lol. the way he says 'style' is delightful.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 16 November 2023 12:12 (five months ago) link
Oh yeah that is a joy to listen to. But always maybe next year, the bespoke suit.
Haven't picked up much this year - a couple of denim shirts, and a couple of pairs of Stan Ray 80s painter pants. But thinking about yet another flannel for the winter - maybe one of the UES extra-heavies that just dropped. Also maybe another arc'teryx proton in a disgusting colour (bright orange), given my proton in a disgusting colour (teal) gets a lot of wear.
― woof, Thursday, 16 November 2023 12:45 (five months ago) link
I am notoriously fussy (usually the only person in the building wearing a tie, let alone a suit) but even I have never done the three-piece thing.
Lately I am digging the middle ground of "relaxed" linen and cotton sportcoats. Pockets without flaps. Slubbed fabrics. A step down from the tweedy Northeastern drunk-English-professor look I spent 25 years cultivating.
― don't let days go by, Listerine (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 16 November 2023 13:55 (five months ago) link
i'm a filson whore now. i got this on sale, still v expensive, but i haven't been this happy with a winter coat in my life, absolutely love it.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B30AAOSwWUNkqipE/s-l1600.jpg
also a pair of their tin cloth pants, which how can one get excited about wearing canvas 5-pocket pants? yet i put them on and i feel awesome. a miracle. maybe next year i can afford some more. heart eyes emojis and embarrassment.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 16 November 2023 15:06 (five months ago) link
Map, I can see why you like that but... are you secretly a Jawa?
https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/jawas-main_a668013b.jpeg
― don't let days go by, Listerine (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 16 November 2023 15:15 (five months ago) link
it's true that some say so, but nobody really knows
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 16 November 2023 15:18 (five months ago) link
I can't imagine getting a 3-piece suit - it'd just be coat and trousers if I went bespoke. Deep brown donegal tweed is what I keep thinking of but really I have no call to wear a suit now, much less one that'd be pretty country. Still, one day, one day.
― woof, Thursday, 16 November 2023 16:11 (five months ago) link
fizzles:
i have always liked the look of old town. feel like it would be easier to wear without someone shouting "oi monty don" at me from a passing car where i live too. but i can't deal with the shipping/returns. one day!
i have a couple of proper cloth shirts but struggled with dialing in the fit. did you need a few attempts or did you get it right first time? any tips?
currently getting a lot of wear out of these corduroys from uniqlo which unusually fit me off the rack https://www.uniqlo.com/eu/en/product/smart-corduroy-ankle-length-trousers-459706.html. also enjoying some alex mill stuff (mid price americana basics, worth a look imo).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 16 November 2023 16:14 (five months ago) link
Old Town trousers are the best but I barely wear them now I'm not in offices.
With Proper cloth, I got very close by measuring a dress shirt I could 100% trust (Sean O'Flynn bespoke, made for my wedding) though I think I actually screwed up the first order by fudging numbers to make it more casual.
― woof, Thursday, 16 November 2023 17:03 (five months ago) link
proper cloth is great
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 November 2023 17:04 (five months ago) link
caek:this is a live issue! i’ve been using them for a while now (think it was woof who put me on to them actually) despite exchange rates etc. initial orders fitted fine but i noticed a couple subsequently (same measurements) didn’t so much. now i will be the first to admit (after a period of denial) that this may be because i have become slightly more Of Thick Tum but also the older ones are still fine. anyway i loosened the measures somewhat but im not sure it’s exactly right. i mean none of them look like clown clothes obv, and we’re talking relatively fine margins here. but obviously the one thing is conducive to smartness is a good fit so. might have an nyc visit soon so thinking of hitting up their measuring service tbh.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 16 November 2023 17:10 (five months ago) link
lol i did not know they had a measuring/showroom place 10 blocks from where i now sit.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 16 November 2023 17:12 (five months ago) link
IDK if this is the right thread, but I got invited to a 70s costume party and I am always really terrible at costumes, but I want to come with something a little better than just a stupid cheap looking brown polyester wide lapel jacket and a fro wig.
Help me brainstorm a look and where to get it. I sort of like the idea of a turtleneck sweater and tinted glasses, like a 70s sophisticate cocktail party sort of getup.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 22 January 2024 03:38 (three months ago) link
I have done this. My wife's company hired KC and the Sunshine Band for a 70s theme party.
Your nearest party-supply store will have a cheap peace-sign bead necklace and the requisite sunglasses. A thrift store could probably hook you up with a synthetic paisley shirt.
― Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 22 January 2024 03:45 (three months ago) link
i can’t stand all that costume store hippie crap tbrri like your idea man aliveif you can’t find tinted glasses you could keep the turtleneck and go for more of a campus look and find some corduroy. i’m thinking elbow patches on a corduroy jacket
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 January 2024 08:26 (three months ago) link
^ wtf this is how i dress
― Fizzles, Monday, 22 January 2024 19:04 (three months ago) link
maybe fizzles can attend and you won’t have to go man alive
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 January 2024 19:13 (three months ago) link
if i ever get invited to a 70s party i'd like to go with "joe don baker in a trucker movie"
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 22 January 2024 19:24 (three months ago) link
xp Mr Kotter was another idea I had. I have the hair for it, would just need to shave the facial hair other than moustache/sideburns. Corduroy Jacket, brown pants, wide tie, wide collar shirt, IDK what kind of shoes but probably doesn't matter.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 22 January 2024 19:24 (three months ago) link
― Fizzles, Monday, 22 January 2024 20:10 (three months ago) link
All these ideas are really lameYou should go as Gene Simmons in full makeup, with the fake blood pouring out of your mouth and most importantly, the pyrotechnicsYou could walk around staining the carpet with the false blood and “inadvertently” starting house fires all evening. If you don’t overdo it you are really missing an opportunity. You can dress up like a dorky fucking professor whenever you want.
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 22 January 2024 20:19 (three months ago) link
sorry but my joe don baker in a trucker movie idea is objectively hot
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 22 January 2024 20:41 (three months ago) link
oh shit sorry i missed that 1
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 22 January 2024 20:48 (three months ago) link
to be read in the voice of a gay german videographer:
70s professor, okay yeah, sell the ice storm to me, corduroy jacket and round glasses is basic level, you're fucking the other professor's wife like john updike, i need to feel the arrogance and the absent-mindedness, i'm thinking you need a pipe and a pair of basketball shoes otherwise no one cares.
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 22 January 2024 20:49 (three months ago) link
had to google. that's a timeless lookhttps://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDIzMDdmNTYtMDY2Mi00NGIwLTlmMzQtODljOWFmZWEyZmE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_.jpg
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 22 January 2024 20:51 (three months ago) link
i think you can dress like that whenever you want, too.
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 22 January 2024 20:52 (three months ago) link
Powers Boothe as Jim Jones
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HD4XX4/guyana-tragedy-the-story-of-jim-jones-diane-ladd-powers-boothe-1980-HD4XX4.jpg
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 22 January 2024 21:02 (three months ago) link
― Deflatormouse, Monday, January 22, 2024 8:52 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah this is basically my look tbh
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 22 January 2024 21:09 (three months ago) link
hey @zach_tbd, do you think you could photoshop map's Oakleys (pictured upthread) onto Joe Don Baker's face TYVM
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 22 January 2024 21:43 (three months ago) link
OK map is totally bringing it with the Updikean academia adultery theme. I bow to map's vision.
Fwiw I already have all those jackets (tweed and corduroy, with and without leather elbow patches). A former girlfriend once described my aesthetic as "drunk English professor" and I didn't disagree.
― Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 02:17 (three months ago) link
fall and winter = hippie mainerspring and summer = crusty faggot
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Thursday, 1 February 2024 02:45 (three months ago) link
good looks
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 1 February 2024 03:55 (three months ago) link
i'm feeling metal band tees this year
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 1 February 2024 03:56 (three months ago) link
keep trying to find an outfit for my oxbow tee. keep failing. it’s not really a v good tee but i do like the album title “Love’s Holiday”.
― Fizzles, Friday, 2 February 2024 18:37 (three months ago) link
jealous, i wish i had an oxbow shirt
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 February 2024 19:28 (three months ago) link
finding new favorite bands from the style thread: classic
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 2 February 2024 19:50 (three months ago) link
this vitriol tee is on its way
https://vitriolwarfare.bigcartel.com/product/servants-of-the-secret-fire-pre-order
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 2 February 2024 19:52 (three months ago) link
this richard dawson tee i picked up last year gets a lot of wearhttps://i.imgur.com/pcblyDh.jpg
― Fizzles, Saturday, 3 February 2024 10:36 (three months ago) link
Had the trousers and just ordered the jacket for the full look.
https://i.postimg.cc/qvxzx5Gx/IMG-0255.jpg
I am not sure Erdem will do another men’s collection for a while, which is a shame.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:40 (three days ago) link
what are some of your favorite men’s fashion blogs? moreso interested in casual/street wear but anything will do
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:27 (yesterday) link