benjybars
village elder.
yes! when you've got no good opening lines a nice brown trilby really comes into its own!!
yes! when you've got no good opening lines a nice brown trilby really comes into its own!!
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sou'wester
bassnation
the abyss
blackwood (coed deon), in gwent. famous only for being the birthplace of the manic street preachers.
do you come from wales oliver?
I've been considering picking one of these up. Any recommendations? Brands? Stores? I have an image of my own grampa in my head, in simple grey trousers, white shirt, and comfy cardy, standing in his orchard (which incidendantly has been appropiated by property developers since his passing - is nothing sacred?). With my physique increasingly reassembling his (tallish, lanky - rather than my father's squat podginess), and feel compelled to try out some of his stylings, for whatever reason.
nomos
Administrator
yes! though i'm a bit awkward so clothes need to do the talking sometimesjenks said:
gloverall's are fantastic but they're heavy as the sheep they came from . i've been looking for one of those new-style ones made of spaceage mountain climber material. some of them look good.craner said:
i've been feeling more and more clueless recently and having just passed into the 30s i'm feeling like i'd better get something sorted out quickly. i do alright covering my torso i think. but i've been frustrated by this recent trend toward shorter shirts that open the waist to scrutiny when the arms arms are lifted. still i can usually find shirts and sweaters i like. this is a staple (sans tie)...
slim semi-dress shirts are big, as are those high-neck zip up sweaters (in the shape of the adidas ones but without all the graphics). what i don't understand though is this business of printing all sorts of garbled nonsense on tops. it's like the starbucks-and-electroclash addled brains of recently hip graphic designers have been vomiting on fabric and making a living off of it.
personally, though, my big problem area is pants. i haven't got a clue and i don't like most of what i find. skinny pants don't work on me. i might be too skinny to begin with. but i also acquired a good portion of my hard-coded fashion sense along with hip hop going on 20 years ago now. i'm more given to wider pants (thank you to the 20 year old shop attendant who informed me that "the styles are different now.")
i'm constantly envying the selection women have.
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nomos
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the last few years i've relied on club monaco to keep me looking like i have some clue, above the waist at least (i always find their pants too skinny). but this season the selection is terrible, not only because it's all grey, cream and black...
exhibit a
features cargo pants (particularly heavy ones that snag on things) and a sports jacket layered over half-zip hoodie and dress shirt with tie. right.
exhibit b
features sports jacket over sweater with scarfe tucked in and mushed together with an open dress shirt. but the real crowning achievement of this outfit is matching all of that mess at the top with the simple charm of 12-year old boy-style sweat pants. absolutely brilliant.
exhibit a
features cargo pants (particularly heavy ones that snag on things) and a sports jacket layered over half-zip hoodie and dress shirt with tie. right.
exhibit b
features sports jacket over sweater with scarfe tucked in and mushed together with an open dress shirt. but the real crowning achievement of this outfit is matching all of that mess at the top with the simple charm of 12-year old boy-style sweat pants. absolutely brilliant.
swears
preppy-kei
Cargo/combat pants! Errgghh...the 1990s answer to flares.
don_quixote
Trent End
oh yeah. most certainly. men's clothes selections just remind me how much i hate the male stereotype.
also i wish i could modify so much stuff, there's so many fucking logos on these things, and tags and ugly slogans. but it's not only that; it's pockets in ridiculous places and it doesnt help that i'm tall and skinny so it's so hard to get sleeves that i need to roll up or find trousers that reach all the way down.
hmmm
Cardies - I'm in NZ and go for second-hand brands of yesteryear.
I've always loved Dad fashion. As a kid it was a window to a world of maturity and quiet manlyness, understated everyday sophistication and attention to detail (my Dad was an avid gardener and fanatical about will-trimmed nails).
Amongst some trendsetters in Wellington its been a wee bit fashionable to go lawn bowling - a thoroughly enjoyable past-time. I was enviously watching the codgers play croquet last weekend... always wanted to give that a go. Getting to hobnob with the grey hairs would be a bonus; the elderly often seem tragically segregated nowadays.
I've always loved Dad fashion. As a kid it was a window to a world of maturity and quiet manlyness, understated everyday sophistication and attention to detail (my Dad was an avid gardener and fanatical about will-trimmed nails).
Amongst some trendsetters in Wellington its been a wee bit fashionable to go lawn bowling - a thoroughly enjoyable past-time. I was enviously watching the codgers play croquet last weekend... always wanted to give that a go. Getting to hobnob with the grey hairs would be a bonus; the elderly often seem tragically segregated nowadays.
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
I've always been a big fan of those bikers you see at the back of important gigs, still wearing jeans and t-shirts at 50 and still going to gigs if they think the band might be worth seeing. I think on both men and women the biker look if well worn is beautiful, sexy, rugged and timeless.
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Omaar
Guest
Cardigans have been my fashion highlight for 2006. They haven't been so popular since grunge's heyday, have they?
I don't think dress shirts should ever be worn under hoodies.
Liberty have some amazing menswear, I couldn't even afford a t-shirt there but it's still nice having a browse. They have a nice selection of stock collected from various labels under one roof.
My Gloverall's toggles have all fallen off - can anyone recommend a good tailor in London who could sort this kind of thing?
Guybrush
Dittohead
I agree, it's ugly as sin.
I love hats and can't wait for a new hat-era. I have one now that I inherited from my mother's step-father (i.e. it's from the 50s I think), it's mighty fine but unfortunately I either look dandy or Corleoneish in it (not that I care, it's just hard to find suitable situations to use it in).
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simon silverdollar
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i have a farmer's type tweed hat, with a a feather in it and every thing. my girlfriend refuses to let me wear this, on the grounds that in london i'd just look like a hoxton wanker. she's right of course, but it really riles me that the hoxton prick set have ruined things so much. in the country, where my parents live and where i grew up and where people have, blessedly, never heard of hoxton, the hat gets a lot of wear, though.
STN
sou'wester
I don't think you should allow tossers to dictate what you do and don't wear, simply because you (understandably) don't want to be identified with them. Wear your feathered hat with pride and Hoxton be damned.
My dad has a denim trilby with a white hat band. In the 80s he sported it with shorts, sandles, a canary yellow t-shirt, a big beard and mirrorshades. He looked a complete fool but in a cool kind of way. To be fair, I think he only went for that look on holiday. The denim trilby hasn't had an outing for a while, more's the pity.
My dad has a denim trilby with a white hat band. In the 80s he sported it with shorts, sandles, a canary yellow t-shirt, a big beard and mirrorshades. He looked a complete fool but in a cool kind of way. To be fair, I think he only went for that look on holiday. The denim trilby hasn't had an outing for a while, more's the pity.
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Omaar
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Bates Hats
I walk past this gentlemen's hatters, on Jermyn St ("Edward Bates Ltd have supplied stylish hats and caps to discerning gentlemen from their enchanting Jermyn Street shop in London since the turn of the century") everyday on my way home. I've never looked inside, but I'm about to pop in and have a look during my afternoon tea break. Hopefully I'll catch a glimpse of Binks "Preserved in a glass case, the tabby cat that was a well known
character in the shop between 1921 and 1926." Actually I'm not even interested in seeing the hast anymore. Although the dorset with the red feather looks rather fine:
http://www.bates-hats.co.uk/tweed_hats.html
I walk past this gentlemen's hatters, on Jermyn St ("Edward Bates Ltd have supplied stylish hats and caps to discerning gentlemen from their enchanting Jermyn Street shop in London since the turn of the century") everyday on my way home. I've never looked inside, but I'm about to pop in and have a look during my afternoon tea break. Hopefully I'll catch a glimpse of Binks "Preserved in a glass case, the tabby cat that was a well known
character in the shop between 1921 and 1926." Actually I'm not even interested in seeing the hast anymore. Although the dorset with the red feather looks rather fine:
http://www.bates-hats.co.uk/tweed_hats.html
