Are you talking professionally or personally mate?
I'm in a different age bracket (50) so with that in mind -
Professional attire
Started work as a Chartered Accountant with a very traditional firm, you did not leave the office OR attend a meeting with a client in the office without a suit including your jacket on.
Left and worked in the NFP world - very casual by comparison. I stopped wearing a tie to work! After a while a) it didn't seem right and b) I was starting to have a more public/client role. In the latter I was often dealing with people 20+ years older than I was - the suits came back to make a statement about professionalism and competence.
Still in the same industry 25+ years later. I now have a reputation for professional attire that precedes me, even at locations well outside the metro area, Far NQ and remote WA. If people see me without a suit they comment. I now have slightly better quality suits and am more comfortable with 'my style' but still aim to be the best dressed in the room, especially when presenting publicly, in meetings with MPs etc. It is part of bringing quality and professionalism to my role in a broader NFP sector where sometimes that is lacking.
I do dress casually though on days without meetings when I'm in the office along and doing 'creative' type stuff - helps to set the mood.
Personally
It depends on the occasion.
After going through an out of work grung everywhere stage I have probably reached the age where there is some expectation that I've 'grown up'. I tend to prefer smart, collared long sleeve shirts and a chino style trousers with RM Williams boots as my standard 'look'. In summer sleeves rolled up a little and in winter a merino jumper and/or a jacket (it is Canberra!).
Around the house, which includes going to Bunnings or supermarket etc etc on the weekends, it is much more casual. Even then I tend to wear decent stuff out and change when I get home.
Then again I'm a grumpy old man - so take my advice with a grain of salt! I listen CAREFULLY to my wife and daughters (20 and 18) and what they say about what I'm wearing, they will keep me in line although I disagree with Miss 18 sometimes, and I've developed my 'style' which I'm comfortable with.
Read some blogs on stuff too. While cliched and American in part I found reading
Real Men Real Style which I stumbled across while looking around to get suits a couple of years back worthwhile. I don't agree with everything and am not sure I've learned a lot - but it did confirm some things I thought.
Anyway - my free advice, for what it is worth!
