Dating Men: What Should Dudes Wear for Summer Dates?
By Rosemary Brennan,Glamour magazine
It's a lot of fun chatting about the outfits we'd wear on first dates, but this afternoon, let's turn our sartorial eyes on the gents.
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Match.com polled its users about appropriate and attractive attire to wear on summer dates and some of their findings weren't terribly surprising. Dudes enjoy seeing ladies in white pants or short skirts. But what I found most interesting was what the ladies had to say about men's fashion.
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82% of women who participated in the survey felt that Hawaiian shirts were not cool, try telling that to my Grandpa. As for shades, the gals favored guy rocking aviators. And over 90% of the ladies polled said that "khakis or shorts with a polo shirt" was the outfit they most preferred dudes to wear on summer dates.
As our wonderful intern Krystin recently shared-and I completely agree-wayfarers are totally where it's at when it comes to guys in sunglasses. And I know it's summer, but unless it scorching out-or unless you've got a date at the beach-I think shorts on a guy are too casual for the first few dates. I'm on the fence about khakis; I associate them with offices. Though some dudes look especially sharp in them.
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What do you think guys should wear on first dates? Jeans or khakis? Dress slacks or shorts? Polos or button ups? What shouldn't they wear? Hawaiian shirts? Graphic t-shirts? Jewelry? If you're in a relationship, what did your man wear on your first date?
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