Random Fashion Thoughts (Part 3: Style farmer strikes back) - our general discussion thread

[LA Guy]

I wonder if skinheads had this convo when fashion guys started wearing MA-1s.

Like, on Stormfront, maybe there are articles titled: "What Do You Do When Influencers Come For Your Symbol of Hate?"

One of the best way to strip a symbol of its meaning is by giving it to fashion, which changes the narrative to "This is something that looks cool". In the 80s, I would never have thought that in 2020, we'd all be wearing double riders, and that professional women would be wearing them to the office in part to signal "cool, casual, but made an effort" instead of "This is my man's jacket, and I'm his old lady, so hands off."

Re. Aloha shirts and Bugaloo morons - it's not just the shirt - it's the military style haircuts, the wraparounds, the chinos. There are variations, but it's not hat hard to spot these idiots

 

[thatboyo]

Does anybody have good refs for a collapsible heel loafer/slipper type thing? Indoor/outdoor use. Probably not an espadrille.

Gucci has collapsible heels for their horsebits:

https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/mens/product/gucci/shoes/loafers/easy-roos-horsebit-collapsible-heel-leather-loafers/666467151985052

https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/mens/product/gucci/shoes/loafers/brixton-horsebit-collapsible-heel-leather-loafers/4146401443885166

 

[OccultaVexillum]

Nah, thanks but I don't really like bits. The only ones I've liked are the Tom Ford 'York' loafer with the chain, and the Husbands teaser looked good.

 

[noob in 89]

In the 80s, I would never have thought that in 2020, we'd all be wearing double riders...

But...Grease.

 

[1969]

I've come to think of the double rider as a woman's jacket and feminine. Such is the power of fashunz.

 

[RegisDB9]

Does anybody have good refs for a collapsible heel loafer/slipper type thing? Indoor/outdoor use. Probably not an espadrille.

Well.....you negated the point of this reply but I have my eyes on these

 

[dieworkwear]

Does anybody have good refs for a collapsible heel loafer/slipper type thing? Indoor/outdoor use. Probably not an espadrille.

Every heel is collapsible if you try hard enough.

 

[Baron]

Every heel is collapsible if you try hard enough.

 

[dieworkwear]

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Matter of determination.

 

[Fuuma]

I'm definitely of the Nakagawa opinion. We need to K-pop-troll the **** out of whatever norm item they try to use as a rallying symbol. They don't get to appropriate Hawaiian shirts, or anything to be fair - **** them. It would be too easy for assholes to just take something from mainstream culture and taint it, ruin it for everyone else. It's giving them too much importance to tip-toe around what they claim as theirs. Just negate that claim entirely.

Isn't it always already lost in a sea of references. When (like now) I'm tan and hairy I just look like a 70s aguely Burt Reynolds character and it is definitely a borrowed identity. These things (hawaian shirts) are so polysemic I don't think we have to do anything to bury these F***ers in noise anyway. When I look at this forum I mostly think (fondly) of japanese clothing geeks, 70s failuncles, LA 90s indie leftovers, trader cigar island vacation etc. so I mean we can contradict ourselves, we contain multitudes and these assholes will just get lost in the wash.

 

[Baron]

70s failuncles

I feel seen.

 

[Parker]

I'm totally a 90s indie leftover

 

[motosacto]

To avoid being mistaken for an extremist, just accessorize your Aloha shirt with a Trader Joe’s nametag...

 

[shopcanoeclub]

Speaking of Trader Joe's, this **** bangs....

 

[Patek]

Speaking of Trader Joe's, this **** bangs....

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Back when I lived close to a TJ and shopped there regularly, there was an Indian couple in full traditional garb filling up a shopping cart with that. My wife and I looked at each other and without saying a word went behind them and bought one of the few packages that remained. If there was ever an endorsement...