Very neat and put together. Yet, I am finding it increasingly difficult to find what I want these days at an un-exorbitant price, as many retailers seem to have opted for cheap ass materials and poor styling, etc. A 'real man' should know how to dress. But America celebrates slobs To me, it's not a question of bullying but of having respect for oneself and others when out in public to dress in a way so that we're not subjecting innocent bystanders to seeing a body part where normally the sun doesn't shine. I'm not saying that I think all men should be wearing gray flannel suits or that all women should be wearing Paris dresses like they did in the conformist 1950s. I understand that we're active when working with the younger ones but I mean COME ON! Take a look sometime at how male movie stars are dressed for a magazine shoot, and especially European celebs. Its the norm to display how overweight you are and the tattoos youre covered in. I hope this reply helps. Nowadays, everyone wears sweatpants like cranky children who insist on wearing their pajamas out in public. Luckily, I don't have any tattoos - as I think they're hideous. It has gotten so bad now that if a man wears an ordinary suit outside of a strictly professional business he will be conspicuous, and people will wonder if he's some snob or is rich and showing off. There's a big difference between getting ONE meaningful tattoo and inking your body up from head to toe. I'm not saying that I have a problem with people wearing t-shirts, shorts, etc. One of Spokane's long-embraced myths holds that our attitudes about casual attire are sharply divided along generational lines. But yet people get offended if you voice your opinion about this. It's rather timely that I found your article because I had commented on a post in Facebook about the same thing. I know it is harder for my apple shape to look nice, but I do try so hard to look nice. Burlington Coat Factory, Filene's Basement, and Marshall's all have designers clothes marked down to ridiculous prices. I'm actually taking a little break from blogging but am already getting inspired to resume posting soon. Very true&very depressing. or just about anything. We were being robbed from the Japanese. This nonsense has to stop right now. If you always look slovenly, dirty, homeless, trashy, or otherwise tacky, chances are theyll assume that you actually are those things and treat you accordingly. This loss of basic common sense of what looks good has been indicated into the people for generations. Post Comments It's hard to look good in anything,if you look like a beached whale,both men&women. I'm finding it more difficult these slovenly days to find male attire that is with the classic look, and which doesn't look hideous. Who designed such crap is beyond me. After all, if you dress better, youll feel better. My theory about the dress culture getting out of hand is due to the influence of music culture. Dumbed down&looking like dumpster divers or whores. And it has become harder to differentiate who works at these stores and who is really the customer. Sometimes, it's hard to tell the difference. He looked like a geek! Well don't just attack guys. So did Kurt Vonnegut and Gore Vidal, all whom I miss, with their varied works that satirized the foibles of We the People and the hideous and incompetent "leaders" we "elect.". I can't understand why people look so debased now, but I suspect it arises from a lack of not just money, but also from a shared sense of sloppiness that society says is okay. ( Hi Shady - Thank you for your comments and you raise a good point that I failed to mention; I feel more confident when I'm pulled together. Why Are Male Celebrities Dressing like Such Slobs? It made the manufactures rich and the rest if us look like slobs. When I do see someone dressed nicely, theyve usually added some touch thats supposed to be quirky and cool but is actually unflattering or just looks stupid. Dress impeccably, and they remember the woman." Wear the same clothes to go grocery shopping as you would to go to bed at night. Enough with the ugly tattoos! Loving the comments. The accompanying photo shoot shows the comedian outfitted like a fourth grader on a sugar high. Also, I realize that appearance isn't everything and that personality has to be accounted for when recognizing nice people. US fashion.Why do american men dress like kids? : r/AskReddit Here in Europe, if a man is wearing jeans and trainers (sneakers for my US friends) and a t shirt, they won't be baggy, sloppy looking items. You know, wearing tennis shoes and stretch elastic pants with old shirts that look like they were off the rack from the 80s. It's laziness and stupidity not money issue. So much more profanity, sloppy appearances, uncouth behavior, tattoos, piercings, "Dr. Seuss" hair styles, and people just being rude, crude, and socially unacceptable. Every roll, jiggle and bump is on display. They were probably forced upon her by stylists in order for her to look presentable, for red carpet events or award shows. I am only 16 years old, it's not only age that matters, it's intelligence and basic common sense of capitalism and aestethics. Ridiculous! Yet, I trust that Pam is continuing to keep up appearances, and hasn't succumbed to the low mindset of looking like them? I should qualify my comment by stating that my work environment, while assigned a "suit-position", requires that I wear clothes more conducive to getting dirty, i.e., t-shirt, jeans and work shoes; my uniform of the day which is always clean and well fitting at least at the start of the day. These are kids who have no style whatsoever and were raised on a damn Iphone. Most people took pride in looking their best and dressing for success. As far as tattoos, I did write a post several years ago here about my distaste for them. Women look like hell aside from the FAT, poorly dressed, bad attitude, no makeup face, greasy hair, body odor, fifty earrings in their ears. It seems nowadays that the only time people make an effort to dress up is when they HAVE to, like at job interviews, weddings, and funerals. No wonder everybody from Patti LuPone on down is complaining that nobody knows how to behave anymore: If you dress like a child, chances are you're going to act like one. Now I see twenty somethings who, when trying to wear semi-formal or business attire, are doing so in the wrong way, such as leaving the shirt untucked, or wearing sneakers with a suit, etc. Lived a couple of years in Japan. :). Casual fashion was just starting to become socially acceptable but not allowed obscenities in public. It isnt limited to certain age groups anymore, either. So if someone looks like a slob, it's completely their fault. There are these weird stretchy spandex dresses women wear that look so terrible. Now looking as though one has been in prison for a while has become acceptable. s-a-h-d. Another excellent post! Most Americans dress like absolute slobs and should be ashamed of What a shame that no one seems to give much consideration to their personal adornment anymore. However, I've read the book "The Peter Principle," and although it was published about fifty years ago, the same practices it satirized are still being committed by the ignorant to this very day. I also own a lot of dressier clothing, which I wear when I can. A slob is, to put it charitably, a person who aspires to have the energy to be merely untidy some day. Donald Trump, the shameless, pathological liar and huckster who thinks he has been put in office to do as he pleases, will continue to damn the consequences, damn the poor, damn the ramifications. Some women wear way too big/baggy/frumpy clothing as well. However, there is such a thing as being too casual. Quite a different time today unfortunately and nothing at all like the good old days were. Even when I search the internet for garments made from real wool with classic patterns, I am more and more at a loss to find what I want. Adult couples wearing raggedy t-shirts with some ugly nonsense graphic on it. Years ago I wrote a post called "Why Are So Many Of Us So Fat?" Both appearance and personality should be accounted for to make a nice person. Very good point. Well, if everyone is tattoooed then they all look the same, which is to say they all look like shit together. Hi, I'm Pam - thanks for visiting Go Retro! A couple of days ago I said to my husband, am I being a snob or have people become really sloppy? RARELY do i see a person dressed perfect. This is a lot like what happened to the car industry in America during the 70s. I love watching movies from the 30s to the 50s, wherein the majority were dressed to the nines and would never have even gone to bed, much less into public, looking remotely like the Wal-Martians of our time, unless they wanted to be sent to happy acres for degenerate behavior. (please,take them, and far away if you do. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. It matches nothing of course. We dress like slobs because we're cheap, we don't chase fashion trends, we get fat and we still wear the same clothes with our bellies hanging over our belt and we actually do like the plumber's crack look. I just don't get the whole "grunge" look. It gets so old, and it's just another reason why my opinion of society is beginning to drop.Im all for individuality and self-expression, and Im not suggesting that everyone needs to dress to impress when they leave the house. Partly this has to. But I can say this with a shudder: If I were a lesbian, I would not find this type of hideous look the least bit of a turnon. The "trend" of people wearing pajamas (usually bottoms) in public is not new. And guess whatI can afford my groceries,too. I had a couple of social justice warriors tell me that I was judgmental and that I had nothing better to do then complain. Hot pants are maybe not the best idea at a gourmet restaurant. People seem to have no thought about etiquette anymore, and go out as they are and think nothing of it. I apologize, but let me tell you about the latest I observed which was beyond the pale. I don't get it. Where do women and girls get off thinking that if they're 50 pounds overweight, that squeezing dumpy bodies into hideous yoga pants is not obscene? adiClub Members: Extra 33% Off + Free Shipping, Last-Minute Hotel Deals for April 2023 - Up to 60% off, Get an Extra 5% off - exclusive Priceline promo code 2023, 10% off In-App bookings - Hotwire Coupon Code. Someone on Facebook (not a fan of the blog's page, but another page who shared it) took offense at the post and said people don't have enough money to afford food with this economy, let alone proper clothing. I doubt people will look back fondly at this decade with how much garbage is being pushed into our kids and teens now. To me it signals low self esteem, laziness and no pride in yourself. Coco Chanel once famously said, "Dress shabbily, and they remember the dress. This look ruins some nice designer made pants and you can't even sit properly in them without feeling tightness around your knees. when running errands, by the way. I'm 62, Navy vet, retired engineer (Computer/Electrical), have been in the IT field for 30 years, and I'm a writer and artist. I almost couldn't believe what I was seeing! Anyways, thanks for stopping by! There's no "we" anywhere anymore. Distribution and use of this material are governed by Why? I couldn't agree with you more. For the record, I was born in the 1950s. A few months ago, my fiancee and I, had gone shopping. Opinion: American Men Need to Stop Dressing Like Overgrown Toddlers but also afraid because we might continue some of the trends from this decade into the 2020s. Iphones have become the "opium of the people." At lunchtime you'd walk into the local Macy's mens dept, say "no thanks" to the cologne lady who wanted to spritz you & join the 100 other guys at table after table of dress shirts and neckties. Some might say I'm being snooty, superficial, judgmental--and maybe even a bully for having this opinion. Also agree with Bill on the tie thing, at least in socal. One wouldn't expect, say, a crisply ironed shirt or razor-sharp creases in a slob's clothing. and not to mention the tight down to the ankles pants, men and women look so stupid in them. I do not in any way claim the rights of ownership to any of them. When I was still working, I would at least wear a pair of Dockers pants, a button-down shirt, and tie most days, though sometimes I'd wear a nice polo shirt with my company logo on it -- tucked in. How Did America Become a Nation of Slobs? | SHARPER IRON Large women in ugly t-shirts with vulgar sayings, "my other friend is a slut too," political or just idiocy. As for ankle pants--what happens when winter hits? My grandfather used to say that the "pendulum swings." what happened to nice variety of long and short woolen coats? Go Retro is about celebrating the retro, and that means appreciating what people used to look like before these over the top trends took hold. Female athletes haven't. Or if a lady wears attire that isn't masculine based, why, she is an oddity and the feminists will be on her for looking as women should (don't tell the PC police on me!) I refused to have them on my ops after that incident. Those cost money so its funny how none is spent on clothes yet tats get it. But I can't help feeling that there are too many dirty ingredients in the melting pot now. All the blouses are super long that I can't find a decent blouse to go with skirts. People were fiddling with phones, and are mostly unable to even put the damn things away for a half hour meal. Women need to start wearing appropriate clothing as well. I am striving to dress better every season. I had to lead a patrol of mixed Legionnaires, British Royal Marine Commandos and US Marines, and after a heavy contact which took place on ops, I had the men in extended line cleaning their weapons - an essential task to keep your weapon operating efficiently. Why Are Male Celebrities Dressing Like Such Slobs? - WSJ Barry Humphries: A life dedicated to laughter - Facebook I wonder if the slobbiness could be a cause of a societal lack of confidence, or, the other way around, if a societal lack of confidence could be the cause of slobby appearance? Keep that in mind if youre older than 12. Part of looking like you care about yourself,is taking care of both how you dress AND how you take care of the only body you have. I'm a guy and I feel like you about this issue. I almost forgot abojt this blog! Too many people now days,either dress like slobs or sluts&I find it apalling,personally. Will the digital natives ever learn, or is this their way of expressing themselves differently than their sloppy parents, i.e. Spike Lee in a purple outfit and some presenter in a woman styled suit. Not only are people suffering now post-pandemic due to inflation, they are also not likely to put much emphasis on keeping up appearances, although most looked dreadful even before the pandemic began over two years ago. Unfortunately, so many men today in this country seem to be horrendous dressers. Not so Caroline Wozniacki and some others I'll go on to mention. Ah, America in the Spring! There's one teacher who wears big (gaucho big) pants and flip flops every . I just don't understand why some, if not many, lesbians choose to look obscene. I wear classic hats but I'd never leave one on my head at at table, though I would look much better than the morons with ballcaps if I did. One does'nt have to 'dress up' per se,but they can certainly try to dress decently/nice. Being able to dress a certain way because you have a physical or dirty job is real, and we all have days where we just cant or dont care. I notice that many retail stores are selling "dress pants" that are composed with all synthetics and no wool. Every time I see some eejit wearing pants that are 10 sizes too big, waistband below their butt, flaunting their boxers to everyone--I want to give them a good paddling for being slobs and see them shamed by standing on a busy street corner wearing a big sign about being a slob in public (or something to that effect). Very true article, the men today dress like they just rolled out of bed.The typical male attire is a wrinkled up T-shirt, baggy shorts, no socks and flip flops; pathetic!Truthfully, is it asking too much to wear a clean pair of jeans, a dress shirt and shoes with style?Also make sure to button-up the tunic, wearing a dress shirt with the top unbuttoned is a no-no. Needless to say I won't give money to that store in future. I believe it started somewhere in the 1990sI remember a scene in the movie "Clueless" where Alicia Silverstone's character Cher mentions how boys dress "nowadays": "So, okay. What's behind shortages of Adderall, Ozempic and other meds? Pam it is interesting you said that "everyone has their own idea of what is esthetically pleasing." Tell this to the same people who walk down the street with iPhone in one hand and Starbucks in the other. )From my first office job in the mid-1980s up to 2000, I always had one suit in the cleaners, 2-3 "work suits" in my closet & 1-2 "good suits". That's not bullying, it's setting the standard. Even attending church now seems more like a circus than actually being in church. You dont have to wear athletic shoes everywhere! Everyone has their own idea of what is esthetically pleasing and for me personally, tats don't fit my definition of beauty. Maybe they feel emasculated by a gender-blurred society and have retreated to cave man esthetics. Its okay to be heavy now, even if that weight gain resulted from a bad diet. The worst I've seen was at a grocery store in Moberly, Missouri a few years ago -- a young woman and her 8-10 year-old son were both wearing matching white terrycloth bathrobes and flip-flops. The Real Reasons So Few Men Dress Well Esquire went so far as to proclaim this the Summer of Sleaze, pointing to celebs dressing like high-school drug dealers. Harsh but fair. What happened to the days when you had to go out "dressed appropriately"? Dirty shoes and unwashed hair and these are females!Has anyone noticed these DAY GLOW yellow t shirts? There, a nation of slobs paraded through the crossroads of America. Whatever happened to company dress codes? Never Yet Melted Why Americans Today Dress Like Slobs Dressed to kill means to get noticed, to make yourself look really good by wearing your best clothes. I do; a little mans suit with shiny black shoes, a little fake kerchief, and a perfect coiffure. Its enough to make you long for the days when high-end restaurants had loaner ties and blazers for forgetful dudes, and you could be turned away from a club for a slack outfit.