If you're an engineer, how do you pick out new clothes to buy? Would you ever let someone do it for you (i.e. someone with good fashion sense to go with you to the mall for a couple hours to help you look your best?)
Would I ever let someone do it for me? Sure. Would I pay for it? No.<p>The kind of person who is an "expert" at retail fashion isn't going to be working at the price point I have in mind.
I am devoid of fashion taste. I use a pretty simple system: when my clothes get holes in them I walk down to Target and buy more off the rack (whatever they have there that day, doesn't really matter to me). When my converse wear out I walk down to DSW and buy another pair.<p>That being said, I'd like to have better clothes for special occasions / dates / events. I would totally pay someone to pick stuff out for me. Not for everyday clothes, but for those special outfits.
Shirts are fairly standard in size, I buy those online. Jeans have to be tried on (bad online experience). /r/mfa has okay guidelines. I stick hard to certain brands, to avoid sizing uncertainty.<p>I wouldn't go full Steve Jobs and only wear black turtlenecks and dorky sneakers, but a closet full of OBDs & polos seems reasonable. I would definitely <i>try</i> someone's recommendations, but only up to a fixed dollar limit (like $200~300). I would be prepared to bag it all up and donate it if I didn't like it.
It depends what you mean by help me. If you mean ask my opinion and say things like "which one do you like more?" then no way. The reason I don't like shopping is because I have no opinion. If it was someone who you could explain "I don't want to stand out, I don't want to look like x, y or z, I don't want to talk to anyone in any shop, I don't want this to take more than w hours" Then maybe.
I usually pick out things that fit in plain neutral colors so I can wear lots of different combinations. When something wears out I often buy exactly the same make/model almost without thinking. When I find something that fits i regularly buy more than one in different colors. My clothes seem to wear out very quickly.<p>I would definitely let someone do it for me. I don't know a lot about fashion and I'd love to look better.
I pick out my own clothes. I think I do a good job. At this point in my life, I don't think I would trust someone else to do it for me, without a long term one-on-one relationship where we could collectively develop their understanding of my style. There have been other points in my life when it would have been more welcome.
I like buying clothes myself, so I wouldn't have someone do it for me all the time. However, I also like getting clothes as Birthday/Xmas gifts and my family knows what I like.<p>My shopping is 50/50 in-store and online, when I do in-store shopping I like to have my wife with me, mostly for company and to verify what I pick fits and looks good.
I shop myself. I peruse GQ, and /r/mfa for style inspiration. I actually just got back from Black Friday shopping and I'm wearing these really comfortable A&F sweatpants as I type this.
Nope. Size fit color is blue (or else black, which is kind of a dark blue). No (they don't tend to respect the blue rule). Also: move to a hot country to reduce the need for clothes.