Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes and Shoes

Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by lazerpants on Monday June 18, 2018 @11:27AM (#17338926)

Men's fashion just moves at a much slower pace than women's, and things that are sort of out of style are okay for a much longer period.

CBDs and white shoes are definitely on their way out, but it will take years for that to happen, whereas women's fashion changes very quickly.

Source: wife works in production for both men's and women's fashion.

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Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by petra on Monday June 18, 2018 @11:58AM (#17339236)

What drives those changes ? And why do they change differently ?

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Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by lazerpants on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @11:08AM (#17347350)

My wife and I have discussed this before and never come to a satisfying conclusion. Best brief answer I've got is that the phenomena is rooted in historical/cultural uses of clothes, involving practicality/conformity for men, and more ornamentation for women (not drawing a judgement here, just considering the last 100-200 years in Western culture).

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