Comments on: Fashionable memory

By: Eeyore

Eeyore — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 19:06:25 +0000

The difference between the sexes in regard to clothes is mentioned in Northanger Abbey.

By: JohnTyler

JohnTyler — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 12:57:04 +0000

So, which “social construct’ is it that enables women to better remember what they wore long ago, whereas almost all men (me included) have no idea what we wore last week?

Which leads me to wonder about those people who claim that gender has absolutely nothing to do with biology. Do these folks really believe this? Or are they trying to appear “intellectual,” and above the fray?

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 12:12:17 +0000

I do remember what food was served

“… he elucidated a beautiful history of both the conference and the package (as well as, crucially, the dinner menu each year”

A bit of exaggeration, but I did mention several 🙂

By: BenDavid

BenDavid — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 07:37:51 +0000

No memory for clothing – but I do remember what food was served at special occasions.

By: Bozz

Bozz — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 07:37:00 +0000

Vive la différence!!

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Alan J. Lerner wrote timeless lyrics about all this:

“Why Can’t A Woman Be More Like A Man”
Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady)

“(Ah Yes) I Remember It Well”
Maurice Chevalier & Hermìone Gingold (Gigi)

And Mr. Lerner was married and divorced 7 or 8 times — so, there ya go.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 03:33:55 +0000

Yes, clothing and who wore what seems to be primarily a female talent.

However, I can recall what I wore based on the period of my life. 1955 -1968 my daytime outfit would be a Navy uniform. 1968 – 1993 my working outfit would be an airline uniform. And all myco-worker wore the same.

See, men can remember what they wore. Well, sort of. 🙂

By: Anonymouse

Anonymouse — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:45:12 +0000

Hah. Not only do I remember what I was wearing, and my husband, but as the keeper of the household closets, I saved my top and pants, and the blue shirt he was wearing, and they were archived in a box. They no longer fit either of us properly (20+ years will do that), but my daughter snagged the pants for her own wardrobe. She tried them on (to be fair, they were designer, and hence catnip to a teenager), donned a pair of heels, twirled before the mirror, and announced that she looked GREAT in them. Yep. Welcome to my pre-baby body, sweetheart. Their work may not yet be done, lol.

By: Chases Eagles

Chases Eagles — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:08:19 +0000

I remember what my wife was wearing the first time I saw her for about three seconds in the lobby of the IUS SIL in the spring of 1980. I remember what she was wearing when I finally got her in my arms two and half years later at the Halloween party.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 22:09:19 +0000

I have virtually no memory of what clothes I wore at any normal time.

Same here. I’ll go further, if I were in a room and you asked me what other people in the room were wearing, I wouldn’t have a clue. I regard it as a triumph if I notice that someone got a haircut.

One of the things I appreciate about the Althouse blog is that she notices what politicians wear and asks what the choice might mean. It is a window into an alien world.

By: Tom Grey

Tom Grey — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 20:18:14 +0000

I have virtually no memory of what clothes I wore at any normal time. Some special occasions a little, but not clear details, the blue, black, or burgundy bow tie with the tuxedo. Most smart women have far better memories for day to day living details. More men have better sport score & sport special plays.
Women like fashion, & care, while men like sports, & care, tho now many mostly prefer couch potato e-sports. With huge numbers watching other gamers make videos of themselves playing some e-sport.

Talking about what you remember often helps the memory be remembered.