Topic: Re: Let's have a fashion advice thread. - A (Read 311365 times)

Eris · « **Reply #4050 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:22 »

See, I have been making those same arguments to myself and convincing myself to not get a corset ever since I first went into Gallery Serpentine so that I didn't go and buy one. This has been going on for 2 years and I still really want a corset, so obviously the arguments aren't doing that well. I am definitely a t-shirt and jeans person, but at the same time I am trying to dress up when the occasion calls for it. A corset may be for balls and goth nights, but they can also be for special occasions when you want to dress up, or just wear something a bit fancy and different. This one I want to get isn't a huge overbust victorian velvet-and-lace deal, it is a small, pinstriped underbust dealy that I can wear in a wider variety of situations.

Plus it's my birthday coming up and I can afford to buy it and it makes my waist looks tiny and I look curvier in general and I like it. I am slowly trying to push my limits on what I wear and how I look in general, and move away from stuff that will let me blend into the crowd, so I learn to deal with people noticing me, and I was so happy when I finally tried it on and it looked nice.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4051 on:** 01 Jun 2010, 22:39 »

Quote from: Eris on 01 Jun 2010, 22:22

I was so happy when I finally tried it on and it looked nice.

Most important thing.

Also that you look hot as several tamales.

Graphite · « **Reply #4052 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 05:06 »

As you said, there are situations other than formal events and goth events where you can wear it - with a loose pale shirt underneath it, with pants, for example, if you just want to feel a bit slick and pulled together but still unusual.
Also it suits you and you have wanted one for a long time, despite trying to convince yourself not to get one, so if you can reasonably afford it then it is worth it.

Lines · « **Reply #4053 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 05:34 »

Underbust corsets are a little more versatile and you can wear them more often and you don't have to be limited to fancy things and goth night.

Also, I too am a very t-shirt and jeans kind of girl, but I still really want a corset and actually, they aren't that uncomfortable. It's more comfortable than binding anyways.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #4054 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 05:51 »

Hannah if you don't buy that I will never forgive you.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4055 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 07:12 »

You look excellent in it.

Do, however, remember that the statement above comes from someone who stumbled into this thread accidentally and who once got yelled at for liking David Tennants Dr.Who suit WITH sneakers.

Still, go for it.

axerton · « **Reply #4056 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 07:44 »

lunchy by the logic of only buying things that you wear oftern, that would mean that you wouldn't have any nice dresses or good shoes or silly accessories. Lunchy, that would mean most people wouldn't formal gear. I dont know about you, but that world just isn't a world worth living in.

Hannah, buy the corset, and if you're worried about not having enough chances to wear it, make a chance to wear it, just go to work or out shopping one day, dressed up. Make the world a little better with your style.

tania · « **Reply #4057 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 08:10 »

if i am thinking the same as lunchy i think by "often" she means clothes that have some sort of long-term practicality to them, not literally how often you wear it. i have some pricey formal wear that i wear at job interviews and meetings and fancy occasions and so on, which obviously don't happen every day, but i justify the cost based on the fact that at those events it's important to look good and present yourself well and something like a good blouse or solid pair of dress pants you can keep around for years because they never really go out of style. however, the idea of dropping a whole ton of money on a fashionable thing that i only wear a couple of times a year purely for the sake of having something expensive and weird in my wardrobe and nothing else honestly just seems really wasteful and consumerist to me. it makes a lot more sense to me to spend that sort of money on things i am actually going to wear relatively often and where the money is going towards the quality and durability of the material, like a good bag or a snazzy pair of boots. then again my job sucks and i make like no money ever so maybe i will change my mind once i grow up and have a slightly better salary.

i am not actually sure what i am arguing anymore since hannah already said she will be wearing that corset fairly often, i guess i am more weirded out by the idea of having a wardrobe consisting of different impractical things that you only wear once in a while because what the heck who even has that kind of money? i sure don't.

Drill King · « **Reply #4058 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 10:37 »

I am not really arguing practicality. I just think they look strange. Taste thing.

Emaline · « **Reply #4059 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 10:53 »

Maybe I'm weird, but I don't really see the corset as something you cannot wear everyday. You can seriously make them more casual, depending on what you wear them with.

Ptommydski · « **Reply #4060 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 11:10 »

If I saw some girl wearing exactly what Hannah is wearing in that photo out in public I would not even notice it was a corset.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4061 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 11:30 »

Hannah you should definitely buy it. I am actually responding in the fashion thread so you know I goddamn mean it.

Quote from: tania on 02 Jun 2010, 08:10

it makes a lot more sense to me to spend that sort of money on things i am actually going to wear relatively often and where the money is going towards the quality and durability of the material, like a good bag or a snazzy pair of boots.

That is definitely what you are paying for when you buy a pricey corset. Keep in mind that a high quality corset is going to be high quality enough to also be used for waist training, which requires everything to be just about perfect for the individual wearing it.

Allybee · « **Reply #4062 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 11:38 »

white tights: tacky or cute? I always feel like I'm playing dress up (comments usually range from "harajuku girl" to "alice in wonderland") when I wear them but it's never really a negative thing...

Emaline · « **Reply #4063 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 11:42 »

Depends on what you are wearing them with, but overall, I think they are fine.

Liz · « **Reply #4064 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 11:43 »

Part of me wants to say that they could work somehow, but I am not coming up with any ideas of how they would work.

EDIT. Google image search says it can be done, as does Gossip Girl Over yonder. So maybe just make sure whatever you are wearing with them is not remotely costume-y?

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4065 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 12:41 »

White tights are pretty common here, but they get dirty so quickly that you have to be really careful. I have that issue with my pink tights (although I do tend to be wearing them for dance, where the floor is mucky and my feet are often resting against my ankles etc).

Drill King · « **Reply #4066 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 15:03 »

I like grass stained dirt stained white tights.

Lines · « **Reply #4067 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 15:05 »

I don't like white tights. I think they make people's legs look weird. (Unless you're a ballerina.)

Alex C · « **Reply #4068 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 16:24 »

I'd say tacky, but I'm dressed like a complete tool right now so take that for what it's worth.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #4069 on:** 02 Jun 2010, 16:26 »

Phil see I don't actually have any 'nice' things, literally all of my clothes are multi-purpose and get worn for formal and informal occasions (I don't really like being 'dressed up'), and the only accessories I wear are scarves that have the dual purpose of keeping my neck warm! I can't stand anything that dangles or that I can't run in.
So I guess my opinion in this whole thing is pretty useless but whatevs.

White tights: Go for it.

jmrz · « **Reply #4070 on:** 03 Jun 2010, 00:11 »

I went shopping with Fatty and Katie and bought SHOES. I have seriously wanted pink shoes for so long I don't even remember not wanting a pair. I saw them, tried them on and had to have them. Fatty bought the same shoes in the 'mushroom' colour.

calenlass · « **Reply #4071 on:** 03 Jun 2010, 00:36 »

(It is a quite attractive grey, and not a butts colour like "mushroom" makes it sound.)

scarred · « **Reply #4072 on:** 03 Jun 2010, 00:39 »

i didn't know butts were typically grey

redglasscurls · « **Reply #4073 on:** 03 Jun 2010, 04:07 »

Old people maybe have grey mushroom butts

iamiam · « **Reply #4074 on:** 03 Jun 2010, 06:07 »

those shoes are fantastic, jamie.

guys i have not bought shoes in awhile and i am starting to get an achey feeling in my chest. is this normal?

Ballard · « **Reply #4075 on:** 03 Jun 2010, 06:47 »

Quote from: Drill King 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

Malajube speaks differently.

Drill King · « **Reply #4076 on:** 03 Jun 2010, 08:55 »

Montreal is one of those places that gets really cold in the winter and really hot in the summer. Like a large amount of Canada!

Alex C · « **Reply #4077 on:** 03 Jun 2010, 11:11 »

Montreal's got a nice heat island plus high dew points one-two punch going for it when it comes to weather. Continental climates are all about the extremes.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4078 on:** 04 Jun 2010, 01:28 »

Ended up buying that chambray shirt, just got it today and even though it's an M it's still a bit too small, goddangit. It looks pretty sweet unbuttoned over a white tee though so whatevs

Ballard · « **Reply #4079 on:** 04 Jun 2010, 13:33 »

Patrick · « **Reply #4080 on:** 05 Jun 2010, 17:30 »

Blue Wilco t-shirt, blueballs blue jeans (not indigo, but more like an Oreos package) with cuffed legs, blue Converse low tops, and a tan Kellogg Garden Products hat.

I like blue.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4081 on:** 05 Jun 2010, 22:37 »

Quote from: Ballard on 04 Jun 2010, 13:33

pics

couldn't find any batteries for my camera so grainy Photo Booth pic it is

Also in this picture: hipster puppy t-shirt

Jace · « **Reply #4082 on:** 05 Jun 2010, 23:45 »

David Dovey: Continuing to win at fashion.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4083 on:** 06 Jun 2010, 05:09 »

I'm especially fond of my new chambray shirt because I feel it makes me look like I could credibly be mistaken for someone who plays in a kickass sludge metal band while wearing it

Ballard · « **Reply #4084 on:** 06 Jun 2010, 20:55 »

Good shit Dovey.

sean · « **Reply #4085 on:** 06 Jun 2010, 21:12 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 06 Jun 2010, 05:09

I'm especially fond of my new chambray shirt because I feel it makes me look like I could credibly be mistaken for someone who plays in a kickass sludge metal band while wearing it

you should be playing in a sludge metal and anyway dogg what the hell?

Gemmwah · « **Reply #4086 on:** 07 Jun 2010, 15:51 »

want

Melodic · « **Reply #4087 on:** 07 Jun 2010, 16:20 »

no you dont

Metope · « **Reply #4088 on:** 07 Jun 2010, 16:31 »

How... how would you walk with those? And that little heel looks so ridiculous, just hanging there dangling! No, Gemm, no.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #4089 on:** 07 Jun 2010, 18:20 »

Fucking yes!

Lines · « **Reply #4090 on:** 07 Jun 2010, 18:26 »

I wish the black ones were at least midcalf, because then they'd look like the kind of shoes you'd kick somebody's ass with on another planet.

Yes, I am that type of girl who thinks of most heels as being weapons.

Ballard · « **Reply #4091 on:** 07 Jun 2010, 19:45 »

Yeah all of those look like something out of a Star Trek themed S&M video.

scarred · « **Reply #4092 on:** 07 Jun 2010, 21:00 »

Quote from: Linds on 07 Jun 2010, 18:26

Yes, I am that type of girl who thinks of most heels as being weapons.

Because they are! srsly i would not want to be on the receiving end of a stiletto

Graphite · « **Reply #4093 on:** 07 Jun 2010, 23:40 »

They are pretty effective weapons - even a low, wide heel will do the job.
Those shoes are fascinating from a design perspective but my feet ache just looking at them.

Jimor · « **Reply #4094 on:** 08 Jun 2010, 01:23 »

Anybody remember these from a couple years back?

Gemmwah · « **Reply #4095 on:** 08 Jun 2010, 02:27 »

I want the entirely heeless ones, and oh my god i really do want them, they'd be amazing and so painful but YES

Metope · « **Reply #4096 on:** 08 Jun 2010, 02:30 »

If I wore those shoes I'm pretty sure it would be more painful for my face and hands when I hit the asphalt.

McTaggart · « **Reply #4097 on:** 08 Jun 2010, 03:11 »

I guess design wise they are interesting but aesthetically they're just hideous.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4098 on:** 08 Jun 2010, 03:18 »

I have enough trouble walking in standard high heels (can you say "ohmiwordfiveinchheels?") so I don't even want to think about what happens when the centre of balance is shifted!

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #4099 on:** 08 Jun 2010, 03:26 »

they look like spaceships.

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