people who wear the collars of their polo shirts flipped up

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Lacoste of living.

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link

real lacostes are $90 apiece in canada. i don't think i've even seen a more bootlegged brand of clothing.

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Flipping the collar up just seems strange. (I wear shirts with collars about, oh, ten times a year maybe.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link

i almost bought lacoste shoes the other day.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link

im surprised it's taken ilx this long to complain about this. it's been annoying me for at least a year now.

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link

penguin shirts = teh best

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link

i want some lecoq shoes so bad

― charleston charge (chaki), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I have a Penguin shirt that Sarah got me a year or so ago for my birthday or something, and I wore to see my friends' band the other night, and I was talking to her and her coworker, and I was saying that I wouldn't normally buy a Penguin shirt for myself because I have trouble spending money on clothes and the coworker blurts out "...AND BECAUSE THEY COST $70!" I was like "I don't think it cost $70" but he said "THEY COST $70." Penguin shirts don't cost $70, do they? It's just like a short-sleeved polo shirt. What an ass.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link

eyes on the cost

― ralph lifschsitz, Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link

ditto on the penguin shirts, i have way too many.

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:26 (eighteen years ago) link

i don't even know this place anymore

― strng hlkngtn, Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link

hahahaha old navy.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link

some of us do not attempt to dress beyond our station

― strng hlkngtn, Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link

In order to dress beyond my station, I'd have to wear ermine-lined cloaks and carry around a royal sceptre (and I do not mean my cock for a change).

― The Ghost of Big Pulsating Ego (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link

my dad has penguin shirts, so no way do they cost 70

― ()ops (()()ps), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link

In order to dress beyond my station, I'd have to wear ermine-lined cloaks and carry around a royal sceptre (and I do not mean my cock for a change).

Ermine-lined cocksocks.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link

i wear shirts from the thrift store. old navy's too pricey for my blood.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

(Actually an ermine-lined cocksock sounds nice.)

― The Ghost of Warm AND Luxurious! (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link

no thriftstore has capri pants of this quality

― strng hlkgntn, Tuesday, 10 May 2005 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link

i think this can look pretty good.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link

actually, thrift stores are great places to find Izod shirts. Those things don't wear out.

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:06 (eighteen years ago) link

this is like an epidemic around my neighborhood, I'm seeing it everywhere. and not just w/ preppies, but lame-o-indies too...all sorts of uncouth hipsters. it's terrible.

― Vichitravirya XI (steph jam), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link

I'd love to see the pro-flip "appropriating the working class" arguments now.

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link

the best is seeing the underside of the collar have a deep clean color and the rest of the shirt is all faded. way to paw thru the racks, dude.

― g e o f f (gcannon), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:53 (eighteen years ago) link

anyway, i might turn up the collar on my jean jacket, but never a shirt. i mean, jesus.

― g e o f f (gcannon), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

VIC
GET
OUT
L.A. IS KURTZED

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link

according to this frickin idiot this sort of trendy hip hop clothjing and urban wear costs 49$

ive started wearing polo shirts becasue for some reason i decidd that round necks of t shirts look a bit weird, but i will never puit the collar up

― ambrose (ambrose), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 22:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Stephen J. Cannell to thread.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 22:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Flip that collar up: Prepsters rule at school!!!!!!

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHA!

It's not exactly back to the days of poodle skirts, penny loafers and varsity jackets. Rather, the retro look is freshened with a touch of hip-hop.

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 22:32 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm still holding out for the Benetton rugby shirt revival.

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 22:58 (eighteen years ago) link

i wish rugby shirts were a better shape

― jones (actual), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 23:06 (eighteen years ago) link

are there any companies that make decent-looking clothes without stupid little logos on them? please?

― Amon (eman), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 01:04 (eighteen years ago) link

The pink polo shirt flipped up is incredibly overbearing in Melbourne at the moment. Not annoying in itself, but definitely in its preponderance. I remember seeing a guy at a dance party about 4 years ago sporting a flipped-up black polo shirt and I fell in love with him immediately, not sure why, it seemed debonair though. The Best Looking & Dressed Guy In The World (wot I saw at Le Pulp in Paris) also sported this look, plus a lovely faded teal v-neck jumper and a red canvas belt. See also Jake Gylenhaal on the cover of Vanity Fair - avant-preppie or something (okay not really avant just preppie)

But yeah, back to the current totalitarian surplus: as a gay man with a genetic affinity for pink, I have issues with macho guys sporting this look. The problem with metrosexualism is not its widespread dominance but its widespread superficial dominance which does little to change the underlying behaviour and attitudes of most of those over whom it holds sway. (for Melbourne readers, I always think of these guys as metaphorically standing on the corner of Chapel St and Commercial Rd)

The really galling thing is that there is now an assumption that, even if you're gay, wearing pink or flipping up the collar is a prima facie metrosexual manoeuvre.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 01:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahaha my god, Tim, I was about to wonder aloud if this fad had missed Melbourne, cos I can't even visualise it! Polo shirts yeah sure but this turned up collar biz sounds menko.

I always loathed polo shirts on anyone no matter how they're worn - they screech I AM THE SNOBBY RICH PRICK FROM A JOHN HUGHES FILM really loud.

Esp with the whole white slacks and/or jumper casually tossed over the shoulders and sleeves tied in a knot at the front look. Blech.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 01:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Perhaps I still entertain fantasies of being chosen by the snobby rich prick.

Geeta confirmed for me that my taste in men was hopelessly preppy.

"Esp with the whole white slacks and/or jumper casually tossed over the shoulders and sleeves tied in a knot at the front look. Blech."

Oh but this is a slightly different look Trayce - I'm guessing yr thinking the ralph lauren polo shirts and boat shoes "private school kids at barbecues on Sorrento beach" look.

The current pink polo shirt with collar turned up look is more of a preppy/urban/eurotrash 3-way, and is directly connected to the distressed jeans phenomenon. It's about a wholehearted commitment to following the dictates in fashion trends to the point of counter-intuitiveness (the point of this specific look for example may just be that from an outside perspective it sends all sorts of mixed messages). Whereas the Sorrento Beach look strikes me as being about wealth and refinement transcending fashion - it's an appeal to the timelessness of good, respectable labels and styles etc.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah all the cool kids at my law school are wearing this look, i hate it. polo shirts in pastel colours (dominated by but not limited to salmon) with the collar turned up, distressed jeans, haviana thongs and a towelling cuff halfway up their arm. and a fauxhawk. blech. it's most unattractive.

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 02:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Ohh ok, I see, now I can sort of picture the thing.

Dare I suggest these are the same guys on Commercial rd who would have been sporting the Beckham fauxhawk 18 months ago? =)

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 03:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha I didnt even read gems' post before I wrote that argh.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 03:37 (eighteen years ago) link

i don't get the point of the towelling cuff thingy. i know most fashion fads are a tad pointless, but that one seems particularly so.

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 03:42 (eighteen years ago) link

I have two of these shirts that were given to me, but COLLAR STAYS DOWN when I wear them.

― haitch (haitch), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:17 (eighteen years ago) link

'that were given to me'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:19 (eighteen years ago) link

I should come back to Melbourne to insult these horrid people.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:19 (eighteen years ago) link

but they WERE!

― haitch (haitch), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:19 (eighteen years ago) link

sure sure

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:20 (eighteen years ago) link

given to him by the sales assistant, after he 'gave' them money

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I saw a towelling cuff WATCH in a clothes store in SOuthgate y'day. I was sore afraid.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I should come back to Melbourne to insult these horrid people.

Do, Ned! We shall honour the fire and push them all into the Yarra.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:21 (eighteen years ago) link

towelling cuff? fauxhawk?
fucks sake, what next, parachute pleats?

― Amon (eman), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:34 (eighteen years ago) link

was there parachute pleats on last week's OC episode? if so then yes

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:35 (eighteen years ago) link

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