Dressing Your Age

[Colossal Spoons]

Well that's just it. It's flamboyant extrovertism

it's all out there on your sleeve, where's the subtlety.

I mean it's fine, i presume you're still at uni but when work starts you wanna go in relatively neutral, no comic based flashy ties or socks (socks you can get away with at xmas but still).

it makes no difference what you are but if you are perceived as flamboyant or trying too hard to show you are flamboyant, then you may not be as well receieved as you would be if you let yourself shine through first.

I mean i love west african dishes and mozart and comics and politics but i don't need four different tops with those things on it to tell people. I don't need a t-shirt with a funny quip on it because i can give funny quicks. I don't need a bright shirt because i can have a bright personality.

do you not feel certain attires limit your potential to be expressive because they do it for you. I mean a large part of any communication is body language which brings into account what you wear.

i personally think there are times for certain attires, like like lazy sundays

No more college for me. I work in a microbiology lab now. A place; ironically enough, where my Fantastic Four shirt is more than fitting given how much of a science based superteam they are. I get comments on it all the time

I don't think people's shirts have to say something about them at all. When I wear my Flash T-shirt, it's b/c I like the Flash. No other reason. If I was only gonna wear things that reflected me as a person, I'd wear gym clothes with pictures of bacteria and random X-Men on them.

What you wear can only hinder your own ability to express yourself if you're a boring person, IMO. I bring the same thing to the conversational table whether I'm wearing jeans and a plain white t-shirt or a Jango Fett costume

 

[Ace of Knaves]

no more college for me. I work in a microbiology lab now. A place; ironically enough, where my fantastic four shirt is more than fitting given how much of a science based superteam they are. I get comments on it all the time :d

i don't think people's shirts have to say something about them at all. When i wear my flash t-shirt, it's b/c i like the flash. No other reason. If i was only gonna wear things that reflected me as a person, i'd wear gym clothes with pictures of bacteria and random x-men on them.

What you wear can only hinder your own ability to express yourself if you're a boring person, imo. I bring the same thing to the conversational table whether i'm wearing jeans and a plain white t-shirt or a jango fett costume

epic

 

[Colossal Spoons]

You see this collosal spoons, I guessed someone's age by the way they dressed.

I'm sure you could do it a lot. But if you see me in 20 years wearing sweats and a hoodie(which is what I wear 80% of the time now) and shake your head cuz you think I should be sporting a pair of dockers and an Izod polo, then that's just sad.

 

[November Rain]

No more college for me. I work in a microbiology lab now. A place; ironically enough, where my Fantastic Four shirt is more than fitting given how much of a science based superteam they are. I get comments on it all the time

I don't think people's shirts have to say something about them at all. When I wear my Flash T-shirt, it's b/c I like the Flash. No other reason. If I was only gonna wear things that reflected me as a person, I'd wear gym clothes with pictures of bacteria and random X-Men on them.

What you wear can only hinder your own ability to express yourself if you're a boring person, IMO. I bring the same thing to the conversational table whether I'm wearing jeans and a plain white t-shirt or a Jango Fett costume

no wonder, you hide behind the shroud of research, it all makes sense

research is not the real world....I know that because i'm about to finish it, it's a whole different kettle of fish. It's the land where time forgot

you be careful, they could spit you out in your mid 30s and hinder your style for life.

 

[chamber-music]

I work in an office enviroment so I wear suits all the time. I like suits but wearing them 5 days a week gets old fast so I enjoy weekends when I wear what I want.

I think there is a time in every mans life where his gonna wake up and want a really good suit. Trust me if it hasn't happened yet it will.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

no wonder, you hide behind the shroud of research, it all makes sense

research is not the real world....I know that because i'm about to finish it, it's a whole different kettle of fish. It's the land where time forgot

you be careful, they could spit you out in your mid 30s and hinder your style for life.

I'm not "hiding" behind anything. It's just where I work. I plan on doing research for the foreseeable future so the whole suit and tie thing will never be my work attire. I'm sure I'll have to lose the jeans and t-**** and wear dress pants and nice shirt under my lab coat but nothing about my personality will change.

Who or what will hinder my lifestyle?

 

[November Rain]

I'm sure you could do it a lot. But if you see me in 20 years wearing sweats and a hoodie(which is what I wear 80% of the time now) and shake your head cuz you think I should be sporting a pair of dockers and an Izod polo, then that's just sad.

screw that, if you're still in a tracksuit by 26, i'm flying over there to take you shopping.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

no wonder, you hide behind the shroud of research, it all makes sense

research is not the real world....I know that because i'm about to finish it, it's a whole different kettle of fish. It's the land where time forgot

you be careful, they could spit you out in your mid 30s and hinder your style for life.

lolz this makes me laugh. I was having a convo with Jmanspice a little while back, and he kept saying things like "Well scientific studies prove this, Mathematical experiments suggest that" made me lolz

 

[Ace of Knaves]

screw that, if you're still in a tracksuit by 26, i'm flying over there to take you shopping.

What about if you're wearing a trackie around the house? I do that all the time.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Haha, and work attire is totally different from the thread started wearing his Ghostbusters shirt in his house.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

screw that, if you're still in a tracksuit by 26, i'm flying over there to take you shopping.

My dress philosophy: be prepared to lift weights at any/all times

 

[November Rain]

I'm not "hiding" behind anything. It's just where I work. I plan on doing research for the foreseeable future so the whole suit and tie thing will never be my work attire. I'm sure I'll have to lose the jeans and t-**** and wear dress pants and nice shirt under my lab coat but nothing about my personality will change.

Who or what will hinder my lifestyle?

Research is dangerous for style.

When you start giving talks at international conferences, you start seeing what i mean. You can pretty much determine the error of people from their suits they bought in their mid 20s and never bothered updating.

Just...be careful....

 

[November Rain]

What about if you're wearing a trackie around the house? I do that all the time.

hosetime=naked time

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Research is dangerous for style.

When you start giving talks at international conferences, you start seeing what i mean. You can pretty much determine the error of people from their suits they bought in their mid 20s and never bothered updating.

Just...be careful....

That's what the g/f is for. She'll dress me up real nice like a black Ken doll. Then I'll go out there and razzle&dazzle my audience w/ my brain

 

[November Rain]

my dress philosophy: Be prepared to lift weights at any/all times

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[Colossal Spoons]

That is indeed a HUGE part of my life so I'm def guilty of dressing accordingly

However, I did just drop like $150 on 2 Guess dress shirts

 

[Ace of Knaves]

My dress philosophy?

Always make sure you have room in your trackie for a blade or a gun.

Always make sure you have enough pockets to stash your drugs.

Always have flexible trousers so you can easily boot people in the head.

Spoiler

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[November Rain]

That's what the g/f is for. She'll dress me up real nice like a black Ken doll. Then I'll go out there and razzle&dazzle my audience w/ my brain

says you, she'll be off with smartly dressed funny guy who isn't always half way across the world giving some conference.

ps as a general tip, are you sure a life of research is right for you, it's a pretty selfless field where sometimes you don't see the effect you are making. Searching for funding can also make you bitter and the depth of your work can end up separating you from your peers (more as you get older). Also unless you are the big fish, you can see very little reward in the amount of effort you put in.

what field is it?

 

[Silverstein]

One day I showed my mom this shirt I had bought, it was a Ghostbusters shirt, and she told me that I should start "dressing my age". So, is there an age where someone should start dressing a certain way, and what exactly should you wear?

Like, I'm 25, so what exactly is a 25-year-old suppose to dress like?

Come with me to Express, bro....

http://www.express.com/catalog/category.jsp?parentCategoryId=1&categoryId=45


This is me 24/7, I'm 21.

 

[Silverstein]

That's what the g/f is for. She'll dress me up real nice like a black Ken doll. Then I'll go out there and razzle&dazzle my audience w/ my brain

You're african-american? Or do you mean like Gothic Ken?

 

[November Rain]

That is indeed a HUGE part of my life so I'm def guilty of dressing accordingly

However, I did just drop like $150 on 2 Guess dress shirts

what do you look like in a suit?

 

[Colossal Spoons]

says you, she'll be off with smartly dressed funny guy who isn't always half way across the world giving some conference.

ps as a general tip, are you sure a life of research is right for you, it's a pretty selfless field where sometimes you don't see the effect you are making. Searching for funding can also make you bitter and the depth of your work can end up separating you from your peers (more as you get older). Also unless you are the big fish, you can see very little reward in the amount of effort you put in.

what field is it?

Haha, she can run off with that dude if she likes.

Eh, I'm hoping to work with diseases eventually so seeing the effects will be a lot easier than some other fields of research. I'm cool with selflessness though, I just wanna help people by furthering our understanding of bacteria and viruses. Searching for funding is something I'm not looking forward to though, you're right. Especially given the state of the economy here in America.

 

[Silverstein]

what do you look like in a suit?

CS, nudez or fake...

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Come with me to Express, bro....

http://www.express.com/catalog/category.jsp?parentCategoryId=1&categoryId=45


This is me 24/7, I'm 21.

I can't fit into anything from Express. It's sad/awesome

You're african-american? Or do you mean like Gothic Ken?

From the Caribbean. Near the beach, boooooyeee!

what do you look like in a suit?

Haven't worn one in about 2 years. And I've grown a lot since then so Idk how I'd look now.

 

[Silverstein]

You wake up every morning to the beach? Not fair. Dude, I'll trade you for Jersey.