Random fashion thoughts

[bosatlbwi]

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[mellowfellow]



bows/tween if you guys are into soba, there's a good hole in the wall spot in les. cocoron, ever been?

damnit I need to reevaluate things if I come off as that old
art, never been there but I'll be sure to go this week. thanks for the tip

Good soba. It made the nytimes top 10 list for best inexpensive restaurants 2011. It can be a bit of a wait, go during off hours.

2012 resolution is to eat more, shop less.

 

[thatoneguy]



are you all guys 20 yrs old?

yes

 

[impolyt_one]



I think manofkent, nobd and me are geezers. or at least I am.
sw&d is much more interesting (and for the most part better dressed) than mc, imo. I can still appreciate your turban ponchos in the desert forest get-ups, shah-brah.

I touched upon this in a previous post somewhere, but the actual age of MC'ers is not as high as one thinks, there's a glitch (understatement) in the American style matrix, how these people find their way to styleforum, etc, etc. MC and SW+D guys are roughly the same age, I think.
****, I'm 30, and I'd never wear half of the stuff they talk about in MC. Maybe in 40 years...

 

[andrewgreg]

I'm 22, I wear neither SW&D or MC.

 

[KingJulien]

I always forget that MC exists. I think that sw&d has a lot of creative types, whereas MC seems to attract a very analytical mindset (you're showing 1/4" too much cuff you heathen!)

 

[Meis]

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also, to follow up what impolyt said... a surprisingly large amount of MC posters are quite young (younger than most of the sw&d guys)... there's plenty of MC posters who are 22 or younger

 

[andrewgreg]



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also, to follow up what impolyt said... a surprisingly large amount of MC posters are quite young (younger than most of the sw&d guys)... there's plenty of MC posters who are 22 or younger

maybe they just start their career?
I think the MC posters who has good fit pics are mostly over 30. But here people with good fit are 20 ish(mostly).

 

[impolyt_one]



I always forget that MC exists.  I think that sw&d has a lot of creative types, whereas MC seems to attract a very analytical mindset (you're showing 1/4" too much cuff you heathen!)

kind of.... but that's the way guys outside of the US tend to think about clothes maybe, whereas styleforum's constant new user base is US-centric, inherently misguided/unguided to begin with, and the general attitude of the only physical sources of fashion information for a lot of these guys, GQ/Esquire magazines, etc, push formal clothes, and if casual, a very watered down Euro-luxury thing that is best suited to 50 year olds whose wives dress them. It says nothing about the fact that these guys are actually 18 or something, then go online, google for a 'forum about men's style' or a 'style forum' and then end up here, click on the first forum they see called 'Men's Clothing' - you see where this leads....

 

[thatoneguy]

this is a serious post that showed up on my facebook today..

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

how to dress like a dandy
shoes:
at least one pair of sperry topsiders or, if you wanna be more legit, sebago docksidespreferably tan or brown
maybe navy
you'll need boots, definitely--red wings
then derbies or saddles
like the two-tone ones, if you know what i'm talking about
white bucs, but only spring, EARLY fall

shirts:
plaid's ok late fall, early winter, but besides that i'm not a huge fan
get a lot of solid oxford button-downs
idk what your price range is, but the best ones are at brooks
but you can definitely go to gap or some ****
a LOT of polos
preferably in lots, lots, lots of colors
southern tide, despite its rep as kinda poser, really does have some of the best ones
polo is by far the best
their interlock is unreal
brooks is great too, the golden fleece ones
pocket tees
go to j.crew, polo ralph lauren, brooks, vineyard vines, any southern store (with exceptions)
masters ****
ohhhh, ****
anything with the masters logo, and if you don't watch the masters, go killyoself

sweaters:
argyle is definitely ALWAYS a must-have
half-zips, too
the golfier, the better (callaway, titleist, etc)
patagonia makes a sick buttoned half-zip
jackets:
always go mountain hardwear, fratagonia, north face

shorts:
9" inseam at the most
go vineyard vines, polo (of course), fratagonia stand-ups
anything in pastels
so green, light yellow, pink, blue, red are all in play
so's white and khaki, of course

pants:
chinos
nothing but chinos
jeans are occasionally acceptable
i wear them more than most gentlemen do, but that's because i always have
but some people in the south never put on a pair in their lives
tan, khaki, white, red, light blue, yellow, whatevertons of colors
bonobos makes an awesome pair of chinos, so does polo
my favorites, though, are the slim straight from either banana republic or j.crew
if you need to dress up, or just look ******* sexy, you pair them with...

blazers:
seersucker when it's hot
striped blue and white, red and white, even straight white or grey
YOU NEED A NAVY ONE, MOTHERFUCKER
brooks has, by far, the best navy blazer in the ******* world

 

[Desi]

i've only met the MC guys in their early 30's and mid-50's.

 

[Kid Nickels]



I'm 22, I wear neither SW&D or MC.

so what is your style? Just asking...

 

[impolyt_one]



i've only met the MC guys in their early 30's and mid-50's.

I will be wearing SW+D type stuff til I die of old age.

 

[andrewgreg]



this is a serious post that showed up on my facebook today..

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

how to dress like a dandy
shoes:
at least one pair of sperry topsiders or, if you wanna be more legit, sebago docksidespreferably tan or brown
maybe navy
you'll need boots, definitely--red wings
then derbies or saddles
like the two-tone ones, if you know what i'm talking about
white bucs, but only spring, EARLY fall

shirts:
plaid's ok late fall, early winter, but besides that i'm not a huge fan
get a lot of solid oxford button-downs
idk what your price range is, but the best ones are at brooks
but you can definitely go to gap or some ****
a LOT of polos
preferably in lots, lots, lots of colors
southern tide, despite its rep as kinda poser, really does have some of the best ones
polo is by far the best
their interlock is unreal
brooks is great too, the golden fleece ones
pocket tees
go to j.crew, polo ralph lauren, brooks, vineyard vines, any southern store (with exceptions)
masters ****
ohhhh, ****
anything with the masters logo, and if you don't watch the masters, go killyoself

sweaters:
argyle is definitely ALWAYS a must-have
half-zips, too
the golfier, the better (callaway, titleist, etc)
patagonia makes a sick buttoned half-zip
jackets:
always go mountain hardwear, fratagonia, north face

shorts:
9" inseam at the most
go vineyard vines, polo (of course), fratagonia stand-ups
anything in pastels
so green, light yellow, pink, blue, red are all in play
so's white and khaki, of course

pants:
chinos
nothing but chinos
jeans are occasionally acceptable
i wear them more than most gentlemen do, but that's because i always have
but some people in the south never put on a pair in their lives
tan, khaki, white, red, light blue, yellow, whatevertons of colors
bonobos makes an awesome pair of chinos, so does polo
my favorites, though, are the slim straight from either banana republic or j.crew
if you need to dress up, or just look ******* sexy, you pair them with...

blazers:
seersucker when it's hot
striped blue and white, red and white, even straight white or grey
YOU NEED A NAVY ONE, MOTHERFUCKER
brooks has, by far, the best navy blazer in the ******* world

so what is your style? Just asking...

I don't have a definite style really. If I wear suits I go to Brooks Brothers or Ralph Lauren. Shoes I like traditional italian or english. I have some other stuff from big name French/Italian designers. But all my choices are a lit of conservative side/

 

[Kid Nickels]

it depends on my mood, environment and the occasion... I'd swear that from one day to the next you wouldn't recognize me as a strictly SW&D or MC guy... some days just require something new and different!