alter what you think about them? and to what extent does it alter your perception of them?

I just had a face to face debate with someone about this topic.... and it didn't end well....

Actually , its how they UNDRESS!

apparently it does if you decide to wear bondage pants or all black, i have gotten more looks from that than anything else. unless im still wearing half of my pads and cleats and jersey, then they wanna ask me who my favorite football team is

I dress what I think is appropiate for diffrent occasions.I get a little annoyed when a person thinks they have to wear the most expensive name brands all the time

it may alter my initial image but i try to get past that to get to know the person.

Humm well I must say one that dresses different we all tend to look at them a bit different.

If someone was per-say had several piercings goth look ect to the extreme. Yeah I tend to look at them longer then normally and wonder what in the world. Honestly I would not date someone like that but......... now as friends I could handle that. JMO

But now once I get to know them I still would not date them but I would be honest with them. I don't have a problem with ones that do I just don't see myself dating someone that creates that much attention. Like I said friends are different. JMO

bill o 'reily had something on this and the way he answered it made me not want to watch him anymore(a$$hole)

Ya, me too... I hate designer stuff anyways it never fits over my.... well it just doesn't fit right..

if they are always dressed slutty yah it ulters my opinion.

im not into name brands or fashion i could careless if they dress with the latest styles

give me the run down of what he said if you can remember.... Cuz the person I had the discussion with "claims" to be liberal, but the views he expressed today were clearly NOT.

What do you assume if you see them dressed like that?

come on Lily......what won't it fit over?????

I'd have to say yes, it does. There was a guy at work the other day that I'd never seen before. He had on a shirt that had al capone, larry hoover, and jeff fort's pictures on it, and it said "american gangsters". It lead be to believe(I hope to be wrong) that he's a banger. Because I know that al, larry, and jeff are/were gang leaders.

What i have found out and this is only my opinion. People that have less money to dress well seem to appreaciate things more then people that have money to dress well. So they'er for, i tend to have a opinion mind to who they are then to how they dress.

if all someone cares about is how i look or am dressed, oh well. sucks to be them, cause i know how to have fun dressed up and with barely anything there. country people rawk!!!!!!!!

I believe that perception is cultivated through dress. Unfortunately, perceptions can be very misleading. For many years I have worked as a Paralegal with the ability to dress down on days where court is not a requirement. I have noticed complete differences in the way I am treated and dealt with depending on my mode of dress. The bottom line still remains...it's all about what is inside the person than outside. That being said, there are minimal standards. If someone is trying to simply "buck" the system and be a renegade, then I guess some of what is being displayed on the "outside" is being directed from the "inside".

I think it depends. With what I do, if someone came in say for an interview with a "certain look", it wouldn't work in my office or field. It some perceptions, it really does matter. But, as far as dating/social goes, no, doesn't matter to me a bit, as long as they're clean and don't smell funny

but but but smelling funny is half the fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess it would depend on why you're smelling funny