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Is there an idiot's guide to modern men's fashion?

yachtie

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Originally Posted by robert in LA
Pardon my ignorance. Foofed? Un-foofed. I am familiar with the concept of 'frou-frou' in architecture. Is this similar? Thnx. R.
Identical.
 

TRINI

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Originally Posted by TheDroog
It's called GQ. You can find it in every magazine stand in every city in the world.

Originally Posted by yachtie
IIRC, that's the guide to use if you want to look like an idiot.

Despite GQ's tendency to push their advertisers' products, their fashion spreads are actually not bad as compared to the true 'fashion' magazines.
 

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If you don't mind the writing style and hyperbole Manton's book (The Suit) is quite good. Flusser has more pictures though, and it is nice to see examples of what is being described.
 

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Originally Posted by robert in LA
Pardon my ignorance. Foofed? Un-foofed. I am familiar with the concept of 'frou-frou' in architecture. Is this similar?
It's a tongue-in-cheek reference to a popular thread where forum member mafoofan photoshopped photos posted by members. Replace "un-foofed" with "before"/"broken" and "foofed" with "after"/"fixed" and you have the gist. http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=115692
 

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