As much as sanguine is going to storm in here and present his point more eloquently than I:

They look good.

I love hot clothes. But I also like nakedness. I'm happy with either.

Hot clothes can accentuate hot features, albeit primarily facial and general shape...
But as has been said above, they're basically decoration.  If warmth and modesty were our only reasons for wearing them we might as well have stayed with animal skins and maple leaves

nakedness is sexy.
just going for the obvious =)

ok that was a really pointless thing to say.

suits are shexy

As many of you know I'm happy to expose myself. I don't really like being a sex object, which I often feel a bit vulnerable to when I'm exposed. I do like to show off my physical assets, so to speak, but often I try to do it with humour- it makes me feel more confident.

For practicality's sake, though, I don't like being naked in the long term. Unfortunately most DD breasts that aren't done surgically tend to feel incredibly uncomfortable sans bra. I wish very much that I could go bra-less but I won't even sit around in my PJs it feels that urgh. Anything more strenuous than walking (stairs, swimming, moving stuff around) and I need a bra. I also love a good pair of undies, 'cause I'm not a fan of feeling the wind around my nethers (I get cold!) so while you'll catch me totally stoked to run around in my underwear, anything less is just uncomfortable, more physically than psychologically.

Clothes or no clothes people are going to have to look at you. Usually it's clothes, and to look at a person wearing clothes is usually (for me at least) not really eventful, but sometimes interesting/attractive/informative. No clothes is an event. Inside, I react when I see a naked person. Sometimes good, sometimes bad, but always at least part of it is purely because of the nakedness itself.

So I think there seems to be something moral involved because going naked forces a feeling on others. And as most people seem to be pretty libertarian their moral antennae react to someone being forced to do something, even if it is experiencing an internal reaction (how many times do you hear queerphobic people say, "I don't mind if they're gay, as long as they don't make any reference to it in front of me..."?).

Naturists/people who pose in the artistic big naked photos...anyone involved with en masse nekkidness always say that the novelty wears off pretty quickly. So I think the answer might be: nudity is rarely seen in public because nudity is rarely seen in public. The "shock" value of nudity is what people in this society generally object to, I think, and once the first step is taken to getting rid of that the rest will easily follow.

But I could be totally wrong. It frequently happens.

Personally, being nude in front of others is arousing for some reason. So I only let it happen when it's appropriate to be aroused. Because arousal+nakedness+inappropriate circumstances for physical display of arousal = major embarrasment+possible legal ramifications.

I like clothes a lot. Clothes let me accentuate my good bits (nothing like a frame to make you pay attention to the painting!), and let me downplay the parts of me I'm less comfortable with. Also, let's face it, penises are not so fun without underwear, seeing as they're natural sweat-magnets, and enough sweat down there starts getting really uncomfortable really quick.

With that said, I also like being naked too. I am often naked around my house or Erinkyan's house (or at the occasional event, like last Friday at Provocation...). Like a few people, I like being naked around people comfortable around nakedness. Others... not so much. I need to feel safe to be nude.