Smaller towns tend to have a more restrictive dress code with respect to male fashion. A night on the town in Muscatine will reveal a large represtation of men wearing caps (camoflouge, baseball, college, etc.), hooded sweatshirts w/ logo (rock bands, farm equipment, tool brands, etc.), blue jeans and some sort of boot. This is a safe bet, and actually won't 'scare off' the average Muscatine single female. During the warmer months, t-shirts with clever verbage are popular... Not too sure about wearing this t-shirt (pictured on the right) for an engagement photo.... but what do I know? After all, he is getting married.
If you deviate from this small-town culture by over-dressing you will be setting yourself up for the infamous 'jock-block'. Your masculinity will be in question (i.e. metro-sexual), which is an attempt by competing males to elimate some of the competition by placing them 'out of the game' or 'on the other team'.
Is that really true? I'm not a Muscatine native myself and personally - get tired of seeing t-shirts with work stains on them all the time. At least the guys could spring for a nice t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteJust an FYI- people "in the city" (of any sexual preference) do not wear khakis and button-up shirts on dates. Unless they time travel back to the 1990's or are extremely out of touch with current fashion trends.
ReplyDeleteThe 90's called and they want their fashion back? I think I was just using wardrobe terminology from the last 'Old Navy' commercial I saw. Good point though, and please feel free to share any of your specific fashion preferences.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I wish I could hire a girl to dress me each morning and before going out. Having good fashion sense really isn't an aspect of being single that most guys, including myself, can honestly claim to be competent at.
Hmm, there was a show called 'Queer eye for the straight guy' that sort of sums up my point here.