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Mad Doug Biker

Just a damaged guy.
Location
Craggy Island
No it's seasonal wear.

You wear it for a season

... And after a day or two, you are well seasoned too?
 

Mad Doug Biker

Just a damaged guy.
Location
Craggy Island
No it's seasonal wear.

You wear it for a season

Anyway, no... Too many buttons, I have a mild phobia of buttons like that.

It's why you will rarely see me wearing a shirt, Polo shirt, anything like the garment above or anything with press studs.

Sorry, I just can't be sartorial in the traditional sense.
I hate shirts in particular with a passion... There, SAID IT!
 
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Moon bunny

Judging your grammar
Anyway, no... Too many buttons, I have a mild phobia of buttons like that.

It's why you will rarely see me wearing a shirt, Polo shirt, anything like the garment above or anything with press studs.

Sorry, I just can't be sartorial in the traditional sense.
I hate shirts in particular with a passion... There, SAID IT!

*Goes over to the Post a Lie.. thread.*
 

Mad Doug Biker

Just a damaged guy.
Location
Craggy Island
*Goes over to the Post a Lie.. thread.*

I had to wear the horrible, hateful things (shirts) throughout most of my school years and when I worked. I had to desensitize myself (I know my phobia is nonsense anyway, but the buttons are still 'dirty' to me), but now? You'll probably only ever see me in a shirt at a wedding, funeral or some other special event where I am required to wear one.
Ironically, I quite like ties and suits.
 
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Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
I don't think I could/would go a day without wearing a shirt with a tie or a cravat. Come the summer, if it ever does, I'll be wearing button up polo shirts with a cravat as my form of dressing down/casual wear. T-shirts are a no for me, unless worn as a base layer, but definitely not to be worn to be seen! 🧐

Edit...I forgot, I do on the odd occasion wear a fine roll neck sweater when I haven't the time to iron a particular shirt I fancy wearing.
 

Mad Doug Biker

Just a damaged guy.
Location
Craggy Island
I don't think I could/would go a day without wearing a shirt with a tie or a cravat. Come the summer, if it ever does, I'll be wearing button up polo shirts with a cravat as my form of dressing down/casual wear. T-shirts are a no for me, unless worn as a base layer, but definitely not to be worn to be seen! 🧐

Edit...I forgot, I do on the odd occasion wear a fine roll neck sweater when I haven't the time to iron a particular shirt I fancy wearing.

IIIII KNEW you'd approve!! 😆

As it is, I usually wear something over a T - shirt as well, but that is more because I am quite self conscious about my skinny stick like arms as well as my bag sticking out (a stoma bag with a shirt is just as horrific also!).

Anything with buttons though, oh no no no! I know my phobia is nonsense and I can just about tolerate one or two buttons of certain designs on trousers, but shirt buttons? They seem 'dirty' me. On the rare occasions I do wear a shirt, I have to wash my hands after touching the buttons for example. They are 'dirty', even if I know the shirt is perfectly clean.
It is so bad that when I got a club polo shirt for the Curling, I even removed the buttons from it as they are up hear my head and more precisely, my mouth. Without the buttons, I can wear it quite happily! ☺️

Besides, to me there is nothing worse than a dirty, creased or crumpled shirt, especially a white or grey one, oh and then there are the sweat patches... Not a good look :stop::thumbsdown:
 
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Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
IIIII KNEW you'd approve!! 😆

As it is, I usually wear something over a T - shirt as well, but that is more because I am quite self conscious about my skinny stick like arms.

Anything with buttons though, oh no no no! I know my phobia is nonsense, but they still seem 'dirty' me. On the rare occasions I do wear a shirt, I have to wash my hands after touching the buttons for example.
Besides, to me there is nothing worse than a dirty or crumpled shirt, especially a white one, oh and then there are the sweat patches... Not a good look :stop::thumbsdown:

Well I'm self conscious about my wrinkling skin and thinner than the left one, due to cycling caused breaks, right leg. So much so that this summer I'm going to wear summer shirts and linen jackets/pants/suit more than polo shirts and smart shorts. I'm a realist and know when to move on to a more mature form of wear, rather than dressing like I'm still in my 30's and 40's. Unlike some my age and much older who dress in teen/20's 'chav' clothes. :rolleyes: As for white shirts, I don't wear them as the collars soon go grubby and hard to get white again after a few wears. Sweat patches aren't a problem for me as I rarely sweat and If I do my 'base layer' t-shirt will absorb any moisture. As for your buttons phobia, I don't really know what to suggest. Not that I'm in a position to give emotional/psychological advice. Have you had any professional advice about it?
 
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Mad Doug Biker

Just a damaged guy.
Location
Craggy Island
Well I'm self conscious about my wrinkling skin and thinner than the left one, due to cycling caused breaks, right leg. So much so that this summer I'm going to wear summer shirts and linen jackets/pants/suits more than polo shirts and smart shorts. I'm a realist and know when to move on to a more mature form of wear, rather than dressing like I'm still in my 30's and 40's. Unlike some my age and much older who dress in teen/20's 'chav' clothes. :rolleyes: As for white shirts, I don't wear them as the collars soon go grubby and hard to get white again after a few wears. Sweat patches aren't a problem for me as I rarely sweat and If I do my 'base layer' t-shirt will absorb any moisture. As for your buttons phobia, I don't really know what to suggest. Not that I'm in a position to give emotional/psychological advice. Have you had any professional advice about it?

The strange thing is that it is only certain types, most notably a shirt button or a press stud.
Buttons on a suit jacket I can tolerate as they tend to be bigger (ironically I am ok with bigger buttons, so long as it isn't stupidly large), but also because they don't tend to be anywhere near my face, which is also an important bit.
Strangely, I like a suit jacket and I like ties, just not shirts 🤪

As for help... I know it is nonsense and I have had to wear shirts and Polo shirts for things over the years, I can desensitize myself to a certain degree... As long as I can wash my hands... But no, I have not received any help as I feel really really stupid about it. I also have a thing about fluff/dust and certain types of springs, especially those in seats and mattresses.

At my worst, I couldn't even look at someone on the telly who was wearing a shirt, they just seemed so ugly.
It would not be so bad, but some utter, utter twats many many years ago made them standard wear for work, formal attire and looking smart generally. As a result, I have sometimes said to myself that I'd have shot the designer of the shirt if I could have done!
 

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
The strange thing is that it is only certain types, most notably a shirt button or a press stud.
Buttons on a suit jacket I can tolerate as they tend to be bigger (ironically I am ok with bigger buttons, so long as it isn't stupidly large), but also because they don't tend to be anywhere near my face, which is also an important bit.
Strangely, I like a suit jacket and I like ties, just not shirts 🤪

As for help... I know it is nonsense and I have had to wear shirts and Polo shirts for things over the years, I can desensitize myself to a certain degree... As long as I can wash my hands... But no, I have not received any help as I feel really really stupid about it. I also have a thing about fluff/dust and certain types of springs, especially those in seats and mattresses.

At my worst, I couldn't even look at someone on the telly who was wearing a shirt, they just seemed so ugly.
It would not be so bad, but some utter, utter twats many many years ago made them standard wear for work, formal attire and looking smart generally. As a result, I have sometimes said to myself that I'd have shot the designer of the shirt if I could have done!
Not making light of your phobia, I remember when I worked in an old folks home in the late 1980's, early 90's. I dropped one of those green tops of tomatoes straggly thingies on the book of the bloke in charge as he was reading it, hoping to make him think it was a big spider. He nearly jumped out of his seat! I said to him "it's ok, it's not a real spider"!! To which he replied "I know that, but it's the top off a tomato and I have a serious phobia of tomatoes"!
 

Mad Doug Biker

Just a damaged guy.
Location
Craggy Island
Not making light of your phobia, I remember when I worked in an old folks home in the late 1980's, early 90's. I dropped one of those green tops of tomatoes straggly thingies on the book of the bloke in charge as he was reading it, hoping to make him think it was a big spider. He nearly jumped out of his seat! I said to him "it's ok, it's not a real spider"!! To which he replied "I know that, but it's the top off a tomato and I have a serious phobia of tomatoes"!

Yeah, like the 'fuzzy bit' at the bottom of an apple core, I can just about understand that, although I am not phobic about it.

I have never really liked Tomatoes, although I can eat the larger, more tasteless ones these days, but my Gran used to grow them in her greenhouse and even as a young child, I could not stand the smell of the plants.
 

winjim

Smash the cistern
I wear a suit and tie for work and quite enjoy being smart at work as it is a bit of who I am, however as soon as I get home it’s Levi’s, a hoodie and trainers.

Apart from management, I'm the only one who still wears a shirt and tie at work. I think if I felt I had to I would hate it, but I quite like the excuse to be a bit smart. I like to have the distinction between work me and other me as well.No suit though, it's chinos and a jumper or cardigan usually with sneakers. Nerdcore.

I blame the geneticists. They were always the casual ones, in jeans and trainers.


Speaking of nerdcore, I was reminded today of this picture of pioneering quantum physicist and sartorial badass Erwin Schrödinger...


View: https://twitter.com/c0nc0rdance/status/1651967142667907074?t=X52XAgOXN5BUtt_omwirsg&s=19
 
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