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DorianGreen

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Are you pretending or have you really been on this site for 3 years and you don't know Drake's?
Drake's Instagram. Also Jason Jules Instagram - author of Black Ivy wears a lot of Drake's styles.

P.S. Here's their latest look book.

Of course I know what Drake's is, I was just trying to be ironic, unsuccessfully as it seems.

The meaninig is, the fact that it's a look promoted by Drake's does not make it any better.
 

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Of course I know what Drake's is, I was just trying to be ironic, unsuccessfully as it seems.

The meaninig is, the fact that it's a look promoted by Drake's does not make it any better.
Yeah. Missed the irony.

It's not just a promotion. It's an entire style that's based on Ivy. The term Drake's is just a shorthand.

Whether it's "better" is an individual's opinion. I find some of it attractive and some of it not to my taste just like almost all styles.

Even looks that I find attractive and appreciate, I might not want to wear.

Any, it seems like we re-hash the same argument over and over. I should stop. 😄
 

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Atha x 3 / Clarks
 

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Of course I know what Drake's is, I was just trying to be ironic, unsuccessfully as it seems.

The meaninig is, the fact that it's a look promoted by Drake's does not make it any better.
Drake’s has a great look. So great in fact that it’s an internationally recognized designer brand with a shop on Saville Row, and can charge $1000 USD for a waxed cotton barn jacket simply because it is *exactly* the right shade of green. And people will buy it!

Frankly it’s a little puzzling that so few people on a menswear forum seem to understand why their clothing and styling looks good.
 

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Are you pretending or have you really been on this site for 3 years and you don't know Drake's?
Reminds me of the time as an undergrad when I ended up at some literature students' after party and talked with a guy who honestly tried to tell me he doesn't know who Britney Spears is.

He was also running around the apartment with a bottle of Vodka asking who has read the most Nobel prize winners and giving them a shot if they'd read more than him, maximum cringe.
 

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What I came to say. The Drakes look is exactly this - loads and loads of this.

It might have worked better if the jacket were a navy blazer or if it had been a tweed.

At least he stepped to the plate and took a swing.
@gettingfat I take my criticism back. Your jacket is a hairy tweed. I missed that on my phone.
 

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Of course I know what Drake's is, I was just trying to be ironic, unsuccessfully as it seems.

The meaninig is, the fact that it's a look promoted by Drake's does not make it any better.

I just don't know why you keep posting things that seem to want to reinforce some kind of CM norm on the SW&D side of the forum. What's the point?
 

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I just don't know why you keep posting things that seem to want to reinforce some kind of CM norm on the SW&D side of the forum. What's the point?

Because that's a tailored jacket and it just does not look good with jeans, chinos and whatever casual trousers, as well as with baseball caps, sneakers and whatever casual footwear. Be it approved or not by Drake's or any other.
 

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