• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I wish it was socially acceptable for men to wear the colorful stuff women do on formal occasions. It’s almost always black, white, grey or maybe dark blue.

    I want things like paisley suits to be considered normal. Why not? It’s just a pattern.

    I’m not saying it because I want to do it, I’m saying it because I want to see it. Make congress a sea of color rather than a bit here and a bit there.

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      3 hours ago

      My fancy shirts are colorful silk patterns. I got bored of the old traditional formal wear, and I like the attention I get now.

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      3 hours ago

      I feel like you can, however it seems men take themselves too serious when dressing well. If you take yourself too serious as a man, wearing for example a pink suit will make you insecure.

      So dark, solemn colors are easier to accept.

      I wear suits for work and have them dark, but my social suits are light and colorful ( light blue, purple) and regardless I’ll wear fun and colorful shirts with them.

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        3 hours ago

        I don’t know that you can in business or political situations. I think if a man showed up to a business meeting or a legislative session wearing a paisley suit, they would get screamed at about not having proper decorum.