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Ridiculous Decadency
dennis:
--- Quote from: JimmytheSquid on 16 Mar 2008, 16:34 ---Also the dude in the orange pants... As soon as I saw him I choked on my water. If I saw him on the street I would just start laughing. If that's what is fashionable now I'm glad I have nothing to do with it.
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It's not that orange pants are the fashion, it's that that guy put together the outfit for himself. It might look ridiculous on someone else, and he's certainly taking the chance that he might look ridiculous to some people, but doesn't care.
It depends if you think fashion is a uniform (like you) or if fashion is an art (like Kieffer), but you both agree that what clothes you choose to wear is important to your personality.
Patrick:
Jackson Pollock can suck my cock and so can Louis Vuitton.
KharBevNor:
Yeah, I'm not really getting how fashion being art makes a difference. Of course fashion is art. All human creativity is art, so of course that outfit is art. But then again, so is furry porn.
0bsessions:
I like the turn this thread has taken. The "what crap I spend my money on pissing contest" was kind of boring.
Let me add up my outfit, this is American currency:
T-Shirt: $10 at Kohls
Jeans: $25 at Kohls (You'd be surprised how hard it is to find men's jeans that suit chicken legs combined with an actual ass)
Socks: I'm not even fucking sure, probably like $2 in the grand scheme
Boxers: $6 on sale at Old Navy
Shoes: $35 Vans on sale at Kohls
Watch: $50 at some mall kiosk
Necklace: $20 cheap silver thing from a separate mall kiosk with a guitar pick attached via a small loop earring which cost $2 at the same kiosk
Celtic knot ring: No idea, my mother gave it to me when I moved out about five years ago. Her, my brother and I have matching ones, though I think they've both lost their's.
Jacket: $80 at Wilson's leather liquidation sale (Though it's a birthday present). Rachel didn't like it until she found out it was Guess, which apparently matters. Now it's "growing on her."Fucking label chaser.
Total: $160. This is literally everything on my person at present that is not physically emblazoned onto my skin. Noting that the shoes, watch, necklace, ring and jacket are all things I wear every day (I own two pairs of shoes, that's it), my "interchangeable" ensemble is roughly $43 worth of clothes. I don't have an "eye for fashion" by any means. I couldn't tell you what's bold or what's cutting edge and I definitely can't watch the trends and anticipate what's ever going to be "in." I do know what looks good on me, though. I'm unflinchingly casual in my typical wardrobe and it works for me. I'm always in a T-Shirt and jeans, but I always look good. My style works. I'm also into function to an extent. My Vans are more comfortable than your shoes, and that goes out to everyone in this thread. It's not so much a principle, I'm just cheap and if I can look good without spending half my paycheck, I will.
I'm not one to actually judge folks who follow fashion, though. Most of us have a similar vice. As I mentioned, I'm a techno-geek. I remember a day and age when I worked with cell phones and got into a severe cell phone judgment pattern. I could look at someone and pretty much predict what style phone they'd have. If they had a phone that conflicted their style, I would actually judge it in my head just a wee bit.
Patrick:
Let's see here.
T-shirt: $20 at T-shirt Orgy in Berkeley
Pants: $20 Levi 501s, bought at Bitburg AFB so they were cheaper
Socks: $5 for a pack of like 6 pairs
Necklace: free at a street fair in Berkeley (and it's my favourite necklace ever)
Slippers: Gifts, I do not want to know how much they were because they're lambskin and wool-lined
Total: $45 from my pocket
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