Rais
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Chocsosa and I collaborated over the past few days and came up with a theme that we felt would get a lot of participation and creative entries. Sneakers appear to be a decidedly “SW&D” item that clearly segregates us from the other side of the forum. However, I am pretty sure almost everyone on styleforum.net owns at least one pair of sneakers, if only for exercise. It is also summer in the Northern hemisphere right now where many of SW&D’s posters live so we figured that it would be a practical theme as well.
I often see people posting in the Recent Purchases, Baller Sneakers and Nike threads about different shoes they have bought, but I rarely see some of the more flamboyant designs worn in the WAYWT thread. Now is the time to break out your favourite pair of Jordans, show off your Rick Owens ensemble and demonstrate how creative you can be with a pair of Nikes and some gym clothes. I’m keen to see the new iteration of the Converse All-Stars that I know a few of you have purchased.
Some thoughts: While a leather jacket, some jeans and a pair of GATS can certainly look good, I’m also really interested to see what people can do in activewear and streetwear styles. Slip-on, white Vans are cool but they aren’t typically the focal point in an outfit either. That being said, any sneaker or trainer outfit is admissible, and the masses will decide which way the vote swings.
Rules/Guidelines:
I compiled a few recent outfits posted in the WAYWT thread that I considered to suit the theme and general level of quality that receives votes in these threads.
Good luck and I hope to see a lot of participation, especially from newbies. The SW&D Challenge threads were the reason I started posting on styleforum.net. I think they are unique amongst men’s fashion forums and a great place to start learning and developing your style.
I often see people posting in the Recent Purchases, Baller Sneakers and Nike threads about different shoes they have bought, but I rarely see some of the more flamboyant designs worn in the WAYWT thread. Now is the time to break out your favourite pair of Jordans, show off your Rick Owens ensemble and demonstrate how creative you can be with a pair of Nikes and some gym clothes. I’m keen to see the new iteration of the Converse All-Stars that I know a few of you have purchased.
Some thoughts: While a leather jacket, some jeans and a pair of GATS can certainly look good, I’m also really interested to see what people can do in activewear and streetwear styles. Slip-on, white Vans are cool but they aren’t typically the focal point in an outfit either. That being said, any sneaker or trainer outfit is admissible, and the masses will decide which way the vote swings.
Rules/Guidelines:
- Every outfit to qualify needs to feature a pair of sneakers or trainers worn as footwear. Everything else is up to the entrant. Wear them with a suit, jeans, basketball shorts, whatever you want.
- Submissions will end when I put the poll up, sometime late Sunday night on August 9th (LA time).
- The poll will allow for multiple votes and be open for only three days. I’d like this challenge to have a lot of momentum and not run out of steam.
- Feel free to submit as many entries as you like. However, I will list each outfit separately at the end of the contest and only the top photo submitted by each entrant will be counted during tally. I am hoping this will encourage experimentation and reduce the number of entries posted at the last minute.
- The winner gets to choose and administrate the next challenge.
- I’d really like the photo to be taken between now and the 9th to encourage both new content and opportunities to try new looks out.
- Benesyd will be automatically disqualified if he submits a photo featuring the black and grey GATS. Just kidding (5).
I compiled a few recent outfits posted in the WAYWT thread that I considered to suit the theme and general level of quality that receives votes in these threads.
Good luck and I hope to see a lot of participation, especially from newbies. The SW&D Challenge threads were the reason I started posting on styleforum.net. I think they are unique amongst men’s fashion forums and a great place to start learning and developing your style.
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