/fa/ - Fashion

Hey guys, middle aged man here (late 30s).

I work out of NYC and I wear almost entirely "smart casual" (anything short of a suit, although I wear suits sometimes too). Yes, even on weekends. I really like nice leather shoes, quality shirts, good trousers, well made socks, and so on, and I know a lot.

However, I'm completely clueless about "streetwear" and lately my work has required me to do a lot of site visits with tech industry firms. In case you are not aware, the way I dress is not really acceptable at such firms, and I need to look plausible in sneakers and t-shirts. I've gotten comments, and if I'm conspicious enough to be getting comments, it can't be good. I gather it's partly because the way I dress was popular temporarily with younger adults in the early 2010s but is now starting to fall out of favor (although I've been dressing like this my whole life)

Where's a good place to learn about what's ok and what isn't, among people who wear sneakers and t-shirts? I want to have a plausible set of outfits, but I don't want to look like I'm trying to be a "sneaker head" or wear fashion-forward stuff like those ridiculous baggy white tunics. Just something tasteful and understated and not wildly expensive (I don't like the fact that sneakers basically self-destruct and cannot be recrafted, which is why I've never been keen on spending on this kind of stuff). Like, I see these "common projects", they're alright but I don't see myself spending $400 on that when they're going to disintegrate after 20 wearings and/or fall out of fashion soon. $100, fine.

I don't want to go to /mfa/ because I've been there and some of the shit I read makes me want to scream (someone said leather soled shoes shouldn't be worn on concrete, WTF). Maybe this is terrible, but intuitively I'm inclined to trust in 4chan's autism here, even though maybe I'll get fucked over. But I'm at your mercy, /fa/.

Pic related, it's probably how I come across, coming here to /fa/.