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

[g transistor]

Was actually shopping ebay last night for my costume...

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Debated actually buying a pair of Vuarnets but I went with some cheapies from Zenni Optical instead.

This costume is only good if it’s a couples costume. Otherwise you just end up looking like you love to listen to Vampire Weekend.

Bottom tier Costume: pun costumes

Low tier costume: Wes Anderson and other taste-culture signaling costumes

Mid tier costume: gender bending costumes (like @dieworkwear dressing up as mulan)

Top tier costume: cult horror (lots of effort), the thing, pinhead, candyman

God tier costume: sexy gourd

 

[nahneun]

where does the Moo Short Suit fall on that list @g transistor

 

[bamgrinus]

I'm mostly interested in costumes that I don't have to wear contacts or shave to do, which is a surprisingly limited pool...

To me bottom tier is anything bought whole at a store, but maybe that's a given.

 

[g transistor]

I'm mostly interested in costumes that I don't have to wear contacts or shave to do, which is a surprisingly limited pool...

To me bottom tier is anything bought whole at a store, but maybe that's a given.

Dress up in whatever way makes you happiest

 

[g transistor]

where does the Moo Short Suit fall on that list @g transistor

God tier costume

 

[LA Guy]

This costume is only good if it’s a couples costume. Otherwise you just end up looking like you love to listen to Vampire Weekend.

Bottom tier Costume: pun costumes

Low tier costume: Wes Anderson and other taste-culture signaling costumes

Mid tier costume: gender bending costumes (like @dieworkwear dressing up as mulan)

Top tier costume: cult horror (lots of effort), the thing, pinhead, candyman

God tier costume: sexy gourd

How about race-bending costumes?

 

[dieworkwear]

How about race-bending costumes?

like cm guys who try to pass as italian?

 

[LA Guy]

lol of course it would be you who would say something like this

Well, of course, but it's still a bit of a needless killjoy statement. In terms of holidays that have become the most detached from their origins, American Thanksgiving has got to be the amongst the most detached, aside from Canadian Thanksgiving. Canadian Thanksgiving has been explicitly associated with fall harvest - teachers even give that explanation for why it's before American Thanksgiving.

 

[LA Guy]

like cm guys who try to pass as italian?

I'm going to go a step further, and dress as Simon Crompton - so, an Asian trying to pass as an Englishman trying to pass as Italian.

 

[LA Guy]

I'm mostly interested in costumes that I don't have to wear contacts or shave to do, which is a surprisingly limited pool...

To me bottom tier is anything bought whole at a store, but maybe that's a given.

So, what you're saying is, you can go as either a lumberjack bro circa 2011, or maybe @zissou

 

[LA Guy]

Dress up in whatever way makes you happiest

But, but... I do that every day. And if every day is a Holiday, than that makes me sad.

 

[LA Guy]

Top tier costume: cult horror (lots of effort), the thing, pinhead, candyman

God tier costume: sexy gourd

I dunno about that "top tier costume" category. It seems nearly too obvious to be anything above basic. I mean, it does mean that you are a Hallowe'en nerd, but the concept seems super basic to me.

 

[bamgrinus]

So, what you're saying is, you can go as either a lumberjack bro circa 2011, or maybe @zissou

Or Walter White! But yes I find myself having to compromise on either the glasses or the shaving most years.

I did do a lumberjack costume one year, but I wore suspenders and a bra. Bra shopping was surprisingly(?) awkward.

 

[LA Guy]

Or Walter White! But yes I find myself having to compromise on either the glasses or the shaving most years.

I did do a lumberjack costume one year, but I wore suspenders and a bra. Bra shopping was surprisingly(?) awkward.

I don't know your size either, but also, hard. Try finding a 40AAA or 42AAA

 

[Coffandcig]

I'm mostly interested in costumes that I don't have to wear contacts or shave to do, which is a surprisingly limited pool...

To me bottom tier is anything bought whole at a store, but maybe that's a given.

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