Modern Male Fashion and its consequences
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DLaurent
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I went shopping in Merry Hill, Dudley the other day. I now realise why everyone calls it Merry Hell. Everything with silly slogans on the back. Go in H&M and pick up a 'Detroit' T Shirt, look at the other side and it says something silly on it. I think I'll stick to buying Fjallraven online.
IdleRich
IdleRich
What's Fjallraven?
One of the main male fashion options - in fact female too - is the cheapo t-shirt with writing on, the slogan T-shirt is merely a large subset of this. I think they are seen as a pretty safe option so they churn them out by the ton.
There are so many there are even different categories; the "witty" ones that say something like "if you can read this you're too close"; the ones based on some kind of made up or defunct blue-collar sounding US company eg "Auto-repair and parts shop" which often have random bits of meaningless info stuck on them, plus they tend to rep the nowwheresville town where Earl purportedly opened his garage; thirdly you've got the band ones which I think you are only allowed to wear if you've never actually heard of The Ramones or Metallica or whoever it is - if you had heard of them then you would be buying their t-shirt at a gig not at Top Shop.
The above are such boring and lazy clothes, especially when they just stick the writing on an otherwise bog-standard t-shirt. I mean when I was little I liked band tees but when it hit me that they just lazily iron the name on to a super low-quality teeshirt from the town centre market I gave up. Why is so much merch so uninspiring?
Anyway, with what I said above about men being bullied out of wearing almost all clothes, these types of slogan T-shirts are ubiquitous, they are the Marvel Films of clothing in other words - lowest common denominator bad taste bollocks for morons who have never and will never grow up.
One of the main male fashion options - in fact female too - is the cheapo t-shirt with writing on, the slogan T-shirt is merely a large subset of this. I think they are seen as a pretty safe option so they churn them out by the ton.
There are so many there are even different categories; the "witty" ones that say something like "if you can read this you're too close"; the ones based on some kind of made up or defunct blue-collar sounding US company eg "Auto-repair and parts shop" which often have random bits of meaningless info stuck on them, plus they tend to rep the nowwheresville town where Earl purportedly opened his garage; thirdly you've got the band ones which I think you are only allowed to wear if you've never actually heard of The Ramones or Metallica or whoever it is - if you had heard of them then you would be buying their t-shirt at a gig not at Top Shop.
The above are such boring and lazy clothes, especially when they just stick the writing on an otherwise bog-standard t-shirt. I mean when I was little I liked band tees but when it hit me that they just lazily iron the name on to a super low-quality teeshirt from the town centre market I gave up. Why is so much merch so uninspiring?
Anyway, with what I said above about men being bullied out of wearing almost all clothes, these types of slogan T-shirts are ubiquitous, they are the Marvel Films of clothing in other words - lowest common denominator bad taste bollocks for morons who have never and will never grow up.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Swedish company that makes outdoor gear - I've got a nice jacket made by them.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Me from a couple years back, having just gone shootin' at the (empty) propane tank across the gulch.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Is this a joke I don't understand?
Slipping effortlessly from heavily armed survivalist to suave "cocktails on the patio" country club gent and back.
IdleRich
IdleRich
That smirk tells me you just killed something.
Or someone. With this look I see you standing in the back of a jeep driven by vigilantes, patrolling the border and picking off wetbacks.
shakahislop
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I've switched to an all black uniform recently. It was going that way anyway and then i bought five of the same black t shirts. it works pretty well, it looks decent and it's versitile. i think it might look a bit too put together for the UK, like you were trying too hard, but it makes sense within the visual culture if nyc. or at least I hope it does.
I left my only warm jacket in my girlfriend's car so I've only got a big baggy hoodie to wear now that it's getting cold. in England you can wear a hoodie with your hood up and no one bats an eyelid. right? it's all I wore for about a decade. here if you wear one with your hood up people looked scared of you. catching some totally different stares when I have it up, especially from girls. I think it's fear, or at least checking you're not mad.
Here are my shoes, $20 from a second hand shop in Brooklyn
I left my only warm jacket in my girlfriend's car so I've only got a big baggy hoodie to wear now that it's getting cold. in England you can wear a hoodie with your hood up and no one bats an eyelid. right? it's all I wore for about a decade. here if you wear one with your hood up people looked scared of you. catching some totally different stares when I have it up, especially from girls. I think it's fear, or at least checking you're not mad.
Here are my shoes, $20 from a second hand shop in Brooklyn
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shakahislop
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actually thinking about it the all black thing started because that's what you need to wear to get past the doorman at basement. I hadn't made that connection. that's the first time I did that. i only went twice. but something stuck
shakahislop
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that particular form of teaching machine works fast in big cities I think. there's so many people on the streets that you catch thousands of looks just sitting on the subway. you adapt what you're wearing in response
mixed_biscuits
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Do they only let in stagehands?
mixed_biscuits
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What's the deal with the all-grey or all-black tracksuit and trainer roadman uniform? Why is it so popular and enduring? Is it the roadman equivalent of the little black dress?
WashYourHands
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shakahislop
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i literally typed that post in the car, about how i'd left my warm jacket in there, and i've made it home and the jacket is still in the car
IdleRich
IdleRich
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I used to have a balaclava, was fun to wear that when going to cash point late at night, got a few looks for some reason.
I used to have a balaclava, was fun to wear that when going to cash point late at night, got a few looks for some reason.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Black is just the simplest and most flattering (whatever the fuck that means) option.
I'm hardly a roadman but on the mean streets of Porto... with Wednesday Addams.
