Jordan Peterson Explains Why Men Should Always Dress Up

My wardrobe is either expensive suits or sweatpants and shorts. It's a tug of war between my understanding I need to dress the part for work and my frugality.

Guys, you don’t need to dress up. It’s nice if you want to, but stop buying this crap wholesale.

Dressing up is very important indeed. This thought reminds me of growing up in the Methodist Church and why after my wife and I were married there I never went back.

He dresses nice but looks sick and dying.

I love wearing a suit and tie. The suit has to be very dressy and formal looking. It comes from my military days. I never loosen my tie in public.

In the 1960s, air travel in the US was regulated and only the wealthy could afford it. The average seat was equivalent to business class today.

Might be one of the few things I disagree with JP on. I've seen plenty of people wear non-formal attire and pull it off, if you wear a suit and your confidence stinks it will not help you whatsoever. Dress for comfort and be confident in what you wear and if that's suits then cool, but don't push a subjective fashion ideology on people and say they aren't men if they don't abide by it.

My father always wore a suit for work. I was raised mormon and men always wore a suit and tie. And women wore dresses.

I'm in a rural area now . My 83 y/o father does the color guard for military funeral services. He keeps his shoes polished and his uniform meticulous. This week, my mother and I, went with him to a funeral. We stayed in the car to be respectful. I was in shorts so i didn't want to be seen since I wasn't dressed appropriately. However, as guests started to arrive, i could see that most of them were in shorts or jeans....i could not believe it!

I have a very serious chronic illness but have a son that needs taken care of. There were times when i literally crawled out of bed and ran to the store without bathing or brushing my hair or teeth (not something I'm proud of, it was just the best i could do at the time). When i would get to the store, not only did i look better than anyone else in there, i smelled better too. Including the employees.
It makes me so sad.

I hate suits! I feel disgusted, suffocated, horrible. No thx. No suits ever.

It really isn’t hard to pick out an outfit for the day a matter fact, the way my parents raise me was on Sunday. I lied all my clothes for the week I would iron my clothes I would press them. I’ll make sure everything was laid out and ready to go my mike, my shoes have to be clean. I went to private school for the first nine years of my life and that’s set a foundation that stuck with me to this day that every Sunday I lay out my clothes and I’m a suit and tie guy, so I leave all my calls every Sunday from Monday to Friday and I work weekends as well so it’s not that hard Emily at my gym clothes for every day of the week as well so I don’t have to think about it. I know it that’s sad and Donald ready it’s not that hard.

What’s your dad said. It’s a respect thing. I had the same thought in church the other day. People look like they’re going out to the garden to work rather than to church to worship God. I heard a statement once that you can’t go before the worldly king and queen without a gift and without being dressed up. Doesn’t God deserve this? Just like over grown 10 year olds on the stage

"Extremely demeaning" is an opinion I'm sure reflects what he was taught as a boy. I reject the whole underlying premise. Love JP but this is one piece of his advice that I laugh out loud at every time I hear. There are times to dress accordingly and f you need to do to make you feel better about yourself then go ahead but to use it a a gauge to measure others, or to think it's more than just one monkey showing off to the other monkeys is just humorous to me.

Jordan was very well dressed. The other guys .... bruh, the left one is dressed like a bus driver and the right is dressed like the guy that hands out wipes during a funeral.

He doesnt understund what is not from books, he is like recorder, speak what he is read. Ask him what came originalu from his tnkinkig? Thats why he doesnt comprehend meaning speanding time on clothing, rearly books explain good awerness.

The one gentleman referenced the military i always felt a marine wearing their dressed blues was a most beautiful sight I still do it awakens my patriotic heart and they sure look sharp 🇺🇸

I'm a nudist so I'm not sure how I can improve things.

I've noticed how so many men my age dress like they're kids. All they need is a skateboard under their arm to complete the look. I've gone the opposite way in recent years. I don't wear suits but I buy good quality, correctly fitting clothes. It's actually cheaper to buy a minimalist capsule wardrobe containing quality clothes that will last decades than to keep buying cheap clothing that needs replacing every year or so. And don't get me started on tattoos!

This is subjective as hell. Fashion is soley based on personality and profession. Trump wears suits all the time and half the population hates him while others love him. Meanwhile Obama would always say that he hated wearing a suit 24/7. You should wear a suit if it genuinely empowers you and not for the expectations of others. I wore a suit and dress shirt for all my job interviews once out of highschool and never got a call back but the day I wore a sweater all of a sudden i had my first job.

I work in public service and it’s a super rewarding job helping people out. I’m not there to judge. With that said the amount of adults who dress like children is laughable.

The business world has been in the process of abandoning the suit for the last 20+ years, and now the US Senate has followed the trend thanks to that degenerate from PA who looks like Lurch from the Addams Family, but certainly doesn't dress like him!

just make sure you thank all of those disenfranchised young men who can barely afford rent and food in the same month (let alone afford fancy new wardrobe with expensive suits) but who nonetheless give you their money so that you can buy Russian communist art and expensive suits for yourself

I think I'm gonna wear a suit as a janitor and see what the supervisor says.

In this subject evenso being a feminist I agree with JP. 💘

Yea OK, Jordan Peterson dresses exactly like a kid from 1930. But bigger. Ten years olds back then were dressing with suites, his argument is weak. Plus dressing like he does is uncomfortable at most of the times and it is also a feminine trait...

Simplicity and comfort are important in the way people dress. But appropriate clothes are more vital in every society, no matter what.

I used to be a bouncer, at nicer night clubs. On a vacation in Thailand I bought 5 tailor made suits + xx shirts, ties and so on and started wearing at work. We usually had black windbreakers with "Security" the night club gave us, and the first night someone said "you cant work like that?"
Sure I can, I have my badge visible, complying with the law, nobody is going to mistake me for a customer... Within weeks I was promoted and had a pretty nice "career" working high end nightclubs for a few years. And my employer told me straight: Its because of the suit, its looks GREAT, and you wear it good. People love it.

Yeah, where would Microsoft, Apple and Google be today if their founders hadn't worn a suit and tie to work every day? 🤡🤡

My mom always wanted me to dress nice but the kids wore t shirts, jeans and their hair was a messed, it took me years and years to realized my mom was right, dress well and you will be treated well and you treat everyone around you the same. Show class

I like dressing up. But for around town at the local ships.. Meh

If i need to wear a suit. Im in wrong place. If you wear a suit, i automatically think you work for someone or you are some representive worker. Suiting up takes time, ironing, keeping clean and no wrinkles. It takes time and its uncomfortabe. Time is money. Wearing a suit just feels oppressive. I live warm area next to ocean and wearing a suit is unconvinient

Maybe it is due to the part of the country that I'm from, but I always feel extremely out of place if I am more dressed up than everyone else. I try to be as dressed up as the "most dressed up" people somewhere, but never more. (If I were in a business casual work environment, I would wear a collared shirt/nice pants, but not a tie. And definitely not a suit. If it is a casual dress environment, I would wear a nice casual outfit, etc). The only times that I ever wear a suit are weddings and funerals. I like wearing suits and wish that I had more opportunities to wear one, but I would just look so out of place if I did. Honestly, wearing a suit most places would just cause people to assume that I am very autistic/neurodivergent or just very off in some way mentally. (Usually not a good thing when it comes to first impressions). Really the only guys who can get away with dressing formally in more casual environments are very old men, and even then they usually give off the "socially awkward academic" vibe. Just my two cents.

My grandpa wouldn’t even go to soccer match without suit
I am glad I am doing same dress style as him

Every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.

--ZZ Top

I love it Jordan but seeing my man come back home covered in dirt from trying to build a construction company and preparing him a hot bath and a meal is way too attractive for me.

Why in the West is men's clothing so much less diverse than women's?

suits are too expensive to maintain. keep ironing and dry cleaning? who has the time vs. $2 to wash my t-shirts and sweatpants at the laundromat? it's not just money, the time too. not worth it unless your job demands it. I rather a 6 pack underneath than a suit with a potbelly.

I mean, define well dressed. Certainly I’m not gonna walk around in a 3 pc suit like a JP, it comes off as too tryhard. But I’ll gladly wear some nice jeans with Red Wing boots or Something like that..

Ha ha. I used to go to school with Peterson in the 1980's at McGill. Once, I dressed up as a student, and my classmates told me that I looked as if I had a stick up my ass.

I can appreciate the gentleman's POV. I am however, reminded of that old saying 'man makes the clothes, the clothes do not make the man'

It's good people dress however they like. More people are caring less and less what other people think. That's awesome

What is the old saying? 'An ounce of Gold buys a fine mans suit' So goes to show that the price of gold is keeping up pretty well.

Surprised he’s not crying

Dated a girl who told me once that as a adult, the way you dress is how you’re treated. Best thing I’ve taken away in a long time.

The last question 💀

I think more adult men would be more willing to dress nicer if it wasn't so cost prohibitive. A suit cost hundreds of dollars, plus the cost of getting it tailored.

I'm surprised no one mentioned comfort. It's just more comfortable to wear a t-shirt than a suit.
So once it became acceptable it was absolutely pounced upon

My dad always dressed nice, even to go grocery shopping. One day he's shopping in Walmart North Idaho, wearing his usual dress shirt, sweater best, wool jacket and slacks. They clerk recognizes him and asks what kind of work he does. He said he's in real estate, she answers "you look like a professor". 90% of customers were wearing sweats, puffy vests, athletic shoes, messy hair, no make-up etc. My dad was 80, still working managing his office building but shopped at Walmart to save money. Everything in his closet he bought on sale at Macy's. Always fit, 32" waist and well dressed. Makes a huge difference

The more important lesson here is that you should take pride in your appearance and be proud of the clothes you wear. Fast fashion has screwed us in that way. I'm a carpenter, so obviously I won't be wearing a suit and tie to work, or when I get home in the evening. Investing in 1 nice, high quality, excellent fitting sweater that you are proud to wear is much better than buying 10 crappy, ill-fitting sweaters from walmart.

OK Boomers. lol j/k, wear whatever makes you feel best 🙂