Does being overdressed make you better dressed?

[slycedbred]

Originally Posted by stickonatree

if you're in high school or college, and don't have to dress up in a suit - then don't. if you want to dress "nice," dress like a high school/college kid in streetwear, but be stylish in the clothing you choose in that regard. you're just asking for attention, most of which may be perceived as snobbish or pretentious.

Sounds like a very nazi-ish comment to make...if you "dress well" in ANY occasion, you "may be perceived as snobbish or pretentious". I never wore a suit to school, but I did wear blazer/trouser combinations quite often my senior year.

It's not as big a thing as you try to make it out to be. For the first week or so when I started, people gave me a lot of ****. After that first week when they saw that I was just wearing what I liked, the **** turned to props/respect since they knew I really didn't care and that i was COMFORTABLE in what I was wearing. It wasn't about being an attention whore for me, I just wanted to wear what I wanted. Again, after the first week, everything was back to normal. No one thought it was weird at all. Honestly, it's just a jacket with lapels and pants with a crease....whoop dee ******* doo. Since then, I'm a freshman in college and still "dress up" every once in awhile, but not nearly as much since I'm in a constant rush and simply don't have much time in the mornings...

I honestly think that showing up to a special event "over dressed" is far more attention whore-ish and tacky than showing up to school/work "over dressed". Showing up somewhere regularly while dressing in a certain manner establishes a standard that all your peers eventually accept as normal.

Showing up for a one time shindig like a wedding in full white tie gear provides no means for comparison to how you normally dress and thus comes off as tacky.