are scarves pretentious

Potentially both, if you do it right.

Does a HOOS have a brass neck?

lazy dom zing

warmioing

neck warmongering

why not just buy a jacket w/ a neck

pretentious on men, fine for women

Yeah, why not just wear a fucking ski coat to every occasion? Because you look like a 12-year-old, that's why.

it's like sunglasses indoors

you were all probably better as 12 year olds

take it to teenpop

i can assure you i wasn't

my mom got me a scarf on some trip she took but its like 80 fucking degrees outside and this is texas so it will be 80 fucking degrees outside until 5 minutes from now when it is 8 fucking degrees outside

I wear scarves half of the year in SF. The weather is changeable and being able to doff a cap or knot a scarf is often the difference between being comfortable or not. What right-minded adult gives a flying fuck whether that's pretentious?

american men really don't do scarves, it's weird

neurotic ones who start polls on message boards to help them make fashion decisions

xp

12-year-old-ness aside, I often find that a lot of the bulky warmth of some winter coats is unnecessary on most days when a lighter coat is fine as long as you have the scarf.

this does always strike me as pretentious tbh; i mean it is an affectation right?? who the fuck ever says "man my neck is freezing right now"?

you guys are mental

i hear you old bean. the weather down here in palo alto is so damnably fickle!! thank god i've got this indie scarf and porkpie hat to keep me comfortable.

yeah but jon a scarf isn't even a thought in yr neck of the woods where its cold as shit on a reg basis. it's cold here irreg and GOD WHY AM I DEFENDING MY LACK OF FASHION CONFIDENCE

you try living in canada without one, smart guys

What are you afraid of looking pretentious for? Are your dockworker buddies going to give you a hard time about it or something?

i never knew scarves were so controversial

Scarves are good for skateboarding/biking in chilly weather

I am an owner of many scarves and have never once considered it was them that made me pretentious.

i don't know how scarves work. somehow i've made through 24 years in wisconsin without one.

hmmm what to wear for a windy day bike ride through the mission. i know, my homemade denim capri pants and an AA deep v-neck t-shirt. and saucony shoes, and a porkpie hat balanced on my noggin at a jaunty angle. hmmmm, i'll have to keep warm though. better grab this 6-foot-long stripy wool scarf, else i look like a tool w/ a cold neck.

What are you afraid of looking pretentious for? Are your dockworker buddies going to give you a hard time about it or something?

-- Hurting 2, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:33 PM

i am a college male english creative writing major with frameless glasses if a scarf is pretentious i don't need its help

this is mn necessity, they look hot, chicks like them, you look like an adult

xps lol

i have honestly never, ever been outside & thought "really wish i had a scarf right now".

but then i admittedly do dress exactly the same as i did when i was 12, complete with shamelessly pulling my hood up over my head & tying the string tight when its especially cold & windy.

ty jordan, these people are all fuckwits man

but then i admittedly do dress exactly the same as i did when i was 12

Really, deeznuts?

"man my neck is freezing right now"?

Huh? Two carotid arteries just under the skin = great way to lose heat.

12-year-old-ness aside, I often find that a lot of the bulky warmth of some winter coats is unnecessary on most days when a lighter coat is fine as long as you have the scarf.

Hurting, OTM

Men wearing scarves indoors - classic or dud?

Outdoors - classic
Indoors - dud

what the hell can't you just let guys wear a scarf, why is ilx always so damn black n white, burn the scarf wearers/ice cream eaters/car shouters?

many xposts

Scarves are for people who can't 1. grow beards, 2. wear functional, sensibly-designed cold weather clothing, or (mostly) 3. are w/o sisu.

but a tshirt is like saying "its warm enough in here to wear just a tshirt", and the scarf contradicts that by saying "im cold, specifically around my neck". therefore the whole ensemble speaks thus "i am an contradictory* idiot"

i took great care to wear long sleeves today

the only pain is when it's fkn freezing out, you go to a restaurant or to a movie and you gotta deal with taking off and putting on your coat, your scarf, your fucking hat, gloves. too much equipment after a while

what the hell can't you just let guys wear a scarf, why is ilx always so damn black n white, burn the scarf wearers/ice cream eaters/car shouters?

many xposts

-- ledge, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:39 PM

i am a college male english creative writing major with frameless glasses if a scarf is pretentious i don't need its help

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:35 PM

yeah, literally - tshirt, sneakers, jeans, sweatshirts, nike winter coat from goodwill. the only real response or thought i give to fashion of any kind is i hate loud/primary colored shirts. and scarves, apparently.

ive never felt awkward about this, ive always regarded it as typical. i think i dress better than some frankly.

haha wait there are people who go around in tshirts + scarves??

scarves are functional, sensibly-designed cold weather clothing wtf

The real question is why one should care, though. If moonship journey to baja's Palo Alto porkpie and scarf crew are insufferable, they would be even if the fashion changed, and if Jordan and deeznuts have found ways to be comfortable without dressing exactly like me, I most certainly won't gainsay their personal sartorial choices.

http://theproducesection.com/culture/bazooka_3.gif

Lol @ this:

look, its simple. scarf indoors=girls

-- charltonlido, Tuesday, March 15, 2005 7:11 PM (3 years ago)

with taking off and putting on your coat, your scarf, your fucking hat, gloves. too much equipment after a while

Put gloves and hat in pockets of coat: 12 seconds

Pull coat and scarf off together: 4 seconds

Hang on peg/drape over back of chair: 10 seconds (tops)

!!!

^^ years of practice in front of mirror

i should really talk, though, i wear a tie almost every day

it's more of a space thing, in movie theaters and crowds etc. plus i have to do this whole arm flap shoulder hunch thing to get it all settled right, that takes a lot of space. fuck winter, basically.

You lose 80% of your heat through your head and neck.

I own at least seven scarves, and one neck gaiter, but can understand why such things might be foreign to Californians or Texans.

scarves really do keep you warmer! i forgot mine the other day and even with my coat buttoned up around my neck i felt the difference
but yeah, canada
though last time i was in england, in the v early spring, scarf was total necessity too
i have a lot of scarves of dif sizes, fabrics, etc and they all have some kind of practical, specific-weather purpose
xposts
i only wear scarves indoors if i am actually cold and the place is cold. which happens. i have seen people dancing while wearing a scarf!

all winter clothing is pretentious just hook a space heater up to a car battery and walk around with that strapped to your chest and spare me your gloves and scarves and hats and coats and socks

fuck this winter especially
xposts

^^ years of practice in front of mirror

Ha ha, mj2b!

No, I got used to it living in chilly places. I mean it IS a pain to carry around all that stuff,so learning how to do it well is a boon.

the future = portable heat tubes and total nudity
xpost

They are most naturally-paired with an overcoat.

I never wear gloves.

wdyphtll

Fucking winter, seconded

SLEEPING BAGS WITH ARMS + LEGS

http://www.tranism.com/weblog/archives/2006/02/selkbag.html

i think the crux of the problem for me is that you guys are all arguing functionality & i still dont really buy it. its mostly because you think it makes you look good, right? theres definitely wrong with that; ive seen pics of m white & i love the way he dresses but it seems frankly ridiculous for him to be arguing that function not fashion is what primarily dictates that.

not wearing gloves is kind of crazy, although i do that too.

i never owned a scarf until this year. i am now a believer

they work very well when it's windy. I have no idea about how they look on me because I wear them underneath the coat.

You lose 80% of your heat through your head and neck.

I totally call bullshit on this. It's something your mom told you and you actually believed her but in fact she doesn't know what the fuck she is talking about.

Scarves definitely do help keep you warm! I forgot mine yesterday and was freezing all afternoon. Generally I agree with Matt DC:

Outdoors - classic
Indoors - dud

Although women can sometimes get away with wearing scarves indoors as an accessory. I'm wearing mine indoors right now but that's because it's fucking freezing in my office.

this argument is so stupid

B+, my dad, actually.

it got to the mom insults so quickly too!
xpost

you want to compare med credentials with him, q?

i am very neck-centric

scarves are functional, sensibly-designed cold weather clothing wtf

To me, they're like a band-aid. You wear your nice peacoat or whatever that doesn't have a real collar, so you've got space open around your neck and chin where cold air gets in. You plug up that space with a scarf. If you prefer a scarf, fine, whatever, but a well-designed winter coat obviates the need for such a stopgap.

No, but I'll compare them with results of actual RESEARCH:

MYTH #2 states. “If your feet are cold, cover your head because you can lose up to 75% of your body heat through your head alone.

The problem is that the head is only about 10% of the body surface area. Thus, the head would have to lose about 40 times as much heat per square inch or centimeter compared to the rest of the body.

Gordon had heard this statement one too many times and finally decided to see if this was indeed true. So he took several test subjects, all volunteers, of course, (you have to wonder what problem they caused at the university), wired them to monitor their core temperatures, and discovered that we do indeed lose heat through any exposed part of the body and the amount of heat we lose depends on the amount of exposed surface area. The rate of heat loss is relatively the same for any exposed part of the body not simply the head. You do not lose heat significantly faster through the scalp than any other portion of the body with the same surface area.

It is still a good idea to put on a hat (a hood really - what insulation does a baseball hat have?) if your feet are cold. But what is BUSTED is that there is nothing peculiar or unique about the head. The idea that we lose heat faster through out scalp, because of the constant blood supply to the brain, is simply a myth. (One that I personally have believed for many years.)”

I totally call bullshit on this. It's something your mom told you and you actually believed her but in fact she doesn't know what the fuck she is talking about.

She's right, folks.

I found that on the internets, btw.

also lol at captain save-a-wifey

I do the babushka over-the-head thing with shawls all winter, taking the place of hat + scarf. I am a big girl with an office job, though, so daily hoodies not an option.

xpost *high fives*

scarves rule and are sometimes necessary, some of you people are completely insane.

Re heat loss: I always assumed it was because heat rises and the head is the top part!! Perhaps this is lunacy.

dan otm, i couldn't wear a scarf with my coat anyway.

No, the popular warning is based upon the notion that one does not go outside in the winter naked.

False dichotomy, deez. I could (and did on occasion) wear a bulky but warm rain parka this winter, sometimes with a scarf, too, 'cause it was too rainy and cold to do otherwise but I'd be depressed if couldn't ever dress with some panache but it really is more 'functional' for me to wear a mid-weight coat with a cap I can put in one pocket and a scarf I can unknot then to wear only an overcoat or a parka. It gives me at least 6 heat settings over the course of my day as opposed to two: I can leave them all at the office when it's warm at lunch but chilly in the morning/evening, I can wear just the coat, I can wear the coat and the scarf (adustable, too since I can knot it or not), wear the coat and the cap, or wear all three. There are days in February where it's windy and cold here in the morning and sunny at midday and there are days in July when it's cold and foggy in the morning and cold and foggy and windy at midday.

While it is v common for people to go outside with only their head and neck and hands exposed.

What is unique about the head is that many of us don't wear hats to work.

people who wear shoes in the winter are jerks and I hate them

Also, who cares the correct percentage, exactly? Covering your head (one of the prime targets of your circulatory system), the exposed arteries of your wrists and neck and your chest and upper back obviously keeps one warmer.

Laurel thermal energy is alas not particularly subject to gravity.

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING.

this thread got away from my dilemma somehow

lots of lols on this thread. I totally sport a scarf when it's cold here (which really only happens about 12 times a year) and I'm far from fashionable. the important thing for guys to remember when wearing a scarf is to do so with the least amount of douchiness possible. Only you can know where your personal threshold lies, but do make sure you know it and respect it.

^^ this is mainly for dudes. Girls, go nuts.

i thought today was thursday =[

jordan your coat is rad!

i could get a damn scarf in there tho. you just haven't tried.

i wear shoes made of pony hair and elk leather, a functional, sensible choice for winter weather

It always cracks me up how self-conscious and insecure guys are about looking gay or douchey or too effeminate. Be a man. Wear what you please. The rest of the world can go fcuk itself, seriously. Are you going to be lying in your deathbed regretting that douchey scarf or regretting that you gave a shit what some other douche though?

No but I will make fun of jerks in scarves :D

MOST MEN RELUCTANT TO ACCESSORIZE, FULL STORY AT 11

IF YOU DON'T DRIVE A TRUCK TO WORK YOU ARE A FAGGOT HAW

(I'm more or less referring to the t-shirt/ scarve combo alluded to up-thread.)

xx-post

Are trucks pretentious?

Tracker trucks=pretentious
Independent Trucks=not pretentious

Gullwings?

It's not the 'pretention' of kids wearing scarves that bugs me. It's the aesthetic inarticulacy mostly, the failure to see when it doesn't work. I'm not super judgmental about what other people wear and douchey wears ALL kinds of styles in my experience.

t-shirt/scarf combo dude could be cool if he were just a nutter but from a functional pov he IS cretinous.

I earned my double gull wings with this girl I met at union pool last night... oh man

i was going to write something about not wanting to look douchey or too effeminate just for my own personal satisfaction & sense of style, then i realized i'm wearing flowers in that picture that i posted, lol.

(i have no memory of who put those there, but i was drinking and i'm sure it was a girl)

it's a scarf, wear it when it's cold. who gets bugged out by this shit?

people who wear scarves are douches and should wear douches around their necks

GRANTED successfully wearing a scarf is a pretty basic styling task, intermediate at most, but I can understand how it would intimidate guys who are still mastering the elementary foundations of "clean shirt goes on top / clean pants go on legs / if cold then use coat"

tell me more

Well, first of all you should always put your pants on one leg at a time.

depends on how they're tied

The pants legs?

Tying your pants legs would be some douchey fashion.

no it looks totally cool i swear

huck finn type shit

^^this

Are scarves pretentious? I don't know. I.JUST.DON'T.KNOW.WHAT.TO.TELL.YOU.

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It's weird. I've never worn scarves but it never occurred to me until very recently that they were even considered fruity/indie/Europhilic. I don't know if this is because I'm douchey, Canadian, clueless, or a combination. If anything, I think I associate them more with kids. That said, I tried a scarf once when I was young and couldn't get it to stay wrapped and still be comfortable. Anything less than a thick unpretty winter coat in scarf-worthy weather seems mental to me though. In a perfect world, I'd wear mittens in most cold weather but alas, I cave and make do with gloves unless it's ridiculous out.

What does it mean for them to be pretentious though? What's the pretence?

(I'm talking about outdoor scarves though. Indoor scarves on men are undoubtedly fruity/indie/Europhilic. None of these are necessarily bad things.)

It's because you live east of the Rockies and north of the Mason-Dixon.

n/a OTM (m white too)

i think this is one of those things where if you have to ask the question than the answer is yes

are mittens warmer than gloves?? you guys must be dealing with some serious cold to even consider that; i couldnt do mittens. i have however worn those thermal kid-glove things. still not quite as bad as a friend of mine who
wore a bright red pair for years.

sundar, honestly i just think its more just a cultural rather than climate thing. to me, wearing a scarf is an attempt to affect an image since virtually no one wears them. but if you see them on guys all the time everyday itd just be thought of as some practical device (i still maintain it is in fact not).

Where do you live? Yes, mittens are warmer than any gloves I've found, esp the kind of skinny non-lumberjackish gloves that people don't make fun of. Also, I have Reynaud's syndrome.

im sorry is a dude who really wears designer kicks made out of bamboo and kilt patterns really clowning dudes who wear scarfs?? btw scarfs are for fags imo

i live & have lived around the midwest/central US sundar, all seasons are pretty intense including winter.

if they're good enough for carmen san diego then they're good enough for me

scarves look fine you insecure retards

90% of ilx seems to think so deej which is sort of surprising to me

and again im not saying they look bad, im just saying they look pretentious. i would feel awkward wearing one, or at least very aware that i was wearing one. tempted to buy one now & start wearing it around just to see what people say.

if yr talking about italian silk scarves or something, that might look pretentious, but really it would just look kind of fashionista-ish

ie, lets face it, queer

, honestly i just think its more just a cultural rather than climate thing. to me, wearing a scarf is an attempt to affect an image since virtually no one wears them. but if you see them on guys all the time everyday itd just be thought of as some practical device

^^^ what i needed to hear

interesting thread. scarves can definitely appear pretentious, i think, (just on guys tho), but whoever said it depends on how they're tied is otm. there are ways of tying them that are more bombastic and thus a little pretentious.

i haven't worn a scarf in years, tho i'm not against them. i haven't worn one mainly because wool scarves make my face/neck very itchy and i've had a little difficulty finding a non-wool scarf that i like.

if i were to have one though, i like the way they look when they're not tied, but when they're simply hanging on the neck below one's coat. when you take off your coat, you should take off your scarf, too. just a t-shirt + scarf looks pretentious, i think.

thing is though, when they are not tied but simply casually hanging around the neck, they operate more as a fashion accessory (b/c it's not keeping you warm when it's not tied up) while appearing more as a practical device (see it's just casually hanging there! i'm not making a big deal of it being there)

ha those posts were both enlightening for me mark, i didnt realize theyre usually tied. im not really sure i buy that tying them would provide anything more than subtle strangulation to the wearer tho.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

i am a college male english creative writing major with frameless glasses if a scarf is pretentious i don't need its help

Punctuation and capitalization: the scarf and gloves of creative writing?

No, LACK of punctuation and capitalization = scarves and gloves of CW

Too, I once feared punctuation.

My head and my sentences now wear their caps proudly.

haha wow this thread

the only way to tie a scarf imo (i am a GUY) (no homo):

double it up
put around neck
pull ends through loop

untied scarf makes no sense

increase the peace

scarves are perfect for when you want to go outside for a cigarette and you don't want to pull on your whole coat btw

saw dude with feathered porkie type hat at gilbert and george show today ... was it m white?

saw dude with feathered trilby type hat at gilbert and george show ... was it m white?

tracer by 'untied' i just mean 'a strip of wool wrapped around the neck', which is basically what i thought a scarf was; im not sure where the hell actually tying it comes into effect unless theyre designed to do that, which is apparently so but ive honestly never realized it; its always seemed like theyre just thrown around the neck to me.

NOTE: i am a very self-absorbed person who does not often take much interest in others.

Felicity: [Too, I once feared punctuation.]

Great, amazing Americanism; can't tell if it's part of self-referential humo(u)r here

Tracer Hand:
[double it up
put around neck
pull ends through loop]

yes

that = wearing scarf, non?

I wear one whenever I go out

monochrome stripes

Hi pinefox!

That was either from a James Thurber essay or an article making fun of the New York Times (or both).

unless it is very cold, i typically do not thread my scarf. too neat.

http://www.barrystickets.com/images/concert/NewYorkDolls.jpg

if you feel awkward wearing a scarf, don't project your shit on me, i rock this shit and i look good doing it -- no pretense there

if you're using a scarf as costume to appear more dramatic or fashionable when you are not particularly dramatic or fashionable, then sure, that is pretentious

What about this guy:

http://bp0.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/R-As82kfXxI/AAAAAAAADIU/vmg72213Sag/s400/RobertRblueweb.jpg

or this one:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/brainiac/Bakert.jpg

if you feel awkward wearing a scarf, don't project your shit on me, i rock this shit and i look good doing it -- no pretense there

-- elmo argonaut, Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:56 AM

burt stantonaut

to me, wearing a scarf is an attempt to affect an image since virtually no one wears them

What the hell?

this guy knows how to wear a scarf

http://www.lasersedgecd.com/fist_dylan_blonde.jpg

what the fuck is this shit

I do spend my entire working day staring fixedly at my tie in resentment while it just fucking hangs there having no obvious function, it's just, it's just such bullshit man

switch to a cravat

arterial blood and tears of rage all over monitor

good enough for superman:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_kxF371gMSro/RtB3X9uQ3aI/AAAAAAAAANo/5DXOkqAqrBI/s400/cravat.jpg

Scarves - they keep you warm, but sometimes girls ask to borrow them.

Scarves are only pretentious if you're pretentious. Just like rocking out to Queensryche.

JET CITAY WOOOOOMAAAAN

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u158/rogerdaltreygod/Doctor%20Who%20Tom%20Baker/bakerwave.jpg

if you're using a scarf as costume to appear more dramatic or fashionable when you are not particularly dramatic or fashionable, then sure, that is pretentious

-- elmo argonaut, Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:59 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Link

i guess that 'wanting to appear particularly dramatic or fashionable' falls under my definition of 'pretentious' no matter the wearer.

Oh hey look, it's every fashion thread ever!

i dont read them, so sorry laurel! i guess theyre smart enough not to title themselves "is fashion pretentious?" & i dont get tempted

Luckily, elmo is already "queer" so he probably won't mind the scarf effect!

"scarf effect" shitty indie band name?

Side effect of new estrogen supplement.

i just want to say that brownie is batting 1.000 on this thread

I just put on three scarves and am posting now while wearing them.

I ran out of room on my neck though so had to wrap one around my leg.

http://www.fifthcolumnclothing.com/images/vse-scarf.jpg

Ahahahahahaha you know I have purposefully not even brought up football scarves.

My dad got me a scarf that says AC SPARTA PRAHA and then in smaller font SPARTA DO TOHO. I understand it has something to do with some sports team from Prague.

Fashion is no sillier than creative writing.

I love when the models fall on the runway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdrvcLyB6-I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnSHbjZX858&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BesQmA9QoQg&feature=related

Yay, fashion torts.

alright that is total bullshit felicity, but thanks for the vids

scarves = valuable during powder days up on the slopes

omg lololol the watercan actually having water in it

True, deeznuts. You'd look pretty goofy wearing a short story around your neck on a cold day.

+ the way she brushes her hair back after each spill

<3

i have no idea what this is

http://elainemeinelsupkis.typepad.com/money_matters/images/2007/11/12/miz_liberty_shocked_iranian_scarves.jpg

wow, Tiiu Kuik really faceplants there, impressive

watering can one has best comic timing though

You'd look pretty goofy wearing a short story around your neck on a cold day.

The emperor's new novella?

don't even get deeznuts started on how pretentious umbrellas are

being at 10,000 ft. elevation, on top of a mountain = cold

listen baiter how many times have you thought "i would not like to be wet right now" vs "i wish my neck wasnt so cold right now"

i have thought 'i would be more comfortable in a scarf' pretty frequently

I have lost my scarf and damn I'm colder because of it. And I have a pretty high-collared coat.

maybe it is what you need to gain some humility

Scarves - they keep you warm, but sometimes girls ask to borrow them.

-- nickalicious, Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:20 AM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

otm.

dont drink too much after lending a girl your scarf or you wont see it again.

"hey look its a fag! im cold so im gonna grab his scarf"

i'm not baiting you, deez. i usually think the latter, a decent coat + snowpants usually keeps me from getting wet, but it sucks having snow get down the neck of your coat. ?

i was talking about tracer, i cant imagine 10000 ft mountain cold but i can say that girls wanting yr clothing isnt necessarily a reason to be thrilled about what yr wearing

snowpants are for babies

Some people have no imagination.

to avoid scarf borrowing always produce the scarf through the sleeve, magician style, and make sure it is tied to other scarves so that it appears never ending. The borrower will eventually get bored and forget what she was asking.

Snowpants and gaiters I can get behind b/c I like skiing and snowshoeing.

xp or, wipe your nose on it

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/The_500_hats_of_bartholomew_cubbins.jpg/180px-The_500_hats_of_bartholomew_cubbins.jpg

o right skiing. okay snowpants are for skiing, snowshoeing, babies, and people with IBS.

...i can say that girls wanting yr clothing isnt necessarily a reason to be thrilled about what yr wearing

Girl: Mind if I borrow your tubetop?

deeznuts sounds like a schlub

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http://www.businessinnovationinsider.com/images/2006/06/King%20of%20Queens.jpg

March Madness Scarf Sensibleness Power Rankings:

1. Midwesterners (top seed)
2. Bay Areans
3. Brooklynites
4. (deeznutsland <= where?)
5. Southern transplants

Will there be a heart-warmioing Cinderella upset?

Poll results comioing soon.

aargh i probably do. ive actually grown to like both carolla & kimmel tho so maybe ive grown into one.

xp im a midwesterner felicity hows that fr throwing a wrench into yr favorites??

carolla is classic for 'loveline' dont get me wrong

deej-deeznuts fite - what is to be done. Which of you guys likes socks more?

deej. i often go w/out socks unless walking significant distances + never wear ones that match because im too lazy to fold them. hope that helps with whatever the fuck yr talking about.

I don't really like having to put on a scarf to brave the winter weather (I don't like hats or gloves, either), but I sometimes like wearing them inside, fashionably.

PS I haven't read any of this thread.

correct. i always wear socks xp

Ok, thanks. Now the brackets match up.

New March Madness Scarf Sensibleness Power Rankings:

1. Bay Areans
2. Midwesterners
3. Brooklynites
4. Southern transplants

socks v. slippers around the house

bay aryans

scarves white people like

comioing

kudos

my scarf is blue argyle wool, made in the UK
it looks fly

damn, dn dropped the Midwesterners down a seed.

You people are priceless, you know that? Thank you all for this thread. :)

i honestly think i have abnormal body temp because i dont wear socks indoors if i can help it, never wear shoes in private, & think all girls are total pussies when it comes to cold weather.

sry brownie

Oh now that's lovely.

Calling a woman "a pussy": ironic enough to be funny? I'm leaning toward "no".

jesus laurel! i mean that their circulation or whatever seems drastically different that mine. its just a joke its not meant to be 'ironic'.

Perhaps you would've been better off calling them "wusses".

what a cunt

Wait, I thought pussy was a good thing.

big hoos fashion threads are generally dud

not ironically though xp

this thread reminds me of walking around the suburbs in NYC approved wear and having all the tonys and joeys in their baggy jeans and sketchers go "fuckin homo L okokk at tha tfuckin homo"

women are so gay

I didn't even think about wearing a scarf, as this was my first winter in a cold environment in the last five years. But when I think about all those times walking to work thinking about how my whole body was warm except my face - yeah, I'll have to get a scarf next year.

dudes seriously need to quit rocking the tee/sportcoat thing

tonys and joeys

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I get the part about not wanting to be called a homo by a stage actor's award, but baby kangaroos? Baby kangaroos, stanton???

Can we compare scarves now?

Deej's scarf sounds verr niiice.

My favorite scarf this winter has been the black one -- just black, nothing precious. (Unless of course you think wearing a scarf at all is precious, etc etc.) Like more than a couple of my favorite articles of clothing, it was a gift from ms. jules, who seems to know what she's doing when she buys men's clothes.

Look! A picture! IIRC, every visible piece of clothing in this picture was a result of her laser-guided internet shopping. :)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/scarfing.jpg

My other fave scarf is kind of a sky blue, nice and bright -- it really pops out of a dour grey-and-black-and-necessary winter getup.

kingkong, scarves do not protect much against yr face; the cold you felt was likely to extremities such as ears & nose; youd be much better off wearing a ski-mask. or a hood.

burt stanton, you are exactly the kind of asshole you are railing against but in reverse.

"my precious"

http://www.swell.com/images/us/local/products/detail/DAM0302CHU_BR_dt.jpg

nice option if you don't have a hoodie

I always wear a hat on my feet when I'm at home

northern exposure hats, STLYISH OR FUCKIN HOMO? s/fh

http://www.mcphee.com/pixlarge/11360.jpg

hahaha. warmth > not getting made fun of

I call my favorite scarf "gryffindor".

Mine is "Snape." (I just decided.)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I am disgusted by SJP-hatred

just in case you were like wondering and stuff

kingkong, scarves do not protect much against yr face; the cold you felt was likely to extremities such as ears & nose; youd be much better off wearing a ski-mask. or a hood.

-- deeznuts, Thursday, 20 March 2008 17:02 (Yesterday) Link

The vegan straightedge guy upthread is completely wearing a scarf over his face. I'm gonna get one and go get warmioed.

Neck-warmioing is #1!!!

What's SJP?

xx-post.

Pretentiousness

http://www.ocn.ne.jp/sports/espa/nakamura/report/images/ph_06_07.jpg

i am shocked at how close pretentious came to overwhelming neck warmioing

Florioida

this does always strike me as pretentious tbh; i mean it is an affectation right?? who the fuck ever says "man my neck is freezing right now"?

-- deeznuts, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

the fuck

whoa 80 people voted. The only cold neck should be on a beer.

You lose 80% of your heat through your head and neck.

That's so awesome! For centuries we've been wearing most of our clothes on the wrong part of our body! FUCK ME, tomorrow I am tying my jeans around my neck and my coat around my head. The rest I will neglect clothing cause I don't lose my heat there anyway!

I'm now knitting the Irish Hiking Scarf. It's totally awesome. In a Katia Mexico yarn. It'll probably be neglected cause I don't wear orange/red/pink stuff anyway. :-( But I'll have at least done a cable scarf!!!

I'm also gonna do a scarf in brioche stitch. Awesome stitch cause it's quick and bulky.

That said, knitting scarves can be extremely tedious. :-( Unless I can watch telly whilst doing it.

think all girls are total pussies when it comes to cold weather.

I will print this out as a sticker and plaster this on my non-existent car bumper.

http://www.helloyarn.com/irishhikingscarfallisongray.jpg

irish hiking scarf.

i'm wearing a scarf. indoors. whaddaya gonna do about it? huuhh?

i never thought my scarf was pretentious. then i got it drunk one evening. oh jesus. weltanshung this and lumpenproletariat that.

https://www.kungfunation.com/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=999&products_id=753

why would anyone wear anything on that site

I'm not sure but maybe because they liked any one of those 60 or so bands?

i like and own records by most of those 60 or so bands!

but that scarf alone is so rong as to put me off anything else they might ever make

^ internets hyperbole

https://www.kungfunation.com/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=999&products_id=504

^^ i lied, this is awesome

the kung fu folks are hands down the nicest people to do business with at a trade show, <3 'em