Gerben De Poel

@blueleopard139217

Lievelde, Netherlands Joined Jan 2026

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Gerben De Poel

@blueleopard139217 · Jan 12, 2026

Sandro Renaud

@happyduck620920 · Jan 12, 2026 12:52 pm

Why dressed-up, “chic” clothing styles feel unappealing to me

I have no problem with dress codes. Work, weddings, formal occasions - all logical. If there are clear social norms with others involved, you adapt. What I don’t understand is: why people voluntarily wear obviously uncomfortable clothes in their free time.
Take the university library for example. You go there to sit at a desk for hours and just study. And yet I see all these people sitting there in clothes that are clearly not comfortable, restricting movement, designed more for appearance than for comfort - things they obviously wouldn’t wear if they were studying at home. Why? What’s the point? Who is this for?
Or another example: Almost every roommate I’ve ever had wears comfortable, cozy clothes at home. But the moment those same people step outside (just to go shopping, take a walk, do something completely ordinary) many of them change clothes - and not into other comfortable outfits, but into things they would never voluntarily wear at home, precisely because they’re uncomfortable. That feels simply contradictory to me.
What irritates me is not that people want to look good. And comfortable cozy clothes don’t mean they can’t be good-looking or stylish. What I don’t understand

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