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I think I have decided that bow ties look best with a jacket.  This is from the holiday party...

5 hours ago, Shyheels said:

Business wear is all business. 

I don’t even own a tie, let alone a jacket. I do have multiple Gore-Tex shells though..

I have been gifted so many ties over the years that we had to get a second hanger. But if an occasion calls for a tie, I wear a bow tie.  I kind of wish I worked in an office where a bow tie would not be too dressy, actually, so that I could wear them more often...

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1 hour ago, Shyheels said:

I suppose you could have worn a cocktail dress and said you were following instructions.  That would have been a conversation starter...

You know if I could magically be a woman for just one night and look good in a cocktail dress I’d probably do it.  I googled “cocktail dress” beforehand to get an idea of what people were expecting and was impressed by all the options women have - laces, pleats, patterns, prints, it all looks so nice.  But what did I see at the party?  Well it seems half the women showed up in business suits...

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13 hours ago, Shyheels said:

Uniformity, keeping within the herd and never standing out in any way is, and has been for many years, the golden rule for men’s fashion.

To me the uniformity reflects uniform thought, and when I choose what to wear into the office that is not what I want to portray.  I like the conscience clothing decisions of thought leaders like Steve Jobs.  Yes it is casual, but the point is that it was a deliberate choice.

I went to our company holiday party the other night and was a little surprised at how uniform everyone was, considering our push towards innovation.  The invite said “cocktail dress and dancing shoes” which may have stifled creativity.  I was the only man not wearing dress shoes.  I put on a blue and green striped bow tie, which people noticed and complimented.  The woman were arguably just as uniform.  Every one wore a solid color dress with flats or kitten heel pumps, except for one who was in low block heel sandals.  Towards the end I finally found someone to talk to who agreed with me about my boredom.  He came in a leather jacket instead of same suit everyone else is wearing.  

I tend to be on the dressier side of business casual in the office, and I have started wearing heels:

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6 hours ago, MackyHeels said:

Ask yourself has male in casual masculine clothes ever been complimented  compared versus  a  women in their feminine attire with the same frequency? Only time i noticed males get complimented  same equal frequency by others is when shirts off or semi nude and body is shown from a male. Guess today more men get complimented about their bodies, than woman. Which translates to what  woman  are wearing being more impaortant then what men style themselves unless it's formal tuxedo or suit and tie.

I think the general lack of diversity in masculine fashion is a big factor in this.  Hard to make conversation when everyone is wearing the same thing.  What are you going to say, “Hey nice shirt, I think white looks good on you?”. But if you shop around, you can find nice things and people notice.  I have mentioned before that I get compliments on my cowboy boots.  When the weather turned cold I have had multiple random guys compliment this trench coat.  

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Actually I was just about to suggest that being 6 feet tall without heels actually causes people’s “peripheral judgment” as Macky put it to gravitate to masculine despite the details of what I am wearing.

In the end, whether or not people notice or say anything is secondary to me.  I am enjoying the fun feeling of wearing something wild and different while going about the usual, otherwise boring daily routine that I have had to deal with lately at work.  

On Reddit, I prefer more the spirit of TheWellHeeled:

https://www.reddit.com/r/thewellheeled

Though it seems I am the only one posting...

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7 hours ago, MackyHeels said:

Great that you wear it out in public. Those heads turned observing you must of felt great. Often people just find others as background noise not paying close attention. Probably they at first glance thought your well dressed smart woman. Until they stare longer notice your bold man not afraid to wear what you want. Has your co-workers discussed your outfits. Or have you sensed vibe from them positive, neutral or negative, 

A lot of women wear completely masculine outfits and no one thinks of them as men at first glance.  I think the same applies to men wearing heels, within reason.  Everyone still addresses me as “sir” in this outfit, as I am not trying to be a woman, but like you said just being adventurous in what I wear.  

I have always gotten positive reactions at work about my western boots.  Interestingly, since I started wearing high heels, nobody has noticed or reacted.  It is almost as if heels on a guy are less conspicuous than masculine boots...

This morning I put the blazer on over it and went to the grocery store like this.  It was fun...

They have quit teaching cursive writing here in the United States.  It’s no wonder we have an entire generation growing up with no good sense of aesthetics, which applies to fashion.  

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LOL thanks for the honest feedback.  I’ll hold back wearing these out to dinner and just keep them for comfortable walking around the hotel.  I wore this down to breakfast and early this morning and probably woke some people up...