NYT Article - Younger men dressing better than older men, Mad Men style, etc

millionaire75 · Dec 17, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/fa..._r=1&th&emc=th

voltarc · Dec 17, 2009

Good read. Thanks for the link.

plhoang · Dec 17, 2009

Am I a bad person for hoping this is a trend that actually has legs?

blackbowtie · Dec 17, 2009

About time someone articulated this. Dressing like a slob is so last century.

gomestar · Dec 17, 2009

nice article.

Also, browsing the pictures: Band of Outsiders checked gingham button-down, $275 at Farinelli's in Arlington, Va

Lothar · Dec 17, 2009

Not so fast, trashy NYT. Some still manage to make APC look douche.

jo-fu · Dec 17, 2009

Like his very nice windowpane shorts and collared polo?

sunror · Dec 17, 2009

while that guido is hardly ideal he's a heck of a lot better dressed than your average obese middle aged man donning dockers and a polo

Trompe le Monde · Dec 17, 2009

Originally Posted by sunror

while that guido is hardly ideal he's a heck of a lot better dressed than your average obese middle aged man donning dockers and a polo

not really

w.o.e.is.me. · Dec 17, 2009

good read.

unjung · Dec 17, 2009

Originally Posted by sunror

while that guido is hardly ideal he's a heck of a lot better dressed than your average obese middle aged man donning dockers and a polo

TheDroog · Dec 17, 2009

Originally Posted by plhoang

Am I a bad person for hoping this is a trend that actually has legs?

I think dressing well will definitely have legs. As the article mentioned, it's a generational mind shift. Our fathers thought wearing a suit and tie = worker drone conformity, and they rebelled against it for a couple of decades. The end result was baggy 90's clothing, the nadir of men's fashion.

This generation of 20 and 30 somethings are rebelling against dressing like a freaking slob. Dressing well isn't necessarily effeminate anymore. It just means you give a damn, which is a good thing. This should continue for a few decades as well.

Parker · Dec 17, 2009

Good read, thanks. I like this trend, but somehow don't think it will be that widely accepted. Maybe it will take hold in some city centers or perhaps sales of skinny ties will go up, but the lure of "comfort", i.e. jeans and hoodie, seems hard to resist for most guys regardless of age.

disclosure: I'm a gen-X'er, so not in either of the two age groups mentioned.

jo-fu · Dec 17, 2009

The internets told me that Mad Men brought back and then killed the pocket square and we should all go back to looking like crap again for fear of looking overwrought.

phillyesq · Dec 17, 2009

I certainly hope that dressing better becomes a trend, but I have my doubts. I also don't buy the whole rebellion angle. My father never dressed like a slob, and if anything, he set an example for me re: dressing well. I don't choose to dress well as a rebellion.

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