Topic: Re: Let's have a fashion advice thread. - A (Read 324773 times)

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #3350 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 06:36 »

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I've only ever come in this thread because of Dovey's socktie, but I kinda' need new clothes and I dunno what a 6ft2, 107kg guy should be wearing this summer.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #3351 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 06:50 »

Linen Pants, Chambray Shirts, Boat Shoes, Loafers, Dress Shorts...

NO FUCKING SANDALS?

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #3352 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 06:51 »

This is a season I kind of suck at dressing for tho, mostly I just wear a pair of 501's, no shoes, shirt or underwear, as long as it's warm enough to get away with it.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #3353 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 07:08 »

Kieffer takes all his fashion tips from Matthew McConaughey.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #3354 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 07:10 »

Actually fuck everything just buy the entire APC madras collection.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #3355 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 07:20 »

Those shorts are horrible, sorry if that makes me part of the unfashionable hoi polloi but ack.

pilsner · « **Reply #3356 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 07:21 »

I think that makes you someone with sight. On the other hand, they would be useful in combat to make your enemies motion-sick....

sean · « **Reply #3357 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 07:54 »

okay guys so check this out i have a pair of john lennon sunglasses that a buddy i work with found near the end of last summer. they look like this.

(oh yeah i shaved whats up)

i am thinking these are pretty terrible but they are so neat and i wanna wear them anyway can i get away with this fashion advice thread? (summers coming ive gotta think about these things!)

Ã¶de · « **Reply #3358 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 07:59 »

My friend got a pair of those, but he looks so ridiculous that he can get away with them.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #3359 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 08:14 »

They'd work better with different hair.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #3360 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 08:27 »

They'd look better if you still had a beard sean, but most things do

Emaline · « **Reply #3361 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 11:19 »

Quote from: sean on 08 Mar 2010, 07:54

okay guys so check this out i have a pair of john lennon sunglasses that a buddy i work with found near the end of last summer. they look like this.

(oh yeah i shaved whats up)

i am thinking these are pretty terrible but they are so neat and i wanna wear them anyway can i get away with this fashion advice thread? (summers coming ive gotta think about these things!)

So the glasses aren't the same, but basically, this is what I thought of as soon as I saw this picture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yf2WP6K1gQ

BlahBlah · « **Reply #3362 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 11:29 »

Sean you do not want to wear those glasses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc

sean · « **Reply #3363 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 11:55 »

they are john lennon sunglasses not that one dude from oasis sunglasses its chill dont worry.

i mean i would only wear them if i was blazed anyway so whatever.

Emaline · « **Reply #3364 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 12:04 »

I'm actually all for you wearing them. I think you have the facial structure to pull it off, whereas someone with a rounder face would look silly.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #3365 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 14:43 »

Quote from: Sam on 08 Mar 2010, 10:19

here's a quick fit pic of the xx-013s. they fit exactly how i wanted them too (tapered, smaller leg opening). hope i get additional legtwist with further washes.

nice.

Alex C · « **Reply #3366 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 17:35 »

Quote from: Linds on 07 Mar 2010, 20:09

Sometimes I don't understand you people. Yes, he looks like a dweeb, but that was his goal.

It was a bad goal.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3367 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 19:08 »

Quote from: est on 08 Mar 2010, 03:11

The second thing is that the first thing I thought when I saw the pic of Kanye was "oh hey, it's Kanye - oh wait, is it just some random black dude who kind of looks like Kanye and I'm just thinking it's him? No, it's definitely him, no-one else would dress like such a goddamn fucking douchebag asshole"

Pretend that isn't Kanye for a second and explain to me what exactly is so awful about a blue blazer, white shirt, red bow tie, grey pants and brown boots. I mean, as previously raked over in painstaking detail the bow tie is a potential deal breaker but I think "goddamn fucking douchebag asshole" is maybe a bit strong, y'dig?

It's not like I approve of everything Kanye does or everything the dude dresses, in my opinion he gets it wrong in pretty disastrous ways quite a lot of the time but overall I think he Gets It in a pretty serious way and there's not many in the rap game who do it better.

Seriously, divorce yr opinion of the guy's personality with yr opinion on his dress, calm down and then tell me at what point this was worth burning the world down for:

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Quote from: sean on 08 Mar 2010, 07:54

okay guys so check this out i have a pair of john lennon sunglasses that a buddy i work with found near the end of last summer. they look like this.

Those actually suit you like woah. Wear them.

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Melodic it is hard to tell you a List of Rad Things when we have no idea of what you think is Rad, what yr style is at the moment, a typical day's outfit, key pieces of yr wardrobe you already have, people you consider stylish etc.

That being said:

Pants That Are Not Jeans
Shoes That Are Not Sneakers
Blue Oxford Shirt
Seconding Kieffer's suggestions of Chambray + Dress Shorts
Raw Indigo Denim
Sunglasses that you'd feel comfortable wearing in any situation (Think classic)
Sports Jacket/Blazer/Suit Jacket that fits the bill of "smart casual"

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3368 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 19:11 »

Jeans and a Blazer is kind of pushing things a little but it's ok, I can work with it. Anyone who wears a blazer with jeans and a t-shirt looks like a date-rapist.

Alex C · « **Reply #3369 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 19:20 »

In retrospect, I think the worst thing about the Kanye bowtie pic is the way he has his hands in his pockets; he's stretching the pants all outta place and it makes the fit look shabby as hell. If his hair and facial hair wasn't so meticulously groomed he'd look like a homeless Urkel.

Anyway, Kanye is all about extremes. I've seen him wear plenty of outfits I thought were OK, but when he dresses bad, good god, does he dress bad.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3370 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 19:22 »

Yeah the pants kinda fuck it up.

Jeans+Blazer is fine as long as there's no tie, the blazer is suitably casual looking (like a good blazer should) and the jeans are decent quality, neat and preferably dark denim.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #3371 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 19:27 »

What's the opinion on solid black suit jackets with pinstripe pants (for ladies)?
*Sigh* Dudes' clothes are so much easier. I can't even find a damn button-down that both buttons nicely and doesn't look like a sail, and it's getting old. I would totally wear ties if I wouldn't look like a weirdo.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3372 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 22:38 »

Ties on girls are awesome, do that shit.

As previously mentioned I really don't like pinstripes so I'm probably not going to helpful on that front (but srsly don't wear pinstripes)

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #3373 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 23:02 »

I have decided that wool trousers are a thing i'll wear more because i love them. the only downside is that i need to buy more white shirts.

PS: Kanye should not actually be wearing a belt with those trousers because they call for suspenders.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3374 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 23:07 »

But they have belt loops?

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #3375 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 23:21 »

To rephrase, if you are wearing that type of shirt, a jacket and a bowtie you should be wearing suspenders, and thus appropiate trousers,
Also some other goddamn shoes

Alex C · « **Reply #3376 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 23:29 »

Quote from: E. Spaceman on 08 Mar 2010, 23:21

some other goddamn shoes

This. The shoes were actually the very first thing I really hated in the outfit, but then I saw the bowtie and took a closer look at the pants and realized that the poor shoes had just fallen in with a bad crowd.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3377 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 23:32 »

Y'know I was just so glad that he wasn't wearing big dumb sneakers that I was willing to give that slight miss the benefit of the doubt

est · « **Reply #3378 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 00:47 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 08 Mar 2010, 19:08

Pretend that isn't Kanye for a second and explain to me what exactly is so awful about a blue blazer, white shirt, red bow tie, grey pants and brown boots. I mean, as previously raked over in painstaking detail the bow tie is a potential deal breaker but I think "goddamn fucking douchebag asshole" is maybe a bit strong, y'dig?

I actually like Kanye for the most part, I just think that a lot of what he wears is pretty awful. For example, disregarding the bowtie because it's so obviously bullshit, the sunglasses he's wearing in the original pic are probably super expensive designer things right? They look like $10 petrol station sunglasses. Like, really fucking ridiculously tacky. In addition to those glasses the shoes look like kid's gumboots from Target, only with laces on them. And as for the pants, I'm not sure if it's the way he's holding them or if the picture's not good or what, but they look so cheap it's not funny.

I'm not saying that in order to look good you have to spend money, I'm just saying that there are cheap clothes, then there's clothes that look cheap. The overall look in that picture is of a highschool dude going to his first formal and not knowing what the hell he should wear. It's a mishmash of cheap-looking odd-sorts that combines into a big flashing "I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK I'M DOING, OH GOD" over his head.

As for these two new pics,

Quote from: David_Dovey on 08 Mar 2010, 19:08

Seriously, divorce yr opinion of the guy's personality with yr opinion on his dress, calm down and then tell me at what point this was worth burning the world down for:

The first one is alright but also pretty much a safe bet, but the second one is like he just stepped out of a tennis club wherein maybe he ate some soup too quickly and spilled it all down the front of his shirt but now he's got this hot date and doesn't have time to change so his friend says "hey don't worry brohammer, you can wear my jumper over it dude, no-one will know" so he puts it on and they pop their collars and shout "YEAHHHHHH" and you can't see the soup anymore but you can just tell that the outfit wasn't really meant to be like that.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3379 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 05:55 »

OK so I've decided to take some of my own advice and stock up on Pants That Are Not Jeans. Been looking really hard to find some Levis STA-PREST pants with no joy (there's a few about on eBay but they're generally in obscenely small sizes or hideous colours), so I'm looking at non-Levis alternatives and I've found this site for the English mod/skin specialist Jump the Gun. Has anyone here had any dealings with them, whether through the site or their physical store? They seem pretty reputable but it's hard to tell.

Also I was gonna grab this hat so I was looking at their pants as well and some of them look alright as well. Once again I'm wondering if anybody has bought anything from this "Topman" establishment. The concern with these dudes is that everything seems pretty inexpensive and I'm worried I'll get what I pay for and the pants will fall apart on me in no time flat.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #3380 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 06:19 »

Quote from: bainidhe_dub on 08 Mar 2010, 19:27

What's the opinion on solid black suit jackets with pinstripe pants (for ladies)?
*Sigh* Dudes' clothes are so much easier. I can't even find a damn button-down that both buttons nicely and doesn't look like a sail, and it's getting old. I would totally wear ties if I wouldn't look like a weirdo.

Rosie, you know that you need to buy the jacket to fit your tatas and get it altered to fit the rest, it's just life as an hourglass lady.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #3381 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 13:53 »

Actually the jacket Mom got me for Christmas fits pretty nicely, so at least I can be spiffy on the outside.
Also, we need to go thrift shopping sometime. It's no fun alone, I tried.

Patrick · « **Reply #3382 on:** 11 Mar 2010, 21:56 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 08 Mar 2010, 19:08

Raw Indigo Denim

This this this fucking THIS

Seriously I wouldn't trade my self-weathered skinnies for any other pair of jeans ever. They're perfect for 98% of the things I do in life. That's a pretty high percentage of the things I do in life!

The recipe is as follows, and it's tried and true. You start out with good, dark raw indigo jeans. Soak them in hot saltwater. Put them on in the middle of the hottest fucking day in the world, and let them dry on you. Wear the fuck out of them for the next 3 months (including during athletic activities!), and do not wash them ever. If they start to smell musty, cologne the fuck out of them, or shower more frequently, or something. Wait until you don't think the wear patterns could possibly look any radder (or until people 5 blocks away from your apartment start complaining about what they think might be the wind from the dump).

Then you wash them.

It's definitely gross and unappetizing, but after the first wash, not only is the smell entirely gone, but your faithfully worn and weathered jeans look and fit like they were made specifically to make you look fantastic in them.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #3383 on:** 11 Mar 2010, 23:20 »

Yeah but if you don't wash your pants too long the oils from your junk accumulate in the crotch and cause it to blow out earlier, decreasing the life of your jeans.

Melodic · « **Reply #3384 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 00:18 »

fuckin' junk oils

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3385 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 02:32 »

I'm intrigued, I always heard it was bad to wash your jeans. Why do people say this?

I wash mine pretty regularly because I don't care what the fade looks like, and I do care how much I smell.

est · « **Reply #3386 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 04:09 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 12 Mar 2010, 02:32

I wash mine pretty regularly because I don't care what the fade looks like, and I do care how much I smell.

Drill King · « **Reply #3387 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 06:59 »

I've never had a pair of jeans start to smell bad? How does this happen?!

Lines · « **Reply #3388 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 07:06 »

You don't wash them, I guess. I've never let my pants get to that point, though. I'll wear them until they feel like they need to be washed and then wash them.

Drill King · « **Reply #3389 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 07:07 »

Yeah, I usually do that but that's like 6 months or so sometimes.

McTaggart · « **Reply #3390 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 07:44 »

After a string of hot days involving lots table tennis, walking half an hour a day in them, driving at least 45 minutes in a car with a dodgy aircon and me just generally being real sweaty I would say that after letting them air overnight each night my jeans did not pick up any serious funk.

This is in contrast to the tshirts I've been wearing which pick up funk by midday if I don't carry deodorant around.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3391 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 07:50 »

Yeah jeans you can just generally air out, I've only ever washed when my jeans when I spilt shit on them or something

redglasscurls · « **Reply #3392 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 08:38 »

I wash jeans regularly because they always stretch out after a couple wears and just look baggy and stupid and they fall down. How do you non jean-washers keep your pants from just falling right off your butt and looking dumpy?

redglasscurls · « **Reply #3393 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 08:43 »

Belts don't help the saggy non-flattering butt region thing that happens when the thighs stretch out at all.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #3394 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 08:45 »

Get more butt.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #3395 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 08:47 »

Lots of years of irish/german ancestry are working against me in that department

tania · « **Reply #3396 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 08:57 »

i have lots of butt and that still happens to me on a fairly regular basis too. i'm still not sure why but i think it is most likely just cos i was buying pretty lousy quality jeans and also stretching them out and ruining them by washing them way too much and also drying them in the dryer. i decided to save up and buy some pricey jeans a few months ago that are much better quality denim and fit me really well, and i have been taking much better care of them. so far they have retained their fit and not stretched out at all. could be the money i spent on them or could be the fact that i don't wash or dry them nearly as much as i did with my other jeans, i don't know, but it's working.

Lines · « **Reply #3397 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 08:59 »

I have that problem as well. It's not usually in the butt so much as the thighs and knees. I only wash my jeans about once a month or so and don't put them in the dryer. But then again, yeah, this could be because they aren't top quality denim.

Sox · « **Reply #3398 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 09:27 »

I bought and ruined more jeans in the last six months than I have anything else in my whole life.
I've always been careful with them, and I have one pair of £4 jeans that lasted for 6 years of near constant use. Infact, they're still top notch, and are only just starting to break apart at the seams, with the stitching. The denim itself is still fine, I'll probably just sew them back together. However, this is probably because I not once did I wear those jeans to work.

I worked for years in fast food, and for the first few years, it was fine. I wore wellingtons over my jeans (not like anybody can see over the counter) which protected them from most shit, and I am generally a pretty careful person when it comes to taking care of my clothing. The problem came in the last six months when a new employer came in who would constantly spill all kinds of things all over the place, and splash me in the process. The fact that he wouldn't allow wellington boots didn't help either, and by the end of each day, my jeans would reek to high heaven. Leave them hanging outside did nothing, even on the freshest days, as the various oils and gunk that got on them would only begin to smell worse. Indeed, it was so bad that if I attempted to wear the same jeans twice in a row in order to avoid soiling another pair, I would be reprimanded by my boss. The only solution was a hot wash and dry, each time I wore a particular pair of jeans.
The jeans that didn't fall to pieces are still covered in oil stains due to my standing in the "wrong place" with my back turned towards my incompetent boss too often.

I now have almost a dozen pairs of jeans that look and feel ready to fall to bits. Several have holes in that area below the crotch where the denim has worn really thin. Buying more isn't an option, because I just recently quit that job and haven't found another yet. I guess I am asking for tailoring advice or something, something to help get a little more use out of these pants.
Maybe I could use them to a make a lovely denim purse or something.

It seems that most advice in this thread is about purchasing things. I want to see some suggestions about how to recycle, whilsts maintaining an ideal compromise between style and practicality.

Drill King · « **Reply #3399 on:** 12 Mar 2010, 10:25 »

amanda,

This is because of the material in your jeans! All my jeans that have cotton in them, or spandex, stretch out after a few wears but go back to normal when washed. I think there are other materials besides cotton that do this but yeah.

If I'm buying cheap jeans I usually buy them a size smaller so after the first day of wearing them they stretch to where I want them.

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