What Are You Wearing Now/Today Part I

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soundtrack of my day:

STUSSY t-shirt
CARHARTT shirt
STUSSY jacket
APC jeans
CLARKs

 

[Saucemaster]

Thanks for the compliments, everyone!

Originally Posted by simpli

Sauce, everything you own seems to fit you perfectly. How tall are you? I wish I had your build.

6'1", a kind of muscular but obviously quite lean 165 pounds or so at last weighing. Basically, I'm built like Allen Iverson (with maybe 1% of his athletic ability). I used to weight 125 pounds a couple years ago; most of my stuff started fitting much much better when I started gaining muscle seriously, and of course I outgrew plenty of it. LA Guy's build is really similar to mine, IIRC; about the same height, and we both have a 39/40" chest, 30" waist.

A lot of it, though, is just that I think fit is 90% of style (at least my style), so I focus on that a lot when buying clothes. The best piece, with the most amazing details, still doesn't look very good if it doesn't fit right. It might be incredible in its own right, but that doesn't much matter if it doesn't fit the way you want it to when you're wearing it. On the other hand, there are people whose attention to fit and body type make them incredibly striking even in just jeans and a t-shirt. I think this holds for pretty much all styles, including looser or more baggy styles. Milspex (on superfuture) wears clothes that are loose/baggy without it looking sloppy, for instance. It's clear that he *could* size down one or even two sizes in some of his clothes if he wanted a "fitted" look, but it's also immediately obvious that he pays a lot of attention to exactly how his clothes fit.

 

[Tiranis]

Originally Posted by Saucemaster

I used to weight 125 pounds a couple years ago; most of my stuff started fitting much much better when I started gaining muscle seriously, and of course I outgrew plenty of it.

Bloody hell, man, you must've been thin as a stick. Was that a typo, or did you really gain that much muscle?

 

[simpli]

Originally Posted by Saucemaster

Thanks for the compliments, everyone!



6'1", a kind of muscular but obviously quite lean 165 pounds or so at last weighing. Basically, I'm built like Allen Iverson (with maybe 1% of his athletic ability). I used to weight 125 pounds a couple years ago; most of my stuff started fitting much much better when I started gaining muscle seriously, and of course I outgrew plenty of it. LA Guy's build is really similar to mine, IIRC; about the same height, and we both have a 39/40" chest, 30" waist.

A lot of it, though, is just that I think fit is 90% of style (at least my style), so I focus on that a lot when buying clothes. The best piece, with the most amazing details, still doesn't look very good if it doesn't fit right. It might be incredible in its own right, but that doesn't much matter if it doesn't fit the way you want it to when you're wearing it. On the other hand, there are people whose attention to fit and body type make them incredibly striking even in just jeans and a t-shirt. I think this holds for pretty much all styles, including looser or more baggy styles. Milspex (on superfuture) wears clothes that are loose/baggy without it looking sloppy, for instance. It's clear that he *could* size down one or even two sizes in some of his clothes if he wanted a "fitted" look, but it's also immediately obvious that he pays a lot of attention to exactly how his clothes fit.

Yeah, this just confirms what I already knew. Time to hit the gym...

 

[Tiranis]

Originally Posted by simpli

Yeah, this just confirms what I already knew. Time to hit the gym...

I ask anyone who considers hitting the gym to solve their problems, to first look at their diet! Even the best workout plan in the world will be useless if you don't get enough protein, complex carbs, etc.

 

[j]

Thought I'd crosspost this one from MC, since I typically post in this one anyway...

This is from the 'pimp and ho' party that Slim and I rocked last week... (please excuse the whiteboy attempt at the Andre3k pose)

Unfortunately, I didn't have a grey hat. Or a giant feather. Anyway...

Dorfman & Pacific wool bowler
Hawes & Curtis vintage shirt - fits like it was made for me, this is the one I would send to Jantzen
Faconnable tie that I slimmed down about 3/4"
Vintage tie clip
Vintage red enamel cufflinks
'70s Zegna suit
Silk handkerchief, provenance unknown
RL red argyle socks
Bally loafers, antiqued

The party wasn't too cool, unfortunately. It was for a rock radio station so there were a lot of Federline types there along with your typical all-faded-black-wardrobe crowd. There were a few other people who put some effort in, though. One looked just like Black Zorro. He talked to us for a while about where he bought his jabot. Nice guy, a little insane though.

It was fun for a while, but paying $5 for crappy beers quickly got old. We did get interviewed briefly on the radio, introduced as "two very dapper gentlemen standing in front of [the DJ]" and were questioned as to where we got our clothes. To which our respective answers, obviously, were "my closet."

 

[Saucemaster]

Originally Posted by Tiranis

Bloody hell, man, you must've been thin as a stick. Was that a typo, or did you really gain that much muscle?

No typo! My sisters used to make fun of me as a kid and pretend I'd disappeared when I turned sideways.

I ask anyone who considers hitting the gym to solve their problems, to first look at their diet! Even the best workout plan in the world will be useless if you don't get enough protein, complex carbs, etc.

+1. In my case, when I'm in gaining phase, I eat 6-7 meals a day, about 4000 calories in total, ~200g protein/day. That's with lifting 3 days/week and cardio 3 days/week. I have to eat a good 2800-3000 cal/day just to maintain at this point.

j, that's awesome. Those Ballys are ******* gorgeous, man. Also, Magritte:

 

[simpli]

Originally Posted by Saucemaster

+1. In my case, when I'm in gaining phase, I eat 6-7 meals a day, about 4000 calories in total, ~200g protein/day. That's with lifting 3 days/week and cardio 3 days/week. I have to eat a good 2800-3000 cal/day just to maintain at this point.
Jesus Christ. I'm too poor for that! Maybe this is god's way of telling me I should be spending more on food a month than clothing

 

[knucks]

Originally Posted by Tiranis

I ask anyone who considers hitting the gym to solve their problems, to first look at their diet! Even the best workout plan in the world will be useless if you don't get enough protein, complex carbs, etc.
quoted for truth!

 

[jet]

adidas orions all black
ripped up jeans
black hm T
charcoal rg baffin sweatshirt (i love this thing and the shawl is sicker than the wh)

gonna go to LA or the valley for drinks with my older persian hottie

 

[ken]

Originally Posted by j

Thought I'd crosspost this one from MC, since I typically post in this one anyway...

Suit looks great.

 

[ken]

If there's 3 things that I know go great together, it's Chicago, December, and motorcycles.

 

[whodini]

Originally Posted by j

Thought I'd crosspost this one from MC, since I typically post in this one anyway...
You had me at red socks....

You had me at red socks....

 

[Spoony]

Originally Posted by Saucemaster

Thanks for the compliments, everyone!



6'1", a kind of muscular but obviously quite lean 165 pounds or so at last weighing. Basically, I'm built like Allen Iverson (with maybe 1% of his athletic ability). I used to weight 125 pounds a couple years ago; most of my stuff started fitting much much better when I started gaining muscle seriously, and of course I outgrew plenty of it. LA Guy's build is really similar to mine, IIRC; about the same height, and we both have a 39/40" chest, 30" waist.

If you don't mind me asking, how did you start shaping up? I am in a very similar situation as far as height and build are concerned (6'3" 125lbs) and I could use some help getting started. It's so hard to find decent fitting clothes when you have a 35 inch chest but are my height.

*sorry for the slight derailment here*

 

[ken]

Originally Posted by Spoony

If you don't mind me asking, how did you start shaping up? I am in a very similar situation as far as height and build are concerned (6'3" 125lbs) and I could use some help getting started. It's so hard to find decent fitting clothes when you have a 35 inch chest but are my height.

*sorry for the slight derailment here*

http://www.hypertrophyspecific.com/hst_index.html