basic bitch

https://www.swatch.com/en-gb/ora-d-aria-ln153/LN153.html

Idgi I had that watch in black and white (recently gave it away)
Am I being called a basic bitch?

i think this is a thread about basics, meant in a good way. but i hope it can also be a safe space for sharing our basic bitchiness. that watch is great but i need a chrono :(, so like a REAL basic bitch i have a $35 matte black ironman.

I can’t get past how much Swatches cost now

$65? That’s not a ton of money. Times watches are $30

Sorry timex

Yeah but they used to cost $35

Like 30 years ago?

I don’t think $65 is a ton to spend in 2021 for a watch that is reliable and actually much less basic-looking than your average Target option, which usually costs $30-50.

i think with inflation, swatch watches have actually gone down in price? ... I hate wearing stuff on my wrists and jewelry in general (as in I hate wearing it, not that I hate it categorically), so idk

but on thread topic -- are betabrand pants all that? I do not own any, but I keep getting ads that make them seem appealing?

i did have a swatch watch about 35 years ago though -- and a pair of acid washed guess jeans -- yes it was junior high and no, I don't have pictures

yeah sorry i meant this as a celebration!

swatch seems pretty cheap for what you get imo

actually this watch is maybe not quite normcore enough for 'true' basic bitch?? i posted this mainly because it immediately made me think of these sorts of tops - https://global.llbean.com/shop/Womens-French-Sailors-Shirt-Three-Quarter-Sleeve-Boatneck-Multi-Stripe/116832.html

Lol I’ve got one of those too, still in perfect shape since 1991 or so! I can’t get rid of it.

my original first and only swatch was a present from my parents. my mom worried that the glow in the dark hands would irradiate my body:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0247/2135/8893/products/Cosmic_Encounter_2_1200x1200.jpg?v=1565418463

i traded it for a batman t-shirt. what a terrible trade!! anyway i haven't worn a watch since college and i was thinking i'd get one, something not too expensive, and i kept coming back to swatch watches. i've come back to a lot of stuff from the 80s and 90s that used to feel really exotic and european to me and now they're... old-school?? basic?

i got this one in the end, probably the closest to a timex that swatch make lol

https://joyerialago.com/10074-large_default/reloj-swatch-sigan-so28n101.jpg

my son is a pretty classic basic bitch. these are his sweats, this is his look:

https://mosai✧✧✧.z✧✧✧.net/vgs/media/pdp-gallery/N1/24/2E/0E/JQ/11/N1242E0EJ-✧✧✧@1✧.j✧✧

hmm

https://www.directsoccer.co.uk/upload/img/747x856/b4692-aj9181-451-phsbh001-2000.jpg

I am a basic bitch who loves everything in rose gold/millennial pink, and I love that sweet IG home decor aesthetic of white walls & a rustic kilim rug. Not even sorry. My house is dope (currently messy).

lollbean -- I recently got a nightgown from there -- long sleeves, supima cotton -- they carry plus sizes and have clothing made from natural fibers

relatedly -- a semiotic question: is basic bitch size inclusive, or is part of the symbolism that no fat chicks are allowed?

Hell no basic bitch is whatever you want it to be.

there are definitely plenty of basic bitch garments made for large women, and the floofy boots ... still can't do the floofy boots, even though 11 months of covidism has, shall we say, shifted my aesthetics somewhat

Tracer, is your child...A Jock?

i think he might be, you know

swatch is the only watch ive ever worn, for one year in 7th grade, black with turquoise details, received as a gift from my grandparents

I think I'm a basic bitch because I have worn a plaid flannel and jeans every day for several weeks (different plaid flannels, same jeans)

some of the home decor items at Target are actually quite nice --> basic bitch?

yes and yes

live, laugh, love

maybe a nice big sign in my home that says HOME

kind of want a 'well-behaved women seldom make history' fridge magnet

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EueWtSvXMAAp2KB?format=jpg&name=large

Bright purple color makes you Prince IIRC

I think I'm a basic bitch because I have worn a plaid flannel and jeans every day for several weeks (different plaid flannels, same jeans)

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, February 17, 2021 6:26 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

basic bitch style has to have 'bitch' as well as 'basic' in it. if you were rotating through five pair of heavily pre-washed citizens of humanity jeans and your flannels were all idk volcom or something then you would be in basic bitch land.

target is like the capital of basic bitch territory, nordstrom rack is a sophisticated coastal city.

classic basic bitch

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Euh5b5vXMAQi3MX?format=jpg&name=large

some of the home decor items at Target are actually quite nice --> basic bitch?

― sarahell, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:27 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

So completely true. Also, when I'm outside of NYC Target is actually one of the chic-est places to get stylish things, more than GAP or Walmart or whatever. Target's women's work wear line is actually GREAT, their table linens and dishes are seasonal and great, and they sell my favorite sheets too.

I think I'm a basic bitch because I have worn a plaid flannel and jeans every day for several weeks (different plaid flannels, same jeans)

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, February 17, 2021 6:26 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

as a Minnesotan I've worn this outfit for probably 70% of my life

Also, when I'm outside of NYC Target is actually one of the chic-est places to get stylish things

they had some cute art deco-y bathroom accessories when I went a month ago.

Target is cool. The menswear isn’t as extensive as the women’s clothing offerings, but even a man could look put together with the right target items. Not the one in Lincoln Center though—that Target is like a mini target and I couldn’t even find good athletic shorts there last time I went.

I've been window-shopping at Saks Off Fifth for the last several weeks, coveting items that have no relevance to my current way of life. Basic bitch, or dangerously hubistric?

as a Minnesotan I've worn this outfit for probably 70% of my life

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, February 18, 2021 1:44 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

basic bemidji

xp j.lu -- depends on the items!! due to covid there have been so many good deals on cocktail dresses and fancy women's clothing -- and some of them do qualify as "basic bitch" but some are very much not ... thredUp got a bunch of stuff from rent the runway that are like, $300 - $800 dresses selling for like $50 or less ... there are some things in my size. I don't even look at the straight sizes tho. I'm not gonna peer wistfully over that fence to the luxurious green grass of all the cute inexpensive things made for thin people.

February = Basic Bernie

made this alignment chart to explain cheugy

-> relevance of personal style = how stylish you are (on-trend or outdated in an uncool way)
-> awareness of personal style = how much you CARE abt being stylish (explicitly saying you dont care, actually not caring or caring a lot) pic.twitter.com/F5wIJIl5m4

— kelsey weekman (@kelsaywhat) May 6, 2021

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0td_1SWQAMgEe5?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

not sure i agree with this...

this goddamn chart has been stuck in my head for 24 hours.

i think that broadly speaking it's correct

applied to guys at the gym, because that's the only place i go these days:

basic: track pants and a-shirt
fratty: shin-length under armour shorts, t shirt with distressed american flag on it
cheugy: american fighter
normie: cargo shorts and billabong t shirt
offline: adidas
dadcore: all black, crossfit shoes
naturally hot: nike
bimbo/himbo: short shorts, narrow-back tank top in a bright color

are there special cargo shorts for workouts? or do you mean just regular cargo shorts??

every gym has a regular cargo shorts guy

he cannot conceive of buying specialized clothing for working out so he wears some old cargo shorts and a scratchy cotton t-shirt. some white socks, possibly some sneakers he has dedicated to the gym. related, he is also probably not the most savvy dude in other contexts.

otm

damn, and i thought i was the least savvy person at the gym

I'm that guy except gym shorts not cargo
it's the gym who gives a fuck imo

largely confirms why I am so uncomfortable going to the gym, everyone is judging me

I wear cargo shorts every single day of the summer, and I don't just wear them, I put bulky shit in the cargo pockets, and EVEN I don't wear them to the gym!

largely confirms why I am so uncomfortable going to the gym, everyone is judging me

I judge people who judge me so hard it evens out.

Anyway I am in the upper middle (neutral evil?) of the nine boxes and I reject the label of "fratty," I think it should be marked "dad," but maybe the implied context of the grid is people 18-30 specifically. ("Dadcore," given where it's placed, is obviously referring to people outside the age cohort self-consciously and performatively dadding it up -- dadcore <> dad)

tbf the only one judging everyone is me

in any case no one looks good at the gym so it's ok

^^^^^

and i'm certainly not judging anyone, the gym is just a great venue for anthropology. i miss going but it loses a lot of its appeal when it isn't a 10-minute walk or 2-minute drive away.

this type of shit is such a nightmare, everyone is always like oh over yourself no one cares, no one is even thinking about you, then of course everyone actually is

i still get a little freaked out and self-conscious when i go so i get it. i do notice people but in an ambient way? and like i've been going for years so like cad says it's just anthropology. honestly the only people i judge at the gym are people who don't rack their weights and bro-herds who load the bar with too many plates and can't lift it correctly. jerks basically. i'm inclined to think positively of beginners working out alone tbh and i think every other gym rat (but not the jerks) feel the same way. fwiw.

yes.

also i'm cursed with the fact that i notice people in basically all settings and the gym is just a more acute one than what you usually get. i'm still haunted by the guy at the first gym i ever joined who worked out in literally three layers of synthetic, long-sleeve, long leg tracksuits so he would sweat out about 5 pounds of water every day.

ew. the most annoyed i’ve ever been was at this guy, a “pacer.” he would just walk and walk all over the gym at all times when he wasn’t doing a set of crunches or whatever. On these trips he would without fail stroll up to the mirror, check himself out, then do an about face and march off somewhere else. Never not walking. I can’t put into words how much it tortured me lol. Not to turn this into a gym thread.

giants manager gabe kapler does some weightlifting in jeans and boots because “it feels good” or something according to radio interview this morning, feel free to google shirtless pics

that would be gabe kapler noted maniac

https://www.ft.com/content/f1a5d4d0-3deb-48be-a383-5da49f1fa09a

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1055375654/personalised-prescription-wine-bottle

Accidentally saw a reel that was themed "Every GenX Workwear" or something like that and all I remember was a choice of like 3 different pairs of low heel, low cut suede booties, and I was like wow just @ me next time.

kind of leaning into basic bitch dadcore lately

Say more?

hmm i wear jeans and plain color polos or crossfit / gym t shirts a lot. i bought a "millenial fitness trend" branded trucker hat recently that i actually wear. i'm going the workwear route 10 years after it peaked and i'm 40 years old. i guess i would describe my look as "basic bitch fitness dad who may be undergroing a midlife crisis" with a few signs that i'm also flamboyantly queer, like these beloved and beautiful wesco engineer boots i'm wearing rn.

buying a fair few

oxford
cotton
button
downs

of late, real basic bitch salaryman stuff

“god is dead, and symmetry is even better”

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFxpNSSY/