Dressing the menfolk
I like so many women am in charge of the husband's wardrobe. For Example we will be at Banana Republic and I say to him "I think you need some new pants, why don't you try these on" and he stubbornly like a 4 year old says "I don't need pants" and never fails within 3 days he will be wearing his favorite pair of pants and rips them and says "I need new pants when can we go to x store?"
ARGH!
So last night I told him "we are going to Gap and Banana on Saturday to take advantage of the 30% off sale on the way to the concert and we are getting you some new long sleeve shirts and sweaters."
It worked! He said "Ok" I then told him he wasn't allowed to get pants. He owns a LOT of pants. Lots of very cute pants he never wears. He is repeative as hell. Sorry honey you know you are. When I met him he had a uniform. Blue or Gray shirt and khakis and that is what he wore EVERYDAY. He had them in multiples.
(well he had to dress up for school)
After years of pleading I actually got him wearing jeans about once a week. This is PROGRESS PEOPLE. OK now that I have thoroughly embarrassed him, here is what I want to get for him. We are going for a Tommy from 500 Day feel.
Somethings I am digging
I know I am pushing my luck with the elbow pad sweater but HE'D LOOK SO CUTE in it. Manly I mean manly. OH god I could borrow it and wearing it with frilly dresses! I'd look so nice honey you have to get it.
The blazer is MOLESKIN. (sturdy but wicked soft cotton) that is all I have to say to him to make him like it. Moleskin honey. See, pet it, it's soft.
I know I said no pants but those jeans! folded up once with his dressy man boots and a hoodie and blazer? HUMMINA.
The militaryish sweater at the top is so nice. He has a coat like that and he looks so handsome in it.
He is capable of dressing himself and looking nice.
But behind all (many) well dressed men is a wife picking the clothes out in the first place.
ARGH!
So last night I told him "we are going to Gap and Banana on Saturday to take advantage of the 30% off sale on the way to the concert and we are getting you some new long sleeve shirts and sweaters."
It worked! He said "Ok" I then told him he wasn't allowed to get pants. He owns a LOT of pants. Lots of very cute pants he never wears. He is repeative as hell. Sorry honey you know you are. When I met him he had a uniform. Blue or Gray shirt and khakis and that is what he wore EVERYDAY. He had them in multiples.
(well he had to dress up for school)
After years of pleading I actually got him wearing jeans about once a week. This is PROGRESS PEOPLE. OK now that I have thoroughly embarrassed him, here is what I want to get for him. We are going for a Tommy from 500 Day feel.
Somethings I am digging
I know I am pushing my luck with the elbow pad sweater but HE'D LOOK SO CUTE in it. Manly I mean manly. OH god I could borrow it and wearing it with frilly dresses! I'd look so nice honey you have to get it.
The blazer is MOLESKIN. (sturdy but wicked soft cotton) that is all I have to say to him to make him like it. Moleskin honey. See, pet it, it's soft.
I know I said no pants but those jeans! folded up once with his dressy man boots and a hoodie and blazer? HUMMINA.
The militaryish sweater at the top is so nice. He has a coat like that and he looks so handsome in it.
He is capable of dressing himself and looking nice.
But behind all (many) well dressed men is a wife picking the clothes out in the first place.
Comments
I don't think he likes looking badly, but I think he dislikes spending money on clothing THAT MUCH!!
-b-
Cow.
Elbow pads?! Next you'll be tying sweaters around his neck and popping collars. He is a MAN, let him have some dignity.
The plaid gets a thumnbs up.
my Dave and I don't DO preppy. Popped collars and tied sweaters is preppy. We don't like preppy. Elbow pads have a collegiate feel. Like a cute architecture professor.
All that aside, I must admit that he'd make a great cute architecture professor-type. He's got that brainy-artsy-cute thing going on. That's a fantastic fashion goal for him.
And too, dudes are allowed to set aside their virility of it accomplishes the goal of attracting co-eds. So, as long as you consider that he is wearing a co-ed bait costume whenever he elbow-pads, it's cool.
Carry on.
2. We live in the town of HAHVAHD and all those other snooty northeast schools. There are lots of handsome professors and I am sure some wear elbow pads.
3. Dave already owns something with elbow pads as do I.
4.I long ago realized he is co-ed bait no matter how he is dressed. A handsome, highly intelligent married man? Women love that stuff.
5.The ultimate goal is architecture professor.
6. I assure you wearing elbow pads has NOTHING to do with virility. No offense but Southerners tend to dress a bit different than yanks. (King of the Hill taught me Texas. Life experience taught me the rest)
7.I am out of numbered items but I like lists.
I am curious as to whether you have seen an actual architecture professor? The ones I am familiar with are quite messy... like most other professors I know.
Dave's work is filled with profs. So I know a few actually. Michigan is not New England which is its own weird little world.
And I am talking idealized arch prof. ALSO not to pull this card but aren't you the one who said you know nuffin about fashion? eh?? ha!!!!!!!
And SOMEONE must like them being as GAP is selling them!
I concede you victory. You are a worthy opponent.
I was on the debate team in highschool.
I haven't seen anymore wearing them yet but I wasn't looking. Gap's website is national...
GOLF? Ok see neither Dave nor I play golf.
eh, I'm trying
-b-
I pretty much love anything that seems collegiate. Oh, and you should get Dave to pose with you sometimes so we can see the fruit of your labor ;-)
My husband won't let me within 100 feet of his wardrobe. For the most part he's a great dresser, but occasionally he decides to revisit his youth and I come home from work to find him decked out in something he wore back in 1992.
I know a lot of people think it's a good thing to be the same size you were in highschool BUT MY HUSBAND TOTALLY ABUSES THAT PRIVILEGE. *yanks hair out*