(Old) What Are You Wearing Now/Today? Part II - pictures only - no discussion

different shoes with that, man. black boots or something Cold out today. What's with florida, lately? Reminds me i don't own a single cold weather jacket anymore. Again, apologies for the bad mirror picture. All these fits look much better outside/better angle. I need to set aside one fit a week or two where i properly take it. click for slight alt pic since i took two. may as well not let it go to waste dark tealish raf patchwork sweatshirt dark navy cdg h+ wool pants double identity sneaks

Originally Posted by aak

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Wow. Can't believe you spent all that money to achieve an extremely generic outfit.

This board is ******* hilarious. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

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This board is ******* hilarious. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Your fit was good but you needed more chucks/m65s

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

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This board is ******* hilarious. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

For what it's worth Justin, if I saw someone on the street dressed in that exact ensemble, I'd be pretty damned sure he wasn't wearing Gap and/or was clueless towards fashion.

Maybe not, F2B, but for anyone else he'd look sloppily dressed. Ugly shoes, ugly jeans, ugly topcoat... Yeah, yeah, retro schmetro. Money can't buy taste. (Socal does sometimes have taste, however!)

there's nothing "retro" about that look, it's perfectly modern.

as much as people say they can 'develop' an eye for clothing, i don't quite think so. You can educate yourself about clothes and then learn to assemble them, like many people browsing fashion forums do, but 'education' only gets you so far. like Rye GB's comment about being a "Garmento"...you either have the eye or you don't.

Jil Sander single chalk stripe overcoat Jil Sander cashmere double line turtleneck Raf Simons x Fred Perry flannel trousers Jil Sander black boots

Originally Posted by Fade to Black

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there's nothing "retro" about that look, it's perfectly modern. as much as people say they can 'develop' an eye for clothing, i don't quite think so. You can educate yourself about clothes and then learn to assemble them, like many people browsing fashion forums do, but 'education' only gets you so far. like Rye GB's comment about being a "Garmento"...you either have the eye or you don't.
We refer to this in my office as "You're born with taste or not." and much to our chagrin we are unable to find a new assistant given this. Edit: I think people also fail to realize that people may actually dress situationally and not just for the Internetz. It's one of the first stormy days in New York, you don't have any vendor appointments and you have a half ass cold...yah let's wear a Lanvin tux.

I honestly think your dimly lit photos are your biggest problem. In person, I don't think there would be any doubt as to whether or not your items came courtesy of the GAP.

Originally Posted by mulansauce

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I honestly think your dimly lit photos are your biggest problem. In person, I don't think there would be any doubt as to whether or not your items came courtesy of the GAP.

I'll give you some free clothes if you come and take detail shots of my closets.

The circle-jerk here is ridiculous.

Originally Posted by mulansauce

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I honestly think your dimly lit photos are your biggest problem. In person, I don't think there would be any doubt as to whether or not your items came courtesy of the GAP.

The photography is an issue, but it's not the main one. The outfit SoCal posted just now in the all black is one that would more easily be recognized as something worn by someone 'in the know'...yet the blue jeans outfit was one of much greater subtlety that would take a more trained eye to differentiate, which 99% of the population who does not really give a damn about what they wear would not.

Today I wore an asymmetrical weave Yohji Yamamoto henley, loose cotton Comme des Garcons trousers and Visvim Kiefers - yet to the average passerby it would look like i was wearing a brandless t-shirt purchased at some random bargain bin, trackpants and Chucks.

Originally Posted by Fade to Black

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yet the blue jeans outfit was one of much greater subtlety that would take a more trained eye to differentiate, which 99% of the population who does not really give a damn about what they wear would not.

please elaborate

there's nothing to elaborate on.

actually i said trained eye - maybe not 'trained', but 'skilled' is more like it. It seems many people here pay a lot of attention and detail to developing and refining their clothing tastes, so it is a given that the majority of regular posters here are quite 'trained' in their clothing vocabulary. Yet there were comments about that outfit being on par with early 90s, tagutcow steez. I can assure you anyone who has extensive experience immersed in the world of high fashion can pretty damn quickly differentiate an outfit like SoCal's and someone like tagutcow. It's just people are often times conditioned to think something is "stylish" if it fits certain check boxes. eg. braidkid, who is by definition someone who generically fits into the definition of what most people would call "well dressed." (Not a dig at you, braid, your outfits are fine for the most part, it's just you are the easiest example i could think of)

It just so happens SoCal's pic was not that well taken, and from a digital camera photo posted online it would easily seem to many who have a preconceived notion of what makes up 'style' he was wearing pedestrian clothing like many people slumming it to buy milk would.

Originally Posted by Fade to Black

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there's nothing to elaborate on.

actually i said trained eye - maybe not 'trained', but 'skilled' is more like it. It seems many people here pay a lot of attention and detail to developing and refining their clothing tastes, so it is a given that the majority of regular posters here are quite 'trained' in their clothing vocabulary. Yet there were comments about that outfit being on par with early 90s, tagutcow steez. I can assure you anyone who has extensive experience immersed in the world of high fashion can pretty damn quickly differentiate an outfit like SoCal's and someone like tagutcow. It's just people are often times conditioned to think something is "stylish" if it fits certain check boxes. eg. braidkid, who is by definition someone who generically fits into the definition of what most people would call "well dressed." (Not a dig at you, braid, your outfits are fine for the most part, it's just you are the easiest example i could think of)

It just so happens SoCal's pic was not that well taken, and from a digital camera photo posted online it would easily seem to many who have a preconceived notion of what makes up 'style' he was wearing pedestrian clothing like many people slumming it to buy milk would.

That's what I thought.


You'd find some comfort in the CEespool.