Women wear outfits, Men wear clothes

      We all know that men and women have many differences but despite the obvious ones, the importance of clothing, outfits and wardrobes is one that comes to mind.

     No matter what a man is wearing be it a 3 piece suit or something more casual like jeans and his favorite sweatshirt, it's not an outfit it's just clothes.  Women wear outfits, their blouse, jacket, skirt or pants must all be coordinated and lets not forget their shoes.  I've seen well-dressed men but I have never thought of them as wearing an outfit.  I have seen men wearing a silk shirts on occasion and if I saw a male friend wearing a silk shirt I might give him a hard time, by telling him "That blouse is stunning, it really makes your eyes sparkle".  The simple fact is it's still just a man wearing clothes not an outfit.

     Women complement each other about their clothes many times saying "That's a pretty outfit you are wearing".   I have heard on occasion, men compliment another man about his clothing but it was in words much different than the women's compliment.  It would be like, "Awesome Harley jacket" or "Where did you get that cool 3 stooges t-shirt".

     Women are much better at matching colors and styles, generally speaking.  I may not be your typical example of a well-dressed man, in fact I know I'm not.  My philosophy is that any color t-shirt goes with blue jeans because it's not about the color but what the t-shirt says (logo, catchy phrase, etc.).  I wear sweaters when I feel the need to get a bit dressed up, but I don't become overly concerned about color coordination of the shirt underneath and the sweater, I mean really how much of the shirt is even showing and sometime contrasting colors make a statement.  I think my wife might disagree, in fact I know she does, she at times has said "Don't wear that shirt, you look like a doofus".  Which I respond "Great, that's kinda what I was going for".

     Men do have their favorite clothes, which I personally believe your favorite clothes go with anything in the closet.  Which brings up another point, women's closets contain wardrobes (clothes), which I think means a group of outfits but I'm not 100% sure.  Men’s closets however just have clothes, they aren't considered wardrobes, mainly because every shirt is interchangeable with every pair of pants. It may be a subtle difference but distinct.  Women frequently change outfits throughout the day but most of the time men will be wearing the same clothes in the evening that they put on in the morning.  The exception for men is going to a formal event like a wedding when a suit is appropriate, so of course men will change into a suit for that occasion but don't be surprised if underneath that dress shirt he's wearing a Superman t-shirt.  Why not, it seemed to work well for Clark Kent.