I think the problem many __men__ have with that is that an "appropriate" wardrobe looks more uniform and less individualized, basically boring.
I wouldn’t say that’s the takeaway, even with a simple navy suit you have a lot of options.
What that article does do though is highlight just how low the bar is for men to dress.
It’s not about being uniform or bland. He went from old worn-out clothes he didn’t care about to wearing clothes that were appropriate for a business casual environment or a casual date. When you start dressing like you care, regardless of how unique and individualized, others notice.
Otherwise "Thats not me" will be describing things like "successful career" and "romantic relationships".
It's a very bad proxy for that—its somewhere between uncorrelated and anti-correlated to thing it is taken as a signal for (at least, if “caring about” is meant as having a positive concern for the feelings of rather than a desire to manipulate to extract value)—though (which makes caring about that signal itself a kind of signal.)
By the way, in academia dressing like a salesman is often considered a no-no.
How so?
(Mildly funny story. One big, probably Unix, show the IBM staff showed in logoed polos and suddenly everyone else is like If IBM doesn’t need suits we sure don’t.)
Of course, that never happened for months, years until the one day I went in wearing cargo pants and a gothy synth band shirt and was greeted by a delegation of executives from out of town engaging everyone in small talk…
With even a tiny bit of belly fat, ime it is better to just wear a t-shirt and not wear it in your pants.
Those who want to stand out will define what is appropriate for themselves.
Both of those choices express a lot.
I mean if you want to go beyond that and have a more distinctive look go for it!
