ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

it always seems kinda fashion shoot-y to me but i also think i just fidget too much for that look to work the sweater never really ends up sitting flat enough against my body

Feel like you need a very thin sweater for that to work (and to be svelte). And every time I hear "thin sweater" I think "left em in the cold with a thin sweater"

@rtc - https://twitter.com/melblatt/status/682909209273339904

as if by magic

THIN SWEATERS

when I think of thin sweaters I think wrinkles, horrible cancerous wrinkles. maybe bc my thin sweaters have cotton in them.

no i have to iron them , you're right

last evening i wore a oversize thick seater with nothing underneath it wasn't as itchy as i thought

SWEATER

s'Gucci

Do y'all men find your personal style evolving radically over time it does it get more focused and refined? For me it's the latter

more focused and refined if those are the choices. i just bought a paisley shirt that looks like it belongs on the cover of a Church album and I'm looking forward to rocking it.

Yeah I do wander into unexpected scarves and things that *speak* and "augment / extend / elevate" my personal style.

I would describe my style as Yamamoto without ever having bought any Yamamoto in my life

I'm on the evolving end of things. Careerism aside, I think over the next few years I could easily wind up heavy into turtlenecks and Under Armour t-shirts; you never know what's going to feel right as you age

my style switches

I feel like there's been a common old mannish, slightly conservative thread to my style that has been there since high school, and yeah I've mostly refined and or updated and or upgraded it.

I feel a small shift every year and fairly major (to me at least ha) shifts every 3-5 years. it all feels like "me" though I guess

i guess i would say evolves radically, in the sense of evolution being a focusing? ie switch it up because i'm surer of myself and remaining so

rly deeply despise that recurring line in #menswear about true man style being paring wardrobes down to the very finest quality most versatile essentials. fuck off

feels like sometimes i buy something which feels a radical enough jump, but soon enough that kind of fits in with the rest. if i look back over a few years, my style has prob changed quite a lot. but even though i've always been into clothes, the last 4/5 years is the main time in which i've actually thought about my style and fashion per se. i guess i find myself less concerned with more ostentatious stuff and more into secret style.

rly deeply despise that recurring line in #menswear about true man style being paring wardrobes down to the very finest quality most versatile essentials. fuck off

guess i agree, i like to have a fairly wide-ranging wardrobe. i think all the men's sites advise this under the assumption that their minions can't pull off more than one look (and basically any look that isn't formal) at a time.

playing for repeat visit partisanship thru bs masculinity marketing to a shook conservative base you mean

really depends on the day tbh. today i'm trying for like furniture maker circa 1994

i am having a p serious problem now though that i wear my glasses to get ready in the morning. i literally like - i had no idea what i was wearing before. and now it takes me 2 hours to get dressed it's taking a toll.

I finally own a suit that was made for me - been having Brooklyn Tailors put one together for a while, it took an age doing back-and-forth stuff via mail & email but it is lovely to have a suit!

I got this awesome gitman bros Japanese cotton herringbone flannel shirt that's my favourite thing ive bought in forever

i need a garment bag.

i got these for christmas and even though they're super stretcho i think i like them?

https://www.scotch-soda.com/us/en/men/pants/super-slim-woollen-pants---mott/127953.html?cgid=10&dwvar_127953_color=black&start=16

xp i got this, it's boring and inexpensive. it has good hanger grips. with the pockets i managed to go to a wedding with just it and a tote bag for a book and toiletries.

http://www.ebags.com/product/wally-bags/40-suit-bag-w-two-pockets/93260?productid=1232711

I think I have that same one or a very similar model. It's handy, and although it doesn't have a carrying strap you can pretty easily just slide the handle around the handle of one of those roller carry-on suitcases.

My J. Crew "Crosby" topcoat came -- the fit is not baggy at all, it's just slightly roomier than the Ludlow, esp in the chest. The wool-cashmere material feels super nice, only complaint is the pockets aren't well positioned for handwarming or cool guy posturing.

xp i think that same company makes them with shoulder straps and more structure for about $100

or you can go pricey, which i would maybe do if i used mine more than a couple of times a year

http://www.redoxx.com/Briefcases-and-Garment-Bags/Flying-Fortress-Garment-Bag/91034/130/Product

i am lusting after this one, i've had a duffel from the same company for abt 5 years that i love

https://www.briefcase.com/floto-venezia-garment-bag-33/

might just pull the trigger if it werent for the fact that brown is out of stock until after this trip i have coming up that requires a garment bag

i got the wallybag too xp to caek

i would worry about checking a leather bag, and they're kind of heavy

Having snazzy luggage is just a higher level of style game than I am ready to reach right now.

rich people all have rimowa suitcases afaict

omg i just got this gorgeous LV, it's big, my dear uncle gave it to me as a gift, it's over 25 years old

my bf tucks in sweaters all the time and wears suspenders w/ them, it's like his ~thing~. He is intimidatingly stylish tbh

i bought porter's garment bag a year or so ago when it was on sale and i think its really nice. i've been impressed with all the porter bags and luggage i've bought fwiw

https://s3.amazonaws.com/very-goods-assets-prod/da68d830256509197d7b7080140ca9399091e8f2

i chose the one on the right

baller

considered their duffel for a while, they seem really nice, but never got one in the end.

nice i really like that

for a sec i thought u were talking about mr porter lol

they actually send these vile suit bags with most purchases

i like that a lot

baller

haha those halcyon daze when i was fully employed

tbh not having to wear formal work clothes has left my style kinda lackluster. i have some very good suits and dress shoes that i dont feel comfortable wearing anymore or really anywhere to wear them and even my more casual clothes are a little more preppy and crisp than i feel like wearing atm. but im too old and established in my tastes to fully jump into some fit like im going to the rave in the matrix jawnz or underemployed graphic designer ca. 1997 shit which seems to be whats most legit rn

tell me more about underemployed graphic designer ca 1997

yeah word like with fancy leisure pants or whatever i never rly understood at what point u just turn up someplace among ppl who have met u before like hi i wear these now namaste. appalling

I ~may~ be moving to a diff dept at work where everyone dresses business-casual (rn I can wear whatever tf I want, jeans, t-shirts, hoodies, etc) and am kind of excited abt all of the exciting things the future might bring!

I feel like I need to up my button-down shirt game and prob move beyond Uniqlo

nice sale 4 u stevie http://www.dockers.com/US/en_US/category/men/collections/dockers-collections-semiannualsale/itemtype/pants/_/N-2sZ1z13x74Z895Z1z13u42Z1z141sdZ1z13x71Z1z140oj?camp=PJ_AD:3647_8-8380