ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

feel like you gotta be a skinny dude to not look bad in a sweater and shorts. w/ no real basis i am absolutely certain you are a skinny dude lamp so i am sure you look great.

i am terrified by the thought of leaving the house in a sweater and shorts

lamp is def skinny and looks good in sweater n shorts i think we can all agree

wait by not-skinny do we mean larger chap or just regular here

i feel like there could be a pluggers about this

i was thinking skinny aka slighter than average

agree. i'm average (modulo a vv cute little beer belly) and i don't think it would be a flattering look.

i may be conflating this with british aversion to shorts (i.e. something you force a child to wear, not something an adult wears).

nice shorts nice sweater, can't see why the average man wouldnt look fine

feel like this would be a p cool look for a bearish aging frat boy

i thought all britishers only wore pants and nothing else

dont the english wear kilts tho

i love it when burly dudes wear cute shorts because it's cute and also: thighs

this is what i am wearing today, would appreciate feedback

http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a483/andreamp8/Famous/beefater_zps5061b55e.jpg

wow GISing 'sweater shorts' brings up lots of sexy ladiez

male people's aversion to shorts is the weirdest thing to me. legs & ass are the biggest muscle groups and a lot of guys have great legs & butts that they cover up because... why??

men! show me your legs! they look great!

lol yes i was just making that discovery xp

to agree with caek, i am usually looking for an excuse to not wear shorts, whereas the local mentality seems to be the reverse. like, i can convince myself it is not shorts weather outside if i have my a/c high.

i wear shorts sometimes but only ones that cover my butt

im pretty shorts adverse but if its hot enough then i do

my buttocks are enormous

good 2 know

go on

haha

that is an argument against shorts for me.

haha actual sweater shorts are def a babe thing

i like shorts a lot but i think its a nerd thing, spending a significant amount of time with nerds has taught that almost no weather is bad enough to not wear shorts in, esp if they are cargo shorts convenient for carrying around lots of extra things in. the weird corollary to this is its never hot enough not to wear multiple layers of tops that you are constantly having to shrug off

fwiw i do not like layers very much rn, i am always trying to wear as few things as possible

mnml sci-fi outfits

^ i was gonna make a post abt cargo shorts

I love shorts. Would wear all the time.

i like shorts but sweater + shorts is too temp-confused for me.

on the cardigan stuff imo if you find the right simple and nicely cut one they are amazing, look great with shirts and like a casual set-up for some print or whatever, but it is incredibly hard to find basic ones that are good. i have one i got in cos about two years ago and it's retained quality really well for the price.

agree the romulan emperor thing is prob a jacket, which is good given the price really. the shot from the back makes it look quite baggy but i still reckon it looks a really unique thing for the winter, would be amazing surrounded with basics.

bought a sport jacket from suit supply, thanks for the tip.

this one

http://statics.suitsupply.com/images/products/Jackets/large/Jackets_Blue_Plain_Havana_C705_Suitsupply_Online_Store_1.jpg

decided not to go for the cargo pants.

also no raiders of the lost ark nazi shades either.

you went to the store in soho?

yes

Many years ago I owned a hand-me-down Ralph Lauren men's shawl collar cardigan with suede elbow patches in a rich brown melange. My friend Paul admired it greatly and he was (and is) v v professorial, so the woman who would become his wife asked if I would swap it to her for things out of her vintage goth Ophelia wardrobe so she could give it to him for his birthday. I agreed. I no longer own any of the things she swapped me for, but he still has that cardigan.

also no raiders of the lost ark nazi shades either.

lol I have Oliver People's shades that are basically this

hope whoever styled that guy in the pic recovers from their stroke

The Suit Supply pics are all hilarious. It's beyond Bateman, everyone captured in the middle of a fucking giant stride like they're doing the splits.

heh i can kind of sympathise tbh, i find it impossible to wear a suit without turning evil

http://statics.suitsupply.com/images/products/Suits/zoom/Suits_Grey_Stripe_Lazio_P3743_Suitsupply_Online_Store_1.jpg

yessss

suit + pyjamas in one handy package

that model's srsly the best at it, really got the disdain going

Does anyone store their sunglasses that way? Surely lenses and the whole thing in the pocket is standard?

http://statics.suitsupply.com/images/products/Suits/medium/Suits_Light_Brown_Check_Lazio_P3651_Suitsupply_Online_Store_1.jpg

http://statics.suitsupply.com/images/products/Suits/medium/Suits_Pink_Plain_Soho_P3699_Suitsupply_Online_Store_1.jpg

http://statics.suitsupply.com/images/products/Suits/medium/Suits_Blue_Plain_Sevilla_P3481_Suitsupply_Online_Store_1.jpg

http://statics.suitsupply.com/images/products/Suits/medium/Suits_Grey_Stripe_Washington_P3409_Suitsupply_Online_Store_1.jpg

not to imgbomb like

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i've never seen this enterprise before, it's p cheap? is it like moss bros 2.0

suit entrepreneurs have found out abt globalization

all those shots are so uniformly brightly lit in every place, reminds me of like, charcoal drawings of suits from the early 1900s?

The whole site is mega-creepy, like for people who want to "win" at menswear. The shops are creepy too. I think some of the clothes are cool and their bespoke options look good but I've never bought anything due to the store being so dependent on you wanting some dude to talk at you for the duration of your purchase.