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Cautionary comment: "please reconsider that look, as it isn't popular on the West Coast/not the most flattering on all body types/probably isn't suited for the activities of the recruitment round you're describing."
Impolite comment: "you look like a (insert derogatory description here) in that outfit/ that looks like something a _____ would wear."
Falstaff:
The better part of valor is
discretion, in the which better part I have sav'd my life.
Henry The Fourth, Part 1 Act 5, scene 4, 115–121
Bear in mind that this phrase deals with counterfeit appearances, but now has come to be used as a warning to keep one's mouth closed. To put my message in terms that my father taught me: Be quiet, because you're about to get yourself in Big Trouble. Usually followed by the warning about having the last word. And after that, Big Trouble.
ellebud, I'm loving the boots and I owe you an email, hang on, it's coming!
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"One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision." Bertrand Russell, The Triumph of Stupidity
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