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

[sinnedk]

Balenciaga: Beige Triple S Sneakers | SSENSE

oh i call those the elderly person sneakers

 

[sinnedk]

RO did a good job here with the suede mainline ramones, if I didn’t have 2 pairs I would of copped these

 

[Chaconne]

Anybody buy through Carousell Hong Kong? Trying to make an account and keep having trouble.

 

[hoodog]

Anybody buy through Carousell Hong Kong? Trying to make an account and keep having trouble.

What kind of trouble? I made an account on Carousel Singapore once and I didn't run in to any problems...

 

[Chaconne]

What kind of trouble? I made an account on Carousel Singapore once and I didn't run in to any problems...

It sends me a verification code and when I put it in it says Code Invalid

 

[hoodog]

It sends me a verification code and when I put it in it says Code Invalid

Did you perchance buy any of that Kapital Free Tibet stuff over the last few days? ?

 

[smittycl]

Interesting read. Not a huge fan myself but sometimes it can work.

Permanent Style

The menswear merger: Sportswear and tailoring

www.permanentstyle.com

 

[bry2000]

I glanced through. I am glad Simon pointed out that there is nothing new here: Armani and RL were doing this well before there was an ALD, et al.

I think these looks can work when styled carefully for look books and product shots, but when most people in everyday life try it, it can often flop.

 

[feliks]

ahh bringing me back to late 2000's thestyleblogger days

 

[smittycl]

I glanced through. I am glad Simon pointed out that there is nothing new here: Armani and RL were doing this well before there was an ALD, et al.

I think these looks can work when styled carefully for look books and product shots, but when most people in everyday life try it, it can often flop.

They flop with me all the time so I rarely try them. Better for college students. Most I can do is wear a winter baseball cap with tailoring when it's cold out.

 

[bry2000]

Tough needle to thread, especially when you get older. The models of all ages and genders look great in the ALD videos and print ads. But be careful when trying it at home.

 

[troika]

ahh bringing me back to late 2000's thestyleblogger days

I'm sad that you equate this and that.

 

[feliks]

^ I hear "hoodie under blazer" in an article and my fight-or-flight response kicks in

 

[sipang]

Yeah but lookbooks are inspirational or whatever, they give you a vibe you can work and fiddle with not a set of instructions. Of course some of the stuff is over the top or cringey looking irl (the same way full runway looks generally are). You take some you leave some.
But that's something you need to develop a feel for, by looking at a bit of everything. And it's going to be harder if you come from a very CM-centric background which is much narrower than SWD to begin with.

 

[dieworkwear]

One of the weird things about CM is how irreverent rule-breaking is celebrated if it's been codified into class behavior. This only works with older classes (so like 1970s prep or 1980s Old Money), which are considered "higher status" than modern rich people. 1970s prep was full of rule-breaking and people reveled in wearing absurd things because they were thumbing their nose at the previous generation. Now that stuff is celebrated in CM, but only if you do it just-so and just-right, following codified looks but not the spirit.

The blog Ivy Style is full of guys in their 60s and guys who are in their 30s who pretend they're in the 60s. The comment section loves ******** on looks like ALD, but then celebrate how some wacky Harvard kid in 1968 wore a madras sport coat with shorts because "he didn't care and it was so nonchalant back then."