I perfectly understand that people are different and may make different lifestyle choices based on different preferences.
While I buy that clothes might matter more for older people, I still think it's probably overrated. And besides, most people here ARE young so the situation for young people would seem more relevant for the forum.
Fair enough. I enjoy clothes purely for their own sake, not for 'getting dames' as clarence might term it, but it is true that as one gets essentially less attractive (as is nearly inevitable as one gets older) one probably does need to try a bit harder to look presentable.