Jeans, black shirt, and black or grey sweater here. Only wear one pair of shoes per season. Currently tennis shoes and sandals when it gets warm.
It takes me all of 5-7 minutes to get ready in the morning and I love it.
So it looks like we are moving away from discussion of 50 shades of grey tees to how everyone simplifies their dressing routine.
“Ask me to get dressed up for an “occasion” and there goes an hour of my life!”
If you have the right clothes in your closet, “dressing up” is easy. My rule of thumb: (i) no clothing item should take longer than a few seconds to put on; (ii) if I don’t like it or it no longer fits, it is out of my closet so it does not clutter useful clothes, (iii) the wardrobe should be easily coordinated without spending an agonizing amount of time of whether a certain shirt goes with a certain skirt.
It takes me literally 2 minutes to look professional, the exact same time it takes me to put on my garden clothes on. An example: a silk jersey dress and tights. Boom. That’s it. Not a single button or zipper to mess with. I might throw a blazer on if it is needed for a more formal business environment.
It does take me 5 minutes to “glam up” for a special occasion (because 3 are spent on “makeup”). It seriously helps that I don’t do makeup. 
" I might throw a blazer on if it is needed for a more formal business environment"
See…right there you made it too complicated… Now my head hurts. #:-S
Much much easier to stay far away from formal business environments.
And the blazer (which is a leather or a St John like jacket needing no ironing) makes it a 3-piece outfit, so it adds 3 more seconds to dressing time. But then I do not need a coat. 
How many minutes does an average American waste on watching stupid cat videos on YouTube and checking Facebook?
See, it’s not the cat videos. Like Mark Zuckerberg** I have my own company, I have no one to impress, I like wearing simple black and grey clothes. Because they are simple. It’s like my house. It’s modern. It’s simple. That’s all.
**from my lips to Gods ear
My point is that by calling our attention to simplification of our lives to free up time, MZ hopes that the freed up time would be spent on Facebook, which will provide a few more $$ in his pocket to expand his collection of grey tees.
While I think this is much ado about nothing, I’ll take complaining about this over complaining about sharing pictures of his daughter’s vaccinations any day!
In short–a grey tee death spiral.
I understand his aesthetic. Different people are distracted by different visual cues. Personally, I admire my friends who make a real effort to dress in creative and sometimes outlandish ways. It’s just not me. I am distracted by dress choice. Right now, I am rethinking this choice of Levis. I would be much more comfortable if I had on the black pants. Just as some people have a simple diet and couldn’t be bothered about distracting meal choices, I have a highly varied diet and I think about what’s for lunch all morning.
On to dinner!
I had to wear business casual under a lab coat. I rotated my different colored slacks and grabbed a blouse to go with the pants depending on the weather i.e. long sleeve vs. short sleeve and then shoes. Easy.
I may have a totally repetitive/dull wardrobe for work, but for special occasions I go all out.
I am so grateful to have the means to buy choice in my wardrobe. Most days, I really enjoy choosing what I am going to wear. And even when I’m not into making a clothing decision, I’m still thankful that I can. Eliminating the decision isn’t everyone’s idea of simplifying life.
For many, myself included, it’s not eliminating decision as much as it’s eliminating distracting visual cues.
I wear all sorts of crazy stuff. My kids get veto power when I’m out with them, though, as does my husband 
Wow, so interesting! So the thread started about MZ. MZ got a fair amount of bashing. Yet towards the end of this thread, we see that many here do EXACTLY what he is getting bashed about. Reaching for a “uniform” of some sort on a daily basis. Black pants w/black-grey top - over and over again. Is it ok because these people aren’t rich and famous? Because they aren’t putting it on FB and “bragging”???
Or it it just simply a matter of importance - or actually non-importance to not have to mix it up?
Abasket, I do not take it as bashing. If you put yourself in public spotlight, expect that someone will make lol comments about you.
And there is a difference between having a wardrobe of similar colored items for easy coordination and buying 50 of exact same grey tee to self-brand.
My point is that MZ yes, had several (did we see 50?) hoodies and tshirts perfectly alike. But people here said they will buy 3 pairs of the same pants or a closet full of black shirts only. So…if people are knocking MZ for lack of diversity in the closet - would they knock “mom in America” who only wears black tops and pants???
I would be so bored wearing one color daily. If a t shirt fits well, buy in a few colors. Just as easy to dress in the morning.
Do you think he really hangs his t-shirts on hangers? That is the most bizarre part of this.
About 15 years ago a friend of mine went to a yard sale at Anne Rice’s house. Most of the items were clothes that were unworn and still in unopened packaging. It was clear that she, or an assistant, had ordered several of the same garment in different colors in case she liked it. So there would be 5 of the same shirt, etc. Maybe that’s a common clothes buying strategy for someone with tons of money, no time to shop, and little desire to be seen in public.
Abasket, people are poking fun of a corporate goon who pretends to “stick it to the man” by defying corporate wardrobe. It is a superficial smoke and mirrors, image- and brand-building “schtick” that many of us with corporate experience can smell from a mile away.
I am not saying there is anything wrong with that! On the contrary, he is the CEO of a major tech, publicly traded company, and his utmost goal is to uphold his promise to the shareholders by maximizing Facebook’s profit. He needs to retain the youngsters who move away from commercial ads and old fert Facebook users who are snooping on them as they walk on thin ice.
The “schtick” worked - the internet is abuzz. He already scored a bunch of points with Romani… There’s got to be some Facebook stock in my mutual funds, so yeah, good for me if it keeps my profits up. But I have been around corporate world long enough to smell corporate bs from afar to interpret it as anything but a customer-directed image prop. As I said, nothing is wrong with that, but it is not “defiance.”