This might just be my burgeoning metrosexuality talking, but after seeing a lot of well-dressed people doesn’t it make you thinking about your dress? In a similar way, after watching a commercial about pies or hamburgers, it may make your hungry for the same. Of course someone could be described (and I’m sure they are) as having Acquired Situational Gluttony, but sometimes pies are just delicious.

If we let others always determine how we dress/look, then there is probably a problem there — not necessarily a disorder per se though. Sometimes we just need to remind ourselves of what we are doing and why.

Again though, maybe I’m just so into the metrosexual machine that I can’t see past my cardigan…

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you also say that there’s nothing wrong with metrosexuality at the personal level, then expand your thesis to include consumerism and alienation. i would suggest bakunin is better than freud at this level of analysis.

still, maybe i’m simply not familiar enough with the concept to follow your reasoning. although i’ve spent time in nyc, i live in the uk. metrosexuality hasn’t made such an impact here. i think our teeth are too crooked to take it seriously.