people who wear the collars of their polo shirts flipped up

Ermine-lined cocksocks.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

TOWELLING CUFFS OMG I need one.

No they never actually stray onto Commercial Rd unless maybe going to Commercial Lounge. It's all about the corner.

By fauxhawk do you mean the mull-hawk? (though I prefer "moulet" with an accent over the e). They're still sporting those I think, although strictly speaking the pink polo shirt look is for those who don't quite have the courage to mess up their hair. The fauxhawk/moulet crowd tend to wear one-off boutique designer t-shirts (looking like a Munch knock-off maybe) with pin-striped blazers sporting some strange imprinted illustration on one side like an insignia.

x-post Seth is an indie boy / metrosexual cross (fashion equivalent of a schnoodle maybe) I think. I love him either because of it or inspite of it, I'm not sure which. Ryan bravely rejects the entire metrosexual crusade.

You guys think I'm joking or being facetious with my venting, don't you? See....even my _pink_ point has been proven true as expressed on the spencer-chowite/ how do non-drinkers get laid thread. He was with a beautiful female, whose fag-hag status is unknown. Aside from what Tim states about it, can I just emphasize here that no one knows anything in these damned days of metrosexuality...AND IT'S FUCKING FRUSTRATING WHEN QUEERS CAN'T IDENTIFY THEIR OWN ANYMORE...

How are we supposed to flirt with you when you're intoxicated and make subtle innuendo jokes if we aren't even sure you're straight, Oh Men of Avowed Heterosexuality?! Stop it, hipsters!

And yes...I miss the ha thrilling days of being able to dress identifiably gay and being excited when going to a non-gay designated area / straight setting, and having your heart beat faster / getting all excited when some non-identiifiably gay man started giving you subtle hints and signals like oh say...KISSING YOUR HAND and such. A certain Ilxor would know what I mean here...

...even though ahem - I- personally never lived such thrilling days as I never had gay-identified clothing and have only experienced this vicariously - except for those twice or thrice thrilling times - thru soft-core "erotic stories" ETC

I'm going out again, and will count up the number of upturned collars I see and report back here. Also pink shirts, and any cominations. I will also likely run into Spencer Chow, so we have a good chance of me at least finding something.

this was an English public school trend about six years ago anyway surely? I don't think anyone's stopped. Its attractiveness is dependent on what kind of t-shirt it is and what you look like.

(i have just noticed that one of my poshboy mates is has his collar up AS WE SPEAK. well, type.)

I am wearing a Lacoste knit shirt, and it's got yellow and orange stripes and, I think, looks good. But I cannot pull off flipping the collar. It just doesn't work on me. It makes me feel like I'm trying to get into a bar with a fake ID or something. I guess I lack a certain unselfconscious rakish devil-may-care laddish attitude.

Ha Ha OTM. Cute guys look even cuter when they make fashion moves that only they can get away with.

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