Yes...I look at "how" not "what" he dresses/wears.

Ties important? No, about 96.34% of the time. Rather obsolete. Shoes? Comfortable can also be attractive. Cloth with holes, athletics with a suit, no. The boots, J. David, work fine most of the time even with some suit occasions. (I never wear stick heels, or heels of any real height anymore, so foot comfort for you is fair and reasonable.) Shirts? Stained, frayed, needing mending...clean, mend, toss, as the case may require. Don't wear a shirt unsuitable for cleaning paint brushes! Color coordination? OK, this is often a problem for guys. Ask a sales clerk--female, of course, and if you can find one--if the colors go together. You may want to pick two or three colors to go with the basics. (Basics = dark blue, gray, black and brown, tan. These are color groups, and one usually works better with your personal coloring. Safe coordinates to go with these basics are white, ivory, light blue; sometimes pink or light yellow.)

Do you watch TV? Observe what guys wear under different circumstances. Pick out five or six programs you don't watch because you don't relate to them, and see what the guys are wearing. Are you surprised? Why? Watch a few more of these programs. Easy education, costs you nothing, and no one is pressuring you to buy what the store wants to get rid of.

Physical looks are not that important, as hair falls out, gravity causes sags, weight control is challenging as most people age, certain body types are never fashionable. Appearance, especially the first impression, is; otherwise, why are you reading all these comments? I have not rejected men on their basic physical makeup, but inappropriate dress can be fatal. Men do not have to spend as much time on their hair, do not wear makeup, or have as many different dressing options (pants, as opposed to dress, skirt, pants--on and on), worry about shoes (900 colors, 800 heel heights, open/closed--also on and on), and many more factors. As I have commented before, if you show up looking like you stopped by on the way home from a two week camping trip...Let's just say I'm NOT going to suggest I will only manage to control myself until we are in the back seat of my/your car! If you obviously have made an effort, I am interested in you. If you don't care if you impress me, then why should I be impressed with you?

$$$$ spent on clothes don't impress me. What you have done to appear good to me does. If all else fails, there are magazines at your local supermarket.