I think it's only worth wondering how you want people to perceive you and dressing accordingly at work. Your performance and economic well-being is likely to be linked to the answer, so it is a worthwhile question. Even then you have to be realistic about it and do the boring bits first. The first question is, 'does it fit' and not 'how cool is this'.

When not at work it has always seemed to me that dressing to make an impression is the mark of the insecure. I wear what I like and what I demand from it changes almost daily. Comfortable quite often. 'Old fashioned' and therefore gently elegant quite often. Young and trendy much less often (although I own to starting from an almost insuperable disadvantage). For warmth on a walk with the dog quite often - and then in fabrics I would not necessarily aspire to any other time. To please Mrs GS quite often, although more in the colours and aftershave department than the actual garments. Fuck off I'll wear what I like quite often (although when worn to places like galleries and restaurants which are often a little too far up their own behinds I think I probably am trying to make an impression). And quite often it's a question of 'this sort of goes ok and I really don't have the time'.

Remember the old saying: "on him, it looks good". Style resides within.

.... is having enough natural taste and style to look good in them.

^ And that's another brand new level, isn't it?

The iGent comes into being & then straight away we get iGent wannabes - All eager for the approval of the MBs.

Not all the iGents we see elsewhere are even proper iGents...

The iGent is a fake, but isn't that better than being the fake of a fake which is the iGent wannabe?

In my iGent pyramid I'd throw some soft Pink marshmallow like Manton on the top of the heap. iRubbish, but so much better than the next level down who aspire to be like him. Manton is awful, but he's still better than that even more awful Mafooo...


No?