the issue is that checks and plaid are fashionable?
― sarahel, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:20 (fourteen years ago) link
That they've reached a critical mass in fashionability, as if they're color change shirts in 1992 or something.
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link
there doesn't seem to be as much plaid in us stores, i guess
ok looking around the room here.. madras plaid scarf, grey plaid faux-isabel-marant blouse, buffalo plaid coat (last year, gap), another tiny plaid faux-isabel-marant top, two wool plaid scarves, ll bean plaid flannel shirt from the kids' department, vintage pendleton wool plaid shirt, vintage plaid coat (going to sell that though, i don't wear it), and plaid vest. there's probably more around i didn't look too hard
― C MON MAN (daria-g), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:22 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/checks.png
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
xp - hypercolor?
― sarahel, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Hahahaha. Hahahaa. Hahaha.
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the red & black shirt in the middle.
― sarahel, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Laughter to plax's picture.
Yeah, Hypercolor.
Just got a duplicate post message.
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
― sarahel, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:24 AM (30 seconds ago)
I own this exact shirt!
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i just like it, fashionable or not, because it usually comes in excellent colors and is also good for mixing patterns with stripes or tweed. oh i have another vintage wool plaid shirt and a couple more scarves. would like some trousers but finding a flattering pair in a small enough plaid.. too much trouble and money
― C MON MAN (daria-g), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Ooooohhhh you mean like lumberjack-inspired flannels in various "hard-wearing" plaid colorways?
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
The first three are all tolerable in plax's pic, even if I'd probably only wear the blue one, but that photo's funny. Oh oh oh. I was at this dive bar in downtown Orlando watching some nineties style indie band and this girl made a googly face, maybe sort of unintentionally, and I laughed and sort of pointed at her, crooked my elbow I mean, and did so in front of her. My friend Katie overheard her and her friend talking:
"The one in the plaid shirt." (It was the same new plaid shirt I mentioned upthread.)
And Katie and I were later like, We're all wearing plaid shirts.
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i have a couple of those! been debating asking my dads to buy me this shirt for christmas if it comes in a small enough size, also it is from small town minnesota mill, which is pretty excellent
― C MON MAN (daria-g), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost
Cos that looks like a return to "dad" shirts from LL Bean, if you ask me. Plus a bit of the 70s country-western thing on the left there, with the diagonal and the pointy pocket flaps.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes! u just call them check shirts and its understood here (i think) so i didn't really know what else 2 call them
xpost 2 laurel
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
this is how every single person i know including me dresses is all i'm sayin
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Eh I hate this pattern/style, but I feel like it's so Midwestern it's giving me hives.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
the blue one is ok too - the others are a bit too "contrast-y"
― sarahel, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't care for the country-western or 70's style ones for myself. they're ok on other people just not my style. prefer the grunge ones/"dad" shirts & really love the one i have from ll bean actually, the largest sizes in the boys' department are nice and i think it cost less than $20.
― C MON MAN (daria-g), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
actually now that i think abt it i'm pretty ok with this as a thing so...
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
life is change
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Or so I've heard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk7VWcuVOf0
― C MON MAN (daria-g), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh Daria, you media hound.
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Laughing at this clip with the sound off.
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
The quality and warm fuzzy factor of a really worn-out LL B shirt is undeniable, but I just can't stomach them anymore as a fashion thing. But then I never liked grunge.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i liked grunge a lot. i guess current outfit could pretty much be grunge years except i didn't get it from thrifts (striped sweater, plaid scarf, down vest, jeans). could be ready to go to marching band practice
― C MON MAN (daria-g), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha I didn't dress like that when it WAS the early '90s and I was in marching band, but then plaid flannels were never "out" in MI so grunge bringing them back was sort of unnoticeable from the status quo....
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I think "indistinguishable" was the word I was looking for there.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
looking at ebay postings for vintage plaid in which these 17 year olds are wearing exactly what i wore at that age XD ripped tights, combat boots, baggy plaid shirts, and denim cutoffs
kids these days! get a new style
― C MON MAN (daria-g), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:49 (fourteen years ago) link
a bit off-topic: i was going to complain about sartorialist these days but then i saw this.
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/1039GreysBlcks2962Web.jpg
― estela, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe they need some balances to go with those checks
― salsa sharkshavin (salsa shark), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link
(dumb joke to test out dumb new screenname)
― salsa sharkshavin (salsa shark), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link