My ex-partner was in fashion and the one thing he taught me most of all is that clothes are just that: "communication." That's also why I don't feel bad wearin

My ex-partner was in fashion and the one thing he taught me most of all is that clothes are just that: "communication." That's also why I don't feel bad wearing a suit for investors, because I consciously choose to communicate that I'm dressing up for my surroundings. I don't try to walk like I wear a suit everyday and I don't try to walk and talk like a big-shot businessman. I walk like I'm a geek who's wearing a suit to dress up. There's very little fake about that. What's fake is people who wear a suit (trying) to trick people into thinking they're established businessmen and people who dress down as 'counter-signalling' to appear to be confident hacker founders. TL;DR; Fashion is about communication. Communicating a congruent message is 'real'. Trying to 'signal' with your communication is fake.