Ladies, can you tell if a man has been dressed by his S.O.?

No.

Nope, sorry.

How exactly do we know who peed on who in “caveman days”, let alone why? :P

I miss having a woman buy me clothes. Sigh.

I don’t think she was trying to mark me though, more like trying to make me halfway presentable. Haha, what a fool she was!

No, I cant tell. I didn’t like the shirts my ex used to choose. But my last girlfriend used to pick out some great shirts for me.

In my experience, women buy clothes for men because they want them to look good, not because they are repressed cave girls.

Wedding ring = spray…

I think it’s an interesting idea, funny too, and probably a lot of truth in it. I buy all of my husband’s clothes because his taste is, well how can I put this delicately, nonexistent perhaps is the way to say it. I heard a shrink say once that boys aren’t taught style or how to dress the way girls are. I think that is less true today because boys are more into how they look, but in my husband’s day, it was not a big deal.

So yep, you and my mate have probably both been figuratively peed upon!

@Gabby101 I think you nailed it when you said “ring=spray”. Ah what a horrible thing to admit though. We all talk (or at least most of us like to think) about being non-possesive.

I think most women buy their men clothes because they are trying to encourage him to dress in a different way, I’m not going to say better, just different. In the case of a man who dresses like a slob most of the time I think it’s a matter of choice not ignorance. I think that when 2 people start dating, men will be more willing to wear something to please their partner. After that, the men who are slobs revert to their old ways.

In the case of a man who cares about his appearance but just has bad taste there is more hope. But first he has to trust in the fact that you have good taste. The first time he get teased about what he’s wearing he’s probably not going to trust your taste anymore.

I love a man who dresses well and if I’m shopping and I happen to see something I think will look good on my husband I might buy it for him. But he has such good taste and likes to dress well so it’s not something I need to do to make him look better , nor to mark him.

Interesting idea though…actually a tattoo is the ultimate way to mark someone, isn’t it? They can take off a wedding ring.

Luckily for my husband, he does a far better job of choosing his clothes than I ever could. I have no fashion sense at all. He, however, does an excellent job of putting himself together. I keep trying to get him to help me, but it’s a struggle. :(

I find this whole concept so foreign. Sure my wife might buy me clothes as a gift around holidays, but she’s being thoughtful, not controlling or marking territory. Ninety percent of the time I but my own clothes because I have decent taste and, frankly, I have to try them on first.

As for “dressing your man” – I have to ask, are some men really that incapable, or is this just another sexist stereotype that goes along with obsessive sports watching and oogling a woman’s breasts?

Yes, it is really easy to see when my dad has been dressed by his new girlfriend.
That’s because since they started going clothes shopping together, his complete clothing style has changed. It seems a bit forced to me.

I have always bought my own clothing as it is my style and my likes or dislikes of clothes. I don’t need a woman to buy my attire and I really am not into wearing dirty shirts.
If a woman is the one buying the clothing than either he has foregone this to her, or she is trying to change his style. I don’t think it really works like that.
It’s not always just Men either. Have you ever seen the show What Not to Wear? I think people revert to their own style anyway.
But to answer your question, I think you can tell. But only if you know the person and see a change after the new cave-woman comes into their life. If it sticks, then the caveman is ok with it. If it doesn’t then he likes his typical loincloth.
I think peoples view on style or lack of style is one of those items that typically matches in relationships.
This also works both direction in some caves. There is nothing wrong with it if it changes organically.

@cookieman said, ’...I have to ask, are some men really that incapable…’

Not incapable; just not interested. I used to buy all my clothes, and did a damn good job of it. But it’s not a priority anymore. I quit buying clothes, and was content to wear out what I had, which opened the door for my wife to start buying my clothes. I wouldn’t buy most of her choices, but there’s nothing wrong with them.

I’ve asked guys in RL, just to test the comedian’s idea, ‘Nice shirt, where’d you get it?’ I usually guess right: a woman bought the guy’s clothes.

I was just sharing a concept from a comedian that amused me.

If I know the man well enough to notice his style has drastically changed, I’d guess he had a new SO who was encouraging the change or buying his clothes. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to tell at all.

I do buy most of my husband’s clothes because he hates to shop. I try to pick things I know he’ll like, though…not really trying to change his style. When I had more money, my main goal was to upgrade his wardrobe to a better quality level than he was used to, purely for his comfort. So instead of a $5.00 flannel shirt he’d buy from Walmart or something, I’d buy him a really nice flannel shirt from, say, L.L. Bean. He was amazed by how much more comfortable good clothes can be.

The only time I’d say I actively “dressed” him was for our wedding day.

I buy it. I think it’s a form of stylistic and even psychological marking of territory. Not that I’ve ever had a woman buy clothes for me, except once. The one who did might well have wanted me to look more like hers. I didn’t mind. I would have been happy to look like hers, but that didn’t work out.

I don’t know why no other woman has sought to buy clothes for me. Maybe I’m too particular. Actually, that’s not true. My wife will buy clothes, but only after elaborate conversations before hand, which I have no patience for. So maybe I do have more of a limited set of preferences than I think I do. But I wish I had someone who knew what they were doing with me when I went shopping, since I can’t even find clothes for me that I like and that fit. Nothing ever seems to fit.

No, I can’t. I don’t think that’s a thing a woman should be doing.

No woman ever dressed me, except my mother. But that was a very long time ago.