itt blogs instruct you how to be a man

you'd think one of the pocket square dudes would work in a knowing handkerchief code reference or something

i mean okay, i won't knock the hustle, i like a few of those fabrics, and if you can get $25 a pop that's cool, good for you, but hahaaa the product writing is really... bad

Three furry loved ones reside and play while the sewing machine's pluggin' along, so apologies if a stray hair or three accompanies your order. If you're at all allergic, take heed to wash your items before usage.

absurdly unprofessional imo

allergy note: this pocket square processed on a equipment that also processes small mammals

may contain soy

hahaha

sorry about the occasional pubic hair, I sew naked

hahaaa the product writing is really... bad

― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:39 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the dude is notorious for this...which is why i thought to put it in here. his whole schtick is d-grade parroting of design-will-save-the-world conventional wisdom, rendered in awful prose

tbh I also sort of had the impression that "pocket squares" were not proper handkerchiefs but smaller bits of fabric that were nonfunctional but looked nice when folded up in your vest pocket. would be way less annoying if they just called them "handkerchiefs" but I guess that's just a marketing decision to appeal to annoying tumblr bros

omg the rules of a gentleman are the exact same format and font as the "bro code" rules that every himym ends with.

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The unofficial Japanese navy trilogy: Crosses ‘n’ Diamonds, Denim Bulbs, and Plus Links.

These three large 19” x 19” kerchiefs have a wide variety of uses, and while we don’t officially offer them as a three-pack, they were sourced at the same time and formed a complementary bond. They embody a sort of motorcycle-centric aesthetic, driven with a range of moods and styles — enough to take you through an array of adventures.

ugh @ backwards baseball caps

"rappers"

"you don't want to dress like ... uh ... a rapper, do you?"

what the fucking fuck

oh hey, an implied association between "rappers" and "the (mentally) handicapped," nice

unless they mean all those wheelchair-bound dudes with sideways baseball caps, because that's a thing right

maybe they mean people with full on headgear/backbraces, such that you have to have the brim at an odd angle so it can stick out of the wires

why does it have a picture of Neil Patrick Harris under it? IDGI.

i guess you guys don't watch nbc's "how i met your mother", oops

it is a joke being told by a character on a television sitcom

I just interneted a bit and now I understand the connection.

I do not watch HIMYM because of jokes like this, tbh

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.

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the more you know
≈≈≈≈≈★

~the game~ by neil strauss

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*

are you fucking kidding me?

#menswear dudes getting all sore from superfuture aggression, i guess

the menswear blog game
the menswear blog game
the menswear blog game

http://journalator.net/2012/01/punk-portraits-fistful-of-style-alex/

so that dude went from wearing one ridiculous costume to another

can we just spam all of these guys with links to Menswe@r videos

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.

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

the menswear blog game

is there a travel edition of this

for sure, though, the "whiskey drinking menswear rebel" label is maybe a little eye-rolly for me xp

lol yes, donna, and it has a pop-up-shop-o-matic bubble

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 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

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

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

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*shoots self in face*

Are Wranglers "Lame Basics" or "Peasant Shit"?

peasant shit, obv. p sure baldwin / apc denim are lame basics.

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ASK A GAY

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.

http://charactergrades.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/magnum-pi-selleck-2.jpg

Wish my subconscious had created me in the image of Bo Duke instead.

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I know that's not how it works...or is it?

You mean Tom Selleck

Both are good in their own way.