itt blogs instruct you how to be a man

It is a gross but understandable attempt to give people a reason to pay money for videos they could watch for free.

it's a very serious members-only organization, tho. deadly serious.

also they have an atelier, which is way classier and more expensive than a workshop, because it's kinda french.

hahahahaha omg I didn't actually read that before

they have got to be fucking kidding

Assholes like this are why I swore to never wear a suit outside of weddings and funerals.

prints from the finest mills in the world

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but dan, you get to pay $45 every two months for a square of silk you don't even get to see in advance, how can you resist that opportunity

The Put This On Gentlemen's Association is a very serious members-only organization dedicated to the adornment of the jacket pocket.

DEDICATED

For his other show, donors receive cookies that Thorn's wife made. Seems like a better deal.

Are you a man, or a gentleman?

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p sure that's a put this on gentlemen's association hand-selected silk pocket square dude's wearing

lol 'hand-selected' is killing me tbh

I just assumed they sent out a robot to get the fabric tbh

and telling men to dress better is one thing if the end result is that the aggregate level of well-dressedness is raised so that people say stop wearing flip flops. it's another to make getting dressed into another pointless obsessive snobbish internet thing

Or is it a wish-fulfillment reaction-formation against the Apatow-years of manchildren. If you look like a grownup from 1955 then maybe you'll act like one? If anything, this movement/marketing campaign just rechannels the nerd consumer obsession from gaming to bespoke tailoring, but there
s a weird cargo cult psychology going on that's bothering me.

also:

The Put This On Inside Track is a special premium service of Put This On, the blog and video series about dressing like a grownup. We're famous for our eBay roundups - selections of fine gentleman's clothing and accessories plucked from obscurity and put on display to the world. Of course, with that notoriety can come many bidders, which is why we created the Inside Track.

How it works
Every week, you'll receive a hand-curated list of eBay auctions not found anywhere else. No more worrying about the hoi polloi sniping away your precious garments. We'll also throw in whatever sales you might be interested in online and around town, and the occasional wise observation. (We're extremely wise.)

For just five dollars a month, you'll get the inside track on dozens of fantastic auctions and sales. It's like we've taken the world's largest clothing bazaar and transformed it into a Greenwich Village boutique.

'hand-curated' ebay links, people

omg

Or is it a wish-fulfillment reaction-formation against the Apatow-years of manchildren.

this is kinda funny given how paul feig's all about "suits" and "looking classy"

this is actually fucking brilliant in terms of extracting money from ppl who don't stop to think things through

brb hand-curating myself

No more worrying about the hoi polloi sniping away your precious garments.

hands of my boglioli, you stinking plebe!

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that guy up there looks like n/a were n/a not handsome and less douchelly dressed.

why are people with popular style blogs so bad at style??

Traditional style purveyors actually do have skill

those who demonstrate this are co-opted by the establishment or at least recognized and absorbed

leftovers are those who either vary strongly from traditional styles and therefore are perceived by many as of low quality or not interesting

the remainder, which we're probably going over, think they're doing something new or interesting but it's probably not that good to someone with a style vocabulary

I mean, my style vocabulary is quite lacking and I could see myself being taken in by some of these, but I tend to avoid any club that'd have me as a member

to compliment the wardrobe he already has

the whole "how to dress like a classy grown-up gentleman" schtick is obnoxious and borderline offensive but isn't even the worst, i mean:

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40k+ notes on this. ugh, tumblr.

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jesus

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just reminding myself of awful my gender is, kill all men btw

smash the patriarchy instead imo

haha you're a prince, elmo, fwiw

that last one is more "rule of a stalker"

men are supposed to do all the stalking in the relationship, iirc

as long as you're wearing a well tailored suit it's not stalking.

I want to submit terrible things to them along the lines of "Keeping the heads in Ziploc freezer bags helps avoid problems with the stench"

"Always keep a few zipties in your pocket."

"If she's been homeless long enough, odds are no one is looking for her."

"Condoms are for those unfortunate enough not to own a latex bodysuit and butcher's apron"

"Nothing shows you care more than a trip to the Everglades."

"The more you stroke her hair, the more likely she is to stop crying."

"a well-tailored suit is to a woman what lingerie is to a man: something special to wear while masturbating in front of a full-length mirror."

elmo, you're giving me serious "watch out, he's calling from inside the blog" vibes here

"nothing says 'i love you' like tattooing her name across your face"

i mean yeah, as a gay man the heteronormative stuff irks me, as a guy who tries to be a feminist the gender role instruction bothers me too. i have a couple of followers who are trans men and i have to wonder what their experience of MAN BLOGS are like

i dunno, obviously i have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this, some day i am going to write a long boring blog post about it that references judith butler or something instead of rambling on & on itt

I really hate heteronormativity. It's kind of my most hated thing. I think being in relationships where I realize there are these unspoken assumptions as to roles that I just don't buy into really clued me into it

the underlying wounded/entitled male pride in these is the weirdest, i think, cf the penultimate graf of the 'from a guys point of view' piece: "a guy who will love you (i'm so kind), no matter how bad you make them feel (you're so ungrateful)"

isn't that just code for "I will put up with all of your bullshit if you let me hit it"?