ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

oh also i forgot, black looks bad in the daytime

which is related to 1)

actually, my evening suit move is a charcoal suit with a black tie. so it's not true that black does not go with anything or that i own no black.

i used to share that weird if i think p common phobia of black clothes then i got over it and def wear more black now than i ever have to express the darkness of my soul its good theres nothing to fear really

yeah, for a few years i wore no black because i thought it doesn't go with things, but now i wear it a lot because (a) all black is a great look and (b) black does go with other things, the black/navy thing is a myth.

i am kinda dubious about the rest of the black suit criticism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zjYu1rsxTE

Me irl

will you please bring me a drink? xp

I own a lot of black t-shirts (faded black metal t-shirt is an obvious classic)

Mostly band shirts

Black tee and black jeans is a very good outfit for someone of my complexion and hair color

I like the color black

In conclusion

Black

what is the black/navy myth that they dont go together? they do go great together tho which is i guess why its a myth

if you're pale a black suit can make you look sallow - does not work with my complexion until I've had a good bit of sun.

yeah it's one of those dumb things people say - of course they go together!

i guess if i was worried i'd look like a waiter i wouldn't wear a black suit

IME most waiters wear plaid...............................................

love pairing navy & black wow how crazy r ppl out their w their rules

was going to say blackphobia might be most salient for those of an Irish complexion though I'm not sure what lg's strategy is here

I don't think there's any way for me to wear all black and not look like a reanimated corpse

ah i look like a reanimated corpse whatever i wear

pale skin/black clothes aka the reanimated corpse is an extremely classic look iirc

i do not have pale skin fwiw

Me neither *high five*

niice

2 swarthy 2 go goth

black + navy is way in this year

hmm kinda feel that's more about layering shades right now?

like black navy AND cobalt

could say the same for like idk greys/taupe/putty, beige/acorn/ochre, etc

thought some of that fourpins content might be interesting on the face of it (like the japanese shops thing) but then post click it seems to just be p ignorant poochie styled aggregator slop mostly

my default casual outfit lately is black jeans and a black hoodie but while they are black neither are REALLY black, more like charcoal for sure. I am not anti black and I think others can wear black v well but caek is otm in many respects, especially about black fabric looking cheap

Which is why faded and worn-in and broken-in black actually looks good IMO bc then it becomes charcoal. Fair to say tho that this only applies to casual clothes like denim or something. A faded black suit is nagl obv

black clothes are cool but a black suit makes you look like diplo

i never wear black clothes, because i prefer navy and have lots of navy stuff, since it doesn't go with black i don't buy many black items. dunno if everyone has this choice.

― Wantaway striker (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 16:20 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

navy shirts can go with black trousers very nicely

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 16:21 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is my big sartorial change in the last while, i've explained as much upthread. fascinating news.

thought some of that fourpins content might be interesting on the face of it (like the japanese shops thing) but then post click it seems to just be p ignorant poochie styled aggregator slop mostly

the main point of it is the jon moy daily run-downs of an item of clothing. most of the rest is fairly hard to take.

navy t-shirt + black jeans is one of my core looks

I was always told navy clashed with black but it's pretty much the only non-black/grey/brown color I f/with.

I don't like faded black so much, makes me feel all dingy and "street"

like crust punk... or dorky hand-me-down rural. idk

clothes, man

sorry LG i couldn't resist

maybe some seasons navy looks good with black.. and some seasons it doesn't, such are the mysteries of fashion

navy t-shirt + black jeans is one of my core looks

― flopson, Sunday, March 8, 2015 5:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

sorry LG i couldn't resist

maybe some seasons navy looks good with black.. and some seasons it doesn't, such are the mysteries of fashion

haha - i basically bought a pair of black jeans and my whole rule crumbled away. i am wearing all black right now.

love the dinginess of faded black tbh

As I think I said upthread, I'm now interested in trying out some more dulcet colours and monochromes, but I think wearing black takes a bit of work. It can be extremely stylish and edgy if done right or you can end up going into heavy metal D&D nerd territory. Kind of determined to find out how to swing more to the former, but as I don't have much black/white in my wardrobe as it is, it might be hard.

On a similar tip - leather jackets C/D and also, if classic, then what should a geezer look out for? I've seen some on people that look great but the cut and quality of ones I've seen (new and s/h) seems to vary a lot. Cheaper/secondhand ones look especially awful, like big ugly biker jackets.

leon @leyawn · 21h 21 hours ago
got my canada goose expedition parka and my fjallraven rucksack.. mountain climbing? No im going to sit in front of a computer for ten hours

everyone's wearing those fjallraven rucksacks in London now. Nice-looking, but my dorky, practical Swiss-mark commuter backpack works best for me.

not great at describing, but there's a kind of unstructured black suit senior-graphic-designer-from-the-1990s look that I quite like, but I suspect caek's point about needing good fabric is crucial to it working (and it's probably never for me because as per upthread, celtic complexion).

Leather is a great fabric for black for sure

Once you gets get JAMC swag you'lll look alright in black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EgB__YratE

im constantly tempted to burn my wardrobe and rebuild it entirely in black

in honor of this thread i am wearing black jeans, navy sneakers, brown belt today

i wear brown birkenstocks w/ my black jeans everyday, dgaf

i feel kinda liberated tbh but i work at a "design school" so everyone here is either very consciously assembled or very consciously not

haha yea i work in academia and most people are very much not consciously assembled

I'm wearing a shirt with a navy/black/grey grid pattern

on leather jackets, asos is a good option if you don't want to spend 1k and you can't find anything good second-hand (pretty much impossible as far as i can tell, in london or online)

i got a leather bomber there last year for £150 - it's pretty good quality, seems to be wearing well.