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Brad Templeton wrote:
> 
> In article <319B5198.41C6@x.org>, T. Hsu <ting@x.org> wrote:
> >Gary Brainin (garygm@goonsquad.spies.com) wrote:
> >> [...] so you might well say that it's counterproductive for the
> >> interviewers to take my clothing as an indicator of my suitability.
> >> Nevertheless, I'm damn sure I'm going to wear a suit and tie
> >
> >I haven't interviewed in a suit & tie since right out of college.
> >Jacket, slacks, and silk shirt, yes, but not a suit style jacket
> >nor a tie. However, I'm on the favorable side of the supply-demand
> >curve, so I don't know if this has ever hurt me.
> 
> More to the point, sometimes I have had a *negative* impression when
> people have come to interview with me in a suit and tie.  It says
> that they don't have the strong confidence in their abilities that
> not getting dressed up requires.   Of course, I don't factor this very
> heavily either way, but there are certainly job categories, and probably
> dates, for which getting dressed up is a mistake.
> 
> This actualy does apply to things like makeup.  For example, a woman who
> looks good (to me) without makeup wins hands down over a woman who looks
> great with makeup, and of course both win over badly applied or overdone
> makeup.   (There must be guys who like women in badly done makeup, we see
> so much of it.)
> 
> If you can make it look good without enhancement save the enhancement for
> special occasions.  (Never is also fine.)
> 
> There is no doubt a similar rule for guys.  Women certainly like a well
> dressed and groomed guy, but it's also well known that long hair and the
> ruffian and beach bum looks are popular.  Perhaps somebody on the female
> side can explain the rules for guys...
> 
> However, just like in the job interview, this is hardly the most important
> characteristic; it's probably the least.
> --
> Brad Templeton, publisher, ClariNet Communications Corp.         info@clari.net
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The whole thing is that we each have individual taste.  What I like, a 
whole lot of other folks will not, which is just fine with me.  If we 
all liked the same stuff, it would not only be just too weird, and 
boring.  Having individual likes which differ from each other's allows 
everyone to have a chance at some time with someone.  Those are the 
rules.  Of course, there's the rule that women are always right and 
there's the one about always doing exactly what a woman wants you to do, 
and the one about being able to read her mind so she won't have to come 
right out and say it.  And bring flowers -- that's not a rule, that's a 
directive.  Of course, men have their rules too but they can pretty much 
be ignored.