Martian

I also don't really do the whole 'slummin' it' thing (I think jobs where you expect to get dirty can be assumed as the exception). Or rather, I do but to a much lesser degree. Slumming for me is not bothering to put my contacts in, or just throwing a sweater on so I don't have to break out the iron, and the cases where I go out like that are the situations where I'm just going to the store around the corner to get some item or another. Most other times if I'm going anywhere I make sure my hair is combed, my shoes/boots are clean and polished (if applicable) and etc.

When I'm home alone I'm nearly always shirtless, but that's a comfort issue more than anything else. I don't really think of the way you're dressed when you're at home and not expecting company qualifies.

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surferlove007

Yea because that's totally the facade everyone wants... Theres no point to go out of your way to dress nicely to sit in the studio or several hours and work, especially when no one else cares.

hambone

I am not a snappy dresser in the least, but a generally try to look acceptable...except when I work from home...then all bets are off.

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Ustwo

Been there done that and got several frat t-shirts before you were born, literally.

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Glory's Sun

I used to be a label whore and wouldn't even go to the gas station unless I looked decent.. now I really just don't give a shit. While I don't do the sweats thing, a pair of jeans with the knees blown out and a 10 year old t-shirt doesn't bother me at all. Maybe it's because I really don't have anyone to impress anymore, or I really learned to not give a shit what people thought. It's funny how I used to always say I didn't care what people thought about what I wore (especially in HS) yet I would spend all that money on the right clothes etc.

abaya

Or until you become a graduate student, like myself, and actually confess to being a perpetual slacker (who happens to have spent all of today in my pajamas, working from home). Oh, how I wish I could still convince myself that I'm really busy...

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dlish

my uni days were great.. no study and plenty of procrastination s the order of the day.

mind you when exam time came, i would grow a 'study beard' fo a month as id call it cos i really didnt

a) have much time to shave cos i was cramming
b) care what i looked like cos i wasnt interested in women during that month of study

i scraped through uni by the skin of my gonads

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snowy

I've sort of been slumming it lately. Given the weather here lately, it feels almost pointless to put on anything that isn't comfortable or warm, because it's going under my rain suit anyways. I get a lot of odd looks cruising around campus, but when your bike is your main mode of transportation in a state with a lot of rain, a rain suit is a must. I don't care if I look totally ridiculous; unlike some of the fashion-plate sorostitutes that attend my classes, I stay warm and dry. I will not suffer cold or wet for the sake of fashion. That is patently ridiculous.

I should note that I occasionally get checked out in my rain suit by guys around campus. I guess a girl who is willing to dress appropriately for the weather is attractive.

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abaya

Word. But don't come to Iceland, because then you'll see that EVERYONE is patently ridiculous. Seriously, it's often below freezing here in the winter, with a wind-chill factor taking the temps even lower... but walk around downtown at 2am on Fri or Sat night, and you'd think we were in Cabo San Lucas or something. Freakin' crazy women, I say.

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savmesom11

Unfortunately in my professional job I have to wear a suit/dress everyday. The fact I can annoy someone who judges me by my SpongeBob sweats and house shoes in the grocery store really makes me smile. How hard is it to put on pants??? How hard is it to understand that people are not on display for your happiness, and in dealing with a very busy work, school, and home schedule it just doesn't seem that huge to me. After all I work with those in crisis everyday, real crisis like loss of home, family, work, ya know the real stuff. It always fascinates me when people seem so annoyed at absolute ludicrous issues.

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ShaniFaye

hahahaha savmesom I totally agree, I never really thought of the grocery store as a place I need to worry about how I dressed...and I dont...and I wont

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jorgelito

Dude, do you work at Trader Joe's? That sounds like an awesome dress code.

Baraka_Guru

No, I work in the publishing industry. It's kinda like working at Trader Joe's except the benefits aren't as good and I never have to talk to customers.

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ItWasMe

I wear grungies when doing chores that I expect will make me dirty. If I am doing home improvement things, I will run an errand to Home Depot or Lowe's (right next to each other here, yay!) with a bit of paint/mud/sawdust/grout on my clothes/face/hands/hair.

On my weekends, like today, sometimes I won't wear makeup or my contact lenses. Unless I'm going out in public.

Late at night I'll lounge around in my pink plaid flannel jammies. They are more comfy than anything else I own. Except for my bubble bath.

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roachboy

generally, i am of the least-possible-effort school of fashion.
there's no particular difference between me working and me sitting around--i try to tuck my shirt in for work, but i forget most of the time.
i dont do yards.
i dont go near lawns. they scare me. so uniform.

when i've lived in paris, i noticed that everyone--and i mean everyone (except for americans)----i saw was dressed better than i was.
i remember passing a bus stop and seeing a guy passed out on a bench who had pissed himself and who appeared to have spent ALOT of time outside.

this made me think: "homeless people here dress better than i do."

it was just another step in my recognition that no matter what i did, and no matter how long i tried, i would still not be french. i hadn't been terribly occupied with the idea of becoming french, so this did not upset me. it just confirmed that there was no point in trying. which i wasn't. i even found a way to be happy about not feeling like i had to expend the effort to do something i wasn't expending the effort to do.

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Dtamr

At school, I usually dress in shirt (with punny logo or something) and khaki pants (I hate jeans). When I get back from work I usually just unbutton my work shirt and hang out that way for the rest of the day unless I have plans. If I have something to do then I'll usually dress nice, button up shirt, decent pants. Usually my pants are camoflauge patterned, not because I have any attachment to the military, I just like how they feel. If I am really slumming it (i.e. not leaving the house) I'll wear sweats and an old ratty shirt.

Walking to the store brings to mind an interesting question though. I live in a very small town and going to the store is a common affair. Whenever I go I dont care about how I look. My neighbors also share that sentiment and more often than not they just go in whatever is clean. I usually shower every day or so, but other than going to work, I dont really care about how I look. I have a girlfriend, I have friends, who do I have to impress?

Anyone I want to make a good impression on will hopefully be impressed by my professional and friendly manner, not my clothes.

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TotalMILF

The whole time I was a stay-at-home-mom I rarely wore anything that didn't have an elastic waist, or that wasn't 2 sizes too big. I figured, if all I'm doing is chillin' with a 2-year-old and my husband's not even on the same continent, why the fuck shouldn't I be comfortable? I'm certainly not trying to impress anybody. HOWEVER, I have never skipped personal hygiene. I shower every day, brush my teeth, do my hair, etc. (I don't wear makeup because I'm damn lazy and I think it's a waste of time and money).

Now that I'm in school, however, I wear my nicer clothes. I don't understand the girls that go in their pajamas and then wonder why nobody (esp. professors) will take them seriously. Personally, I think it's quite disrespectful to your professor and to your classmates to show up to a class dressed like you just rolled out of bed. I think that kinda sends the message that you just don't care enough about their class to even get dressed. If you're holed up in the library studying, however, that's different.

Meh, that's just my opinion.

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little_tippler

I don't usually go out in "slummin' it" get-up. If I'm walking out the door, I am dressed in minimally decent clothes. That means shoes, jeans, etc. And I went to Art school. I never saw any of my classmates in uni in pyjamas either. Maybe it's just Portugal lol.

I cringe at the thought of being in public in anything pyjama-like. It just wouldn't cross my mind.

I do have phases in my life where I slum it a little, my clothes aren't well thought out, or I didn't make my hair look so nice. Generally I try to make an effort because when I look like shit, I feel like shit.

Generally cleanliness is important and I don't skip that ever.

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abaya

Nope, it's a European thing. I always have a bit of reverse culture-shock when I've been away in Europe for a while, and then re-enter the US and see way too many people (even at the airport!) in baggy sweatpants and especially sweatshirts (hoodies, anyone?). You never see that in Europe, ever. Okay, maybe the UK?... but I am not as familiar with those natives.

Of course, sometimes I just WANT to run to the store in a sweatshirt, but no... that would be really freaky in Iceland. If I'm wearing one, I usually throw on my dressy wool coat over it, so no one will see the sweatshirt.

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Plan9

Your response in this thread is absolutely the best.

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Ustwo

Well you could have stopped bathing, that would have been a first step to being French.

While your line about the French bum is hilarious its a good reminder to not take style of substance.

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fatmanforprez

When I think of slumming it the first thing I think of is that someone bribed me with cash monies to wear a tie again.

I wore one every day at one job. You better believe I wore the "uniform" with pride and wore it better than anyone there. Do not mistake that to mean that I think it is anything but slumming it up to put image above comfort.

The only things that make me slum it up and wear a tie and comb my hair properly (not just remove the tangles, but a DA or something) is cold hard cash and sex, just not cash for sex or visa versa. While we are at it no cold hard sex, wait a minute that is starting to sound hot, OK I will wear a tie for cold hard sex.

I spend all my free time at home wearing at best a pair of boxers.

xepherys

Man, I "slum it" every day. In fact, I've worn the exact same outfit for about 10 months. Beat that!

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