i'm wearing a really gay outfit: fashion risks for better or for worse

I think I already posted a pic that answers this question.

lol yep. i'm proud of you.

tonight i will be wearing:

tight 501s
chaps
leather harness boots
sleeveless leather uniform shirt
arm bands
leather cop gloves
biker hat

LOL

are you fucking kidding? my hero

where are you going?

not sure about the hat. i have to work up the nerve.

x-post a local levi/leather bar. the night is hosted by a local leather coalition and is called "avatar games." i really have no idea what to expect.

This thread. Needs. Pixxxxxxx

if someone convinces dr. morbius to scan his stand-up glossies, i will post a picture of myself in leather.

If Morbs scans his stand up, I will post a pic of myself in strgn.

that pic is special!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g192/rrawn/306444387_1042992175_0.jpg

the shirt doesn't even cover my waist!

but i think compared to strgn i look like a football player

hottttttt

my digital camera is broken ;_;

that outfit doesn't look super-gay to me. it's very tasteful and a little dark. i love it.

ok this is not at all what i imagined from description! you look good!

whew good :) guys i'm not always the most daring person

Yeah looking hot! I was picturing a little striped belly shirt

lol me too!

me too and I was a little concerned.

haha ok in the house maybe

lol <3 thx for the support i'm taking this on the train!

i also imagined like swishy grey pants and a much wider belt.

You are planning on going out in this outfit, right?

was wearing today
smokey grey cotton/silk top
black wash jbrand jeans ('the doll' style i think, bit of a flare @ bottom)
pointy faux snakeskin shoes w/low heel
black/white print silk scarf

currently wearing vneck american apparel tshirt instead, in sort of a dark-blue/peach stonewash color. i like it better inside out because more blue than pink. i don't think i'm going out though. so tired..

surmounter you look stylin

I've changed clothes something like four times today, but nothing I was wearing was really all that gay. Just the fact that I changed clothes four times.

ramzi you look like conor oberst in that picture

love it surmounter! you're adorable

That's not partic gay at all, Surm. Lookin' good, in fact.

I didn't mean to imply that the two are mutually exclusive, tho.

:D

i carried an oversized brown pleather bag, it was good

please tell me i can wear a headband out?

the brown bag:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g192/rrawn/306719428_1043970140_0.jpg

boyfriend doesn't quite like it, but i'm smitten

very european, but it works on you

and then there's this choker which the boys have seen, but i haven't actually worn it anywhere but the beach yet:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g192/rrawn/Photo33.jpg

i wish i could just take a cab!

You get away with it which is the ultimate accolade wrt clothes

i think there is nothing wrong w/ the bag except that it is maybe better for going to work than out to a club?

i have weird feelings about the choker.

black three quarter sleeve shirt with bats on the front, and one glow in the dark bat. tight grayish jeans, mid-top shiny black basketball pumps by shaquille o'neal. my parents are visiting i don't know how much they're gonna love it.

I am wearing big baggy pleated trousers & a loose oxford, sneaks and no makeup...which is either gay or Patti Smith.

I guess 8-eye Doc Martens wld make it the gay.

Or...cargo shorts.

shorts y/n?

weather is good....

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7743/photo13ga0.jpg

Oof. No. Are you wearing those socks? Maybe I have no vision for this style.

My fashion risk today: wearing skinny jeans OUTSIDE of my boots, like all scrunched up around the rings. I...think it's working? The important thing is that my legs not look like denim sausages, which I don't think they do.

Also it may be the only way to wear these jeans, which are abt 6" too long for me.

I keep seeing people (possibly just the same 3 or 4, idk) wearing extra long jeans with the bottoms folded straight back up the legs, like 6-8" tall raw fabric cuffs. I'm reminded of flowerpots, somehow. Maybe this is a new thing to do with bootcuts?

Wellllllll...I usu cuff around 4-5" if I do it at all...but I haf zee short legs! I think the girls who buy bootcuts often get them long enough to come to the ground even when they're wearing heels...an extra 3" or so? Which when they're not wearing heels, has to be cuffed up.

Other than that, no idea!

Sometimes they are folded up to capri length. Since this is Seattle, I'm assuming it's not cutting edge or anything; it seemed to spring out of the blue, but it's very likely I'm just now noticing it.

Yes, I cuff to capri length, too. I dunno, it's just...a style? Not bootcuts, just straight legs, but it's probably as bad.

Another female ILXor and I showed up at a party last Fri both wearing cycle boots and jeans cuffed up above the ankle. I felt v sheepish about it, somehow.

So is it just the socks causing the problem or is it just a wholly bad idea?

I really only wear socks when it's cold and they're knee-high.

Unless I plan to always wear jeans with heels, I re-hem them. I'm also short.

Today, cotton skirt with black and brown chevron print, brown heels, black three-quarter sleeve knit top. Boring but I have a board meeting to go to later.

i did NOT just spill coffee on my shirt 2 sec before running out the door. @*#$UTLSKDFJ

oh no!!

it is a dry clean only one too!!!!

i guess it's something brooklyn boys are doing now? i think it's kind of nasty. i mean, i love how it looks but it feels gross.

guys if you want to really go for gay but also for logic, just wear some sockette things or whatever they're called

http://www.getprice.com.au/images/uploadimg/174/250_33105.jpg

those are great!

those shorts look very oktoberfest beer girl to me

hilarious thread title fwiw

Suggestion for male pseudo-socklessness: buy little cotton ankle-length socks at the drugstore, grab a pair of scissors, snip off the ankle part. Not that you'll remember that for the nine months it'll take for it to be warm enough for this to matter, but if you're wearing anything that covers your foot -- i.e., not loafers or deck shoes or whatever -- this actually feels better than just wearing socks.

bachelor-style diy socklettes

i don't know where those fall on the gay index

They fall on the PUNK side

NOTHING is more punk than dutifully buying ankle-socks at the drugstore and then daintily snipping off the ankles so that your feet are nice and comfy but you still feel like you look stylish

That kind of mild vanity and mundane planning is the ESSENCE of punk

Jordan, you are very catty lately!

But yeah, thanks you guys, you all look wonderful!

i am wearing a dark denim jumper dress which includes suspenders. also: purple tights. definitely risky.

I am wearing a cocktail dress with a bodice that leaves very little to the imagination and no bra, because there's nowhere to hide it. Going to have to keep jacket buttoned to the chin all day, I can tell already....

i salute both of you.

I have a big fancy work 'do tonight so the cocktail attire is somewhat justified. Am feeling very shelf-of-bosom, though.

i'm wearing a minidress/jumper.

this one is always much mini-er than i remember it being. the first time i catch a glimpse of myself in a window or something, it's a bit of a shock.

Yeah I should really invest in a full length mirror if I'm going to insist on leaving the house like this!

I am justifying this look by reminding myself that the dress was $9.99 on sale!

I am wearing a sweatshirt, very baggy trousers, and wingtips, which is ... I dunno. Comfy, though.

cute!

i'm into anything sweats these days.

note: denim is v thin and when walking into wind makes weirdness!!!

I collected my A-level results in a wide-brimmed black hat, black clothes and a pair of mirror sunglasses. What. A. Twat.

sounds fun to me!

i look kind of gay today but in a fun way (i think)

yes, there are days when i don't look gay.

i looked better than i felt last night: black jeans, black sneakers, turquoise t-shirt, maroon sweat-material zip-up vest, the gold link belt and turquoise eyeliner. and bracelets of course.

of course.

turqouise eyeliner was probably a little much

turquoise eyeliner was redeemed for me when hilary duff (not a fan, but she's a pretty girl) was on the cover of Blender a few years ago - pink shadow on top and turquoise eyeliner on bottom rim - http://hilaryduffpix.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/hilary_duff_blender_2004_05.jpg (it was much prettier on the glossier magazine)

I live in Miami. Theoretically I'm allowed to wear shorts anytime, but I have a before seven o'clock rule.

Don't be so serious.

Shorts are a serious affair; so are the thighs required to exhibit them.

I say this, I refuse to wear anything that an elderly librarian wouldn't so...

another risky dress: deep v wool jumper thingy w/ black longsleeve shirt under and black tights. i kind of wish i had one of those gossip girl headbands right now.

sounds sooo cute

i feel like the skirt is a little too poofy and is making me rounnnndddd(er). there are a few pleats involved: v v risky for me!

i am wearing beat up levis & a men's grey wool button up sweater vest & clunky 90's oxford shoes.. with this really nice isabel marant blouse that was sort of a big splurge but i love it.. uh.. i sort of look sloppy but felt guilty about wearing a really nice blouse that for once didn't come from a thrift store!

dress sounds nice, tza, not risky at all.

black belted trench coat. got what i hope were approving looks on the train this morning.

Does this look OK? The sweater was a mock turtleneck, but I cut the mock off to wear collared shirts with it.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/mzing12/noname.jpg

cute. kind of 90s junior high? in a good preppy way

yeah, I was thinking the sweater was pretty 90s ... it was from Uniqlo when they first started unloading all the early 90s crap.

i'm pretty sure i'm dressed like purple rain era prince today. please confirm/refute:

black shoes with wee cuban heels
slim-cut tapered grey jeans
offwhite lacey blouse with bow at neck
black velvet blazer with purple lining

at first i was thinking beethoven, but then after more thought i realized no. i look like prince.

affirmative. a crossover between beethoven and prince is pretty much a guaranteed success in my book.

yeah, i'm totally unrepentant about the forthright gayness of this outfit.
when i was a teen this is pretty much exactly the outfit i wanted to be wearing to work as a grownup and ta-da.

the lining of the jacket is seriously the most beautiful purple i've ever seen.