ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

xp The peacocking-menswear shop where I live was also called Anthony! Maybe they are all called that.

I am very pro throwing things together and just seeing what happens...I did go through a phase of wearing two shirts at once in my younger "does this work" days, I looked pretty stupid most of the time but it was fun. Obviously to be done with the right attitude to life.

some good advice from the fashion specialist https://www.anthonyforesthills.com/pages/fashion-specialist

do we believe that style should speak a social language as in this thread? or can we have a little bit of "art project" as a treat?

idk, what makes fashion fun isn't the part he's calling an "art project", it has nothing really to do with arranging colors and shapes, it's more theatrical. Clothes are an important vehicle for transformation specifically because they're so deeply encoded with social signals for something so easily acquired and shed. And that appeals to my playful sense, sure, but it can also be kinda serious? I just feel like, to achieve the confluence he's talking about between fashion choices and lifestyle/personality isn't making good on that transformative potential. imo what's more interesting than wearing clothes to articulate your personality is not to. The exciting part isn't being able to define yourself, it's being able to sidestep a designated or chosen identity, to constantly undermine yourself and step into new and unfamiliar roles.

Besides all that do we really want Jordan Peterson to disguise himself as a normal academic in the name of 'good taste'

If the guy's position is clothes should describe something about the wearer, i'm getting 'unhinged, possible sociopath, makes his living "thinking" but nobody asks to see the credentials' from Peterson's new look

all of that otm

uh oh i ordered my first filson item, a trucker hat :| . mission outdoor daddy realness is moving ahead and not all my inner voices like it, but fuck em!

they do make nice stuff

i joined like 4 filson buy / trade fb groups lol

ha nice

the hat is great - didn't think a trucker hat could feel "good" and "substantial" when worn.

there's this party we go to every year, it's formal dress but also kind of not, lately I've been going in more and more ridiculous outfits

this year I decided what I want to wear - I want to wear that stupid black and white checkered shirt and white cowboy hat that Garth Brooks is wearing on The Chase album cover. one of the most iconic dumb looks of all time, I think.

but I can't find the shirt! surely it must exist somewhere? all I can find are shirts with the album cover on it, sometimes checkered in the same pattern, which is kind of funny. but not what I'm looking for. where might I find something like this???

close… https://www.walmart.com/ip/Berlioni-Italy-White-Collar-Cuffs-Mens-Two-Tone-Dress-Shirt-19-Colors-Sizes/142990630

Quick google search reveals it's a vintage Mo Betta western shirt. Search ebay/etsy/poshmark etc for Mo Betta i guess. Looks like they're all equally ridiculous even if you don't find the exact shirt.

need to talk to this guy

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— Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) April 12, 2019

holy hell those shirts are HIDEOUS!! I must buy a few

filson fb group scene report: these guys are kind of weird, definitely richer than me, somehow i doubt any of them are like regular hunting season types, i mean i'm also an outdoorsman fetishist but not straight. filing my flirtation with filson for 10 years from now when i finally live in the pacific nw and have a job that pays me significantly more than 45k a year.

after hating turtlenecks my entire life…. it’s time

It is NEVER time for turtlenecks, rock that below the neck V!

well i do that too

hey all, would anyone object to a part II to this thread? 10k posts feels like the right time.

Sounds good!

No objections here...

good idea

It is NEVER time for turtlenecks, rock that below the neck V!

Sometimes my wife and I have this conversation like, "do you want Chinese food" and the answer is like, "no, we had Chinese food last night" and then somebody is like, "you know Chinese people eat Chinese food every day."

I wonder how turtles feel about turtlenecks. Like, "dude I wear a turtleneck literally all the time."

- Bob Marley

let's take it over here guys: ils menswear and men's clothing part 2: 2023 until we all need stillsuits