Topic: Re: Let's have a fashion advice thread. - A (Read 311723 times)

Gemmwah · « **Reply #4000 on:** 27 May 2010, 11:22 »

i know but i was desperate, my chucks were literally falling apart when i put them back on after bowling, and they were only £25 so bargain, really.

i mean FUCK YEAH PUNX FUCK

also the white bits will be well and truly filthy within a week and then they won't look quite so hip hop.

Liz · « **Reply #4001 on:** 27 May 2010, 11:23 »

Airwalks are pretty classy, Gemm.

Lines · « **Reply #4002 on:** 27 May 2010, 13:09 »

Add real paint splatters and then they'll be art punx. Yuss.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #4003 on:** 27 May 2010, 13:50 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 21 May 2010, 20:00

They're OK as far as Jordans go. I do actually really like earthy tones on sneakers though, if I was gonna get sneakers again a pair of Vegan Saucony Jazz would be high on the list.

Dovey. Dovey. I have these. And they are SO COMFORTABLE.

You can hike in them, and also play badminton, as I am demonstrating here.

Lines · « **Reply #4004 on:** 27 May 2010, 18:27 »

I want these dresses. Especially the last one, but it's out of stock. :c

Metope · « **Reply #4005 on:** 27 May 2010, 18:38 »

Argh, stop tempting me with modcloth! Also yes, the last one would be so perfect for you. The colour would look amazing with your hair and skin tone, and seeing how you're tall you'd look like a greek goddess!

It's so weird, I used to not like dresses that went all the way down at all, but I'm really warming up to them these days. Kinda want one for myself now!

Lines · « **Reply #4006 on:** 27 May 2010, 18:55 »

I was browsing around for dresses because I'm going to two weddings this summer and I want something classy and that last one is the best one I've found so far. And of COURSE it's out of stock. Arg. I wants it so...

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4007 on:** 27 May 2010, 20:22 »

Quote from: redglasscurls on 27 May 2010, 13:50

You can hike in them, and also play badminton, as I am demonstrating here.

Badminton! There are so many things right about this photo.

Anyway holy crap I have not seen Airwalks at all since I was 15 or something. I wasn't sure they still existed!

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #4008 on:** 28 May 2010, 02:33 »

Over the last few months it slowly dawned on me that I am the only person at work over the age of 25 or so who still shleps his laptop in every day in a beat up back pack. In an effort to look more grown up (which has been rather strongly encouraged) I have purchased and am awaiting the arrival of one of these:

Thoughts?

Graphite · « **Reply #4009 on:** 28 May 2010, 02:54 »

I am a big fan of bags of that style in theory, but in practice I've always found that backpacks are more comfortable for carrying moderately heavy things like laptops, and better for your back. Is your laptop relatively light?

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #4010 on:** 28 May 2010, 03:55 »

Light enough that walking from the car to the elevator to my office it's no big deal. I expect when I travel I will still throw it (and everything else) into the back pack.

Graphite · « **Reply #4011 on:** 28 May 2010, 04:18 »

In that case, A+ bag.

Fashion thread, what is your opinion on this earring/wrap thing? I love the idea but do not know how I feel about it being pewter. (Perhaps this should be in the tattoos/piercings thread. Also, wow there is some terrible stuff on that site.)

redglasscurls · « **Reply #4012 on:** 28 May 2010, 04:29 »

Honestly? I think it is hideous and terrible. But that is because I am not a 16 year old boy who is into D&D or a weird 40 year old new-age lady, who seem to be the main audience for things being sold on that site.

tania · « **Reply #4013 on:** 28 May 2010, 04:31 »

tee hee hee hee that is a the same sort of bag that dovey owns, i can always tell because it is the only company as far as i know that is proud to display their bags lounging around in piles of dirt

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4014 on:** 28 May 2010, 04:34 »

Clearly it is the bag of choice for a certain type of forumite (by which I mean male).

Eris · « **Reply #4015 on:** 28 May 2010, 04:48 »

too bad the bags are ridiculously expensive!

est · « **Reply #4016 on:** 28 May 2010, 04:54 »

The company sounds alright, but they charge a lot for extremely plain leather satchel bags.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4017 on:** 28 May 2010, 05:16 »

Quote from: Graphite on 28 May 2010, 04:18

Fashion thread, what is your opinion on this earring/wrap thing? I love the idea but do not know how I feel about it being pewter. (Perhaps this should be in the tattoos/piercings thread. Also, wow there is some terrible stuff on that site.)

I'm with redglasscurls on that one. It's kind of terrible but I can think of a few folks who could rock it pretty easily. Also, unless the wrap around works better than the picture seems to indicate, it doesn't seem like it'd be terribly easy to keep on and also pewter is a terrible material to be trying to wear in a piercing.

Edit - Oh god, upon further inspection of the other jewelry and clothing on that site, it's like a shitty shitty Claire's and Hot Topic hybrid New Age theme store.

pwhodges · « **Reply #4018 on:** 28 May 2010, 05:22 »

But the pewter doesn't go in the piercing; there is a surgical steel post.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4019 on:** 28 May 2010, 06:19 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 28 May 2010, 05:22

But the pewter doesn't go in the piercing; there is a surgical steel post.

Ah ha! I somehow managed to not catch that in the description. So not so terrible to wear health wise then.

Emaline · « **Reply #4020 on:** 28 May 2010, 12:08 »

*I actually like the pyramid collection. Yeah, they've got a bunch of shit, and yeah they are kinda hokey, but you can find some damned good dresses on that site/magazine.

And I think that Saddleback is a good company, and not too expensive when you consider the warranty, and what it's made of. Good leather is expensive, and this shit will last you 100 years. Yeah it still costs a lot of money, but you'll spend $300 easily when you are buying leather bags for the next 100 years. Consider it a good investment for your grandkids.

*I should probably point out that my apartment, body, various homemade bath products, all smell like patchouli, and I dress funny(I was once told I dress "like a Neil Gaiman character") so yeah....

jmrz · « **Reply #4021 on:** 28 May 2010, 16:44 »

When I was in Florence, Italy, I spent close to $500AU on a leather handbag. I love it to pieces and I really should use it more. When I was over there, I decided that if I was to buy anything, it'd be a proper leather handbag.

est · « **Reply #4022 on:** 28 May 2010, 19:13 »

See I never get this whole thing where you buy something to last you 100 years or to hand down to your kids or something. I get sick of most items of clothing and accessories within about 5 years or so, then they break from use and it gives me a good reason to buy a new thing. It's been working pretty well for me so far.

I used to buy $100 shoes for the office. They'd die in a few years, I'd buy new ones, repeat. This time around I bought a $300 pair of shoes and they lasted me a fortnight before the heels fell off entirely. Had to take them back and the guy gave me lip about "walking funny". Fuck you, the heels fell off. He put new ones on and I got some non-slip tread on the soles because they were leather soled, but now it's a couple years later and they push out to one side and squeak and I'm kind of getting sick of them and want to buy a new pair anyway. For the same amount of money I could have bought 2 or 3 different pair of the cheap ones and rotated through instead and probably have come out of it better off.

Fashion thread, I'm looking to make my work wardrobe a bit more interesting. At the moment I have 3 pair work trousers - one plain black, one black with pinstripes, one black with very subtle stripes. Bor-ang. Probably going to get some nice grey trousers and not sure about kind of chocolate brown ones. I've seen some people pull it off, but I am not sure if I am that kind of person.

Next is to get some darker wintery business shirts, as the ones I have now are all lighter. A few ones with stripes, a couple with a grid pattern, a couple of plain, but they are all white-based at the moment. Again, kind of boring. Want to get some with black, brown or dark blue as a base. Should go with the grey trousers alright.

And finally I want a couple new pairs of shoes. I want a pair of dark brown shoes, but if I only get one pair of these I know I'll want to wear them all the time, so I'm thinking I should also get a new black pair at the same time.

Anyone have any suggestions based on that general outline for combinations that'd work well together? Looking to have a few in mind when I go out to buy so I'm not just generally walking about looking at every shirt in the place as per usual.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4023 on:** 28 May 2010, 21:56 »

Quote from: est on 28 May 2010, 19:13

See I never get this whole thing where you buy something to last you 100 years or to hand down to your kids or something. I get sick of most items of clothing and accessories within about 5 years or so, then they break from use and it gives me a good reason to buy a new thing. It's been working pretty well for me so far.

I mean I've said this a number of times before but I reckon that's mostly true but on the other hand there are certain things that you want to last because you're never not going to want/need it, i.e; briefcase/bag, black shoes etc.

I should really take some pics of my Saddleback bag now that it has got a bit of patina going. It is so pretty, even the spots where my keys have scratched the leather add to the overall look and make it so much cooler.

Metope · « **Reply #4024 on:** 28 May 2010, 23:26 »

When I was in Greece a few years back, I bought a leather bag for 60 euro (73 usd), and if it is anything like my mother's leather bag (it is) that she bought in the same area when she was 18 (she uses it frequently and it's still in perfect condition) it looks like it will last me forever. Robust, gorgeous AND cheap!

Lines · « **Reply #4025 on:** 29 May 2010, 05:49 »

Est, my general opinion is that grey goes with everything, so I think you're right in getting a pair of those. Also how about dark blue pants? Brown is nice, but pretty much every guy I've seen walking around downtown looks really good in blue.

Melodic · « **Reply #4026 on:** 30 May 2010, 23:59 »

what would I wear if I didn't give a bitchin' about fashion

Alex C · « **Reply #4027 on:** 31 May 2010, 00:07 »

Yeah, I can get behind the buy quality for something like bags, but not necessarily for shoes. I tear through shoes like a motherfucker, and I've learned the hard way that cost does not equal quality. Maybe it works if your lifestyle lets you basically sit your ass down immediately after putting them on? I don't know. I have had some work shoes and boots that have lasted ages before, but they were relatively cheap.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4028 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 04:20 »

Well it's a bit more complicated than just more expensive=more better

Alex C · « **Reply #4029 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 06:08 »

And a freakish amount of people just do not understand that. At all. There's 20 dollar an ounce sun screen out there, ya know? A lady I dated used it. Stuff worked like shit. Rich people confuse me sometimes.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4030 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 06:09 »

That was weird, the sun cream just went up 2 dollars.

That is ridiculous. How much is an ounce? Like, one application?

Alex C · « **Reply #4031 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 06:19 »

I have no idea. But unless you're applying that crap with an eye dropper I don't see it working out economically. She didn't seem to have an eyedropper.

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #4032 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 07:09 »

Maybe she did. Maybe she tried to make it last longer than regular priced sunscreen and didn't put enough on for it to be effective.

Eris · « **Reply #4033 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 19:50 »

ok, so I have basically already decided about this, but still:

Y/N?

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4034 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 19:54 »

Quote from: Eris on 01 Jun 2010, 19:50

Y/N/FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

hey there

Lines · « **Reply #4035 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 20:07 »

The answer is WELL DUH.

Er. Ahem. Yes.

Drill King · « **Reply #4036 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 21:23 »

Man I just don't think corsets look good, I wish I did.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #4037 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 21:27 »

Yeah me either really, also when are you gonna wear them? If I spend a lot of money on something I want it to be something I can get a lot of use out of.

tania · « **Reply #4038 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 21:57 »

i am not a big fan of corsets either, to be honest. the whole tiny waist and exaggerated curves thing just looks uncomfortable and weird to me, and like lunchy said i just can't see the practicality of them.
t shirts 4 lyfe

Lunchbox · « **Reply #4039 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:01 »

T-shirt sisters o/

Drill King · « **Reply #4040 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:02 »

T-shirt/sleeveless? o/?

Drill King · « **Reply #4041 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:03 »

actually to be fair the love of my life is sports bras that are black and can pass for non-too-sexy midriff comfy oh god montreal was 40C

Ozymandias · « **Reply #4042 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:04 »

Ohhhh noooo a fashion thing seems impractical and uncomfortable like new raw denim and heels and every other thing.

Hannah, A+

tania · « **Reply #4043 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:07 »

but i don't like raw demin or heels either...

Ozymandias · « **Reply #4044 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:08 »

Yeah me neither

Ozymandias · « **Reply #4045 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:08 »

But they look good on other people so I like looking at those people

Lunchbox · « **Reply #4046 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:10 »

Yeah see I don't do those either, but if I was mad enough to, they're still things you can wear often, out in the street, to work, on Friday nights, etc.
Corsets you can really only wear to balls and goth nights.

Drill King · « **Reply #4047 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:13 »

yeah corsets aren't really a comfort thing for me because I know they can apparently be comfortable. I guess that they just look too forced.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #4048 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:13 »

Hannah buy lots of socks and cardigans and fingerless gloves instead.

tania · « **Reply #4049 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:22 »

and boots and sweatervests and button down shirts

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