This is all that matters as it relates to generalities. And so you don't believe a man could "dress" a woman to be marginally presentable in public? What's your rationale?
threebyfate Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 And so you don't believe a man could "dress" a woman to be marginally presentable in public? What's your rationale?Where did I say this?
USMCHokie Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 Where did I say this? If we were to line up 10 men and ask them to judge what looks good on specific women, 9 would fail. Unless I'm misinterpreting your statement here...
threebyfate Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 And so you don't believe a man could "dress" a woman to be marginally presentable in public? What's your rationale?This statement... If we were to line up 10 men and ask them to judge what looks good on specific women, 9 would fail.Has no correlation to my statement.
USMCHokie Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 This statement... Has no correlation to my statement. Do you really believe this...? So this statement: "If we were to line up 10 men and ask them to judge what looks good on specific women, 9 would fail." ...is not meant to suggest that men have poor sense when it comes women's fashion?
threebyfate Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 Do you really believe this...? So this statement: "If we were to line up 10 men and ask them to judge what looks good on specific women, 9 would fail." ...is not meant to suggest that men have poor sense when it comes women's fashion?Your previous statement infers that men are incapable of it which my statement doesn't infer. If more men cared about fashion and put some effort into learning about it which includes what suits the woman's body, skin tone, etc. instead of biased judgement with concern about men hitting on their wimmins or some strange fantasy of other men finding their wimmins hot, many of them could be good judges. So, to summarize: The majority of men could give a flying pancake about women's fashion.Agenda based judgement.
USMCHokie Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 Your previous statement infers that men are incapable of it which my statement doesn't infer. Taken at face value, I interpreted that statement to mean literal incapability due to lack of knowledge or basic fashion sense. I did not take into account any bias based on how much cleavage a man wanted to see, how tight the ass should be, etc.. In my mind, I was considering whether a man/woman could judge the other gender's style based on fashion alone, i.e., be attractive to everyone, without agenda. So we were talking two different, yet loosely related, things...fair enough.
Author Badsingularity Posted August 11, 2012 Author Posted August 11, 2012 instead of biased judgement with concern about men hitting on their wimmins That's pretty sad. I want my woman to look as good as possible when we go out. I want her to feel sexy and good about herself.
threebyfate Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 That's pretty sad. I want my woman to look as good as possible when we go out. I want her to feel sexy and good about herself.What if she was going out without you, on a girls' night out?
Author Badsingularity Posted August 11, 2012 Author Posted August 11, 2012 What if she was going out without you, on a girls' night out? I always want her to feel good about herself. Whether she is with me or not. Not too worried about other guys taking her. Plenty have tried. All have failed.
threebyfate Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 I always want her to feel good about herself. Whether she is with me or not. Not too worried about other guys taking her. Plenty have tried. All have failed.Then that's fine. But basing fashion decisions on the average man's opinion about her clothing choice, would not be advisable for the average woman.
Kamille Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 (edited) Regarding the original post, I expect and have received honest opinions in the past from exes. My exes were allowed not to like what I wore. I didn't always like what they wore. Sometimes I would heed their opinions, others we would respectfully disagree and I would keep the dress on, all depending on where we were going. Obviously, if on a romantic date I would change. If going to one of my work dos, I would not. Ditto for them. It really wasn't all that complicated, and hey, it's just clothes! Edited August 11, 2012 by Kamille
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