ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

i don't discriminate, i wear all 3 kinds. love boxers

caek if its not an outright emergency id hunt down the shirts made by general assembly in brklyn. really nicely made and reasonably priced they had some plain white and light blue button-downs s/s14 that i wear all the time.

it's not an emergency and i hate shopping so mail order totally fine

i like uniqlo but i always feel like i expect better pants there. like i mostly just find jeans and cords that would suit me, and i don't even wear cords.

― surm, Friday, 24 July 2015 18:24 (1 hour ago) Permalink

This has happened to me like 3 different times:

"I should finally get some good jeans"
"Ehhhh, but they're so expensive!"
"Oh wait, Uniqlo, they have good jeans for a reasonable price!"
"Bahhh, these jeans are floppy"

yah!

i like used to get embarrassed for guys who would always wear uniqlo jeans that just looked so sloppily made - but i dunno some guys look great in them

I have two pairs and they both look kind of sloppy. The denim is way too soft, it feels like it has some other material blended with it.

btw, Kirkland boxer briefs from Costco are the greatest -- I just have like 20 pairs of them all black and I wear them every day as well as for working out.

briefs forever

Is it not completely weird that Ilx men were seen to be in need of drastic style help a few years ago and now menswear threads have totally usurped ILS to the pint that I'm irrationally worried that the women are shut out of the board.

but most stuff posted on this thread is heinous though :(

Maybe cross ref with mid life crisis thread but at this point I'm generally in favour of men wearing those things regarded as heinous.

Although clothing is the least of my concerns w/r/t crises and I enjoy wearing things that are regarded as ridiculous.

It's a fuck of a lot better than wearing cargo shorts or whatever but I'm aware of surfing the line between acceptable and outrageous without,of course, going down the line of wearing things that are "too young [for you]". I'm also aware that I'm someone who sometimes wears things that would generally be regarded as outside of what someone my age should wear. I'm not directing this at you btw, VC, just thinking out loud. I'm also not making any claims at being an outrageous or interesting dresser. I actually feel like the older I get the more I want to push the boat out and wear the wrong thing rather than disappear. It's totally mid life crisis territory in a way, of course.

Good style = not giving a fuk = sometimes can be heinous in someone else's eyes. That doesn't necessarily preclude cargo shorts although maybe yes it does.

BUT dressing so as to stand out is, I think, a recipe for disaster unless one is very self-confident. Which, maybe a lot of ppl on this thread are! If so, more power to u \m/

I dress to stand out in a way but I'm very unconfident generally. On the whole I feel like I'm unconfident but can be I a situ. Where I'm thinking that at least I know I'm wearing this good outfit and enjoying it. I really do enjoy it.

I dress to stand out in a way but I'm very unconfident generally. On the whole I feel like I'm unconfident but can be in a situ. where I'm thinking that at least I know I'm wearing this good outfit and enjoying it. I really do enjoy it.

On the other hand I'm currently, typing this, wearing two pairs of glasses, one over the other, because I can't afford the new glasses I want.

I've never had issues with Uniqlo jeans but then maybe I'm just not knowledgeable enough. It's not as though I expect much out of them tho

Is it not completely weird that Ilx men were seen to be in need of drastic style help a few years ago and now menswear threads have totally usurped ILS to the pint that I'm irrationally worried that the women are shut out of the board.

Don't worry about us. It's a big tent.

I have been in situations where I stood out by _not_ dressing boldly but they are few and far between. But I generally was having a lot of fun at the time.

anyone who cares about their dress is prob dressing to stand out - at least to stand out as someone who doesn't dress badly.

i am outwardly self-confident, not so much inwardly, but i don't think i dress to stand out, it's more about expressing myself - and i guess even more than that it's like... there are so many things in life which are beyond our control, what we wear is a small good thing that we can decide each day. similar to like cooking or something. for me anyway.

i have a black longline t-shirt now and i like it because it means i can stand up straight without feeling like i'm gonna show people my midriff. that said i've only worn it out once or twice cos sometimes tbf it looks a bit like a dress. it's about pairing it with the right clothes and i haven't quite worked that out yet.

also lol of solidarity at this - i have a longshirt which i posted upthread and it is very long, it has a kind of religious feel but practically it's like a dress in some ways, when sitting down and eating. i fucking love it and its swishing around, which implicates me as dressing to stand out. just stop wearing pants.

my advice would be to wear slim or skinny jeans and boots - maybe also black - i would keep the rest fairly understated if the shirt itself is an unusual cut.

That Wood Wood shirt up throat didn't work on me, sadly. I guess their stuff is cut for big slim Scandi dudes not short Scottish ones. Shame because I loved the print.

Lol @ up throat.

you can dress up to stand out if you're confident, not confident, gay straight, black, white or zebra striped. standing out is not the problem; it's what you wear that can be problematic.

Also: it is true that wearing heinous things has become fashionable for a time. but this rule does not come without restrictions. there are lines not to be crossed.

heinous seems a strange word to use here

it does.

all clothes have symbolic meaning, standing out, blending in, hanging around (with the fellas)

one of the biggest trends in fashion over the last decade: standing out to those in the know, blending into everyone else

lol lagoon, you actually might have a point there, whether or not you were trying to make one in earnest

i stand by both of those statements

i stand by you, then.

bless

wear what you want imo

only god can judge me

very good posts, esp re standing out to those you might want to signal something to whether or not everyone else gets it. also clothes for me are very much a way to help me feel like me, like I have to feel like my clothes are true to some aspect of myself

lagoon I think about that triple-xl grateful dead tie-dye of yours like once a week, wish I had one myself, hope that u are wearing it well this summer and loving it btw

^^for real

i just inherited some XL corporate button ups from my boyfriend i think i'll wear one around the house today

i am unfortunately temporarily separated from it but thank u for yr appreciation, prayers xp

btw im in colorado and was looking around a vintage shop for old school rockie mountain hippie gear and all i cld find were self aware ironic tees that say shit like like colorado brah w a tie dye graphic of the mountains or some bs, utterly dispiriting

terrible

very sad. btw right now I am wearing these dope old Patagonia green canvas shorts that are totally rocky mountain hippie wear, I love them

I found a blue, faded early 90s north face t-shirt which has been my fave summer tee, kinda has that vibe

one of the biggest trends in fashion over the last decade: standing out to those in the know, blending into everyone else

― lag∞n, Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:47 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this has always been a thing, especially when $$ edgy fashions are always subsumed into the mainstream, accelerated by the quick uptake these days

like no one bats an eye at somewhat technical gear but u will get head nods from those in the know for stone island projects or acronym or w/e

omg "this has always bee the case in fashion" [uses non fashion contemporary example]

i will say as a counterpoint that not too long ago it was common practice for high end fashion lines to literally cover their garments with logos

i fuckin love a logo like my brother that i never had, put em all out there

logos r good its true

there are so many things in life which are beyond our control, what we wear is a small good thing that we can decide each day.

The decision of what to wear every day is a chore for me, but I like to feel well-dressed. This article was inspiring, but I feel like wearing the exact same thing every single day would be too eccentric http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a10441/why-i-wear-the-same-thing-to-work-everday/

But I've been buying multiples of certain items so I can have a few "uniforms" and reduce decision making somewhat.

logos r good its true

the economist agrees

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/370/19296025203_fb1ed649c8_k.jpg

whoops that's really big

maybe we can all try to identify what shoes he wears