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You don't need to be fashionable, Senj, I think you're sexy in nothing at all. :winky:
The one on the left is awesome.
Where do I start? Do I go out with a budget and pick a full set of clothes that all go together? What stores should I be shopping at if I don't have a huge cash flow to spend?
I have to admit I like the look in this picture. It is basically the t-shirt and jeans deal, but with a little more thought as far as colors go and the overshirt adds a really nice touch. The best part about that outfit though is the way the green shirt grabs attention from the rest of the outfit, I'd like to incorporate that into my own style.
So basically teach me the ways of low-budget style.
Because if thats wrong... well then I have been wasting a shitload of cash.... hmmmm.
I think its all about personal tolerance levels. If you are inclined to spend ludicrous (yes I know my spending is stupid) amounts of cash and you have the dough, then why not?
In my experience, the more expensive something is (ignore olol its expensive it must be awesome! type apparel), the better it fits.
For me, fit is absolutely critical. I don't care how cool something looks, if it doesn't fit perfectly, i'm not interested. Conversely, if it fits right, then damnit, I want it!
Ted Baker, Seven, Diesel, Morissey (to name just a few!)... this stuff tends to fit well extremely well, hence the reason why its more expensive.
Shit, I'm not sure I own anything less than that that ain't underwear.
I generally wear brown combats or dark blue jeans, with a t-shirt and usually a jumper or longsleeve. Pretty much all my clothese are "branded", but only because finding anything else that looks as good and doesn't feel cheap is impossible in Cornwall*. Been wearing a lot of pre-distressed looking stuff recently, as I think it looks good without looking like you've made too much of an effort - being overdressed is always worse than being underdressed**
I never wear any jewellry or accessories (except my precious headphones) though I always make sure to wear nice (read: expensive
*Surfing / Sailing capital of the UK. Clothes shops come in two varieties: Quiksilver/Henri Lloyd and charity shops, and unfortunately for my bank account I have too much pride.
**And underdressing should of course be punishable by death.
Also, I've had a bit of a gut for a while, and I should wear medium shirts being 5'6" and 135, but I wear large t-shirts...
Is this wrong?
always pinstripes
I have a charcoal one. It works out very well, and can be worn with both jeans and khakis.
I always love the look of blue shirts and jackets, but I always forget that they tend not to go very well with jeans, so I have a fuckton of blue shirts that I can't wear most of the time.
This thread needs more pictures. I will try and find my camera again.
I don't know. Button up shirts with a collar if I'm at work.
Depends on how formal you want to go. Button down shirt and tie, button down shirt w/o tie, polo (that can look weird sometimes though, check yourself out in a mirror first), if it's super cold, throw a nice sweater over the button-down shirt. If you want to go for the hipster look, just wear a nice Arcade Fire/Radiohead/Explosions in the Sky band shirt.
Is it button up or button down?
I always call them button down, but I always button in an upwards direction... I've felt that this has been a little confusing.
I own three. But I didn't spend $100 on any of them. I'm a cunning shopper.
Don't look at me. I'm an inveterate and depraved slob and only think about fashion when my wife drives me to it like a mahout with an iron hook.
Goodwill? I'd shop at superthrifty places more if I ever found anything that fit appropriately. As it is, I'm perfectly average in height and build, so my sizes are always the first to go.
And outlet-stores with sales on.
A lot of times if you are buying something like a suit jacket you can pick it up cheap at a thrift store and then have it altered by a tailer. The total price is still only a fraction of what it takes to buy one in a normal store.
Actually, I got ultra-lucky once and picked up a really sharp 2-piece blue suit that fits me perfectly. For like, $5.
Edit: It was really wierd, frankly, because every other suit-jacket I've worn the sleeves are a bit too long (just not so much so to justify throwing money at the problem). Not this one.
Screw formal.
The greatest number of girls find me the greatest amount of sexy in formal attire. So, yes, that's kind of the idea.
Yes, for me it's similar, but I find that sort of a halfcasual look (jeans and a nice dress shirt, possibly a tie and jacket) looks awesome on me as well.
The pants are one thing. Newish black jeans don't look much less classy than slacks.
But button shirts? You really should branch out into those.
Makes you look sleek.
Sleek works so very very well.
(Loren: Hi5)
Same here.
Also, with all the jackets I own, winter is a lot better for me than summer.
A sleek hi5 indeed.
Sadly, I'm too perpetually pale to pull off most black clothing. It has to be incredibly faded or essentially gray (hence the charcoal-colored jacket) for me to not look gothed out. I can be wearing a pair of faded bluejeans with a green and white band shirt, but if I'm wearing so much as black leather shoes, I'm totally gothed out. The fact that I have a thing for quasiformal shirts doesn't help my case so much.
At the risk of actually seeming kind of goth by the way, this shirt? Fucking awesome.
Custom made in the U.K., the cut of the medium fits me perfectly, and it's just too damn cool. The sleeves, collar, and waist all have a weird torn look about them (it doesn't show up well in that picture, sadly). Great shirt.
Oh hell yes.
I am the goddamn pimp in the winter. I jump at any excuse to show less paleboy skin.
I like winter. It lets me layer. Layering lets me mess around with colors and patterns that complement or contrast eachother in aesthetically appealing ways. I get to have more fun with picking out what I'm going to wear because I have the opportunity to actually put something together instead of just making sure the two things I pick don't clash in a visually offensive manner.
Winter is also great for dressier women. They can do so much interesting stuff with layering around their curves.
Short skirts and long jackets, dammit.
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Also, wearing a black leather trench coat over business attire in 115 degree weather is not as fun as it should be.
But there's plenty of casual button-ups.
Also, you can totally show off chest hair with them on hot days.
All zzzzping every time I took a step.
I had to overcome this as well, but now I have two pairs that fit me really well and do not make silly noises.
I also had to overcome the memory of the maroon corduroy pants my mom made me wear as a kid. Terrible, terrible pants.
But because of them, I am like a ninja now.