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Dear Boys, Dress Like This
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About
Dear Boys, Dress Like This refers to a series of jokes popular on Twitter where a person writes "Dear boys, dress like this" and then supplies a humorous, absurd picture of a person in an outfit.
Origin
On October 12th, 2014, Twitter user @briemckinnon[1] tweeted an image of a boy in a long-sleeve shirt and jeans and captioned it "dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS," gaining over 8,900 retweets and 27,000 likes (shown below).
![Boy Queen Breezy @briemckinnon Follow dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/185/42c.png)
Spread
The tweet structure saw use as a meme over the course of the following several years. For example, a tweet from October 28th, 2017 showing Grimace from McDonald's, gaining 25 retweets and 84 likes (shown below, left). A tweet from @blaisewell on February 26th, 2018 showing TheReportOfTheWeek gained 15 retweets and 56 likes (shown below, right).
![Grimace Sarah hunt @sarahspeachy Follow ) ﹀ dear boys, dress like this:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/196/fa4.png)
![ReviewBrah Blaisewell @Blaisewell Follow dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS PORT WEEK](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/197/2d9.png)
The meme became much more popular after a tweet by @PNFRINGE[2] on February 27th, 2018, featuring Simon Cowell in a white t-shirt, jeans, and boots that gained over 27,000 retweets and 107,000 likes (shown below).
![Simon Cowell ( Follow ) @PNFRNGE dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/188/714.png)
Twitter users who perhaps did not understand the joke, mocked the outfit, particularly the fit of Cowell's jeans in relation to the boot. However, parodies after that tweet began growing more popular. For example, a tweet by user @SJSchauer on the 28th showing a man in an ill-fitting tank-top gained over 3,200 retweets and 12,000 likes (shown below, left). A tweet by @JoeJohnsonIce featuring Jackie Chan gained 350 retweets and 1,100 likes (shown below, right).
![Bad Tank Top Sarah Schauer @SJSchauer Follow dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS 8806355 1](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/205/09e.png)
![Jackie Chan Joe Johnson @JoeJohnsonlce Follow Dear boys: dress like this](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/207/ed3.png)
Various Examples
![Big Hat dee@trying-hard: $ @afterwits Follow dear boys: dress like this](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/208/d52.png)
![Anime Girl Drommels Follow @Drommels YT dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/209/1a4.png)
![Dwight Schrute The P @ohhewantstheP Follow dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/210/00e.png)
![Hulk Hogan LEVITICUS @DSANecromancer ( Follow ) dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS LES 6:42 PM-26 Feb 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/211/421.png)
![Muscleman ellie 27 OTHEYWILLCRY Follow Replying to @drewphilips dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/213/b85.png)
![Black Panther emily @marveltyler Follow dear boys, DRESS LIKE THIS LANCOM LANCOM REDKEN RED Lexus LANC LANCOMI REDKEN RI](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/214/e1a.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @briemckinnon
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