i am not crazy about a sharp dressed man

in fact i hate them

TY

It's about time for a backlash against the era of the overdressed, overgroomed man.

People are spending $2k to walk around dressed like lumberjacks, with beards to match. I think the backlash has been here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHT376P2qI

People are spending $2k to walk around dressed like lumberjacks, with beards to match. I think the backlash has been here.

― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Monday, October 11, 2010 10:43 PM Bookmark

Yes, but if this is a backlash, it also requires a backlash.

dont make this thread about cultural trends

its about not being attracted to men in suits

I like the idea of a "sharp dressed man" but "men in suits" just makes me think of missionaries.

http://www.missionarymall.org/skin1/images/customer_images/guarantee.jpg

but how do u feel abt a star trek fan

http://www.nobhillgazette.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/modern_day.jpg

http://www.missionaryclothes.com/img/2pantsuit.jpg

http://ewpopwatch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sad-don-draper_320.jpg

http://thefashionisto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/fineanddandy2.jpg

and whatabout a sharp undressed man

just bought my first suit tbh

its lost its appeal as ive gotten older

does Fight Club ever comment on the irony of that Calvin Klein line given that shirtless six-packed Brad Pitt was basically the ur-Calvin Klein model in the movie?

roxy crazy about it or not, wearing suits is so just like, man, just so great

xpost isnt the next shot in the movie after that line a focus on pitt's ribbed abs? i got the impression the movie knows

Yeah, I think that movie is more about men wanting to be Men than it is about men being Men.

Look, bottom line is, I don't have a million dollars and I am not meticulous, so just give me good moderately-priced clothes that don't make me look like I'm at a John Mayer concert and I'll be happy. I don't want a mod suit OR a $300 bespoke flannel.

Where did someone offer you $300 bespoke flannel.

Also, roffle at Patrick McD post.

^^^^
I'm finding this harder and harder. Vast majority of my shirts are now from the Gap or J. Crew, some Old Navy mixed in. 99% of the stuff I see in malls is shite, and it's so hard to find solid color shirts that are cut well (without being hipster skinny, cuz I'm not) that don't look like middle-aged dadware.
Wondering if late-20s/early-30s are the hardest time for men to dress themselves

not even bespoke: http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=71&products_id=355

as long as i have something to wear with pinstirpe pants (solid tee, what have you) i am good

Wondering if late-20s/early-30s are the hardest time for men to dress themselves

This. I find it very hard to not look like a child but also not look like a conservative.

http://images.costumzee.com/users/Lana417-2876-full.gif

^^ my feeling is that everybody should look like this all the time

yes, every1 shd dress as if tucker carlson sired a child with shelly duvall

i like my suit but i don't think i'd ever wear it for anything other than occasions which demand a suit

i dress awesome all the time

i wear t-shirt+jeans everywhere like 99.9% of the time though so what do i know

roxy how do u feel about zz top's trademark beards, i bet u r not crazy about em

when my band played with zz top we werent allowed to talk to them, and billy gibbons looked down my dress

neither of the bearded ones was sharp dressed at the time, the drummer was in a blazer

i love beards btw

guessing you'd hate my artfully distressed white t-shirt

i have a beard

;-)

in a way

I am crazy about women with sharp edges

Thereby excluding all those curvy Colombian women, you must understand.

"like"

in a way

― (♥_♥) (roxymuzak), Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:55 AM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol

Yeah, I think that movie is more about men wanting to be Men than it is about men being Men.

― buju_stanton (Hurting 2), Monday, October 11, 2010 11:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

haha, when i first read this post, i thought it said "move" instead of "movie", and thought that that move was wearing a suit

accidental otms are the best otms

every man should be able to rock a suit well imo

It has to be the easiest thing to rock, really. Unless it's like, all weird somehow. Light blue is a no-no nowadays.

But I think that might be Roxy's trouble with it. It's just so damn EASY to wear a suit.

Assuming you own one. I don't.

Yeah. You know you want all this un-suit-having man. Don't act like you don't.

eh, lots of people can give off a pretty awkward air in a suit - they should train themselves to feel more comfortable

I was just about to post this:

i dress awesome all the time

That's what you wear, not the clothes.

I dress like a dork and a half. The trick is not to look like one. Different difference.

I'm like 1/4 kidding.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs379.snc4/44220_633800890774_304571_36031787_1490332_n.jpg

Of course, you can't wear a sexy, cocksure attitude to a corporate job interview.

Minimum education: Master of Business Administration

Dress code: full luscious lips, slight pout, tight pants.

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/7/0/7/2707_photo.jpg

akercocke sez "chill roxy"

lol

I hate dressing like a bum and have started dressing more don draper, but on a charity shop budget and with my mum as my tailor. If this means roxy will never fall in love with me, I'll guess I'll just have to deal w/ it.

omg ackercocke look 100% embarrassing there!!!

like some combo of steampunk and warren wilson students and "industrial night" @ the local college bar

that's from their guest appearance in the new Twilight movie

will spend money on well-fitting shirts, tees and tees, but tbh budget and the fact that i'm just not 'that guy' (ie never gonna be a male model iykwim) will always limit the amount of effort i'm gonna put into my wardrobe.

tees and jeans

in the zz top song it was a white glove, and a top hat and stuff. quite outlandish.

^ guy who's most recent wdyll was a mauve smoking jacket just to go down the pub, let's not forget

i assumed lj would be wearing his top hat.

if lj jumped off the sound bridge in the mornin woudja have to folly him wouldja

Me, on the other hand, I think I came out of the womb worshiping Robert Palmer and his well dressed ways.
He's my whole reason for loving men in suits in the first place.

exception: bryan ferry

i am crazy about him

black shades, white gloves
lookin sharp, and lookin for love

http://springbreak80s.com/wp-content/gallery/tripod-christmas-2007/n887730541_1891122_8723.jpg

with my mum as my tailor

mothers are probably more reliable tailors than most retail stuff

my feeling about it is that there's all this pressure from mags like esquire/gq and just society in general for men to dress like "proper men" ie not jeans and tshirts like some sloppy douchebag but in a nice trim suit and a classy thin tie with a vintage tie bar and a pocket square and maybe some quirky shoes, and maybe suits do look "nicer" in some ways, but no matter what, when I see a guy wearing a fashionable suit in a casual context, even if I begrudgingly respect his style and joie de vivre, the overwhelming message that it sends is "HIII I'M A FAAANCY MAAAN"

like some combo of steampunk and warren wilson students and "industrial night" @ the local college bar

― (♥_♥) (roxymuzak), Tuesday, October 12, 2010 11:32 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

it's this thing

Wondering if late-20s/early-30s are the hardest time for men to dress themselves

fyi late-30s also sucks right now

it isn't really age, it's current fashion trends and how they all eat giraffe taint

have a giraffe-taint suit in my wardrobe somewhere iirc

It's about time for a backlash against the era of the overdressed, overgroomed man.

Where are these mythical creatures? All I see are dudes trying to dress like homeless people.

http://www.shaveeverywhere.com/

for that esquire is trying i really dont see very many guys, even in nyc, who are out there in skinny suits and tie bars and such

i mean i do see a lot of guys who are FASHION and think about how they dress themselves

warren wilson is just on the other side of the smokies from me

stephen dobyns lives 45 minutes from me