Clothes Shopping
How do men and women shop for clothes? Hayhoe et al (2000) found that female college were also more apt to purchase clothes, whereas males purchased electronics, food, and entertainment. Men may purchase clothing for themselves less often because others purchase it for them: John Peters (1989) found that mothers shopped with sons for clothing more often than for daughters. However, this may be changing, with men taking a more active interest in fashion than in the past, as John Galilee (2002) suggests.
On Friday, my partner and I were out at dinner with a friend and the three of us started ribbing each other over our combined lack of fashion sense. I said to my partner "you must have fashion sense -- you're wearing Ralph Lauren!" "So are you!" he pointed out. "Yup," I replied, "your mother dresses me funny, too." (My partner's mother gives us both more Ralph Lauren factory seconds than we could possibly wear, because she lives near an outlet.)
On Friday, my partner and I were out at dinner with a friend and the three of us started ribbing each other over our combined lack of fashion sense. I said to my partner "you must have fashion sense -- you're wearing Ralph Lauren!" "So are you!" he pointed out. "Yup," I replied, "your mother dresses me funny, too." (My partner's mother gives us both more Ralph Lauren factory seconds than we could possibly wear, because she lives near an outlet.)