Topic: Let's have a fashion advice thread. (Read 1094798 times)

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #3650 on:** 04 Apr 2009, 17:41 »

I too, adore me some mascara. I am running out and am too poor to buy more! But I need it! Brittany, I suggest combing your eyelashes prior to applying the mascara, or at least doing that wiggle at the roots business, just to seperate them a little more. Otherwise, looks hella nice!

Also, I kind of agree with you on the bronzer bit, I mean, not for me, I am not a fan, I am a blush girl all the way, but for the dude. It's gay, but way less gay than blush.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #3651 on:** 04 Apr 2009, 17:54 »

Quote from: Skibas_clavicle on 04 Apr 2009, 16:23

Kieff: I think something that could be fun is like bronze eyeshadow on the inside corner of the eyes, like the duct areas near the nose and black mascara. I think that would looks really good since you have really blue eyes. Don't do blush, though. Blush is something that is just too feminine and I don't think even you could pull it off. Like, I think it would just come off looking gay instead of fashion forward or experimental. Also, I think you should rock lipstick. I'd like to see it. I dunno about nailpolish though...I don't know if it would look good with the type of hands/fingernails you have. But I mean, hey, if you try, I wanna see! Also, I'm a big fan of Rimmel makeup, Sephora, like Brittany said is also quite good.

brett, i will limit my advice for now to one accesory.
Glasses
http://styletip.com/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=046000000034

Drill King · « **Reply #3652 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 01:22 »

So I love the conversation about make-up but to return to fashion for a tch

This outfit, horrible? Okay? I am trying to be a bit dressy for my birthday but casual enough to be flirtable with as I will be out. The tights are sparkley

est · « **Reply #3653 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 02:29 »

I still disagree, Tom. But whatever, I see hep cats wearing shitty vintage suits all the time now so I guess it's in at the moment or something. I have one suit that is for jorb interviews, but I also want to get one that is less corporate and more of a dinner suit. I know that there is a proper tailor/suit shop up near Wintergarden, so I may go take a look some time while I'm still off work.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3654 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 06:05 »

OK, I have a mission for anyone who has ever shopped for clothes in the UK.

Where do I find pretty clothes? We're talking basically everything here. I have one pair of fairly ok jeans that I tend to wear all the time but I hate all my other clothes almost without exception and I'm thinking what is the point of working 22 hour weeks if I can't buy myself some new clothes?

Please, help me find pretty clothes without paying half as much again to get them shipped from the US?

Hat · « **Reply #3655 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 06:15 »

Quote from: est on 05 Apr 2009, 02:29

I still disagree, Tom. But whatever, I see hep cats wearing shitty vintage suits all the time now so I guess it's in at the moment or something. I have one suit that is for jorb interviews, but I also want to get one that is less corporate and more of a dinner suit. I know that there is a proper tailor/suit shop up near Wintergarden, so I may go take a look some time while I'm still off work.

I just realised there has been a whole heap of discussion on suits the page before, my input on the whole discussion is as follows.

I do not know enough about fashion to drop a lot of money on a big ticket fashion item like this without being completely sure that this suit will fit me perfectly and be like a second skin except one that has a stain on the lapel from a dirty martini and so I require the services of a largely built, confident man of some vaguely Mediterranean origin to make sure that this entire thing goes off without a hitch. I will probably not be disappointed if my tailor is a small english man though

(Ben next time I am down in Sydney we should find a nice bar and diligently discuss CURRENT AFFAIRS in dinner suits)

Spluff · « **Reply #3656 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 06:36 »

I think it would be amazing to see people just sitting in a pub, wearing dinner suits.

öde · « **Reply #3657 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 07:06 »

Occasionally me and some friends will have a suit night where we just go to our regular pubs.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3658 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 07:08 »

Quote from: Drill King on 05 Apr 2009, 01:22

So I love the conversation about make-up but to return to fashion for a tch

This outfit, horrible? Okay? I am trying to be a bit dressy for my birthday but casual enough to be flirtable with as I will be out. The tights are sparkley

Uhmmm..nah.

Hat · « **Reply #3659 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 07:53 »

Quote from: Spluff on 05 Apr 2009, 06:36

I think it would be amazing to see people just sitting in a pub, wearing dinner suits.

For many, many reasons I am inherently suspicious of people who wear a normal suit to a normal sort of pub and so I will never do that.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #3660 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 09:38 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 05 Apr 2009, 06:05

OK, I have a mission for anyone who has ever shopped for clothes in the UK.

Where do I find pretty clothes? We're talking basically everything here. I have one pair of fairly ok jeans that I tend to wear all the time but I hate all my other clothes almost without exception and I'm thinking what is the point of working 22 hour weeks if I can't buy myself some new clothes?

Please, help me find pretty clothes without paying half as much again to get them shipped from the US?

Primarkkkkkkkk.

You just have to have the patience to sift through the crap to find the gold. New Look has some really nice stuff in at the moment, too.

Metope · « **Reply #3661 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 14:58 »

May:

H&M, H&M, H&M, H&M and H&M.

Lines · « **Reply #3662 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 15:16 »

Yessssssssss.

tania · « **Reply #3663 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 15:24 »

man i keep thinking i like H&M but then everytime i try to shop there it's all really tacky and ugly and the stuff that seems okay just falls apart super quickly. where are the nice clothes i am missing out on?

Ozymandias · « **Reply #3664 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 15:26 »

Quote from: Animal Ghosts on 03 Apr 2009, 20:34

Fuck that, absolutely post pictures.

Cross dressing is rad, and gender lines are not fixed.

Speaking of,

Dudes, I need some good skirts for the summer. What do you think would work?

I mean, this is the sort of thing I would tend toward:

but I'm not really too experienced in this sort of thing.

pwhodges · « **Reply #3665 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 15:28 »

My wife has a number like that, and they are very good on her. I don't like the sparkly/mirror bits on a couple of them, though.

tania · « **Reply #3666 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 15:45 »

hey are you calling me obese because i do not think anyone has ever done that before!

Lines · « **Reply #3667 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 16:31 »

Ozy, don't be afraid to show some leg. I love those skirts, but mostly when they are knee length or mid-calf.

kitschykat · « **Reply #3668 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 16:40 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 05 Apr 2009, 06:05

OK, I have a mission for anyone who has ever shopped for clothes in the UK.

Where do I find pretty clothes? We're talking basically everything here. I have one pair of fairly ok jeans that I tend to wear all the time but I hate all my other clothes almost without exception and I'm thinking what is the point of working 22 hour weeks if I can't buy myself some new clothes?

Please, help me find pretty clothes without paying half as much again to get them shipped from the US?

I personally like Topshop and Mango. I think Topshop especially has a lot of cute things that have nice fits.

Gilead · « **Reply #3669 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 17:49 »

Quote from: tania on 05 Apr 2009, 15:24

man i keep thinking i like H&M but then everytime i try to shop there it's all really tacky and ugly and the stuff that seems okay just falls apart super quickly. where are the nice clothes i am missing out on?

It's not meant to be nice so much as it's meant to be fashionable looking and cheap. It'll usually last about a season before falling apart.

Metope · « **Reply #3670 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:05 »

When I hear about how fast clothes usually fall apart for most people I'm always amazed, because for me most clothes last till I'm tired of them, which can be years. I don't think I'm more careful with my clothes than others, I wear them normally, wash them occasionally and use my floor as a wardrobe. I never get holes or tares in anything, so why do everyone else? How long does, say, a pair of jeans usually last for most people, because for me they last pretty much forever.

Also note that I'm not at all complaining, I'm just wondering.

Drill King · « **Reply #3671 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:11 »

I'm with Kris on this one, and as many can attest. I treat my clothing really roughly, my only issue is zippers breaking on jeans. And I have fixed this!

Beren · « **Reply #3672 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:15 »

I seem to get caught on random objects/walk into things and get holes in shirts. Other than that, I don't have much problem with clothes.

Oh, I tend to wear out shoes after about a year though. I seem to be hard on shoes.

Lines · « **Reply #3673 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:16 »

The only problem I have with clothes are usually jeans, because I fail to invest in high quality pants. And holes come from be snagging things at work because I bump into just about everything. Other than that, my clothes will last a really long time. I have some shirts from H&M and I haven't had a problem with them. They look pretty much the same as they did when I got them, which was over a year ago.

Shoes are different, though. I will wear them until they die and it really depends on how often I wear the shoe and whether or not they are made out of canvas. Canvas shoes typically last a year or so and others last longer. But if they are my favorite shoes, they will not last very long at all, because I'll wear them all the time and I am on my feet for most of the day.

est · « **Reply #3674 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:28 »

I don't understand people saying that jeans last forever. How often do you wear your jeans? When I get a good pair I pretty much live in them, and they last me maybe only a few years. I mean, that is a pretty good length of time I think, but still it's not "forever". And I know that people say to not wash them and all that jazz but like, if I go more than a handful of days not washing my jeans they start to smell like sweat and I don't like that, so I wash them. So I guess that in order to keep jeans forever you have to be a dirty hippie? I just don't know.

est · « **Reply #3675 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:31 »

Also: Brett, yes, let's do that if we do both have smashing dinner suits by that point. Alternatively, just walk around town, stopping at a cafe to get a coffee.

"Hey guys, what's the special occasion?"
"Uh, what?"

Metope · « **Reply #3676 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:35 »

I wash my jeans fairly often too, but I have quite a few pairs so there can go days or even weeks between each time I wear one specific pair, so I guess that's the main difference here. Most of them are really cheap and of low quality though, so one would think they wouldn't last long at all.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #3677 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:54 »

Quote from: Drill King on 05 Apr 2009, 18:11

I'm with Kris on this one, and as many can attest. I treat my clothing really roughly, my only issue is zippers breaking on jeans. And I have fixed this!

Why do you want me to make giant clit jokes?

Drill King · « **Reply #3678 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:58 »

Because you really wish I had one, so the more you bring it up.

the closer you are to your dreams.

Hat · « **Reply #3679 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 23:03 »

Quote from: est on 05 Apr 2009, 18:28

=And I know that people say to not wash them and all that jazz but like, if I go more than a handful of days not washing my jeans they start to smell like sweat

To be fair I'm pretty sure people who say that don't live on the east coast of Australia because it is basically jeans weather in Brisbane for maybe two weeks of the year, only my perpetual fear of shorts keeps me going

Quote from: est on 05 Apr 2009, 18:31

Also: Brett, yes, let's do that if we do both have smashing dinner suits by that point. Alternatively, just walk around town, stopping at a cafe to get a coffee.

"Hey guys, what's the special occasion?"
"Uh, what?"

"THE SPECIAL OCCASION IS UP YOURS, PROLE SCUMBAG"

Spluff · « **Reply #3680 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 23:29 »

You're only not supposed to wash raw denim.

Jace · « **Reply #3681 on:** 06 Apr 2009, 00:20 »

I wash my jeans probably once every two weeks, one week in the summer. I only have two pairs of jeans, one are skinny legged (sewed them from regular jeans to be skinny legged) and one are some Levi 501s or something ridiculously comfortable. I will sleep in the levis, but my other jeans (some shit brand from Costco) are starting to tear in places, there is a hole on the inner right thigh that I have covered by some scrap tshirt material and the part where the beltloop attaches to the waist have started to tear on the sides, not the beltloop tearing off of the waist, but it is bringing parts of the pants with it, so there are holes on each side. I have had these pants for about 4 years though, so I figured it was about time they started to break down and fade. And I don't want to hear anyone bitching about not being able to wear jeans. It gets up to like 50C here in the summer and I still rock jeans because my legs look weird.

Drill King · « **Reply #3682 on:** 06 Apr 2009, 11:31 »

They are allowed to complain, it's Australia.

I basically only wash my jeans when I wash the rest of my clothes, when I run out of underwear(so usually like a monthish). Sometimes they get skipped so they go a looong time. I don't think I've ever spent more than 40 dollars on a pair of jeans, I get them at thrift shops so most of them are like 4dollars.

I am not really old enough to understand jeans lasting more than five years, because my style/size has changed, but I do have jeans from the 6th grade that I wear still.

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #3683 on:** 06 Apr 2009, 19:28 »

Quote from: Drill King on 06 Apr 2009, 11:31

but I do have jeans from the 6th grade that I wear still.

How is that even possible?
I'm sure it's just me but I was something like 5'3" in 6th grade and I'm in 9th now and I'm 6'2".

Lines · « **Reply #3684 on:** 06 Apr 2009, 19:43 »

Girls stop growing before boys do. I have a pair of shorts from 7th grade that still fit and I'm almost 23.

SirJuggles · « **Reply #3685 on:** 06 Apr 2009, 20:03 »

Fashin Thred! Pay attention to my emergency! (not an actual emergency)

So my girlfriend's senior prom is coming up. And lo and behold, the ASB have come up with the totally original theme of "The Roaring Twenties". Of course we want to dress up for it. She is going to make an awesome flapper. But I do not want to be the stereotypical "gangsta" that will fill the crowd. I want to insert the all-important R back into that word. Back when mobsters wore spats and had class.

So I have at the moment a basic tuxedo suit. Any ideas on things to do make this awesome?

nobo · « **Reply #3686 on:** 06 Apr 2009, 20:36 »

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #3687 on:** 06 Apr 2009, 23:12 »

I am so lobbying for prohibition in Australia and then bootlegging it just so I can buy THAT SUIT.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3688 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 05:46 »

redglasscurls · « **Reply #3689 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 06:00 »

I thought zoot-suits were a WW1 thing, not a '20s thing. It was all about the super-opulence of using so much fabric for a suit during a time when fabric was expensive and rationed due to war uses/expenses.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #3690 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 06:52 »

I can never refer to the right one when I want to. Snazzy wallet, was it worth all the bullshit with the dude?

axerton · « **Reply #3691 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 04:51 »

Quote from: axerton on 01 Apr 2009, 06:43

Well fashion thread I have apparently been stimulated by the government (ie the australian government stimulus package that was mentioned in an earlier thread) however my bank balance is currently showing no signs of it - if it ever does I shall be taking that $900 and buying myself some more semi formal gear so that I can basically dress that way all the time. Photos may ensue.

well, didn't quite go to plan, rather than a whole bunch of nice shirts and waistcoats I ended up with this (apologies for the ridiculous facial expression)

Photo quality is bad for some reason, but in the coming weeks there will be plenty of chances for better photos with it. look forward to them.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3692 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 05:27 »

Oh Phil hell yes hell yes three piece suits are for winners and masters of the universe

Jace · « **Reply #3693 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 05:40 »

Goddamn Phil.
Goddamn Phil.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #3694 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 08:58 »

Quote from: PantsFTW on 09 Apr 2009, 05:40

Goddamn Phil.

Yayniall · « **Reply #3695 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 13:18 »

In before Gok Wan.

Lines · « **Reply #3696 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 16:00 »

Hells yes, three piece suit,

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #3697 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 09:19 »

Guys, I want to buy a sweater.

I'm thinking a hoodie. I'm not sure though. I need inspiration.

Beren · « **Reply #3698 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 09:52 »

I hate hoodies. With a silly passion.

But I am strange.

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #3699 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 09:56 »

I love hoodies if they fit right. I can't stand it when men wear huge hoodies that make look like obese men.

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Gilead