Topic: Re: Let's have a fashion advice thread. - B (Read 115059 times)

michaelicious · « **Reply #850 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 15:11 »

Alright so I know that conventional wisdom states that any self-respecting man shouldn't wear brown shoes with black pants but I got a pair of black Levi's 516s and decided to see how they'd look with a pair of brown shoes I have and the more I look at them together the more confused I get because it actually looks pretty good. Also I tried some lighter brown boots I have and that looked good too.

What's happening here? Does that 'rule' only apply to dress pants?

Lunchbox · « **Reply #851 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 15:41 »

I guess so. Everything looks good with black jeans. I need a pair.

Liz · « **Reply #852 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 17:45 »

I think that rule is more geared towards dress pants and shoes, not casual wear. But I am not a boy and I do not wear boy fashions.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #853 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 17:54 »

I got these today, wool Levi's 201's, modeled after their vintage workwear line.

And I want this.

And maybe the tobacco 501's and the rigid selvedge 501's because 45 bucks for a pair of selvedge levi's seems like a good call.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #854 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 17:55 »

Those 201's are wool btw, which is awesome.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #855 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 18:25 »

Man I am looking for some chocolate brown jeans actually and I cannot find any. It is shitting me off.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #856 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 18:27 »

I dunno if brown denim is a thing that exists. May have to settle for cords or wool pants, brochacho.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #857 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 18:29 »

Brown Levi's 501's STF

Tobacco Levi's 501's STF

There are at least two pairs, if you are willing to get them from the internet.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #858 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 18:35 »

I totally had an awesome pair of brown jeans when I was at uni. If I wore them with black boots, a wide black leather belt and a black linen shirt I looked like a fucking pirate. Shit. Yes.
Also thanks Kieffer! The tobacco ones are way too light for me but I'm digging the darker ones. They're not quite what I had in mind but they are the closest I've seen so far. Little leery of buying trousers off of the net though.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #859 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 18:54 »

Levi's make a brown 'work pant' that are cut like jeans but not made out of denim? They have them at Myer.
Max wanted some but I was leery of letting him buy brown pants because he does have many shirts that would look nice with them. Also they didn't have any in his size.

Alex C · « **Reply #860 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 19:02 »

Quote from: michaelicious on 04 Jan 2011, 15:11

Alright so I know that conventional wisdom states that any self-respecting man shouldn't wear brown shoes with black pants but I got a pair of black Levi's 516s and decided to see how they'd look with a pair of brown shoes I have and the more I look at them together the more confused I get because it actually looks pretty good. Also I tried some lighter brown boots I have and that looked good too.

For casual stuff it's doable, but you'll have to be a more daring man than I am. You'll really need to look at more than just the pants and the shoes in question since you can no longer assume you have a coordinated base to build on. That means if you pick the wrong top or jacket and you can end up looking like a bit of a clown. Personally, I just avoid black unless I really plan on letting it be the dominant color in the outfit.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #861 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 19:11 »

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 04 Jan 2011, 18:35

I totally had an awesome pair of brown jeans when I was at uni. If I wore them with black boots, a wide black leather belt and a black linen shirt I looked like a fucking pirate. Shit. Yes.
Also thanks Kieffer! The tobacco ones are way too light for me but I'm digging the darker ones. They're not quite what I had in mind but they are the closest I've seen so far. Little leery of buying trousers off of the net though.

I dunno how sizes work in australia, but I generally wear a 30/32, and when buying those jeans I buy a 31/34 or 32/34 and then wear em in and wash them. I've heard people say they fit tight in the thighs though.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #862 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 02:20 »

They so swag tho.

Like these is real tight jeans nicca.

est · « **Reply #863 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 03:07 »

Saying that with two cees instead of gees doesn't make it any less ridiculous. It probably actually makes it moreso.

est · « **Reply #864 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 03:08 »

Like, I know you are probably joking or whatever, but we have the word filter on the regular version of that word for a reason.

michaelicious · « **Reply #865 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 06:27 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 05 Jan 2011, 03:14

Jackson Pollock was a nicca.

Jesus Christ and Grandma, too.

amok · « **Reply #866 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 10:09 »

Quote from: Professor Snuggles on 04 Jan 2011, 18:29

Brown Levi's 501's STF

Damn, these are awesome but just checked and they're 3x the price in Europe for some reason.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #867 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 10:27 »

Quote from: est on 05 Jan 2011, 03:08

Like, I know you are probably joking or whatever, but we have the word filter on the regular version of that word for a reason.

Because we are always subconsciously aware and feel oddly guilty about the fact that we have, like, no black people on this forum and so we have to compensate.

nekowafer · « **Reply #868 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 11:09 »

I'm considering sewing my own damn pants at this point. It is almost impossible to find anything that fits me close to properly, even after hours and hours of shopping and trying on pants and annoying my boyfriend by making him sit and wait for me.

On a similar note, I bought a denim catsuit the other day. Which I then proceeded to cut up to make pants. But, the fact is that I bought a denim catsuit.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #869 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 11:25 »

Quote from: amok on 05 Jan 2011, 10:09

Quote from: Professor Snuggles on 04 Jan 2011, 18:29
Brown Levi's 501's STF

Damn, these are awesome but just checked and they're 3x the price in Europe for some reason.

Yeah they jack up the EU prices because Levi's is an AMERICAN original and if you want that shit you gotta cough up the skrills.

Even though they're made in like malaysia or some shit now.

pwhodges · « **Reply #870 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 12:11 »

I think every pair of 501s I've ever had was made in a different country. This might account for the fact that no two pairs have fitted the same either, the same size varying from too tight to do up to my wife commenting how baggy they were.

Lines · « **Reply #871 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 13:12 »

Quote from: nekowafer on 05 Jan 2011, 11:09

On a similar note, I bought a denim catsuit the other day. Which I then proceeded to cut up to make pants. But, the fact is that I bought a denim catsuit.

Please tell me you took pictures first.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #872 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 19:01 »

Quote from: nekowafer on 05 Jan 2011, 11:09

I'm considering sewing my own damn pants at this point. It is almost impossible to find anything that fits me close to properly, even after hours and hours of shopping and trying on pants and annoying my boyfriend by making him sit and wait for me.

On a similar note, I bought a denim catsuit the other day. Which I then proceeded to cut up to make pants. But, the fact is that I bought a denim catsuit.

THERE'S ALWAYS PAJAMA JEANS

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #873 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 19:06 »

In that color and black. Came with a free george strait cd too!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #874 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 19:09 »

Hey I just bought a Dickies shirt that is almost exactly the same, in black. Shirt buddiesssss

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #875 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 19:11 »

Swag. Mines wrangler tho, cuz like that's my jam.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #876 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 19:11 »

but you knew that.

nekowafer · « **Reply #877 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 19:13 »

No, I did not take a picture. I should have. They're wide-leg jeans which previously had long triangles coming out of the top that attached behind the neck in an amazingly awful halter-top.

I love fatties, I honestly do, but no one that wears a 3x size (which is this catsuit's size) should EVER wear a catsuit. Or a halter-top without a back.

Allybee · « **Reply #878 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 19:18 »

went thrifting in seedy allston mass today. this short sleeve crop top jacket capelet thing was like 3 dollars and I like the shape but I have no idea if I can pull this shit off.

I really want to start aiming my wardrobe towards like a 70s southwestern kind of look but I am having trouble finding things that are not tacky. I've only bought grey items of clothing in the last few weeks, oops. suggestions for online shops like free people but better?

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #879 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 20:02 »

Ally as your former surrogate board brother I have to suggest that you DON'T go for that look.

But like if you're psyched do it.

Allybee · « **Reply #880 on:** 05 Jan 2011, 20:11 »

Quote from: Allybee on 05 Jan 2011, 19:18

I am having trouble finding things that are not tacky

yea.........

Ballard · « **Reply #881 on:** 06 Jan 2011, 04:20 »

Quote from: Allybee on 05 Jan 2011, 19:18

thrifting

Quote from: Allybee on 05 Jan 2011, 19:18

allston mass

Not sure what you mean by 70s southwestern but that grey top looks good on you.

Do you mean like Gram Parsons?

David_Dovey · « **Reply #882 on:** 06 Jan 2011, 07:27 »

haha oh shit Ally buy a Nudie suit

valley_parade · « **Reply #883 on:** 06 Jan 2011, 09:16 »

Quote from: Professor Snuggles on 05 Jan 2011, 19:11

Swag. Mines wrangler tho, cuz like that's my jam.

Kieffer, I feel like you're using "swag" in the way that the Daily Show's Michael Steele puppet uses "bibbles".

Dazed · « **Reply #884 on:** 06 Jan 2011, 09:33 »

Allston is seedy?

McTaggart · « **Reply #885 on:** 06 Jan 2011, 22:21 »

Guys what the crap do you wear at a funeral? The most appropriate shoes I've got are these neat black desert boots but I don't know if they're appropriate enough? Do the pants have to be black or is too much black a little oppressive? Is a dark charcoal ok? Shit I really don't want to fuck this up.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #886 on:** 06 Jan 2011, 22:23 »

Wear whatever you've got as long as it's not too flashy. You don't have to be super-black or super-formal. Just tidy.

Yayniall · « **Reply #887 on:** 07 Jan 2011, 01:51 »

Bang tidy.

Lines · « **Reply #888 on:** 07 Jan 2011, 06:00 »

Tidy, dark colors.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #889 on:** 07 Jan 2011, 08:32 »

You just don't want to be the one who stands out in a funny color and seems not to understand the gravity of the event.

Ballard · « **Reply #890 on:** 07 Jan 2011, 11:36 »

Desert boots are fine.

Allston is so fucking seedy.

Dazed · « **Reply #891 on:** 07 Jan 2011, 12:30 »

I guess we just have vastly different ideas of what constitutes seedy then.

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #892 on:** 07 Jan 2011, 12:41 »

kieffer your wrangler kick is making you dress like my stepbrother who is in rodeos and stuff. i don't know how i feel about this.

Toba · « **Reply #893 on:** 07 Jan 2011, 18:54 »

Square toed shoes y/n

I say y, who cares if they 'went out of style' in 2007

Ballard · « **Reply #894 on:** 08 Jan 2011, 04:22 »

Sam got it.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #895 on:** 08 Jan 2011, 12:33 »

Quote from: Toba on 07 Jan 2011, 18:54

Square toed shoes y/n

I say y, who cares if they 'went out of style' in 2007

Y

if you are this guy

Gemmwah · « **Reply #896 on:** 09 Jan 2011, 14:57 »

I bought some dressesssss!

I bought this dress and I wore it today and it looks rather smashing, and I bought this dress for the wedding reception I went to last night and it is so boss oh my godddddddd.

Lines · « **Reply #897 on:** 09 Jan 2011, 19:02 »

Gemm, you must post pictures of you in that second dress ohmygodit'samazing.

Allybee · « **Reply #898 on:** 09 Jan 2011, 19:49 »

Quote from: Dazed on 07 Jan 2011, 12:30

I guess we just have vastly different ideas of what constitutes seedy then.

I walked by someone and they started hissing "homo! faggot!" over and over again at my back/nobody. that's at least sort of seedy.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #899 on:** 09 Jan 2011, 21:24 »

Quote from: BrittanyMarie on 07 Jan 2011, 12:41

kieffer your wrangler kick is making you dress like my stepbrother who is in rodeos and stuff. i don't know how i feel about this.

If it helps I feel really good about that.

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