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to be accessorized with the proper shoes, belt, undergarments,
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jewelry, and hosiery. A woman may own a mid-calf black skirt, a
knee-length blue dress, and tan slacks, however, only her long slip,
silver-buckled belt, and black shoes go with the mid-calf black
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skirt. If she chooses to wear the blue dress or tan slacks, she must
choose a different slip, belt, and shoes the system is complicated,
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so women spend a lot of time choosing their clothing. Men, on the
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other hand, follows the “uniform” concept of dressing. If the dress
code in his office require a man to wear a shirt and tie, he will
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wear a shirt, a tie, and a pair of pants every day. His underwear
will go with any shirt or pair of pants he has in his wardrobe except
for coordinating the color of his tie with the color of his shirt, he
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has little to worry about. Men spend less time thinking about what
they wear, their system of choosing clothes is a simpler one.
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