Uncomfortable Truths

[robin]

Shell cordovan is overrated.
Black shoes are perfectly fine.
You'll never be rich enough to buy all of the clothes you want.
Dressing well doesn't get you laid.
Your wardrobe will never be complete.
$1000 shoes are just as good as $400 shoes.
You'll never look as cool as James Bond.
Or Phat Guido.
Posting pictures of yourself online for other men to look at is pretty gay.
Looking at pictures of what other men are wearing online is also pretty gay.

Go at it.

 

[grimslade]

 

[HomerJ]

8/10

 

[onix]

This will be fun

 

[TRINI]

Originally Posted by robin

You'll never be rich enough to buy all of the clothes you want.

Way to burst my bubble, dude.

 

[zalb916]

Originally Posted by robin

Posting pictures of yourself online for other men to look at is pretty gay.
Looking at pictures of what other men are wearing online is also pretty gay.

Whatever, dude. Your name is Robin.

 

[Ich_Dien]

 

[RJman]

• Sportcoats and suits are costume today.
  
• Every bit of quality in menswear is either going to disappear or get exponentially more expensive in the years to come.
  
• Even the best bespoke clothes cannot make you skinnier/handsomer/younger/more muscular.
  
• She doesn't care about your new shoes.
  
• Expensive shoes and suits will not save you money in the long run.
  
• The archetypal forum shopper who buys everything at 95% discount is only contributing to the death of his favorite brands.
  
• If you get to the point where you feel ashamed because you have not bought a $6000 couch or a Linn hi-fi, you need to spend time away from this forum.
  
• You can work insanely hard for the best years of your life at the expense of spending time with the people you love or doing the things you enjoy in order to afford the things a tiny percentage of posters here take for granted, but you will never play in their league, afford the things they enjoy or be able to enjoy the things they afford, because you will never be able to have time, and that's a luxury that can't be posted in WAYWN.
  
• No matter how clearly you specify what you want, how many times you put it in writing, and how long you have been working with an artisan, you will never get EXACTLY what you wanted. Some detail in your mental ideal didn't carry over.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by robin

Shell cordovan is overrated.
Black shoes are perfectly fine.
You'll never be rich enough to buy all of the clothes you want.
Dressing well doesn't get you laid.
Your wardrobe will never be complete.
$1000 shoes are just as good as $400 shoes.
You'll never look as cool as James Bond.
Or Phat Guido.
Posting pictures of yourself online for other men to look at is pretty gay.
Looking at pictures of what other men are wearing online is also pretty gay.

Go at it.

The only thing I disagree with is the shoe point. Otherwise, these truths don't make me uncomfortable at all. I revel in them.

 

[robin]

Good ones RJ. I thought of a couple of those, but couldn't put them into words.

 

[sloane3]

Originally Posted by RJman

Sportcoats and suits are costume today.
Every bit of quality in menswear is either going to disappear or get exponentially more expensive in the years to come.
Even the best bespoke clothes cannot make your freaky giant mongoloid head smaller.
She doesn't care about your new shoes.
Expensive shoes and suits will not save you money in the long run.
The archetypal forum shopper who buys everything at 95% discount is only contributing to the death of his favorite brands.
If you get to the point where you feel ashamed because you have not bought a $6000 couch or a Linn hi-fi, you need to spend time away from this forum.
You can work insanely hard for the best years of your life at the expense of spending time with the people you love or doing the things you enjoy in order to afford the things a tiny percentage of posters here take for granted, but you will never play in their league, afford the things they enjoy or be able to enjoy the things they afford, because you will never be able to have time, and that's a luxury that can't be posted in WAYWN.
No matter how clearly you specify what you want, how many times you put it in writing, and how long you have been working with an artisan, you will never get EXACTLY what you wanted. Some detail in your mental ideal didn't carry over.

Very true. Couple of my favorite forum myths. But it's an investment!

 

[TexasLidig8r]

Black shoes can effectively accentuate a charcoal suit.. or navy for that matter.

 

[anon]

no, checking out guys with iphones .com is pretty gay (work warning on that URL)

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by sloane3

"your freaky giant mongoloid head"
I see what you did there.

That reminds me:

• No one can afford a Knoll sofa for his foyer on a first-year lawyer's salary.
  
• You will not perfect the fit on bespoke shoes/suits until your third or fourth order. So all your saving up for the culmination of your dream won't actually hack it.
  
• Nothing can justify the price of a bespoke shirt over $300 except your own perception of its value. A Jantzen whose fit you've perfected over a few orders is almost as good as a bespoke Matuozzo or Bugelli or Charvet. But Charvet kept me sane.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by RJman

I see what you did there.

That reminds me:

• No one can afford a Knoll sofa for his foyer on a first-year lawyer's salary.
  
• You will not perfect the fit on bespoke shoes/suits until your third or fourth order. So all your saving up for the culmination of your dream won't actually hack it.
  
• Nothing can justify the price of a bespoke shirt over $300 except your own perception of its value. A Jantzen whose fit you've perfected over a few orders is almost as good as a bespoke Matuozzo or Bugelli or Charvet. But Charvet kept me sane.

What about Lanvin?