Love at First Sight?

Don Draper - A Man Who Knows How To Wear A Suit

So, I saw an advert for the online dating service e-harmony today on the TV. Listening to their claims that lonely singletons can be matched to their soul mate based on categories such as "character, intellect and values", it started me wondering why they wouldn't include dress sense as a category.

Speaking as someone who would quite happily reject a guy based solely on his wearing of brown shoes with a black belt, I insist on a boyfriend who cares enough about what he wears to value my opinion and dress himself well. At a basic level, he needs to never wear the following items of male apparel:

• Tshirts with either naked women or swear words
• Baggy jeans beyond the age of 14
• As above, non matching shoes and belt
• Rugby shirts if you're not actually attending a rugby match
• As above, ditto football shirts
• Too much colour (This is completely prejudiced I know and some guys need colour in their life, but not too much because they start to look like a children's TV presenter)

This isn't an exhaustive list, feel free to add your own pet peeves in the comments.

My own theory is that if you don't have the same attitude to fashion and dress sense as your partner, it's not a basis for lasting happiness and shared shopping trips with his credit card.

Now, I don't want to be embarrassed to be seen with my significant other. If he was a keeper and perfect other than this fairly significant flaw (millionaire, handsome, bakes, enjoys West Wing marathons and owns an outstanding music collection), I'd have to perform a makeover and ensure I had a veto over any outfit to be worn at jointly attended functions.

Final thought, any man can be improved with a good suit.

Rx