[billhilly]

So, do appearances still matter? Not unless they are called Optics.It seems to some of us that the change is an unnecessary and even pompous usage to make the political talkinghead class appear more sophisticated than those old fashioned words, still used by mothers and others.

If it matters at all to others I would like to hear about it.

[Resolute Conservative]

It matters to me. Call it stupid but I do judge/make fun of/ignore/hire people based on their appearance.

[BenLurkin]

Civilization collapsed.

[txrefugee]

Was recently at my physician’s office. An obese young woman came in wearing short shorts, a halter top and the obligatory flip flops. Surely she knew it was not a good look for her, but she didn’t care. That is the reason for the trashy appearance of those who cause us to avert our eyes in public places.

[GeronL]

If you don't care how you look, that says a lot about you.

Maybe prospective employers should show up at the houses of those applying for jobs.

[Dr. Thorne]

When did we go from the toga to the three piece suit?

[Veto!]

Appearances matter to me. I don’t even go to the gym without doing hair and makeup. I’m trim, tidy, have excellent posture and move well. All of which are worth the time and effort.

Do I judge others by their appearance? To some extent, but it’s not necessarily the most important thing. A dear friend, world’s greatest mom, has horrible posture and I see how that costs her. People don’t really know what they’re looking at, but if you slump around, they treat you with little respect.

[TexasCajun]

Here is your typical Hollywood liberal, Obama supporter:

It's how they recognize one another.

[Wage Slave]

I’ll never forget the woman in her 30s who came to mass wearing a mini skirt up to her hiney and carrying a cup of Starbucks coffee.

[LibWhacker]

The older I get, the less it matters. Lipstick on a pig and all that. And the younger I was, the less I could afford it...*sigh*... Throws up hands...

But here are two websites I always liked: http://www.acontinuouslean.com/ & http://www.styleforum.net/ ...

The first for just a lot of well-made, understated stuff, and the second for when I had specific questions about style.

[WestwardHo]

“Little drops of water;
Little grains of sand;
Make the mighty ocean,
And the pleasant land.”

There is a Divinely designed order to the rolls of women and men. It protects women, men, children, marriage families, society. It gives great dignity and purpose to men and women. Anything, anything seemingly “right,” or convenient, and apparently insignificant at the time, that affects that order has consequences.
Remember when girls wore dresses to school, and people dressed with dignity for church, and women relied on their husbands to vote wisely, and provide for them because their work at home was honorable.....

[Pilated]

It matters to me. Every day I am disgusted and offended by the way some people dress out in public. Even employers let employees get away with bad and tasteless attire. I tend not to go back to a business who has slobs representing them. I don’t care if you are over weight, you can still dress appropriately. And I am sickened by all the bare dirty feet in grocery stores and restaurants!!!!!!!

[Psalm 73]

I hear 'ya.
Grocery store and banks - wearing pajamas and slippers.
Worse, air travel used to be one of the few places where people still gave a darn about how they look - not anymore - Walmart-wear has come to the last bastion of decorum.

[PeteePie]

The American Cultural Uniform: One dark T-shirt with smarmy, sexually oriented and/or idiotic messaging; one pair blue jeans, tattered by design; one baseball-style hat to help round off the stupid Larry-the-cable-guy look. Yeah! As I traveled back to the USA from overseas destination, the closer I got, I came in proximity of more and more of our citizens proudly donning the “uniform,” thinking they were unique and exceptional. They are/were just clones of the arrogant, ill mannered dregs that have become the bulk of a once great citizenry.

[patton]

Yes, but - your norms are not everybody’s. Rocket scientists, e.g., normally look like heck. Check out a photo of Einstein. I got a haircut yesterday, and damn near got thrown off of the missile range. Nobody knew who I was.

[Publius Valerius]

Yeah. Just the other day, I saw some hillbilly in black tie before 6 p.m. He didn’t even look embarrassed at all.

What are things coming to?

[reed13k]

Well I’ve made more than one hiring decision on the basis that an interviewee did not feel the need to provide the position any respect by showing up unshaven, unkempt, and underdressed.

[4yearlurker]

Watch any episode of Leave It To Beaver. Everybody is always dressed nice. Wally called The Beave a slob because his shirt was not tucked in.

[discostu]

Turns out they don’t. At least not most of the time if you play your cards right.

[ßuddaßudd]

uh oh,,, I wear shorts & tshirt to work about 3/4 of the year sitting in a cube and cruising the halls...
Fellow employees fought hard to gain this privilege many years ago,, and many still participate.
But I draw the line at unkept hair,facial tats,body piercings and stinkyness..

[gubamyster]

I don’t think people/mothers say “I/you can’t go out in public looking like that” or “I wouldn’t be caught dead looking like that” any more.

Those were just 2 of my mother’s key phrases.