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Carnivale Ed

11-22-2005, 03:04 AM

Okay, so I saw an episode of Friends the other day, the one where Rachel is desperate to pick up some guy played by Tate Donovan. Failing, she resorts to donning her old high school cheerleading outfit because she claims to have always gotten her man while wearing it. Hilarity naturally ensues, and Rachel eventually catches the eye of the object of her affections.

All this just got me to thinking. What do we wear to attract the opposite sex, and what do they wear that we can't resist? I'm thinking of four broad categories here:

1 - What we wear in 'real life' that we think we look good in.
2 - What 'costume' (costume being a very subjective definition - anything other than streetwear counts) we think makes us irresistable.
3 - What the opposite sex wears in real life that attracts us.
4 - What 'costume' the opposite sex wears that we just go ga-ga over.

To get the ball rolling, I'll go first:

1 - It's pretty casual, but I like a simple black t-shirt and jeans, with my suede jacket if I'm dressing it up a bit. It's kind of my standard 'pub' ensemble. Without the jacket, I simply must wear a watch, too - I just think it adds something to not have my wrist naked. If I'm in the beer garden during the day, I'll add black sunnies. All very boring, I know, but my thinking is the casual simplicity of it all will be like catnip to the ladies :).

2 - Never really worn or been asked to wear a traditional costume. Not sure this works for men as well as it does for women. I will, however, confess to occasionally wearing a suit to a function that I know it's a little too dressy for. For instance, I have friends involved in local theatre and got an invite to the cast party after the last performance. There were going to be many young actresses there, I knew, and that all the other guys would be dressed like slacker bums (you know, black t-shirts, jeans). I figured a suit would help me stand out from the crowd.

3 - Skirts of any kind. Sorry, ladies, but I can't stand a woman who goes for a night on the town in pants. Yuck. Summer dresses, too, can't get enough of 'em.

4 - Okay, it only happens at fancy dress parties, but there's inevitably a french maid there that I can't take my eyes off. I wish my tastes were more exotic, I really do, but that just does it for me every time. Especially if I can see her stocking tops. I'm sure it just means I've watched Rocky Horror one too many times. Mmmm, Magenta.

Anyone else?

Widget

11-22-2005, 03:17 AM

Did someone stay stockings :)

Sweetie

11-22-2005, 03:31 AM

1. I like simple, clean lines. Usually a pair of well-fitting jeans or black slacks with a nice top to go out. I don't wear jewelry but if I get around to it, I might try to add some to an outfit. Rarely though. Don't dress things up with jackets or sunglasses or stuff like that myself. Just me, my shirt and my pants.

2. My husband likes the style of Laura Kroft particularily. Actually, he stopped by an army surplus store in the States in the summer and picked me up a tank top, it was a large though. I'm a small.

Was shopping last week and noticed a whole bunch of army gear in stores, most likely because of the movie Jarhead coming out. I choose between an army/Laura Kroft style outfit for my man, nice for casual wear too mind you, or two really nice tops keeping upcoming Christmas parties in mind. I choose the tops, hehe. :yup:

3. Men in nice fitting jeans. I love a hard-on through a well-fitted jean. Not tight jeans, fitted jeans. I'm sorry to be so blunt, I'm not usually, but its the only thing that I like specifically as far as clothes on a man are concerned, other than just decent clothes. My husband is not very good with clothes and he really won't let me help, for the record. Has some jeans though, and this is very good.

4. I'm not aware of any costume I prefer, not even just your average uniform. Maybe I'll think of something later but.......

RevDahlia

11-22-2005, 04:19 AM

1 - I like to dress like a grownup. I don't mean gray business suits and closed-toe pumps, but not for me the baby tees and barrettes that other women my age affect. I wear a lot of black, a lot of simple lines, and sometimes a punk-rock deconstructed touch -- I have a blue blazer that I cut up so it has a weird shark-gill-like configuration of rents on the back where the purple lining shows through, and people are always offering to buy it from me.

2 - I don't ever feel irresistible, but I do have a pair of knee-high black boots that make me feel pretty cute. I also like wearing gartered stockings -- lots comfier than pantyhose, and they make me feel sexy even if nobody knows they're there.

3 - Original style. When I first met my husband he was wearing a white kimono with kanji script all over it, a cowboy hat and Doc Martens. He looked great. The last guy I was head-over-heels for spends a good deal of time at the sewing machine customizing his clothes. He's never worn anything off the rack and unaltered AFAIK, and he also always looks great. (We're still good friends, and he still criticizes my outfits. Says they're "boring". OK, Miss Thing.)

I have a few definite no-nos. NO tapered jeans, EVER. No visible brand names. No pants hanging off the ass. T-shirts with words on them, unless they're band T-shirts, are rarely good. And very few men can pull off short-sleeved dress shirts. I also dislike polos, but I think it's because of the people who usually wear them, not because of the shirts themselves.

4 - See #3. As long as it's original, creative and looks like he went to some effort, I approve. I can think of specific instances, but I don't have a general costume "rule".
Sorry, ladies, but I can't stand a woman who goes for a night on the town in pants. Yuck.
I sometimes go out in kind of a drag-king, Marlene Dietrich getup -- suit, watch chain, finger waves, pointy shoes and so on. The boys go nucking futs.

Petra

11-22-2005, 04:35 AM

I sometimes go out in kind of a drag-king, Marlene Dietrich getup -- suit, watch chain, finger waves, pointy shoes and so on. The boys go nucking futs.

Cross dressing is sexy, I think - even when some guys do it. But it has to be done well; no slouches.

Quality is sexy - good tailoring. If only I could afford it. And if only Kiwi men were more into it - for themselves, as well as for us.

Stockings feel great - stockings and no knickers. :yup:

Certain fabrics are so sensual I could just die. :vapours:

Other than that, some birthday suits are kinda hot. :wink:

(Gawd, I miss my youth!)

Adora

11-22-2005, 04:47 AM

All this just got me to thinking. What do we wear to attract the opposite sex, and what do they wear that we can't resist? I'm thinking of four broad categories here:
1 - What we wear in 'real life' that we think we look good in.
2 - What 'costume' (costume being a very subjective definition - anything other than streetwear counts) we think makes us irresistable.
3 - What the opposite sex wears in real life that attracts us.
4 - What 'costume' the opposite sex wears that we just go ga-ga over.
1: Jeans, collared/low cut shirts, pinstripe suits, long pants, anything that isn't a skirt. Skirts are ick and ew. I dress for comfort, but I still know what looks good on me. The amount of stupid frumpy geek girls I see walking around with big boobs and high-cut roundneck T-shirts is gross. Remind me way too much of the Polish giant who was my 6th grade teacher who tried to smother me with her boobs once. *shudders*
2: Um... I guess it depends on the desiring individual. Fucked if I know.
3: *shrugs* Some things look good on some people and bad on others. It depends on the person. If they dress to their bodyshape and colouring, then it's all good. I mean, everybody else looked like a twit, but Robert Pattinson usually shows up to premieres looking like he's just gotten out of bed and thrown on whatever was on the floor (in this case, leather pants and a velvet jacket) and the boy still looked like sex on a stick. Other people aren't so lucky. Peter Jackson, case point. Wonderful film maker, cute as a button in that overgrown hobbit kind of way, but really, not so lucky in the suited-to-clothes-wearing department.
4: Chaps on a nice arse is always good for a bit of stimulating eyecandy. ;) Really, a person who looks good and knows they look good, no matter what they're wearing, is the sexiest thing on the planet.

justaman

11-22-2005, 05:43 AM

1. 3/4 pants with double pluggers and an appropriately coloured urban-T is my casual rig. Nothing special, but they're decent enough to attract a second-glance.

2. Not really a costume per se, but my pick-up 'costume' starts with white bowlers. White shoes are completely hot right now, I wouldn't dream of going out on the town without them. I also dig dark jeans with a light urban T with sleeves short enough that I can flare my tough-sticker with a little tricep manipulation if necessary. I also now wear assorted jewellery I picked up from in Europe. Especially effective is the shell bracelet I got from Barcelona, gold, Jerry.

3. I dig pants on girls, you can always get a better idea of ass from pants than skirts. Snug ones. Also am a big fan of tight, high neck 3/4 sleeve cotton tops. The booby-pronunciation in those things is beyond awesome.

4. In the cast of the ‘costume’ I was talking about I dig those deeply plunging necklines that go down past the belly button so that boob concealment becomes dependant upon double sided tape. Those things are genius. More traditional costumes I dig Xena and Trinity outfits. :howl:

Petra

11-22-2005, 05:48 AM

:laugh:

Ari

11-22-2005, 06:25 AM

Luna: I've ran into oddly quite a few girls that like cross dressing men, maybe it's the crowd I hang around with. Many think Eddie Izzard is Hawt.

Justa: Have you seen Farscape? Particularly the fourth season?

Carnivale Ed

11-22-2005, 06:41 AM

2. My husband likes the style of Laura Kroft particularily. Actually, he stopped by an army surplus store in the States in the summer and picked me up a tank top, it was a large though. I'm a small.
Tank tops are all well and good, but it's the shorts that doth make a Lara ... and maybe the guns :).

Carnivale Ed

11-22-2005, 07:28 AM

I sometimes go out in kind of a drag-king, Marlene Dietrich getup -- suit, watch chain, finger waves, pointy shoes and so on. The boys go nucking futs.
If it's a part of a whole persona/attitude kind of thing, maybe I'll get into pants :).

The standard female 'going out' black slacks, though, I stand by my 'Yuck'.

justaman

11-22-2005, 07:32 AM

Justa: Have you seen Farscape? Particularly the fourth season?
No, but I'm beginning to think I should...

Carnivale Ed

11-22-2005, 07:37 AM

Stockings feel great - stockings and no knickers. :yup:An oldie, but a goody. The style, not you :D .

(Gawd, I miss my youth!)
Why, where is he?

Carnivale Ed

11-22-2005, 07:38 AM

Justa: Have you seen Farscape? Particularly the fourth season?
No, but I'm beginning to think I should...
Me, too, Banya. I wonder if there's a Xena or a Trinity?

Petra

11-22-2005, 08:18 AM

Luna: I've ran into oddly quite a few girls that like cross dressing men, maybe it's the crowd I hang around with. Many think Eddie Izzard is Hawt.

Definitely! Eddie Izzard is especially hawt, because he does it all with great humour, which is even sexier. :bow:

Petra

11-22-2005, 08:19 AM

An oldie, but a goody. The style, not you :D .

(Gawd, I miss my youth!)
Why, where is he?

:laugh:

xyza

11-22-2005, 10:38 AM

Rather than answer the four I just want to say my boyfriend (we worked/are working things out) looks damn fine in a suit even if he hates them, and yesterday I couldn't take my eyes off him. Even noticed he isn't as grey now he has hair :giggle: :hearts:

Carnivale Ed

11-22-2005, 11:43 AM

xyza

11-22-2005, 01:28 PM

You know the little stubble bits that show through when you shave, they were almost all grey :yup:

Sweetie

11-23-2005, 01:03 AM

I bought a shirt today I think my man will just love! :wriggle:

I hope so! :yup:

Johnny Pneumatic

11-23-2005, 01:32 AM

Well I wear cargo pants when it's too cold to wear cargo shorts, and cargo shorts when it's to hot to wear cargo pants. Normal jeans enter the mix when all my cargo stuff is dirty.
I wear gray, green, blue, red etc. shirts; whatever is clean that day. I wear leather sandles or tennis shoes.
Now that I comb my hair, well, I think I look pretty damn good.

I think emo girls with the hair done right are hot.
I think short skirts are hot, even more so on emo girls.
Skin tight jeans are nice, but short skirts, on emo girls, are hotter.
Any tight shirt, on an emo girl, or anyone else who looks good in one, is hot.
Clothes that show the midriff, of an emo girl, or any other one. :lecher:

I hate, hate, hate high heeled shoes. They look ugly and do nasty damage to the women's feet who wear them.
I hate any pointed toed shoes on women, soooooo ugly.

Johnny Pneumatic

11-23-2005, 01:35 AM

I bought a shirt today I think my man will just love! :wriggle:

I hope so! :yup:

If you post a topless photo of yourself, and a pic of the shirt, I can Photoshop it onto you and tell you what I think of how you look in it.

Sweetie

11-23-2005, 01:43 AM

If you post a topless photo of yourself, and a pic of the shirt, I can Photoshop it onto you and tell you what I think of how you look in it.

:giggles:

Sweetie

11-23-2005, 03:38 AM

How about you just get a peek at it on me?

I fucked around with the tone and the lighting and stuff alot on this pic, just FYI. It was fun. This will only be up for a short while. :shrug:

Johnny Pneumatic

11-23-2005, 04:49 AM

How about you just get a peek at it on me?

I fucked around with the tone and the lighting and stuff alot on this pic, just FYI. It was fun. This will only be up for a short while. :shrug:

Eh, I suppose it's ok. When you said it looked like something Lara Croft wears, I thought you were talking like this (http://www.emerchandise.com/images/p/TRD/pdPHTRD0020.jpg)

Sweetie

11-23-2005, 05:00 AM

Eh, I suppose it's ok. When you said it looked like something Lara Croft wears, I thought you were talking like this (http://www.emerchandise.com/images/p/TRD/pdPHTRD0020.jpg)

I meant that my husband likes army clothing and he likes that shirt.

As for that pic of Angelina Jolie, :bleh:. I'm not a fan. What does the lady on the game tend to wear?

Sweetie

11-23-2005, 05:04 AM

Sweetie

11-23-2005, 05:10 AM

At the very least, basically neutral colours, tan, browns, green, black, hiking and army gear, etc. But yes, she's got some whoppers on her. :eek:

Anyhoo, carrying on.

Got any cowboy gear laying around, SkepticJ? :suave: :P

Adora

11-23-2005, 08:42 AM

What a waste of a perfectly good shirt.

Sweetie

11-23-2005, 03:35 PM

What a waste of a perfectly good shirt.

Wish I could claim something of you was a perfectly good waste of something, but unfortunately it isn't since it was never perfectly good to begin with (since you like sparring so much. Does this turn you on? Is this banter to you? :chin: )

You must have ruined your mother's body, that must be why she hated you so much to have allowed you to grow up like this.

:yawn:

Ignore again, I guess, for everybody else's sake. :dunno:

Carnivale Ed

11-23-2005, 04:02 PM

Christmas truce, ladies. Come out swinging in the New Year.

Back on topic, I wanna meet RevDahlia's husband. A kimono and cowboy hat. Too cool. Very Kill Bill. I might have fallen for the guy.

Shake

11-23-2005, 09:34 PM

Some idea of what Laura Croft wears in the game, I can't find any better examples:

http://search.ebay.com/Laura-Croft-Tomb-Raider-Comics-1-2-3-4-5-6-50_W0QQfsiZ1QQsatitleZLauraQ20CroftQ20Q2dQ20TombQ20RaiderQ20ComicsQ20Q231Q2c2Q2c3Q2c4Q2c5Q2c6Q2c50
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/05/21/croft_narrowweb__200x291.jpg
That any better?

RevD posted a nice pic of herself wearing a wife-beater. Very sexy!

Legs

11-23-2005, 09:42 PM

I like Widget's thong :giggle:

http://www.thepassionstore.co.uk/shopimages/products/thumbnails/340516.jpg

Adora

11-23-2005, 11:34 PM

You must have ruined your mother's body, that must be why she hated you so much to have allowed you to grow up like this.
Oh c'mon, Sweetie. I thought you were over your psychological projecting. :pat: And really, just because you're jealous that my genetic lineage actually has boobs, no reason to go insulting my mother.

justaman

11-23-2005, 11:56 PM

:catfight:

Sweetie

11-24-2005, 01:07 AM

RevD posted a nice pic of herself wearing a wife-beater. Very sexy!

Where? :scratch:

I said he likes it, it's not my thing so much. :shrug:

Sweetie

11-24-2005, 01:15 AM

:catfight:

:biteme:

Sweetie

11-24-2005, 02:06 AM

http://www.filmfacts.de/grafic/jpeg/matrix_trinity_stehend.jpg

I prefer the black leather to most of Laura Croft stuff. Poor Trinity though, so lacking in superfluous fat/saline solution. :sadcheer:

It at least looks more expensive I guess. :chin:

I'd go for Roman styles myself, if I thought what I would look best in and what I'd like to wear for a lover.

Sweetie

11-24-2005, 02:11 AM

Oh! Silver armbands, braless, thin fabrics, off the shoulder, nice lining, bare feet, long hair.......:wriggle:

I'll have to do that one day.

Candles and incense, and baths and sandles, and foot rubs and...........

:excited:

Carnivale Ed

11-24-2005, 02:26 AM

I love those roman/pagan style armbands.

Sweetie

11-24-2005, 02:27 AM

I love those roman/pagan style armbands.

Me too!

Oh, I so need a tan. :yup:

Sweetie

11-24-2005, 02:29 AM

For someone who doesn't like to accesorize, I spent like several hours doing so yesterday and only found one armband that didn't work with my Christmas party outfit. :shakefist:

Carnivale Ed

11-24-2005, 04:57 AM

Christmas party outfit? A slutty santa's helper by any chance?

MonCapitan2002

11-24-2005, 05:19 AM

I am incapable of looking good. As for the ladies, wearing nothing is fine by me.

Carnivale Ed

11-24-2005, 05:25 AM

Well, that my meet the 'costume' definition at the OP, but what do you like to see them in day-to-day?

MonCapitan2002

11-24-2005, 05:38 AM

Like I said. Nothing. Oh, all right. So long as their clothing complements their physical attributes, I am fine. One thing I do not like, are high heels. I can't stand them and I wonder why women wear them.

Carnivale Ed

11-24-2005, 07:37 AM

Height? Attractive tension in the back of the leg? Desire for chronic pain?

xyza

11-24-2005, 11:01 AM

Desire for chronic pain?So you've worn heels then ??? :didi:

Carnivale Ed

11-24-2005, 12:52 PM

Only when mother made me. She lives down in the basement now. Care to come see?

xyza

11-24-2005, 02:16 PM

As tempting an offer that is, I'm a little scared :hide:

Carnivale Ed

11-25-2005, 12:39 PM

xyza

11-25-2005, 05:57 PM

RevDahlia

11-25-2005, 08:14 PM

My new sexiest item of apparel - the sari. I'm not exactly a newcomer to them, the whole of Mum's side of the family is Anglo-Indian, but this has meant I've usually only seen them worn by my much older aunts and grandmother. Not today. I had dinner with a friend going to an 'international' party and she modeled the sari she'd decided to wear. I had a Keanu moment. Whoa. I mean, not so much her, she's nice and all, but just seeing the garment on someone pretty who was my own age. Kind of contemporised the whole thing for me. Long live the sari!
Saris are awesome because they look great on everybody: old, young, svelte, chubby. I have a couple but since I'm not south Asian I feel like a poseur wearing them on the street. I do rock them at Burning Man, though. One is predominantly pink and one is blue; I really want an orange one as well.
Where?
Blurry, dark picture of me in wifebeater:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/clandyone/RevDOrange.jpg

Carlos

11-26-2005, 04:24 AM

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/clandyone/RevDOrange.jpg
Y todo eso es suyo , belleza?

Thanks,
Carlos

Carnivale Ed

11-26-2005, 07:34 AM

Oh, I forgot about bindi's, too. Excellent accessory :).

Carnivale Ed

11-26-2005, 01:12 PM

It's funny, I live close to an area of London where a whole street is dedicated to Indian merchandise shops ... At the moment one of the sari shops has the most exquisite white sari with very pretty beading etc. I thought what a lovely wedding dress it would make.
Actually, I lied a little before. I've seen one other woman look really good in a sari - an ex-girlfriend who was Singapore Indian. She ended up with a mate of mine and got married in a white sari. She looked so good, I was kinda eating my heart out the whole day :).

Carnivale Ed

11-26-2005, 01:14 PM

RevDahlia

11-26-2005, 02:43 PM

I have a couple but since I'm not south Asian I feel like a poseur wearing them on the street. I do rock them at Burning Man, though. One is predominantly pink and one is blue; I really want an orange one as well.
You don't have to just wear them at Burning Man. They could double as formal wear, too, couldn't they, regardless of ethnicity?
They could, but formal occasions are a bit rare for me and I have a few awesome (and very time-sensitive) dresses that have priority. I'll wear the saris at formal events when I have more lumps to conceal.

Shake

11-28-2005, 09:59 PM

Blurry, dark picture of me in wifebeater:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/clandyone/RevDOrange.jpg
That's the one I was talking about! Verrrry sexy! :wink: