I do not watch HIMYM because of jokes like this, tbh
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Thursday, 26 January 2012 21:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw I've known the Put this On guy since he was 17, but he didn't have time to fit me into his schedule when I was in LA last summer either bcz he's doing too many podcasts or bcz I dress like Bill Murray.
I do not approve of baseball caps being worn by ppl who don't like baseball. Also, if you buy a cap that's been altered from the actual team colors, I reserve the right to shoot you.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 January 2012 02:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
the more you know≈≈≈≈≈★
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
~the game~ by neil strauss
― dayo, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
putting this here because idk where else it goes:
I have said for sometime now that the menswear blog game is VERY much like the rap game, and I think most of my fellow hip-hop heads will agree that the beef era of hip-hop from about ‘92 to ‘03 was the best. While literal shots being fired is never good, the fact that you had people going at one another made for great music. Biggie v. Pac, Cube v. Common, Nas v. Jay, 50 v. Ja Rule, Em v. Benzino/The Source, Jeezy v. Gucci the list goes on and on. It forced all parties involved to come correct with everything they did because they knew that if they slipped up it was more fodder for their opposition. The same can be said for menswear: sometimes you need differing opposing voices to push one another. It forces you to think about why you dress the way you do. My only advice is if you are going to criticize someone’s dress, do so intelligently and not just, “Look at this dickhead taking himself too seriously.” *Drops two cents in to empty bucket*
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
are you fucking kidding me?
― mh, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
#menswear dudes getting all sore from superfuture aggression, i guess
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
the menswear blog gamethe menswear blog gamethe menswear blog game
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://journalator.net/2012/01/punk-portraits-fistful-of-style-alex/
so that dude went from wearing one ridiculous costume to another
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
can we just spam all of these guys with links to Menswe@r videos
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
He’s a #menswear rebel, whose “maximalist” style and tooth-and-nail devotion to thriftiness nips at the heels of the often-pricey “What to Wear” culture of men’s fashion. “Take me with a grain of salt and a whiskey back,” he tells readers.
― lukas, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
aw, haha, i like alex! i met him the last time i was in portland. he's quite friendly and doesn't take himself terribly seriously, and i guess i have an affinity to him because he's a fellow thrift store junkie. he can be a little weird and i can't say i'm 100% into his style all the time, but eh, c'est la vie
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
the menswear blog game
is there a travel edition of this
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
for sure, though, the "whiskey drinking menswear rebel" label is maybe a little eye-rolly for me xp
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol yes, donna, and it has a pop-up-shop-o-matic bubble
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
someone who's more knowledgeable about hip hop should address that above quote and the general hip-hop fandom in & appropriation(?) by the #menswear crowd because idk enough about it beyond feeling it to be weird and problematic
(iirc the author of that quote is black, btw)
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 19:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't know that you have to be knowledgable about hip-hop to see preppy white bloggers appropriating terrible cliches ironically as problematic. Not much to address beyond that - the whole of this lot seem to be douchebags playing dress-up with both clothes and words.
basically, it's ironic rap covers 2012 edition
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, there's that I guess but it's not exactly broken down on racial lines as there are some dudes of color in the mix, too -- like, i see that there is an definitely aspirational elements to some hip-hop, even a preoccupation with luxury that these blog dudes latch onto earnestly. also the functional belief that material success invalidates all criticism from haters -- like "i got written up in gq & nyt so what you have to say to me is meaningless." like, even if the comparison to the rap game is laughable on its face, it's still somehow informing how these guys are "performing" iykwim.
idk, some of these are maybe phenomena that are not exclusive to hip-hop, maybe they are just american, but idk. blame kanye maybe.
p.s. someone please stop me if i am just talking out my ass & nobody cares abt this but me
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 20:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw I drink a lot of whiskey and resent these guys taking that label as much as I am annoyed at this rap game metaphor
― mh, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 23:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
*shoots self in face*
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Friday, 2 March 2012 15:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Are Wranglers "Lame Basics" or "Peasant Shit"?
― beachville, Friday, 2 March 2012 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
peasant shit, obv. p sure baldwin / apc denim are lame basics.
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Friday, 2 March 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
https://secure.details.com/contact/ask-a-gay
ASK A GAY
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Q: How much chest-hair exposure is appropriate?A: There's nothing more unappealing than a forest of hair growing out of your shirt, so I would opt to leave only the top button open. If you have officially ventured into what we call Bear Territory, take a cue from us gays (well, most of us gays) and make sure you're baby-bottom smooth (by way of hot wax) before even unbuttoning that much.
I have a weird, paranoid theory that I grew as much body hair as I did by watching so much Magnum PI that I subconsciously modeled myself after Burt Reynolds as a sort of ideal of manhood.
Wish my subconscious had created me in the image of Bo Duke instead.
I know that's not how it works...or is it?
― frogsclovetofu (beachville), Sunday, 29 April 2012 09:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
You mean Tom Selleck
― mh, Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Both are good in their own way.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
idk i think some men can benefit a lot from chest hair, in the same way some men's faces are advantaged by well groomed facial hair, it can be a good look imho
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 April 2012 14:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
but the gay has spoken, you guys, so depilate yourselves and pronto
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 April 2012 14:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
I knew a guy whose chest hair was visible even when only the top button of his polo was unbuttoned
― dayo, Monday, 30 April 2012 14:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
you knew my 5th grade teacher?
― catbus otm (gbx), Monday, 30 April 2012 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
jjjusten was your 5th grade teacher?
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 30 April 2012 14:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
I think there's some sort of doomsday scenario where the neckbeard and the chest hair merge, creating an unbroken swath of hair. Very rare.
― mh, Monday, 30 April 2012 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
thanks to this post, I will be calling jjj "Doomsday" from now on
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
this really is not as rare as you think.
I guess I'm totally out of touch with this hairlessness thing because most of my dudes are p hairy, and the ones that aren't came that way. was chatting with a girlfriend (eight years my junior) though and she had recently hooked up with a guy that shaved everything everywhere and said something to her like "I like to keep completely shaved, and I'd expect the same from my partner, it's a courtesy"
this generation is doomed imo
― catbus otm (gbx), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
at least I know now why they fidget all the time
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
I should probably get a haircut and eat fewer cheeseburgers before I start waxing my junk.
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think completely-shaved dude is an oddity holdover from last decade
― mh, Monday, 30 April 2012 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I blame Marilyn Manson
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am just bristling at the whole concept of 'ask a gay'
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Men who trim their pubic hair: insecure or thoughtful?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
elmo u remember this lil show called queer eye for the straight guy?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
i mean this is details magazine, which i thought had a pretty gay readership so i guess i don't understand the need for this blog column??
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
that show should have been called Obvious Eye for the Hopelessly Inept
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
the fake profundity of this shit gets to me as much as if not more than the fucked up conservatism re gender/sexuality
― max, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:33 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i mean the self-serious idiocy makes me want to throw these guys out the window
― max, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:34 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah but the sense of the guy sitting back and looking pleased with himself after each pearl of wisdomg is kinda funny
― summer sun, something's begun, but uh-oh those tumblr whites (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:38 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― caek, Monday, 30 April 2012 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
just -- among all the mainstream men's style mags i always thought details was the highest on the kinsey scale
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
itt blogs instruct you how to be a supreme sissyboy glamfaggot
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
ASK A GAY: WHAT'S THE BEST UNDERWEAR FOR STRAIGHT GUYS?Your straight buddies may be evolved and your girlfriend plenty chic, but even in this day and age, there are some questions that only a stylish gay man can answer.Q: What kind of underwear is the sexiest for a straight dude?A: Uh, none at all. Trust me—I've noticed in gym locker rooms (come on, everybody peeks). If you must wear an extra layer, go with Calvin Klein boxer briefs. They're flattering and classic—remember those Marky Mark ads?
Your straight buddies may be evolved and your girlfriend plenty chic, but even in this day and age, there are some questions that only a stylish gay man can answer.
Q: What kind of underwear is the sexiest for a straight dude?A: Uh, none at all. Trust me—I've noticed in gym locker rooms (come on, everybody peeks). If you must wear an extra layer, go with Calvin Klein boxer briefs. They're flattering and classic—remember those Marky Mark ads?
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
fucking hell
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
What is a good kind of underwear, elmo. I'm straight, btw.
― frogsclovetofu (beachville), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:59 (1 year ago) Permalink