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I think you're misunderstanding the aim of this thread.
The way I see it, there is a certain archetype of Female Model and Female Style. This archetype is more than just an idealized figure of "woman," but also regulates style into a hierarchy. Most women (and men, too) respond to this hierarchy by negotiating their cultural, ideological, and physical assets with the idealized figure, so that they may be folded into the order of Affirmed Style. This means that they are conditioned to desire a dominant, differentiating, discriminatory sartorial cover-up.
This thread is a space for what might be described as "queer" fashion. It rejects the mainstream, authoritative J. Crew trend that demands traditional patterns, shapes, and affectations, as well as culture-appropriative, body-specific and race-specific prescriptions. This thread offers a space for the **** that is weird and threatening to regulatory mainstream standards. So when you say that this thread is, in a sense, exclusive, you're right—this thread recognizes those forms of women's style that are so often erased by **** like "oh look at those legs," "would smash," and other articulations of typically male desire.
^ It's actually just half the essay, google the rest if you didn't it's worth reading.
What has been posted here but very rich, very thin, very alluring women in expensive garments? The idea that anything in this thread is even a half-serious comment on...well, anything....is, as someone suggested, a joke.
MC has Recent Non-Sartorialist Looks to view/discuss men's clothing worn by non-forum participants. SW&D's Bright Future Thread includes inspirational sartorial images of hazily-defined 'older dudes'. Check them out.