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On another note, this thread I stumbled upon really got me thinking about the place of the suit.
loser reddit fashion thread
Specifically, the idea that the workplace has ruined the suit, which I also think true.
You know what I'm reminded of? In my country, around 16 years old, depending on the school you attend, you're forced to wear a suit everyday. Just imagine a litany of school children, of whom many are poor, being forced to wear a suit everyday.
Sooo, in comes the fast-fashion brands like next and moss bros. to meet that demand for cheap suiting.
Admittedly, the suits can fit very well, and they accommodate sizes that many ready-to-wear brands won't. The 34 inches in the chest, and the like. But at the price points they're pushing, it comes un-canvassed, with polyester, and all those sickly materials in abundance.
I remember doing a test.
I wore a 64% polyester + 35% cotton shirt on a Monday
then a 100% cotton shirt on a Tuesday - these were both dress shirts by the way.
I would walk to my destination in relatively cold weather ~14c weather.
And with the poly-cotton shirt, I would end my journey hot and sweaty every time, while the cotton shirt left me feeling normal.
(For context, these poly-cotton shirts came standard with suits and school uniforms)
For fashion people, this is not a revelation but at the time it was like science in action.
The point I'm making is that these ****** materials are just one direct cause for why the suit is not respected by normies.
People get the illusion that the ****** throwaway suit they wore that time when they were 17 is how all suits look and feel.
Then they're thrust into the workplace, forced to wear the same drab, uncomfortable, crappy, suit everyday, and this disdain for the suit is created.
It effectively becomes a new kind of fucked up keynesian workwear.
Will the boys in chinos, brogues, and gilets, save the suit?
Will we BAN the suit from the workplace, and from its ashes build a world anew?
loser reddit fashion thread
Specifically, the idea that the workplace has ruined the suit, which I also think true.
You know what I'm reminded of? In my country, around 16 years old, depending on the school you attend, you're forced to wear a suit everyday. Just imagine a litany of school children, of whom many are poor, being forced to wear a suit everyday.
Sooo, in comes the fast-fashion brands like next and moss bros. to meet that demand for cheap suiting.
Admittedly, the suits can fit very well, and they accommodate sizes that many ready-to-wear brands won't. The 34 inches in the chest, and the like. But at the price points they're pushing, it comes un-canvassed, with polyester, and all those sickly materials in abundance.
I remember doing a test.
I wore a 64% polyester + 35% cotton shirt on a Monday
then a 100% cotton shirt on a Tuesday - these were both dress shirts by the way.
I would walk to my destination in relatively cold weather ~14c weather.
And with the poly-cotton shirt, I would end my journey hot and sweaty every time, while the cotton shirt left me feeling normal.
(For context, these poly-cotton shirts came standard with suits and school uniforms)
For fashion people, this is not a revelation but at the time it was like science in action.
The point I'm making is that these ****** materials are just one direct cause for why the suit is not respected by normies.
People get the illusion that the ****** throwaway suit they wore that time when they were 17 is how all suits look and feel.
Then they're thrust into the workplace, forced to wear the same drab, uncomfortable, crappy, suit everyday, and this disdain for the suit is created.
It effectively becomes a new kind of fucked up keynesian workwear.
Will the boys in chinos, brogues, and gilets, save the suit?
Will we BAN the suit from the workplace, and from its ashes build a world anew?
