Husband's eclectic wardrobe

Smart casual for my man.

We have some really good charity shops in our town and he has twice bought himself Paul Smith shirts for under £10. His favourite one had never been worn.

He is lucky to be slim so often can buy clothes in a sale that are slimline.

I laughed the other day because I was looking at my 'order history' from an online department store app, and it showed two pairs of the same Levi's in 2020, and in 2019.

He has worn the same style for as long as I have known him, and we get two new pairs a year. The size has gone up and down a few times over the years though. The old ones are moved to doing chores. Every few years we will get a 'dressier ' pair of jeans for casual outings.

He does clean up nicely though, He likes button up short sleeves for summer, sports jackets in cooler seasons, and can get away with pastel colours with his Mediterranean complexion.

My OH is in his 70's and refuses to by new shoes. My Eldest son had to buy one for him because Hubby wore them to the ground. Also, OH has kept the same clothes for the last 20 years. Anything new is something the family get him as a gifts. He doesn't by second hand clothing however, buys all his clothes from Walmart. So no luxury anything.

DH prefers Clothes for Comfort rather than style. He loves his pure cotton Polo shirts, and either jeans or cotton trousers/shorts depending on season. He does own a couple of M&S suits, including a formal Dinner suit and Bow tie, which he bought when we started to go on Cruises after he retired, but he’s put weight on, and a lot of his trousers no longer fit him properly.
I buy any replacement clothes he needs out of end of season sales, his Jeans are from Asda, and his Polo shirts are from Cotton Traders.
His Trainers and slippers I buy online, he has a regular style and brand that get replaced almost like for like once the last pair have worn out., and socks and underwear are multipacks from supermarkets and places like Matalan, bought as gifts from Daughters and Grandchildren!
His oldest items of clothing are a jumper that has lasted him for about 29years, since our DD was a baby, and a Cotton Traders zip up Fleece jacket from the year he retired 16 years ago which he still wears Daily!

Mine only buys navy grey or black, I’ve tried for years to get him to try brighter colours but he refuses. One time he did wear a red top and everyone said how good he looked in the colour but he didn’t listen and went right back to his favourite navy,grey and black.I’m his opposite, I love anything bright.

DP and I have fairly similar tastes as it happens, although she’s more to the butch end of the spectrum and I’m definitely more femme (and inclined towards leopard print a la Bet Lynch). About to steal her eyeshadow for a Zoom call and accused her of stealing my red lippie for hers...

I don't understand why DH wears a tie for some Zoom meetings! Apparently they all do (Probus).

Mine is actually quite interested in clothes, he favours an Italian shop where he buys lovely jackets and trousers, and he has a huge selection of colourful shirts.
At work every day he wears jeans and polo shirts, so perhaps he wants to go a bit mad at the weekends.
Our son, a very conservative dresser is horrified by some is his outfits.

Very conventional and professional at first. I slowly injected simply colour and he moved into smart casual with comparative ease. All good for both of us.

Comfortable, and no buttons, or as few as possible. So he wears jeans, or chinos, T shirts, sweat shirts and fleeces.

When he stopped work he stopped wearing suits. For formal occasions he wears a smart blazer over smart trousers. Despite never wearing a tie. He will not part with one tie from his extensive collection

Tabbycat

When I met my husband he was wedded to a pair of vintage old basketball boots - they were falling apart and, quite frankly, stank!
The first time I saw him in his underpants - I was stunned and tried hard not to laugh. They were huge, purple paisley, nylon Y-fronts, which his mother bought for him from M & S!
He replaced the Y fronts sharpish, but it took me years to get rid of the boots - I kept putting them in the bin, somehow they kept sneaking back into the house!

Love this Tabbycat. Took me back to the first time I saw MrM in his Black Calvin Klein trunks underwear. They were world's away from the rest of his charityclothes.

He did say later on that even they were from a charity outlet via the hospice where one of his friends worked and tried to reassure me they were brand new and still in the packaging.

LauraNorder

I’d say Orlin’s style is similar to Michael Portillo. Not sure if I’ve had any influence but looking back at old photos he used to have a more sober look.

Wow, I'm impressed!

DH did buy a pair of red chinos years ago and loved them but I really dislike them and told him he looked just like the Mayor of Bristol when he wore them. Not Marvin, his predecessor George Ferguson. It still didn't put him off them.

My DH always looks smart, he does love his designer clothing, but I must admit it lasts for ages, and when wearing out a bit it goes on to be garden wear. He chooses all his own clothes, I wouldn’t have a clue.
I, on the other hand, always look a bit scruffy, however hard I try. It’s unfuriating.

DH lives in jeans, which I try to influence or he goes for completely shapeless ones. When working as a civil servant it was always suits and ties, so I guess he likes the freedom, but it would be nice to see him dress up occasionally! He tends to get jumpers for Christmas and birthday from the family, has a big box of them.

My OH had this strange quirk of hating trying on shoes in shops and never would - he would just grab a pair in the size he thought he was and trot off home.

He once took a new and unused pair of sandals on holiday and when we got there he had two left sandals!

Gets everything from SportsDirect jogging bottoms t shirts ect his favourite shop.

My OH has zero interest in clothes, if it's blue he'll probably wear it. We've been together for 35 years and I have tried to get him to buy one good suit (another who can eat what he wants and he never puts on weight) but have never succeeded. He rarely needs one but if he'd got one in the first place, he'd have had some use out of it by now! I can buy the rest of the stuff he needs but not a suit!!

Absolutely everything apart from shoes, they are purchased from Clark’s usually, in my husband’s wardrobe is purchased from Marks and Spencers. My DH favours traditional styling, and he never wears jeans. My DD jokes that he wears a uniform, as he wears a shirt, slacks, and v neck jumper every day come rain or shine.

My DH looks good in anything which is very annoying for me He wears jeans, check shirts, bright jumpers. Tee shirts and shorts in summer. He's not remotely interested in being fashionable but he's one of those people. He's nearly 75 but has stayed slim (without trying), has decent hair. One hour in the sun and he is brown. I have to try hard at everything. It's not fair!

We had a small business it used to annoy me because my husband wouldn’t dress smart for work. His favourite trousers have about ten pockets for keys etc etc! We are retired now so he doesn’t need them but he still wears them.
I buy his clothes but don’t tell him the cost he still thinks prices should be as they were in the 1960s.
I decide his outfit for a night or meal out in (normal times) as he has no idea how to match clothes.

I’d say Orlin’s style is similar to Michael Portillo. Not sure if I’ve had any influence but looking back at old photos he used to have a more sober look.

My husband takes pride in his clothing and buys brands like Ralph Lauren polo shirts and Nike trainers, but the bulk of his clothes I buy through Next. (If only he would reduce the size of his tum so they fit him better!) Younger son also likes Next and I send him items to Canada, his mother still buys his smalls in his mid 20’s ?

When I met my husband he was wedded to a pair of vintage old basketball boots - they were falling apart and, quite frankly, stank!
The first time I saw him in his underpants - I was stunned and tried hard not to laugh. They were huge, purple paisley, nylon Y-fronts, which his mother bought for him from M & S!
He replaced the Y fronts sharpish, but it took me years to get rid of the boots - I kept putting them in the bin, somehow they kept sneaking back into the house!

Husband has smart casual and work gear for his gardening jobs.
He is really not interested in clothes, I will show him items and I usually just get "Ok"

M&S mainly because for some reason their men's clothing is still much better quality than the women's.

Perhaps because M&S try too hard with women's clothing and fails but the men's clothing range still offers classic styling.

Some nicer, more expensive sweaters chosen by me but he prefers ones with holes in.
DH has never, ever worn a pair of jeans.