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[quote=Anonymous]They need to do a TLC show for men with that brunette lady, Stacey.  Maybe if he got feedback from others, he might realize that he's dressing inappropriately.

OP, I feel you.  My DH has absolutely no fashion sense.  Also, he grew up with a family that had very tight finances--all boys too, so they had no interest in fashion.

Several years ago before we had kids, I spent countless hours with DH at the outlets and bought wrinkle free dress shirts from Brooks Brothers outlet and Hugo Boss dress pants (all at outlets).  DH is extremely tall and thin so he can't buy off the rack.  Hugo pants comes with no hems.  We took them to a tailor close to his office and had the pants hemmed and sometimes the waist taken in.

This is his every day work outfit.  Also bought 4 or so different work shoes.  Tried to get better quality ones so they last longer, etc.  Fortunately, he treats his shoes pretty well, so they're not scuffed or have holes.  Occasionally he takes a pair down the street to a cobbler to resole.

W/r/t his casual clothes, he tends to wear the same thing over and over again until they have holes in them.  Drove me crazy when I found some jeans at Nordstrom Rack and he wouldn't let me buy multiples of them.  Turns out they were his favorite and he wore them for everything (including around the house) so now they're frayed.  Since we don't go out too much, I don't really care when he's not at work or if it is not a special occasion (e.g., family picture).  Recently, I got some really nice flannel and cashmere/cotton sweaters at the end of the season from JCrew.  Also made him abandon some worn out sneakers and replaced them with nice retro ones from adidas outlet.

I agree with the PP, go through his closet and remove the old, holey frayed stuff and toss it.  Other things that are still in good condition but do absolutely nothing for him should be given away, tossed or donated.  That is what I try to do (although I have no desire or inclination to be responsible for every person's clothing in our house (2 young kids, me and DH).  Every so often I will take his old undershirts and put them in the old rag pile for our cleaning ladies.  We buy Kirkland shirts at Costco.[/quote]

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