Fashion Faux Pas, Part 1

Some of what I've seen and/or experienced:

Men
Blazer or suit jacket's shoulders are too wide or narrow - the latter hurts while the former makes you look slightly robotic or as if you are wearing shoulder pads.

Gaudy t-shirts - man, you must have a lot of confidence and ego to even attempt wearing a loud and gaudy shirt. You probably also don't mind blinding people with your Technicolor™ Dreamcoat, either.

Too many shirt buttons unbuttoned - you might as well unbutton it all the way or forego the shirt in the first place.

Pants halfway down the derrière - unless you have a mic in your hand and you're rapping about your money/female troubles against a booming backbeat and your name is Jay-Z, this should not be seen.

Pants that are too big or small, too long or short - a huge problem. Too big and you look like you're wearing a skirt. Too small and it looks like you might be in pain and having a semi-erection all the time. Too long and you look short child who accidentally wore his father's pants. Too short and it looks like you can't wash your clothes properly or you're wearing capri pants - I have yet to see a man be able to pull off wearing capris.

Pants without belts - just plain look bizarre.

Butt cleavage - leave that to your plumbing professional.

No underwear or wearing thongs - shall we keep shaking hands and touching things in general to a minimum?

Women
Most of your underwear shows when bent down/over - not a big fan. It reminds me too much of fat guys and strip shows, which conflates to fat guys who do strip shows - not a pleasant image. Also, the situation seems so unfair that I feel compelled to show you my underwear in exchange and no one wants that.

Too much cleavage - showing some is fine, but excessive cleavage is not so good if you want a man to talk to and look into your eyes and not your breasts.

*Revealing skin in general - to me, there is a lot of gray area here. Some women can wear a lot of clothing and still look fantastic. It depends on your comfort, confidence, body type, the type of look you are going for, and the kind of attention you want to attract. Personally, it seems more skill and fashion sense are involved in looking more attractive with more clothing than with less.

Dress List

Fundamentals:
Overcoat, black or dark gray or light brown
Jacket
Single- or double-breasted suits, blue and gray
Blazer, navy
Shoes, black and dark brown
Sneakers
White shirts
Blue shirt
Polo shirts
T-shirts
Tie, dark and slim
Jeans, blue
Belt, black and brown
Socks, black and cotton
Pants, flat or pleated
Sweater, crewneck

Optional:
Gloves
Baseball cap
Knit hat
Scarf
Sunglasses
Watch, metal and nonmetal
Jewelry

Late Night Randomness and Friends!

-My friends are wonderful. Matt and Abby just sent me a copy of the entire run of Freaks and Geeks as a birthday present. YES! Can't wait to watch it once I have some free time. My eyes are still burning from finding information on beriberi for the past 4 hours...

-Since Halloween (well, much earlier actually) I've been feeling a little fashion-conscious, which comes and goes depending on where I am and whom I'm with. Right now, I've been looking at what passes for classic men's fashion nowadays. Granted, that last one is a little...unsavory and not classic in any sense whatsoever compared to the others, but I know of one too many male friends who seem to have a sense of style that comes from that last source. It wouldn't hurt to look at it, would it? Also, I'm fairly ignorant when it comes to any sort of fashion sense or developing a sense of style and that's something I should address as a man.