ils menswear and men's clothing part 2: 2023 until we all need stillsuits

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.

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.

i can’t stand all that costume store hippie crap tbrr

i like your idea man alive

if 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

^ wtf this is how i dress

maybe fizzles can attend and you won’t have to go man alive

if i ever get invited to a 70s party i'd like to go with "joe don baker in a trucker movie"

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.

maybe fizzles can attend and you won’t have to go man alive

All these ideas are really lame
You should go as Gene Simmons in full makeup, with the fake blood pouring out of your mouth and most importantly, the pyrotechnics
You 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.

sorry but my joe don baker in a trucker movie idea is objectively hot

oh shit sorry i missed that 1

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.

had to google. that's a timeless look
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDIzMDdmNTYtMDY2Mi00NGIwLTlmMzQtODljOWFmZWEyZmE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_.jpg

i think you can dress like that whenever you want, too.

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

i think you can dress like that whenever you want, too.

― Deflatormouse, Monday, January 22, 2024 8:52 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah this is basically my look tbh

hey @zach_tbd, do you think you could photoshop map's Oakleys (pictured upthread) onto Joe Don Baker's face TYVM

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.

fall and winter = hippie mainer

spring and summer = crusty faggot

good looks

i'm feeling metal band tees this year

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”.

jealous, i wish i had an oxbow shirt

finding new favorite bands from the style thread: classic

this vitriol tee is on its way

https://vitriolwarfare.bigcartel.com/product/servants-of-the-secret-fire-pre-order

this richard dawson tee i picked up last year gets a lot of wear

https://i.imgur.com/pcblyDh.jpg

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.

what are some of your favorite men’s fashion blogs? moreso interested in casual/street wear but anything will do