Yeah I browse that reddit occasionally. It is good, though they often seem to have tunnel vision. The most important thing they'll say has already been said above: buy clothes that fit. Don't compromise on that, ever. (Note that fit doesn't have to mean fit tightly. Loose things "fit" if they're supposed to be loose.)

My standard dress for business casual or meetings or work sometimes is white rubber-sole wingtips, nice jeans, and a dress shirt with the sleeves rolled to elbow. Belt to match. Shades. You really can't go wrong there.

For more interesting evening/party/concert/etc clothes I dip into my thrift store collection, which just requires common sense. Lot more leeway. I have jackets, a vest or two, belts, some truly strange pants, etc, all from thrifts.

During summer I wear tanks (that fit!) and jogging shorts because I bike everywhere and sweat on everything.

I really hate t-shirts. Unless you have inordinate muscles, in my opinion t-shirts just don't look that good ever. If I'm going in that direction I wear a v-neck white undershirt instead, with a hoodie or windbreaker.

Be mindful of what you can pull off and what you can't. Depends on height, weight, hairstyle, confidence, musculature, body type, all kinds of things. But everyone's got options.

No clue why I just wrote so much about this. I like to look good all the time, and I generally think I do, but I'm also poor. So it's kind of a hobby to reconcile those two things.

galen

EDIT: my hair currently looks exactly like James Dean's circa Rebel, so I do get a kick out of wearing clothes and shades identical to what he used to wear, because it's a fucking great style but archaic so people double-take.

EDIT2: I'm metrosexual.