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Is it possible for a man to dress "cheap" or "easy"?

Asked by Imadethisupwithnoforethought (14682points) March 11th, 2012

I have read some threads lately were it has been discussed that certain outfits or styles of dress on a woman come off as cheap, or depicting the wearer as highly interested in having sex.

Is there a male equivalent? If I wanted to dress for the club and communicate I really want to hook up, what would I wear? Or alternatively, what should I avoid wearing if I don’t want to appear promiscuous?

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JLeslie's avatar

Hmmm. I would say men can dress looking like they have a sleaze factor, but not sure if it looks cheap or easy? Interesting.

This will be an interesting Q. I guess if you want to hook up you need to attract the type of women who will have a one night stand. Whatever that happens to be where you are.

wundayatta's avatar

Hmmm. Tight leather pants. Something to enhance your crotch. Tight t-shirt. This only works if you have 6-pack abs and a gorgeous face, too. Also if you really want to look cheap, cut out the ass on your leather pants. Make sure your ass is really tight. I think you’ll get a lot of guys who want to take advantage of you. Assuming that’s your thing.

Blackberry's avatar

When I want to let the ladies know I’m open for business, I pull out all the stops….

chyna's avatar

I think tight t-shirts and jeans that are so tight around your crotch that you can see the outline of everything a man owns is cheap and easy.

This seems cheap and easy.

whitecarnations's avatar

Of course there. It’s called Grunge, Grimey, Punk, Plain Jain. Just throw anyone of those people male or female into Christian Dior store in London and watch everyones faces go stank.

Imadethisupwithnoforethought's avatar

@chyna

1)Thank you for sharing from your private bookmark list :)

and

2) But that seems to be the point. The example you gave is a man in woman’s garments. Is there anything traditionally male I could wear that would advertise I was easy.

chyna's avatar

@Imadethisupwithnoforethought Yes, as I said, tight t-shirt and very tight jeans. Are you wanting to look cheap?

john65pennington's avatar

This might, I say might give you an answer.

When in to check a bar one night for underage drinkers. Dude was in a pair of tight, shiny, pair of red pants and pimp pumps, color yellow. The cheeks of his butt were exposed and he had a wild cherry hanging from his nose.

I avoided him as I made my rounds checking ID.

You can form your own opinion of this guy. I guess he was a guy. He may have been a drag queen.

Imadethisupwithnoforethought's avatar

@chyna I am worried I may have been doing so accidentally. I don’t want to lead these people on.

DominicX's avatar

Yeah, I think the inherent sexism in this whole situation is why it largely doesn’t exist for men. Personally I think [hot] frat guys wearing tank tops so you can see their nipples in the right situations or wearing basketball shorts so you can see a bulge in the right situations seems kind of “cheap” to me, but no one would really see it as such.

marinelife's avatar

It is not the same for men, but you could wear a shirt not buttoned down to your navel and a bunch of gold chains for the male equivalent. (I don’t recommend this for attracting women.)

Bellatrix's avatar

I am now intrigued and wonder what @Imadethisupwithnoforethought wears!

I think guys who dress inappropriately for their age (apart from potentially looking ridiculous) can also look cheap and easy.

Other than that singlets, unbuttoning your shirt too low or wearing your shirt too tight. Pants too tight.

I think men can get away with more than women though.

downtide's avatar

@marinelife that worked in 1972 (along with the fake chest hair and porno-moustache), not so much now.

I see a lot of young guys in the bars of the local gay quarter, who dress in a way that looks cheap to me. Invariably it involves very low-slung, very tight jeans or leather pants, and a very tight plain t-shirt with a deep v-neck. Branded jockstrap visible over the top of the jeans, nipple piercings visible through the t-shirt. For sure, they’re not trying to attract women though.

ucme's avatar

Didn’t Jesus perfect this look back in the fall of many, many moons ago?
I mean, not everyone can pull off the sackcloth & sandals vibe without looking “sluttish”

SmashTheState's avatar

“You can’t dress trashy till you spend a lot of money.”Billy Joel

Gelled hair, orange tans, Ed Hardy shirts, Tapout jackets, Affliction caps, and Rolex watches de rigeur for the slutty douchebag on the prowl. It doesn’t matter if it looks like shit, just as long as it’s ridiculously overpriced.

I wear black. Just black. Ragged cuffs on my pants, stains and patches on my shirts, a grubby oilskin trenchcoat, and a black military cap covered in buttons like “ARM THE HOMELESS” and “FUCK AUTHORITY” is my look. Along with my large, untrimmed beard and combat boots held together with black electrical tape, my clothing is actually cheap. And far from looking sexy, I am assumed by most people to be a bum.

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

@chyna Leave Freddy alone.

Bellatrix's avatar

@chyna I do think stage wear from the 80s/90s should be excluded from the discussion. Freddy was flamboyant but he was a rock god… his dress style went with the territory at that time.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

Yes, it’s possible.
1. Put on slick leather pants
2. Put on a mesh crop top
3. Put half a bottle of gel in your hair
4. Do the little thumb and forefinger “this is a gun” snick pointy thing and wink

You look like a cheap man-slut. <shudder>

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