What do you notice in clothing photographs that you do not in real life?

[Film Noir Buff]

Art imitates rock

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Will

The smartly dressed man I am told wears easy entry elastic waisted trousers without underwear when he visits those places.

Is prancing into the building wearing nothing but red long johns with the drop down flap back for Carrot Room fun more Mitchell Bros., or more Bohemian Club?

I know that one costs more.

- B

 

[benjamin831]

Photos on WAYWT don't often show the subtle wrinkles in jackets.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Is prancing into the building wearing nothing but red long johns with the drop down flap back for Carrot Room fun more Mitchell Bros., or more Bohemian Club? I know that one costs more. - B
Carrot Room fun? You into that too?

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Is prancing into the building wearing nothing but red long johns with the drop down flap back for Carrot Room fun more Mitchell Bros., or more Bohemian Club?

I know that one costs more.

- B
I think you are looking for the Kopenhagen Room.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Is prancing into the building wearing nothing but red long johns with the drop down flap back for Carrot Room fun more Mitchell Bros., or more Bohemian Club?

I know that one costs more.

- B
Is this the carrot fun you seek?

 

[voxsartoria]

I'm not sure that those are Arthur Kade 8s or 9s.

- B

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

I'm not sure that those are Arthur Kade 8s or 9s.

- B
Sometimes it is hard to tell. That is why they equip the patrons with large, marital aid shaped flashlights.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by iammatt

Sometimes it is hard to tell. That is why they equip the patrons with large, marital aid shaped flashlights.

They had those for the cheese service in the first month Gary Danko was open. Some patrons were confused and nibbled.

- B

 

[eg1]

Originally Posted by Nexus6

Here is my 'Short List'
(I have added 'behaviour' to my response because it goes hand-in-hand with clothes.)

What You See In Real Life

• People with sheepish or tired, defeated looks on their faces, or robotic stares into nowhere.
  
• 98% of men wearing ****** un-polished shoes.
  
• Mis-shapen fat bodies everywhere, with no effort in clothes or diet to work with it.
  
• Endless shades of grey & black in clothes ever since Blade Runner was released.
  
• Teen girls with fat bellies spilling out of hip-hugger low cut pants, thinking they are 'all that'.
  
• Ill-fitting clothes all around.
  
• Bad Teeth or No Teeth
  
• Ethnic diversity in clothing
  
• Stupid people with coffee cups & eating food on crowded trains; all accidents waiting to happen.
  
• Men who may have one good clothing item on, but the rest is crap.
  
• Shaved heads everywear, making black men look great & white men looking like cancer patients.
  
• Heavy diversity in personal clothing styles, and anyone making an effort will be noticed.
  
• Idiots who wear backpacks in crowded spaces, taking up twice the space.
  
• People that smell bad, reflecting zero effort in personal hygeine.
  
• Better dressed older people, badly dressed youth.
  
• Business-types that look like psychos wanting to kill people and not actually do business

I am in Toronto on occasion -- the verisimilitude of this post is uncanny.

IRL I find myself observing the clothes of people most often when they are seated (across a table or desk, or next to me at a table) rather than standing, so I tend to see the top quarter moreso than the full-length that most photos show. The way a jacket folds and gathers when the subject is seated is very different than in photos of people standing. A seated subject also reveals more in terms of shirt-cuff and jacket lining than is seen in the typical photo. Texture is much easier to observe IRL than in photos, and of course the lighting is very different. Finally, smell can be, for good or ill, a factor IRL but not in (most) photos.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

They had those for the cheese service in the first month Gary Danko was open. Some patrons were confused and nibbled.

- B
Have you had their caviar service? Best in Northern California.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by iammatt

Have you had their caviar service? Best in Northern California.

First time there: fantastic.

Next? Not.

- B

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by iammatt

Is this the carrot fun you seek?

See, carrots are good for you.

 

[GuidoWongolini]

Originally Posted by Holdfast

Clothing is four dimensional.

A still photo captures just two dimensions, so barely scratches the surface of what one can appreciate in real life. It lets us see colour and to some degree, texture, but tells us relatively less about fit and almost nothing about how it "flows" and interacts with the wearer when in motion. Clothes in motion are far more interesting than still photos (and even photos taken during the person being in motion).
+1

Originally Posted by GQDerek

They love it when you grab a fistful and go ooga-booga, trust me.
- quoted for posterity!

Originally Posted by benjamin831

Photos on WAYWT don't often show the subtle wrinkles in jackets.
- depends. Crap cameras or photography, yes.. The opposite worse.. See above.
- the eye is constantly adjusting to every movement as the camera captures a moment in time there for can highlight more than expected wrinkles etc.

Back to topic:
- I look for proportions
- ease of application (fluidity)
- effortless in body posture, too many pics in WAYWRN are very rigid hence I always try & shoot in the wild or moving

 

[Holdfast]

^ Maybe there's a gap in the market for WAYWN YouTube for a fuller impression....