LONDON -- If you're lucky enough to nab yourself a date through a dating app,Categories then first of all, congrats! Now comes tough part: What on earthare you going to wear?
SEE ALSO: We asked total strangers which fashion trends they would snog, marry or avoidSeriously though, choosing an outfit for that all-important first date is really tricky. Should you don all your glad rags, or should you play it mega cool and casual.
First impressions count, and one wrong move could mean the difference between dreamboat and disaster.
We took to the streets of London during men's fashion week and asked total strangers to dress up dress up Ashley — Mashable's resident paper hunk — for his date with destiny.
Here's what they came up with.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “This outfit is different and it will get people to take notice. Everybody can wear trousers; how many people can wear a kilt with green crocs? It’s just out there. Someone is going to take notice, whether they like it or not!”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable "I want a man who will express himself though his dress. And, also I think gender is fake, so it’s nice to have him in a skirt. I chose that because it’s what felt right. And, I love those boots. I want them, but they don’t make the double soled Doc Martens anymore.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “I don’t like anything too formal, and not too trendy either. I think this outfit looks really cool; a little bit different.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “I think denim jackets are cool at the moment for spring/summer, and I think you get all the girls!”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “I just picked up a leather coat yesterday and I was going to wear it today. And, the kilt just looks a bit more interesting and more free, out of the selection anyway.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable "I’m into smart casual and I like light blue. It’s very cool and nice and works regardless of the weather.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “It’s classic.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “I just thought why not dress him a bit like a TOPMAN? Something a bit classic.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “It’s a casual look, but the brogues make it a little bit more formal, just to show the other person that he’s dating that he has thought about things, taken it slightly seriously.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “For me, it’s normally black that I'd wear on a first date. It’s a staple thing and, of course, with a leather jacket you can’t really go wrong.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “It’s cool and casual.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “I chose this because it’s new puritan, which is a kind of simplicity. It goes back to basics -- stripes -- reviving the modernist 1960s look."
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable “Black is always right for pants. I would have chosen another type of sneakers, but I couldn't find my favourites.”
Illustrations by Bob Al-Greene
Additional reporting by Lindsay Davis
Photography by Andrew Cowie
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