Pharrell Williams' disappointing trip to the White House

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by Sterling Gillette

Vox's gardener now works in the White House?
That's racist. He is not a Mexican.

 

[idfnl]

Originally Posted by bkk

Still not as bad as Adrien Brody's outfit for the Armani party at Cannes this year. Its all a matter of perspective.

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

That's racist.

He is not a Mexican.

I love post-modernist

racism...

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Originally Posted by Knowledge is King

I wouldn't ignore the possibility that the fit of the clothes is calculated -- seems like he's far too cognizant of styling to accidentally wear poorly fitting clothes. Also, given the RLPL pumps, the tuxedo could be RLPL and I can't imagine they'd let him walk out looking like that (or possibly Turnbull & Asser since he's done collaborative shirts with them before).

He's defintiely looked better before, albeit in more casual clothes:

The fit of the jacket looks fine, its the pants and shirt that kill the look. Infact I feel the pants would look better tapered, but simply making them longer would be a huge improvement.

He must be reading too much SF.

The pink shirt doesnt make sense, its a business shirt. Replace that with a formal shirt, fix the pants and even keep the slippers and this is an excellent look.

 

[JMP]

I agree, the custom/monogram article he did for GQ years ago was AWESOME, but this was not executed very well, primarily due to the fit. He looks like he may have borrowed the clothes from the spring/summer clip on RLPL website....

 

[RSS]

Upon seeing the photo ... I somehow felt myself suffering the embarrasment he should have felt. His outfit -- and that is what it appears to be to me -- is nothing short of ridiculous.

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by RSS

Upon seeing the photo ... I somehow felt myself suffering the embarrasment he should have felt. His outfit -- and that is what it appears to be to me -- is nothing short of ridiculous.

Nothing sort of ridiculous is the understatement of the year...

If you try too hard being trendy or a trend setter ,you finish looking like an idiot..

 

[apropos]

Originally Posted by TRINI

WTF is that supposed to mean?
Just noticed this as well.

Perhaps it is another 'quirky' 'rustic' example from the Mitteleuropa Austro-Hungarian school of humour.

At least, I hope it is.

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by apropos

Just noticed this as well.

Perhaps it is another 'quirky' 'rustic' example from the Mitteleuropa Austro-Hungarian school of humour.

At least, I hope it is.

Did I notice some sexual tension between SterlingGilette/Fritzl and you guys?

 

[apropos]

Originally Posted by lasbar

Did I notice some sexual tension between SterlingGilette/Fritzl and you guys?

(find the paprika)

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by apropos

(find the paprika)

Nothing wrong with rustic shoes...Especially when associated with a bit of spanking...

I would have preferred a lovely lady with leather boots instead of that bearded redneck.

 

[DaneC]

Originally Posted by w.o.e.is.me.

Thoughts?

This is just all so very wrong...

... on so many levels... and in so many ways!

I'm all about men wearing pink;

no problem (1/3 of my shirts are pink or purple).

I covet a pair of Stubbs & Wooton bespoke slippers with outrageously loud grosgrain trim,

(black velvet, English-style loafer, and of course with my own coat of arms/family crest).

No problem seeing a little "creative"

sprinkled in with the "black-tie"

now and then.

But, please, FTLOG, not THAT!

Not the penultimately ridiculous variant and exaggerated expression of each and every element all at once. NO, Please... No... no.....

President Obama looks great, of course

, because he understands that it's the man that makes the clothes.

Notice: Emoticons are expressly exempted from the afore-mentioned admonitions against overuse.

 

[heavyd]

Originally Posted by w.o.e.is.me.

It's ironic b/c when Jay first started 'dressing well' he would generally look bad to mediocre imo.
He has grown into his fits (kind of like Lebron has started to).

Whereas, Pharrell usually looks good.
I just think this was ill conceived. Particularly for the White House.



Well said. Very true. Jay used to rock the RLPL that they sold him at RL - now he clearly shops for his look with a variety of designers based on his personal style.

It looks like Pharrell went to see 'Jay's guy' at RL and they quickly did him up in a RL fantasy outfit... Andre 3000 style. I get where they are going, but they had no time to tighten up the fit - probably was delivered to his hotel based on measurements or something...

 

[apropos]

Originally Posted by lasbar

Nothing wrong with rustic shoes...Especially when associated with a bit of spanking...

I would have preferred a lovely lady with leather boots instead of that bearded redneck.
No boots, but this may be a little more up your alley then.

 

[jamaican]

I often see the guy and think "oh, I'll take that idea, or another idea and do it slightly differently"... I think he has a lot of style. Nevertheless despite said "lot of style", this outfit doesn't work. I am not sure that "he is trying to be Jay Z" though. Mr Zee pics shown were just Mr Zee dressed "classically". I think with a dinner suit, and many business type suits, nothing beats the classic. Pharrell could have just done a classic cut with patent shoes, all bespoke and well fitting; all classic: he would have killed it. Sometimes, in fact very often, less is more. But Mr P went for the pink on the shoes and shirt... didn't work this time P. J