Random fashion thoughts

also thanks to whoever linked to hapsical's blog. one of the best mens fashion blogs i've read.



Teger said:

isn't the MO of this website basically that its ok for heterosexuals to dress well?

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Yeah, but that doesn't mean they won't have to tackle in one way or another gay imagery, it's just so present there is no getting out of it once you're into fashion, be it lumberjack wear or Givenchy hype faggotry.

i'm just waiting for the day when the reemergence of men's fashion collapses under its own self-referential pretentiousness and all of our favorite broggers are out of business

Teg do the other grad students hate intellectualism as much as you seem to?

well im a history grad student and history is a conservative anti-intellectual field so that's probably some of it. but there's a big mix. most people ive met in grad school are either like 22 and horrible human beings who have no personal lives/interests beyond their program, or like 35 year olds who are going back to school and are fun to talk to and drink with.



Zeemon said:

i only think the way of how fashion interest is perceived in the public, needs to be readjusted.
i personally try to avoid to talk about fashion irl, not only because it is perceived as un-manly but also because most people i know have almost no lnowledge about it

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Not to get too strident or anything, but do you think the appropriate response to repression is to become a willing accomplice?

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tween_spirit who was that really awful guy who used to post on SA and posted on sufu as Mister Black. you should link his youtube fits

i also love hapsical's blog. a really nice guy too (at least when i bought stuff from him).

any other good blogs like that?

please no WHYYOUMADTHO, the guy who wore tissue as pocket square, and styleblogger



Teger said:

tween_spirit who was that really awful guy who used to post on SA and posted on sufu as Mister Black. you should link his youtube fits

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Mental Capacity / Josep Broz Tito

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impolyt_one said:

if you spend $700 on trousers.... what would you spend on a leather jacket?

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whatever it cost.

hahhaha yes tween. do you have any of his old fits? the GQ vodka one was my fave

why such backlash against trends ? a decade is not short enough it would seem to be deemed a trend but a style of that era. the 2000s will be remembered for the contributions of designers and how men's styling evolved from that point. i don't see validity in the argument that personal taste will change in 5, 10, 15 years because that's a rather obvious point that doesn't necessitate selectivity in deciding how to dress today. how much of a wardrobe really will last 15 years ? clothes are ultimately disposable, no matter the quality, and few pieces are intentionally designed with timescales spanning decades in mind (some obvious ones :- aldens and their resolability, filson bags that seem indestructible)

i am not endorsing fast fashion, nor purchasing garbage. but i don't think longevity (in excess) should be criteria for how anyone dresses. being grounded is one thing, being so impervious to change that a single aesthetic describes you for 25 years is just borderline dogmatic (or boring).

of course, i have pieces from a decade ago that are still in excellent condition but i don't wear them every day and i don't wear them the same way that i used to nor do i find them limiting in terms of new ways i'll wear them.

tl;dnr this is supposed to be a fun hobby and just another mode of self-description which can't be same from start to finish.



steveoffice said:

i also love hapsical's blog. a really nice guy too (at least when i bought stuff from him).

any other good blogs like that?

please no WHYYOUMADTHO, the guy who wore tissue as pocket square, and styleblogger

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he seems to have come about later on in raf's career and yearns for the golden age of early (2002!) design that he doesn't have first hand experience with. well, anyway i get that from reading criticism of him on sz by other fashion writers. i still enjoyed some of his work in the past. i don't know of any other blogs worth following in terms of similar content focused exclusively on fashion [journalism] but our own members here have managed to create a few bookmark-worthy blogs and they usually avoid overlap that you might expect considering they all post here too heh



Fuuma said:

How do you disengage sexuality/eroticism from dressing? Well I guess the MC forum points the way...
You also have to keep in mind that a majority of male stylists, designers and other males working in fashion ARE gay, should we McCarthy them out of the equation, isn't homosexual imagery part and parcel with contemporary fashion design?

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hmm you're right my view is a bit far away from reality
from my point of view only the body/face or the woman itself or movements can be attractive/sexy/erotic/cute, clothes do not have an influence.
i see garments only as objects and i'm only interested in the items alone
when i buy clothing i don't put attracting girls into consideration, i even think that it is contraproductive when you look too "flawless" or the combination of the clothes in an outfit look too coherent. but deliberatly avoiding coherence is difficult, because then you are not satisfied.

i don't know, i actually don't like that i'm interested in fashion, i constantly regret that i read the forum etc., because i could use the time for reading about more profound things or things which are more helpful in career or studies. i slowly try to get out of the habit