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Re:Why don't developers dress better? by kstenerud on Thursday September 29, 2011 @01:57PM (#3053496)
"First of all, fit is kind and much easier to understanding." - Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by this.

"Second, how often are you putting together complex colour profiles?" - What would be considered a complex color profile? I have a closet with clothes of various colors, and I need to choose which shirt to wear with which pants/shorts/whatever. And I guess which shoes. So I know that not all reds are the same, and not all oranges are the same, and some reds go with some oranges. Problem is I don't know which is which; That's why I was asking about a color matrix.

Then there's patterns, which are even more dangerous, because it seems that most mixes of colors don't go at all with most other mixes of colors. I don't understand how people decide that certain ones "match" and others don't. If there's no color matrix to show what works and what doesn't, how can you even know?

Re:Why don't developers dress better? by omgsean on Thursday September 29, 2011 @02:42PM (#3053703)
>"First of all, fit is kind and much easier to understanding." - Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by this.

Probably because it made no sense! What I MEANT to type was "Fit is KING and much easier to understand."

Don't worry about a colour matrix, just try to buy clothes that go with everything. Nearly everything goes with dark blue jeans. Nearly everything goes with grey flannel slacks. Most things go with khaki chinos. I wouldn't try to match patterns but there's really no need to. How often do you really need to wear more than one patterned item at a time? Or even more than one coloured item at a time (not counting neutrals that go with everything like greys, beiges, browns, and really dark blues)

However, all of that aside none of it matters if your clothes fit poorly. Most 'bad dressers' are just wearing clothes that are far too big for them.

Re:Why don't developers dress better? by kstenerud on Thursday September 29, 2011 @03:17PM (#3053835)
Yeah. Right now I'm just going with jeans since everyone says they go with everything. I guess I'll throw out the colored and patterned shorts since they're more trouble than they're worth.

"Fit is KING and much easier to understand." - Ok. I've ordered a copy of "Gentleman: A Timeless Guide to Fashion". So hopefully that will explain fit.

Re:Why don't developers dress better? by omgsean on Thursday September 29, 2011 @03:29PM (#3053871)
Very cool. I'm glad that guy's rant inspired at least one person to start taking an interest in their outer self!