Topic: Re: Let's have a fashion advice thread. - A (Read 322643 times)

BlahBlah · « **Reply #1450 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 12:53 »

Seriously, it's like the Tories created their own clothing company.

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #1451 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 12:53 »

Mmmmm... Phesant.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #1452 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 15:29 »

Holy crap. Thanks for the reminder never to join a rich person's shooting club. I will just use the gun on everybody dressed like that. Which will be everybody but me. I'll continue shooting alongside poor people, thank you very much.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #1453 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 15:30 »

The only reason guys like that go shooting is to let out their aggression about Daddy never buying them that eighth pony.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #1454 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 15:42 »

Shooting for those people has nothing to do with aggression. It is just another social activity. They go out, shoot a few birds (just so long as it doesn't take much work) and then retire to the club lounge to have a drink and talk about the morning hunt. I have played gigs for those people so many times (they're the only people who can afford a band for regular old parties), and I hate the whole lot of them.

Spluff · « **Reply #1455 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 22:57 »

Fashion is a sculpture of a dog wearing a tie.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #1456 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 00:03 »

Yeah, guys, but they look fucking awesome.

Alex C · « **Reply #1457 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 00:23 »

I just can't handle the shit hanging out of his boots. The rest I'm cool with.

Alex C · « **Reply #1458 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 00:23 »

And who the fuck shoots pheasant with a double barrel?

My grandfather doesn't even own a fucking double barrel and the dude is 84.

McTaggart · « **Reply #1459 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 00:32 »

Did I ever link this here? It's a Holland and Holland modified Range Rover and it is very stately.

Ballard · « **Reply #1460 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 00:54 »

Kieffer dude I like yr fashion generally but that shit is wack.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #1461 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 02:18 »

So is that the same H&H that makes fancy guns and rounds designed for rhinos and elephants and the like? fake edit: Yep, looks like it. That is just bizarre.

Alex: People that live where it is extremely difficult to get a shotgun with a capacity higher than 3 rounds, so they figure why not use a double-barrel? Seems odd that it isn't an over/under, though. For some reason that is what is stuck in my head when I think fancy overpriced over-engraved European shotguns.

Alex C · « **Reply #1462 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 03:00 »

For the record, "custom Range Rover" and "stately" are mutually exclusive concepts in my mind.

Dollface · « **Reply #1463 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 03:12 »

KILTS!

Lines · « **Reply #1464 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 05:32 »

I'm pretty sure one of the last things I would be doing in a kilt is carpentry or whatever.

Ptommydski · « **Reply #1465 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 08:07 »

It should be illegal to wear any kind of kilt unless you are Scottish and in authentic Highland regalia.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #1466 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 09:24 »

Agree. Kilts are fucking stupid.

Lines · « **Reply #1467 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 09:29 »

If you're actually Scottish and wearing your family tartan for a formal event, cool. If you work at a place where your uniform requires a kilt, ok fine. (There's a restaurant here that does.) Any other reason is a bit silly.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #1468 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 09:56 »

What about after studying in Scotland for four years and the graduation ceremony?

Or ceilidhs?

calenlass · « **Reply #1469 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 14:12 »

I like kilts, actually. Utilikilts are kind of annoying because every geek wears one and thinks he is super unique, but what's wrong with kilts?

Alex C · « **Reply #1470 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 14:13 »

They're kind of stupid looking in most contexts.

I mean, hey, maybe that's just years of social conditioning talking, but virtually nothing really goes with them and odds are you'll look stupid.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #1471 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 14:21 »

Americans who have a great great grandparent who may have been distantly Scottish and wear them with appropriate attire?

calenlass · « **Reply #1472 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 14:28 »

Oh, I dunno.

I guess it is a matter of opinion, though.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1473 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 14:30 »

eeeheeeheehee

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #1474 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 14:32 »

I would like to point out that most of those pictures fall under the category of what has been roundly agreed is completely fine or a period costume (which hasn't been discussed because it's not really a current fashion thing).

Alex C · « **Reply #1475 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 14:35 »

Exactly. Liam Neeson wasn't exactly wearing his kilt with a pair of Vans when he appeared in Rob Roy.

Lines · « **Reply #1476 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 15:04 »

Well, Sean Connery is (dashingly) Scottish. Liam Neeson is Irish, but playing a Scottsman (dashingly so). The hikers are probably Scottish, or at least in the UK from looking at the landscape, the couple is in formal attire (though her dress is a bit silly, the dude looks good), and that last dude is Swiss, but metal as fuck. (I would not mess with a metal dude in a kilt, would you?)

But yeah, none of them, minus the last one sort of, are mixing those with "contemporary" clothes, like t-shirts and sneakers. The hikers are wearing sweaters and both the hikers are the metal dude are wearing boots. You picked really good examples. It's the ones that wear kilts with casual, everyday things that don't look good. I mean, the dudes at the restaurant down the street from my store wear kilts with t-shirts, but they have on the socks and appropriate shoes, so they don't look as silly.

Lines · « **Reply #1477 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 15:08 »

Also he'd probably get really cold really fast. Unless he was in the desert or tropics, but then he'd just get a sunburn and bug bites.

calenlass · « **Reply #1478 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 15:38 »

I'd hit it.

Anyway, I bought these the other day.

The heel is mirrored! Is this a new Thing? Because wtf! But I love them. Eeee.

Emaline · « **Reply #1479 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 16:22 »

There are quite a few men out here who regularly wear kilts. But not with vans. Usually with boots. And that looks fine.

JD · « **Reply #1480 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 16:31 »

I'm half scottish and my grandpa busts out the kilt for formal occasions. That being said, I've never seen him in a suit.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1481 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 20:38 »

The World Needs More Dudes in Skirts, Seriously.

Kieffer, hell yes Holland & Holland. That is how you do gentrification correctly. (i am still mad at Ralph Lauren)

SirJuggles · « **Reply #1482 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 00:40 »

Perhaps it's just cultural brainwashing at work, but... I was about to say that all those pictures of kilts looked a bit silly. I mean, Liam Neeson looks ready to kick ass but the rest... I can't help but think that though they all look fine, they would look even better in a nice suit or some slacks. The metal guy just looks like he bought a pleated skirt and stuck some rivets in it, though I wouldn't say that to his face.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #1483 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 01:09 »

Don't worry, he's a bassist, by the time he processed what you said, you would be miles away.

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #1484 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 11:25 »

I want a peacoat. Preferably black or a darker gray. Recommend me somewhere to get one. American Eagle has a nice one for $99.50 but that is much to expensive.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1485 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 11:29 »

I picked up a wool-blend peacoat at Wal-Mart for $40? Or try Old Navy.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #1486 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 13:07 »

If American Eagle is out of your price range for a peacoat, you don't actually want a peacoat.

Allybee · « **Reply #1487 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 13:11 »

or just go to goodwill.

chowburger · « **Reply #1488 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 13:24 »

I second the second-hand shop suggestion — I got a black one for about €6 last year. Although women's clothes are admittedly more plentiful in shops like that... or at least better quality. All the men's clothes just look like someone died in them.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #1489 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 13:28 »

Quote from: Nodaisho on 15 Nov 2009, 01:09

Don't worry, he's a bassist, by the time he processed what you said, you would be miles away.

Hey! I feel certain that is an insult, and I will have more to say once I figure out why.

Quote from: chowburger on 15 Nov 2009, 13:24

All the men's clothes just look like someone died in them.

Because they probably did. 99% of all men's clothing at second-hand shops are absolutely terrible and nobody would ever wear them except as a last resort. However, sometimes you'll find something that doesn't blow. Consignment shops are slightly better, but be prepared to find nothing that you want most of the time you go.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #1490 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 16:54 »

I have decent success with men's clothes at thrift stores, but I'm patient. I found a leather jacket for $9, several band shirts for less than $3, camo pants and jacket that would cost $80 elsewhere for $18, and lots and lots of cargo pants for <$5. Ties are hell to find, though. I needed a tie for a funeral (all I had were clip-ons, since I hadn't been to anything fancy in years) and I had to go to four different places just to find a simple subdued tie. Mostly you find the ones that people get as gifts for Christmas and then claim to lose.

Scarychips · « **Reply #1491 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 17:02 »

Guys. Ways to wear a scarf. Go!

Alex C · « **Reply #1492 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 17:10 »

Yeah, I have a few items from consignment stores. Emphasis on "a few." I only have them because I used to live next to one, so I would stop in for 5 minutes a couple times a week once I finished work, and even then I probably only bought a half dozen things over the span of a year. I can't imagine using such places for anything more than supplementing my wardrobe, but then, I live in a pretty small town.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #1493 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 17:18 »

Quote from: Nodaisho on 15 Nov 2009, 16:54

I have decent success with men's clothes at thrift stores, but I'm patient.

Exactly my point. There is a small amount of stuff at thrift/consignment stores, but most of the time there's not. I once found a tux there that paid for itself within the year, even with the repairs and alterations that I had to get done (whoever owned it before me had not taken good care of it). However, most of the time I go to thrift/consignment stores, I leave empty-handed.

Yayniall · « **Reply #1494 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 17:35 »

Quote from: Scarychips on 15 Nov 2009, 17:02

Guys. Ways to wear a scarf. Go!

Fold scarf in half, place around back of neck, loop the side with the ends through the hole on the other side.
That's clear right?

Scarychips · « **Reply #1495 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 17:38 »

It is clear, and I'm already doing that. Isn't there another way? Cause I've only heard this one.

Yayniall · « **Reply #1496 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 17:47 »

Slo mo scarf

Scarychips · « **Reply #1497 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 17:58 »

Great. Thank You Yayniall. I bought new scarvess yesterday and I was getting bored of tying it the same way everytime. Thanks.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #1498 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 18:21 »

Quote from: Yayniall on 15 Nov 2009, 17:47

Slo mo scarf

Now I need a scarf that's all long, because the one I have now can't do this, just the other one (mentioned before the capybara-less pagebreak).

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #1499 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 18:22 »

you can tie a scarf any which way. i tend to do the fold it over and pull it through thing because that's the warmest, but I'll often tie it like an ascot. i have a peacoat and i tuck in the ends, which i think looks pretty good. there's nothing stopping you from using any old knot (or not knot it at all), or from tying it like a tie or a cravat either. which one you choose would depend on how cold you are, the type and length of scarf, what your coat is like...

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