Lunchtime poll, guys. Help me out here....

[aspriel]

Questions 1&2 stem from my friends and I talking about streetwear over the weekend, the last ones are me personally

1) What do you think about guys who wear button up shirts completely unbuttoned with a graphic t-shirt underneath it? With a couple buttons buttoned at the bottom and that's it?

2) Guys with long sleeve t-shirts on under short sleeve polo shirts? In contrasting colors?

3) I was given a leather blazer. What am I supposed to do with it? Is there any appropriate way to wear one?

4) Honestly, I don't see the appeal of American Apparel. Maybe I just don't wear all that many T-shirts, I'm much more of a button-down and polo guy..... what is the need for 30 different colored plain T-Shirts?

5) Any advice for someone who has very large feet - I hate wearing nasty white socks that look like gym sweatsocks, but I haven't found XL casual socks anywhere. I know I've asked this before here, but I haven't ******* found ANYTHING. Maybe the alleged "one size" socks that have stretch in them? They have those at like... Kenneth Cole and Banana Republic...

 

[Bandwagonesque]

1) Somewhat played out.
2) Not feeling that one either. A little too Abercrombie.
3) Under a leather blazer, I'd wear a fitted button down shirt, spread collar, top button undone in a colour that complments the blazer (e.g., no chocolate brown under a black blazer, and vice versa).
4) What's wrong with having a lot of t-shirts. Nobody's making you buy pink or lavender t's... but at least have the essentials: black, white, tan, grey, blue.
5) Big and tall store? How big are your feet?

 

[aspriel]

Band: I don't understand the use of them beyond.... black and white, really...

It's a black blazer.

And I wear a 14 as far as sneakers, and as far as width I'm an EEE. My A-E Park Avenues are 11EEEs... so I don't freaking know.

 

[Arethusa]

Black leather blazers can be accessorized with a vial of GHB in the chest pocket.

 

[aspriel]

I'm fresh out of GHB....

 

[whodini]

Maybe YOU don't want various colored shirts, but I'd like a few that I know fit me well and are comfortable, unlike the Hanes Beefy T's available at wal-mart. I don't understand why someone wouldn't "get" a company for having too much variety. AA doesn't just make tees, you know.

 

[vanity]

Originally Posted by aspriel

Questions 1&2 stem from my friends and I talking about streetwear over the weekend, the last ones are me personally

1) What do you think about guys who wear button up shirts completely unbuttoned with a graphic t-shirt underneath it? With a couple buttons buttoned at the bottom and that's it?
If you're in college or running errands, go for it.

2) Guys with long sleeve t-shirts on under short sleeve polo shirts? In contrasting colors?
If your polo fits with a shirt underneath it, it's way too big. And you're way too small to carry testicles. Find a gym. STAT.

3) I was given a leather blazer. What am I supposed to do with it? Is there any appropriate way to wear one?
Nighclubs, nightclubs, nightclubs. Nowhere else.

4) Honestly, I don't see the appeal of American Apparel. Maybe I just don't wear all that many T-shirts, I'm much more of a button-down and polo guy..... what is the need for 30 different colored plain T-Shirts?
I can't stand AA and applaud you for staying away from it. AA fits like Speedo swimwear. All the people who shouldn't be wearing it, DO. It's atrocious. Fat guy in a little shirt....

5) Any advice for someone who has very large feet - I hate wearing nasty white socks that look like gym sweatsocks, but I haven't found XL casual socks anywhere. I know I've asked this before here, but I haven't ******* found ANYTHING. Maybe the alleged "one size" socks that have stretch in them? They have those at like... Kenneth Cole and Banana Republic...
Not a clue but a "Big and Tall Men's Store" should work great here.

See the bold above.

 

[vanity]

Originally Posted by Arethusa

PLEATHER blazers can be accessorized with a vial of GHB in the chest pocket.

*fixed. And guidettes across the country will love you.

 

[Max]

1)You are a gap/old navy/aeropostale/american eagle shopper.

2) You'd look better with a button down shirt underneath.

3) Wear it when you're in New Jersey. Take it off midway through the Holland tunnel.

4) If you absolutely need a sea foam green polo shirt with matching underwear right now, AA is you. Otherwise, *******.

5) No.

 

[aspriel]

Ooooh, sea foam~!

 

[drizzt3117]

Smartwool makes some larger socks, in my experience. I'm quite fond of their socks, thick, but breathable and very comfortable.

 

[fatty]

1) If they can make it look good and don't try to pass it off as more formal than it is, go for it.

2) longsleeves under shortsleeves is a good way to keep insulated without dressing bulky. Also, 'layering effect'.

3) leather blazer, no idea.

4) If you find feww shirts which have the perfect colour for you, may be slightly different from the norm and other people won't be likely to be wearing, definitely. You don't need 30 though.

5) sorry, no idea.

 

[savage]

1) What do you think about guys who wear button up shirts completely unbuttoned with a graphic t-shirt underneath it? With a couple buttons buttoned at the bottom and that's it? LAME - you should have a few of the TOP buttons buttoned like a latino gamg member. 2) Guys with long sleeve t-shirts on under short sleeve polo shirts? In contrasting colors? Seems to stem from grunge, when peeps would wear long sleve under short sleeve Tee's.. but with polo's?? seems like a yuppie adaptation - about 15 years too late 3) I was given a leather blazer. What am I supposed to do with it? Is there any appropriate way to wear one? with leather pants and no shirt underneith. 4) Honestly, I don't see the appeal of American Apparel. Maybe I just don't wear all that many T-shirts, I'm much more of a button-down and polo guy..... what is the need for 30 different colored plain T-Shirts? Marketing - and variety to fit every customer. AA was featured on the Sunday morning news, and said that if a particuler item was sellign well one weekend, by the following weekeind they would be back in stock. 5) Any advice for someone who has very large feet - I hate wearing nasty white socks that look like gym sweatsocks, but I haven't found XL casual socks anywhere. I know I've asked this before here, but I haven't ******* found ANYTHING. Maybe the alleged "one size" socks that have stretch in them? They have those at like... Kenneth Cole and Banana Republic...

???

 

[aspriel]

L/S under S/S tees is fine with me, but the polos make me uneasy.

 

[atlien]

As far as socks, Smartwool is the way to go. I have size 16 shoes and so I have the same problem. They make super comfy socks that actually fit. If you can't get a hold of them (or don't want to pay that much money) you can just stretch out regular socks. If you don't put socks in the dryer you can stretch them out over time - just get some that are made for people with a size 12-14, wear the hell out of them, soak them in Woolite, and let them dry - you'll be fine in a couple of days. Those first few days suck though.