Does Anyone Want To Talk About Style Anymore?

[DocHolliday]

Here's a link to one of them, and it links to a couple more.

 

[Mr T]

Originally Posted by RSS

And what might that have been? ... for those of us who weren't here.
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...=brown+contest This is one of them. There were others. They seemed to really bring the focus of the forum back to color, texture and personal style. EDIT: Doc beat me to it. Damn quick-draw.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Here's a link to one of them, and it links to a couple more.

Your adoring public is calling to you.


- B

 

[idfnl]

I dont know what this thread is about anymore. I feel like we are wading off topic.

I'm concerned we wont find our way back and discover whether anyone wants to talk about style anymore. This is making me tense. I feel let down by this thread, and the fact that I am not getting my needs met is making me feel inadequate.

I dont want to seem needy right now, but if the forum would circle around me and give me a boost we might come out the other side knowing whether anyone wants to talk about style anymore.

 

[rnoldh]

Originally Posted by pejsek

Just checking. It is a rich and varied topic--or so it seems to me. Has everything already all been said? I mean, I know there's truly nothing new under the sun, but, really, commentary on the eternal is endless. Isn't there more to all this than just technical exchange about deals, minutiae of shoe fit, what to wear to a _______? We all get dressed almost every day and it does mean something (at least as much as anything). These days everytime I glance at MC it's all I can do to navigate away before I fall asleep.

And, no, there won't be a poll.

Originally Posted by RJman

Most of us have gone insane/gone to ground/turned into perverts because of 4chan.

You two are the epitome of style. And I say that sincerely. pejsek with a "carefully selected" wardrobe that would rival the Duke of Windsor's. And RJman with his Delos shoes and Savile Row suits.

Really two of my favorite posters.

After much thought, I've realized that I'm a slob! I care about style but not enough to follow trends nor value style over comfort.

A well known tailor and SF member told me a story about one of his favorite clients ( who is a friend of mine ). He cares more about comfort and "room to let it out if necessary" more than "style". I've reached that point.

It also suits what I'm now doing. I love the idea of UTR ( under the radar ). I would rather drive an old shitbox than a Duesenberg and I'd rather wear something comfortable and nondescript than a Vicuna garment.

I've accumulated a large amount of stuff I don't need over the years and I think I'm going to pare it down to only the essentials.

Some of the people I've admired the most and look to as role models were not stylish people.

 

[RedLionRoars]

Style: I have come to appreciate the individualist eccentric approach, either out there or subtle. I like to view the "on the street" videos in NY Times. Make your own style. Know the rules and break the rules. Be serious and have fun. Just don't be a clone or drone.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Here's a link to one of them, and it links to a couple more.
Thanks, Doc, for making it clear. Have fun ya'll.

 

[MKB]

Originally Posted by Svenn

1)They'd be ok I guess if they were funny or insightful, but it's usually just crap...

2)If Styleforum really wanted to crack down on them, I would recommend that there be a "minimum character" requirement for all posts- say 5 sentences, that would really filter out the junk.

1) Sooooo, which one is this?
2) +1 on filtering out the junk.

 

[MKB]

Originally Posted by idfnl

I dont know what this thread is about anymore. I feel like we are wading off topic.

I'm concerned we wont find our way back and discover whether anyone wants to talk about style anymore. This is making me tense. I feel let down by this thread, and the fact that I am not getting my needs met is making me feel inadequate.

I dont want to seem needy right now, but if the forum would circle around me and give me a boost we might come out the other side knowing whether anyone wants to talk about style anymore.

Group hug!

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by Mr T

Doc beat me to it. Damn quick-draw.
To be alive in Tombstone ... one would have to be quick on the draw.

 

[PTWilliams]

I will talk about style.
I am always pleased when I read in this forum that one should find their own style and pursue it.
When I ride my 53 Bentley down the road, I get lots of thumbs up. It is not about how cool I look in the Bentley, rather it is about how I made someone's day by their seeing the Bentley. I get the same feeling when I see a neat car, be it modern or vintage. In the same way I believe that style can bring pleasure to other people. Seeing a woman in a pretty dress (quite the exception these days) or a man well dressed provides others pleasure. Dressing well is an art form in itself. If you do exactly what everyone else is doing its not very interesting, being different for the sake of being different is also not very interesting, and often fails.
Today I purchased on Ebay a Pendleton indian blanket vest (item 330384905781) and a Holland & Holland pair of breeks (item 190356374157). Yesterday I purchased a SHERLOCK HOLMES TWEED INVERNESS CAPE (item 290378551435). Each item, at one time, were in style, and the challenge will be to incorporate them into my style and project an interesting persona and not just down right weird. I believe that the trick is to project traditional style in all items save one. I also have a closet full of custom made Hermes pants, shirts, and suits, so I can pull off well-dressed traditional pretty well.
So for me fashion and style is really this artistic pursuit of making the environment I step into a more attractive and interest place, while putting up with SF ridicule. I take what I need from SF, however, so I have no complaint.

 

[lasbar]

Style forum is always a lesser problem than ourselves .

It is a microcosm , a mirror of our souls like in the Plato Cavern , we 're free to interpret the shadows on the walls.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by rnoldh

After much thought, I've realized that I'm a slob! I care about style but not enough to follow trends nor value style over comfort.

A well known tailor and SF member told me a story about one of his favorite clients ( who is a friend of mine ). He cares more about comfort and "room to let it out if necessary" more than "style". I've reached that point.

It also suits what I'm now doing. I love the idea of UTR ( under the radar ). I would rather drive an old shitbox than a Duesenberg and I'd rather wear something comfortable and nondescript than a Vicuna garment.

I've accumulated a large amount of stuff I don't need over the years and I think I'm going to pare it down to only the essentials.

Some of the people I've admired the most and look to as role models were not stylish people.

i like that.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by lasbar

Style forum is always a lesser problem than ourselves .

It is a microcosm , a mirror of our souls like in the Plato Cavern , we 're free to interpret the shadows on the walls.
Especially the shadows that are created when one is in the spotlight under stress.

 

[Acephale]

Originally Posted by PTWilliams

... rather it is about how I made someone's day by their seeing the Bentley. I get the same feeling when I see a neat car, be it modern or vintage. In the same way I believe that style can bring pleasure to other people. Seeing a woman in a pretty dress (quite the exception these days) or a man well dressed provides others pleasure...


Yes, yes.

I smiled the other day as a wrong colored gold Bentley pulled around the corner and stopped in the middle of the road causing quite a traffic jam on the main road (as a bus attempting to navigate the turn was directly behind) and subsequent honking of horns as the elderly lady passenger exited the vehicle walked around the front of the Bentley opened the drivers side rear door to collect her bag and then sauntered off without a glance at the commotion caused. Wonderful sense of entitlement not often seen these days.