Topic: Re: Let's have a fashion advice thread. - A (Read 324846 times)

michaelicious · « **Reply #3450 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 15:16 »

You hip musicians and your complicated shoes!

Lunchbox · « **Reply #3451 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 15:29 »

Andy yes.
I dig your whole outfit, you can be my style icon for this week.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #3452 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 15:30 »

It makes me sad that i'm too fat/short/gay to make that look work without it making me look fatter/shorter/gayer.

Drill King · « **Reply #3453 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 15:38 »

I uh, I feel like at some point in the last month something about being "stylish as fuck" clicked in my head because I have been getting a lot of,"hey woah that is a great outfit" Lately.

Melodic · « **Reply #3454 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 16:09 »

damn that's good plaid

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #3455 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 18:00 »

Quote from: Drill King on 14 Mar 2010, 15:38

hey woah that is a great outfit

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3456 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 18:03 »

Yeah I mean it's not exactly a "subtle" plaid in blazer terms but I'm not one of those fascist plaid-haters anyway so I say good to work to you madam

(fuck I need to get some stripey t-shirts up in this bitch)

Drill King · « **Reply #3457 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 18:41 »

As far as patterns, women's clothing tend to be more overt so I guess I consider that pretty subtle

sean · « **Reply #3458 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 20:54 »

hi andy

also guys i found another pair of sunglasses at my house but i dont have my camera this week. they are pretty goddamn kick ass sunglassess too, they are kind of cut like kiff's glasses actually. im hanging out with some kids this week that might have cameras so ill see if i can get a pic of them.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #3459 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 21:21 »

I just bought a leather jacket and some spankin' new dark skinnies! And then because I spent so much money I got two $20 vouchers so I'm gonna go back tomorrow and get some t-shirts.
The boots will have to wait.

jmrz · « **Reply #3460 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 23:41 »

Where'd you get your skinnies from lunchy? My black ones are from JayJays and they fit great, but they are stretch denim that isn't really denim. I need some new ones.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #3461 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 23:44 »

They are JSociety from Just Jeans. I tried on more expensive ones and the girl was trying to persuade me to buy them, but these were cheaper and make my butt look good and aren't so ridiculous skinny that they need zippers on the ankles.
I will take photos tonight perhaps!

jmrz · « **Reply #3462 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 23:45 »

I will investigate on payday. I am pretty sure they sent me a voucher in the mail, so I'll see. New skinnies would be nice, considering the pair I am wearing now are ridiculously tight/small/over shrunk.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3463 on:** 14 Mar 2010, 23:58 »

I need to buy some more fatigues. The two pairs I have now are just over a year old and I wear these quite literally every day, usually for a month at a time before alternating to the other identical pair. At this point they have faded to a kind of dark dark grey and have broken zippers and holes all over. It hasn't gotten to the point where I have to start sewing them back together (which is the point I normally let it get too before I replace them) but maybe I go to the Surplus Store and get some more after I've been paid.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #3464 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 00:21 »

I only ever wear pants two or three times before washing them, how do you guys air them out so they don't get smelly?

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3465 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 00:27 »

Man what the hell are you doing to make your trousers smell? I wash my fatigues once a month and when they're not on my body they're on the floor possibly on top of or under my boots and they don't smell of anything. Seriously, what are you doing?

Emaline · « **Reply #3466 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 00:44 »

Yeah, seriously. How do you stink yours up?

Lunchbox · « **Reply #3467 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 01:39 »

I don't stink my pants up but I do get food all over them when I eat (80% of the time at my desk) and I have a bad habit - from when I was a waitress and wore an apron all the time - of wiping my dirty hands on my pants.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #3468 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 01:44 »

That could be it, I wipe my hands on my pants sometimes. Of course, I don't notice the smell unless I smell-check by sticking my nose in them, but I figure that I tend to notice my smell less than other people, so I should wash them before I think they are stinky, just as a matter of courtesy.

I'm assuming that if you do anything that gets them dirty, you wash them, right? Like if you change your car's oil, go camping, or anything like that? Maybe my garage is an anomaly, but any cloth that makes contact with that floor gets a mix of auto fluid residue, sawdust, and dirt ground into it instantly.

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #3469 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 01:47 »

I think people sweat different amounts and come from different climates, and people's bodily oils come in different pungencies.

Also different fabrics hold smell differently--my boyfriend is a bit oblivious to how dirty his jeans are, which means that I have become de-facto dictator of Whenpantsgetwashed Land. In my time in office, I've noticed that he has one pair that are particularly thick and seem to get stinky within one or two wears; all his other jeans can go weeks before I insist he wash them, usually because he's spilled something gross on them rather than because they smell.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #3470 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 01:49 »

Yeah exactly. And I don't have a garage myself but I spend time in my boyfriend's, and I do sit on the grass and on crappy bird-pooed ledges and chairs outside a lot.
I wash my jeans perhaps once a week when I start noticing gunk on them.

Melodic · « **Reply #3471 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 04:07 »

i think we had this conversation a few pagebreaks ago and the answer was freeze yr jeans

Nodaisho · « **Reply #3472 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 04:15 »

I'm assuming that all of those people don't have to share a freezer? Because neither of my family's freezers have room, and I would have a hard time convincing them that pants go in the freezer even if there was.

Also, mornings can be cold enough around here without putting frozen cotton on my junk.

Dollface · « **Reply #3473 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 04:26 »

check these bad boys out.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #3474 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 04:44 »

The chavs seem to have succeeded where the soviets failed.

fatty · « **Reply #3475 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 06:02 »

I know most of you aren't going to like Jane because she's a filthy rich texan girl who buys $500 heels on a weekly basis and wears flats once in a blue moon. Also she has crazy clothes and wears everything and all sorts of whacky colourful things

I think she looks best in her most toned down outfits. Basically I am living in this thread because I'm too poor to buy clothes. And I don't feel the need to show you what I am wearing from day to day because that is boring.

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #3476 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 06:35 »

Dear Fashion Advice Thread,

It's almost my birthday, I like wearing fancy dresses on my birthday, I'm going out in 2 different cities, so 2 dress would be ideal.

I own a lot of dresses, mostly big ol' prom ones or vintage ones. But I have worn all them the many times, I have just fixed my camera & also had my Lomo returned, I will taking a whole ton photos so I want to look nice. Also it's my 30th so it's kinda special.

I've had the idea of buying a plan American Apparel dress & using iron on transfers to make it look less plan & kinda cool. I could sew something, but I probably can't be bothered. Same goes for hunting for a good vintage dress.

I want to be comfy & relaxed (There will be a lot of drinking & dancing involved & don't want anything I can fall out of etc.), but dressed up. I like pretty much all colours, I'm super curvy & short. I'm drawing a blank. Any good style suggestions?

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3477 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 06:35 »

Emaline or Jodie post that website with all of those awesome 50's/retro/pinup-style dresses that you've linked to a couple o' times

Haha Ali you can read me like a book. Hi Jane,

Hi Jane with a side-ponytail ffff

(actually I found her blog and it seems a lot of the time she dresses like a society wife who is twice her age but then who am I to criticise for dressing like an old person and also dang she is just cute all over)

Anyway when I say I air out my jeans I mean literally that. I hang them on the clothesline for a day or two and then boom bap pow they do not smell anymore. And I am a very sweaty man.

fatty · « **Reply #3478 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 07:06 »

I basically check out her blog every now and then because she dresses kind of outragous, around where haute couture and extreme styling intersect. It's better than A) womens magazines style advice and B) catwalks and couture critics

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3479 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 07:18 »

Yeah blogs in general are really where it is at as far as fashion goes, whether it be "seen on the street" stuff pioneered by The Sart + lookbook or personal "what I'm wearing today" blogs like seaofshoez or Street Etiquette (I love Street Etiquette). I guess it's because fashion is basically the most democratic form of art and intrinsically relatable (everybody wears clothes!) and so it makes sense that the most interesting stuff is happening with people out in the world expressing themselves through fashion as they go about their daily business as opposed to the more formalised business of fashion companies.

Or to put it another way: Is it so surprising that the most interesting fashion (like the best music/literature/poetry/visual art etc etc) comes from people who are doing it as pure self-expression instead of because of commercial interests?

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #3480 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 07:39 »

I did love those dresses, but they are either too much, or I have one in that style already. I think I'm a little bored of the whole 50's pin up schtick, I've been doing it a long damn time.

Here are some pictures:

(I have a weird expression as I was leaving all my friends & moving away)

This is my birthday dress, I wore it on my 27th (This one) & my 25th

This is the kind of dress I have 4 of, it's pencil at the bottom.

This is the only picture I have of the dress, which doesn't fit me anymore, sadly, it's got a huge skirt & makes me look like a walking vans slip on.

http://www.asos.com/Asos/Asos-Premium-Sequin-Playsuit/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=837422&SearchQuery=playsuit&sh=0&pge=3&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=Black
I'm seriously considering this, as I am so bored with the choice of dresses out there.

I'm not on my own PC so I don't have any more fancy dresses pictures, but I though those would give a good idea.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3481 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 07:49 »

Quote from: elizaknowswhatshesfor on 15 Mar 2010, 07:39

I think I'm a little bored of the whole 50's pin up schtick, I've been doing it a long damn time.

I can certainly see how you'd get tired of it but on the other hand it is The Best Style so

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #3482 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 08:18 »

Oh I agree & it suits me, but I would like a little style fresh start, I've been rocking a slightly more 60's look recently, polo necks and bold prints, I'm enjoying it a lot. Simple shaped clothes in bold colours.

The 50's thing might be awesome where you're from, but round my way it's kinda dull, I want something OUTSTANDING.

Drill King · « **Reply #3483 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 09:40 »

I am honestly pretty tired of the 50s pin-up thing. I would like to argue it is not the best style.

calenlass · « **Reply #3484 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 10:14 »

It is a shame you guys are done with it because in Spain and the UK I have noticed that these are the styles you might actually be able to buy for decent prices this spring.

Then again, I guess it can get old around now because lots of people are liking it, so.

Yayniall · « **Reply #3485 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 11:25 »

Isn't fashion all about wearing what other people like?

Ozymandias · « **Reply #3486 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 11:28 »

No, apparently fashion is about wearing what people are going to like in the future.

Yayniall · « **Reply #3487 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 11:32 »

Also, how can a style from 60 years ago only be getting old of late?

jmrz · « **Reply #3488 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 14:44 »

Because fashion is kind of cyclic. I'm constantly hearing my mum say "oh goodness, I used to wear things like that when I was your age!". Things that were fashionable 50/60/70 years ago, do get revived, revamped and reentered into the fashion world. A lot of designers take influence from styles of late and put their own spin on them. There's also the whole idea where people think vintage is absolutely rockin' and go digging through their grandparent's closets to find things that they could wear now.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3489 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 15:06 »

I was trying to find the diagram I once saw of the life cycles of fashion - it explained how things were viewed in fashion 5 years after they appeared, 10 years, 20 years, etc. I guess the thing is that there are only so many ways to drape the naked body in fabrics.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3490 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 17:34 »

I've been bored of the 50s thing for a while now. Like, it is a good style I guess but especially where I live there are a lot of people going for the rockabilly/50s/pinup style thing and man it used to be interesting but now everybody is dressed like everybody else and I'm starting to think it's done its dash.

Another outfit I hate is something I see girls wearing a lot. Black pencil skirt, cream blouse or shirt with a lacy/see-through black jacket or bolero on top, black docs, black stockings and a fucking bowler hat.

Seriously, fuck those people.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #3491 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 17:47 »

I'm gonna need a picture example for that last one because I only understand about 60% of those words

scarred · « **Reply #3492 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 18:00 »

Or you could watch the two episodes of Firefly she's in.

rabble rabble before she was all hip and popular rabble rabble

Alex C · « **Reply #3493 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 18:03 »

Firefly is worse than Mad Men and I'm not even really a fan of Mad Men.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3494 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 18:04 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 15 Mar 2010, 17:54

I wouldn't actually care if 'Mad Men' was a good show but it's completely terrible.

Look, I understand that Christina Hendricks is hot but you can just GIS her like everyone else. No need to pretend there's a good show in there too.

I know this completely but I still watch it and love it so hard

This is because I Am A Whore

Anyway I guess the 50s thing isn't overdone in Perth because everybody here sucks. And even if it was overdone I probably wouldn't notice because I'd still be all drooly. What can I say I really like it, sue me!

scarred · « **Reply #3495 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 18:16 »

Quote from: Alex C on 15 Mar 2010, 18:03

Firefly is not perfect

I'm just going to pretend this never happened.

Lines · « **Reply #3496 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 20:17 »

:c <3 choo Firefly.

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 15 Mar 2010, 17:34

Another outfit I hate is something I see girls wearing a lot. Black pencil skirt, cream blouse or shirt with a lacy/see-through black jacket or bolero on top, black docs, black stockings and a fucking bowler hat.

Seriously, fuck those people.

Would you hate me if I wore a bowler hat with none of those things (except maybe Docs, but I don't own any)? The first few things make sense together, but definitely not with the last three. But I love bowler hats and I want one. I also want a monocle, but that's not going to happen. (I'd have to wear one contact or two monocles! Nonsense!) Maybe a vest and a pocket watch instead. Hmm.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3497 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 20:20 »

Short answer is yes.

Lines · « **Reply #3498 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 20:23 »

Drill King · « **Reply #3499 on:** 15 Mar 2010, 20:45 »

That actually sounds like an okay outfit with the exclusion of the bowler hat which makes it seem too costumey.

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