ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

old rocker hair is my fav thing, never change, old rocker people

my biggest problem w/ old rockers is that they usually dye their hair to hide the gray

love too shop the look on ebay

Cafe racer biker pretty green olive napa leather jkt size L speed liam gallagher £29.95
YMC Mac / Liam Gallagher / Immaculate / Sz L £25.00
burton white jacket mod liam gallagher £7.00
Vintage Burberry Check T-Shirt Size XL As Worn By Liam Gallagher In 90's £20.00
Umbro Training Top(Liam Gallagher). £200.00
Beams plus m65 jacket oi pollio liam Gallagher size large with tags £51.00
RARE ADIDAS ORIGINAL TREEFOIL CHINO SHORTS. LIAM GALLAGHER MOD INDIE 33" £29.99
Ben Sherman Parka / Liam Gallagher £100.00

even better! xp

a rocker's outfit shouldn't be something you can pick off the rack at dillards iirc

so many douche brands on that list

oi pollio liam Gallagher

i think aging/already-aged rocker is maybe the single worst look ever bcz it feels so pitiful

I got a couple new madras (not too loud) shirts with roll tabs
roll tabs are the shit

xp dispute that. been haunted by a vision sat across me on a train earlier this week of this big pasty white graphic designer lookin brit seaside lobster eczema bloke who had unfortunately mistaken himself for ian connor in yeezy s3. i'm talkin: blonde timotei hair in miserly pinched mini topknot, mid-chunky tortoiseshell frames, inside-out 'deconstructed' neutral khaki green sweatshirt, over simultaneously tight and saggy stonewash jeans with huge fake knee slashes revealing pallid cadaverous skin, stuffed into beige faux-suede moon boots (on a warm day), with a beige faux suede backpack. (slightly mistmatched beige tones - perhaps he thought this sprezzatura idk). iphone in hand hilariously typical despite everyone next to him also having one. initially my inner internet chimp wanted to covertly snap a pic to like totally roast him for bricking the fit etc but then the loneliness of all our lives got to me. hope he's okay anyway poor bastard

he didnt even seem misguidedly confident in it is the thing, the opposite in fact, just an acrid tang of hypersensitive panic in the air

if these were on deep discount do any actually look decent, imo cole haan is kind of hot garbage to my tastes but I bet they're very comfortable
http://www.colehaan.com/mens-2zerogrand?utm_source=PMGFacebook&utm_medium=PaidSocial&utm_campaign=LK-USM2.ZeroGrand

ugh those are horrible

lol yeah

it's like what a "hip" upper-middle manager would wear along with a really springy hair style, slightly oversized square architect-aspirational glasses, and jeans that are from an off-center trad fashion house would wear to accessorize

I can't completely decry that look because it's recognizable enough to get nods in ppl aspiring to that rank but I can't reconcile it either

btw to tag on to my normy sneak thoughts upthread the adidas zx sneakers are kind of like nike roshe sneakers but much more useful imo

call me crazy but i don't think sneakers and dress shoes needed to fuck and have a baby

Cole Haan has been pushing those for several yeas and I don't recall ever seeing anyone wear them.

They are so "I want people to think I'm a tech entrepreneur" - and yeah, you know 100 per cent the architect glasses would be part of the look, and probably a horrible blazer. The weird thing is people who dress that way probably get called "dapper" and it just fuels them.

It would drive a man to wear more sweats and t-shirts.

Like I basically see so many bad suit jacket looks or people stuck copying Mad Men in the most fearful way that I have hardly even worn a non-denim shirt in about a year, apart from now and again a white Oxford.

Why did you choose this? Cole Haan Store

it jumps off the page yet smart
Linda B on Aug 11, 2016

because i wanted too and i like the color
Jose A L on Aug 8, 2016

I like the shoes
Jose M on Aug 5, 2016

Husband choice
Sheri B on Jul 29, 2016

Awesome style with great comfort. Great look!
Eric H on Jul 27, 2016

not so witty now eh film boy

mourinho, style icon.

call me crazy but i don't think sneakers and dress shoes needed to fuck and have a baby

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 03:01 Bookmark

i would say at least these things are more... honest... in their shitness compared to things like grenson brogues with contrast midsoles and red laces or whatever which rly are super aggravating and feel somehow more pernicious than simple bad taste

yeah i hate the hybrid grenson stuff. they did a collab with new balance a year or two ago and it was dire.

it's not even just the gimmick hybrids, like if u walk down jermyn street or something u will have a fairly dispiriting job seeing a normal shoe in the window of these hundred year old shops

haha not that he would ever be caught dead in such a thing but that reminds me i saw the guy from the permanent style blog on his travels in that area recently. one of my favourite hate-reads!!

tho' I don't like their shoes, Grenson have been quite canny - they've branded and designed to have strong allure for British men buying a first expensive shoe. Exploiting the 'a bit mod' default aesthetics of the species.

i actually like their normal shoes fairly well for formal occasions. they had a really good simple boot too, but they changed the grain a bit and it's a heavier more rigid leather, makes wearing them feel like a chore.

i would say at least these things are more... honest... in their shitness compared to things like grenson brogues with contrast midsoles and red laces or whatever which rly are super aggravating and feel somehow more pernicious than simple bad taste

― r|t|c, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 5:24 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i actually agree, can't wait for the loud contrast laces thing to wither up and die.

the sneaker/dress shoe hybrid thing has been an ongoing turd for decades. those steve madden boxy men's not-sneakers were big when I got into cubicle world fifteen years ago

I think Grenson's regular dress shoes are quite nice -- I've been a bit of a stan of them since before they seem to have made this huge marketing push, although I wonder if the quality has suffered as a result.

They are so "I want people to think I'm a tech entrepreneur" - and yeah, you know 100 per cent the architect glasses would be part of the look, and probably a horrible blazer. The weird thing is people who dress that way probably get called "dapper" and it just fuels them.

It would drive a man to wear more sweats and t-shirts.

― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 2:03 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think of this as the "Trunk Club look"

my workplace is almost more casual than business casual these days and I really wear plain v-necks, decent jeans, and chukkas or sneakers 3/4 of the time

btw I am a savage

i'm wearing flip flops and basketball shorts in manhattan today

my excuse is laundry is out before vacation but i'm worried i'm going to get typhoid or something

my office started unofficially allowing jeans recently, which has led to tolerance for sneakers and untucked shirts and now everyone looks like hell.

I think of this as the "Trunk Club look"

good call

My office is casual-allowed but I stick to a conservativish business casual out of habit and just kind of liking the idea of having "work clothes" that are differentiated. Nothing even remotely hip among the casual dressers though. The day I interviewed, one of the guys who interviewed me was wearing khakis and a fleece vest with the company logo over a long-sleeve tee. lol.

BTW another thing I'd be really fine to see going away soon is the "fun print" dress-casual shirt, like all the ones with pin dots or patterns made of tiny icons.

i'm allergic to plaid

I think a lot of that patterned, prep-inspired stuff has got to be on its last legs

we're presumably also past peak chambray

actually funny you say that because I specifically noticed a lot of it on my subway ride from Queens today, and when I see a trend breaking out on my subway ride from Queens it's usually a good sign that it's on its last legs

chambray is still a nice fabric imo but yea i'm surprised to see it on the racks still after what like 7 years

my workplace is almost more casual than business casual these days and I really wear plain v-necks, decent jeans, and chukkas or sneakers 3/4 of the time

btw I am a savage

― mh, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:54 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

uh this is exactly what i wear most days (i keep a thin casual plaid shirt around just in case)

i would love to wear flip flops but they always blast the air con in here

i have contemplated wearing my plain rvca shorts (material lends itself to a little more formality) but i don't want to be that guy

p annoyed that Steven Alan did away with the filter by size function on its site. Makes shopping their sales p much impossible.

prada sneakers in the late 90s were imo the advance scouting party for the tech entrepreneur dress sneaker trend described here. they were terrible and dated the moment they came out. upward mobility for the wired set.

I think I may have posted up thread somewhere about an asshole
I met who was wearing prada sneakers

prada boots still ok afaik

What are some decent, reliable sources of plain, solid-colored t-shirts?

I have been buying shirts from Hanes.com but they are kind of garbage: too thick and a bulky cut. I have a couple of print tees that are more comfortable and flattering, but their shirts are sourced from companies that only seem to sell in quantities to shirt makers.