How to tell her you don't like her clothes / makeup?

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02 Sep 2011, 6:51 am

Okay, imagine you want to tell your girlfriend that you absolutely hate what she is wearing and you'd be ashamed of her going out like that. Or you want to tell her that her makeup makes her look like Amy Winehouse...? What's a nice way to do it? Also what is a nice way to try and change a girl's clothing style? Go shopping with her and suggest she tries stuff on? Or what?



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02 Sep 2011, 6:56 am

It's extremely rude to try and force your style on other people. The only people I'd ever take fashion advice from are stylists.

As for going out dressed like a "whore" (I'm assuming thats what you mean?)- leave it to her parents to tell her not to do that.

If you're ashamed of what she does why are you dating her?



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02 Sep 2011, 6:57 am

Yea I'd just say play it up when you like something she's wearing, if you're straight up about it you may just get your head lopped off



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02 Sep 2011, 6:58 am

Can you go into specifics about what you mean here?



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02 Sep 2011, 7:00 am

How old she is?

If she's old enough, then her clothing style has become a part of her character.

Are you ready to love her as she is?



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02 Sep 2011, 7:01 am

I presume she dressed that way when you first started dating?
If you dislike it so much, why did you date her?
Personal style is a persons own decision, not their partners.



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02 Sep 2011, 7:01 am

I work in Fashion. I don't want her to dress like some random working class girl if she's my girl. Elegance!



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02 Sep 2011, 7:02 am

Oh, we're not dating, it was a general question. I rarely meet girls of the same social class. And while they are lovely their ways of dressing aren't. You don't need money to dress well, just taste and class. I can teach both. But how? She will slap me to hell.



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02 Sep 2011, 7:03 am

hale_bopp wrote:
It's extremely rude to try and force your style on other people. The only people I'd ever take fashion advice from are stylists.

Sometimes even people who aren't stylists can see that the combination is far from flattering.



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02 Sep 2011, 7:03 am

OldFashioned wrote:
I work in Fashion. I don't want her to dress like some random working class girl if she's my girl. Elegance!


Don't date her then.

Clothes are a representation of who someone is. It's like dating someone then trying to change their personality.
I dressed like a whore as a teenager. My parents told me over and over again that skirts to short that tops too low.
It wasn't until I found myself and who I actually was that I stopped.

You can't force change someone.



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02 Sep 2011, 7:05 am

Also read this until it sinks in please:

YOU CAN'T BUY/CREATE CLASS/TASTE.

If you date a working class girl, you get a working class girl. She will likely feel uncomfortable in clothes you try to force on her.



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02 Sep 2011, 7:05 am

hale_bopp wrote:
OldFashioned wrote:
I work in Fashion. I don't want her to dress like some random working class girl if she's my girl. Elegance!


Don't date her then.

Clothes are a representation of who someone is. It's like dating someone then trying to change their personality.
I dressed like a whore as a teenager. My parents told me over and over again that skirts to short that tops too low.
It wasn't until I found myself and who I actually was that I stopped.

You can't force change someone.


Prince William managed to change the tastes, manners and dressing habits of Kate. Why can't I?



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02 Sep 2011, 7:06 am

hale_bopp wrote:
Also read this until it sinks in please:

YOU CAN'T BUY/CREATE CLASS/TASTE.


+1



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02 Sep 2011, 7:07 am

OldFashioned wrote:
Okay, imagine you want to tell your girlfriend that you absolutely hate what she is wearing and you'd be ashamed of her going out like that. Or you want to tell her that her makeup makes her look like Amy Winehouse...? What's a nice way to do it? Also what is a nice way to try and change a girl's clothing style? Go shopping with her and suggest she tries stuff on? Or what?


Tell her that you think her make-up makes her look ugly and that her cloths are crappy...

Of course... I am far too blunt...


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02 Sep 2011, 7:08 am

OldFashioned wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
OldFashioned wrote:
I work in Fashion. I don't want her to dress like some random working class girl if she's my girl. Elegance!


Don't date her then.

Clothes are a representation of who someone is. It's like dating someone then trying to change their personality.
I dressed like a whore as a teenager. My parents told me over and over again that skirts to short that tops too low.
It wasn't until I found myself and who I actually was that I stopped.

You can't force change someone.


Prince William managed to change the tastes, manners and dressing habits of Kate. Why can't I?


Kate Middleton is not a working class girl. She is a university graduate with a middle class family if I heard correctly. It's not the same. Plus she has royal expectations to live upto.



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02 Sep 2011, 7:09 am

hale_bopp wrote:
OldFashioned wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
OldFashioned wrote:
I work in Fashion. I don't want her to dress like some random working class girl if she's my girl. Elegance!


Don't date her then.

Clothes are a representation of who someone is. It's like dating someone then trying to change their personality.
I dressed like a whore as a teenager. My parents told me over and over again that skirts to short that tops too low.
It wasn't until I found myself and who I actually was that I stopped.

You can't force change someone.


Prince William managed to change the tastes, manners and dressing habits of Kate. Why can't I?


Kate Middleton is not a working class girl. She is a university graduate with a middle class family if I heard correctly. It's not the same. Plus she has royal expectations to live upto.


When they first started dating she dressed like a middle class girl. Now she dresses nice. There must be a way to do that. He taught her so much.