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Move over Trinny and Susannah. You have some competition from the most unlikely of quarters.

In this weeks episode of SoapBox, David tackles the subject of what men should and shouldnt wear. When is the ripped jean and spangly shirt combo acceptable? Is black tie the answer to all of our sartorial problems? And do good looking men dress better than the rest of us?

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[boydegg]

@aaron9099

I yearn for an era when gentlemen wore hats.

[billygutter01]

"the ugly man will always outnumber the attractive man"

I resemble that remark.

[whitebeam]

@133maxiboy Oh I'm not butthurt, and you sure read a lot into the notion that basically said "I wish men dressed like that still", not "I wish everything was like it was in the 50's-60's". And don't know about women, since I still don't know if any women even commented on the matter.

Same to you though, saying "it's not so bad we wear sandals now, is it", when I haven't even seen anyone except David complain about the straying from the tie & suit, it's just been stated it looks better.

[133maxiboy]

@whitebeam

Aaaahhhhh I never said "fuck your ideas"... infact I was pretty much having a go at the whole 50's-60's way of life and pointing out that pretty much the ONLY good thing about it for women was the way men dressed. All I was trying to point out is that a LOT of women do look back on those decades as the decades of "Gentlemen" and its really not true. Also you sound butthurt about something.

[whitebeam]

@133maxiboy Actually the person who first mentioned "the 60's attire" and men dressing in suits was called "aaronsomething" and probably a guy. In fact it's never even mentioned if the person yearning for the era when men wore hats was a lady or a gentleman, so the "WAH FUCKING WOMEN FUCK YOUR IDEAS HAHAH HOUSEWIFE HOW DOES THAT FEEL" -burst was a bit uncalled for.

[Hutz86]

@133maxiboy Because looks are the same thing as a lifestyle, right?

[rocker4577]

What a pointless unfunny rant.

[133maxiboy]

If there are ANY women here who "yearn" for the era when men wore hats and dressed in suits, then shut the fuck up, quit your job, slap on a corset, cook me some dinner, hand in your right to vote and lay on your back and give me some babies..... then raise them.

Doesnt seem so bad that we wear sandals now does it?

[JhericFury]

I'm afraid i'm one of the entirely black suit people, in my defense though, i wear that very same suit for anything vaguely black tie.

[skipalidon]

Hear hear!!

[gahzeyboe]

@boydegg Maybe in a couple decades we'll be able to wear hats without looking like douches.

[katyevaw]

I happily continue to wear the classic suit. But then the alternative has one massive shortcoming that keeps too many men from straying outside the norm: being overly fashionable, especially in a very dressy setting, makes you look incredibly gay. It doesn't matter how good you look, the "I like colour a little bit too much" sense of style will always land you on people's gaydar.