/fa/ - Fashion

its more a curse but you're redpilled now, its too late

>>6646717
>spend 75 minutes looking in the mirror every morning
not everyone does this

I do pretty much everything else you have greentexted though. Difference is I know I look good so I don't need to look at a mirror for over an hour every morning

You will never have a perfet face now.

contemplate surgey then pussy out.

the compliments are not enough.

there is no way out.

>stumble across /fa/
>lurk
>cop basics, start losing weight and taking interest in self-image
>no compliments ever
>quality of life is the same I just wasted more money

>>6646754
go get sum friends then dumb dumb

>>6646717
>stumble across /fa/
>lurk
>don't cop anything because I can't decide where to take my look and I'm afraid I'll stop liking it and regret my purchases
>take a bit better care of my hair
>dress un/fa/
>spend 75 minutes looking in the mirror every morning

having a sense of fashion doesn't mean you have to be vain

>friends catch me checking myself out on the subway mirror

>stumble across /fa/
>lurk
>cop basics, start taking interests in self-image
>buy a few nicer pieces too

>friends call me a fag

i need better friends...

pretty sure the mirror feel is referencing that comic lel, am i a fuccboi? am i??????

>>6646770
Errybody gets buyers remors now and then. but more often in the begining because you dont know exactly were to start... thats where cheap places like H&M, ASOS(ish) come into play... not to mention you can return it if you dont like it.

>>6646802
fuck

>>6646783
>walking on the street
>check myself out in every reflection of car windows

>>6646802
tfw

>>6646802

>>6646802

>>6646802

>stumble across /fa/
>lurk
>lose weight, cop basics, take care of my image
>get busy with school
>gain weight
>stopped browsing /fa/

now im back ;_;

>>6646802
>tfw look good on every car window reflection
>doesnt look good on mirror

>>6646947
>tfw really good facial aesthetics but bad skin
>tfw look like a model in every car window because of it's darker tint
>tfw disappointed every time i look in a mirror

>>6647133
>>6646947

tfw hyperpigmentation from acne

>>6646754
>tfw thought this for a few months
>tfw now, about a year after I started browsing I get compliments almost every time I go out.
No biggies, just a "looking good" when I see someone I haven't seen awhile, that sort of stuff.

>>6647242
Woah I forgot the conclusion of my post:
We're all going to make it anon. If it's not for them, it's for you.

>>6647242
>start browsing /fa/
>about a year passes
>all of my friend's sisters make comments how cute I am when I'm not around
feels good knowing I'm a topic of discussion

>>6647259
Hahha nice, that "looking good" was from some dudes GF, felt good.

>>6646947
>tfw look good on every car window reflection
>tfw look good on mirrors
>look total shit in photos

>spend 75 minutes looking in the mirror every morning

Enjoy your low self-esteem and insecurities.

>>6647272
Oh, fuck I know this feel!

7-8/10 in reflections. Fucking deformed 3/10 at best in photos, WTF is this!? Not even exaggerating.

>>6647299
your brain projects a far better image of you in your reflections
(aka exposure effect)
as narcissism increases so does the effect
e.g. you distort your own self-image so your 6/10 face becomes 8/10 over time

>tfw no matter how good you look it's your personality that will determine whether or not girls like you

>>6647320
>Girls
u hvn a gigl m9?

>>6647305
Not sure if trolling. Why the difference in pictures then? It's still your face.

>be me
>body is still in bad shape and I'm a Manlet
>Still look like shit, but now I buy more basics and threw away most graphic tees and shirts.
>bought Chuck Taylors, Doc Martins and never wear shorts
>At least I feel a little better because of effay
>be too autistic to read the entire Sticky

Real Talk

>>6647305
what if you look good in video but not stills? i always though it was my face is expressive and moves around a lot in a way that means it looks fine in motion but terrible frozen

>>6647351
photos aren't a very good representation either cause of lighting, camera quality, lens angle etc.

therefore think of it as "BEST CASE SCENARIO vs WORST CASE SCENARIO" of reflection vs photo

ultimately you look somewhere in the middle of the two

>>6647305
I'm not sure that I agree considering I always have the opposite effect, over time I've become less and less pleased with my face, even though I was okay with it in high school when I had acne but then I got better glasses, better hair, and my acne is gone, so even though everyone I know acknowledges that I've become more attractive since high school, I still feel less attractive now.

Kind of relevant:
>cop new shirt, new shoes
>try them on in a new fit
>love the fit enough that i'd even consider putting it on the internet because im just that confident about it
>wear the fit out a couple of times
>fit seems extremely boring now and i notice the flaws in the everything including my body
This happens with every new clothing item I buy.
I should mention that I have like a huge fucking ego too, so it's not a lack of confidence thing going on.

>>6647353
>body is still in bad shape and I'm a Manlet
how short?

>>6647371
> I still feel less attractive now.

that's just "residual" self-confidence/ body image issues leftover from when you were "uglier" nothing to do with (over)exposure effect/reflections

>>6647371
i dunno, a lot of people with big egos have a weird insecure love/hate relationship with theirself
like they're fooling themself into thinking they're awesome as a reaction to how deep down they don't like who they are
dunno if that applies to you tho

good, now go to /fit/ and get lifting

>tfw finnish
>no compliments ever
>everyone, even friends constantly trying to put you down

f

>>6646802
>walking anywhere
>constantly checking out my shoes

SELL DRUGS MAKE MONEY BUY CLOTHES

>>6647373
Five Five...I'm a niglet.

>>6647391
they're just jealous

#fuckdah8rs

>>6647385
i dunno, it might
the thing is i went through that phase in high school (tumblrcore didnt exist at the time but it's almost the same mentality) where i actually really wanted to hate myself because i guess i thought it was cool or some stupid shit like that

anywho, the thing is that i never was actually able to "hate" myself, what made me realize this was that if anyone ever said i had a character flaw or even something like "you're not a good person" i'd be able to come up with reasons for why im the bees knees and i would have no trouble with believing what i was saying

aaaaanywho, ive always had insecurities, and once women started coming into my life i started getting disorder-tier anxiety issues. in high school i was able to get with two people who were actually considered the most attractive women in the school (i lived in the midwest so it wasnt a big school, but i still genuinely believe the people at my high school were generally more attractive then any other group of people ive met thus far, no shit), both of them were actually the ones to express interest in me first, but after i moved on with my life i still never took pride in that, i still feel like no one ever has or ever will want me

you might be asking yourself: "why is this anon telling us all of this shit? we dont care"
and the answer to that is that i dont know B)

>>6647385
Personally, and I think this is much more common, it's more knowing you have x and y talents, skills, and propensities, but also being hyper-aware of where you fall short in them, and hyper-aware of all the contingent stuff out of your control that makes a difference in how they're received, and winding up with a weird cross of self-confidence and self-doubt that flips very easily.

>>6647391
>tfw finnish
>compliments rarely
>acquire fame on facebook and instagram

>tfw i've always thought I wasn't confident and was /r9k/ tier
>think about my life and realise the opposite
Feels wierd realising you're already the person you want to be. I bet a ton of you lot will realise this soon.

>head constantly turned to the side checking out how i look in shop windows, try to make it look like i'm looking in the shops

>>6647512
I am always doing this, man that feel when you see how good you're looking

>stubble into /fa/ to figure out business casual outfits
>end up staying and start copping basics/working out more
>now dress plain tees, shorts, and roshes most of the time, but all fit and match colors etc
>suddenly tons of people come up to me to ask
>some compliments from 'fashion friends'
>feel mega good about myself even if I don't have super expensive pieces

>>6647575
ask for directions around the city* whoops

>Stumble into /fa/ believing I'm effay
>Hate everything I see and think everyone here's got shit tier fashion sense
>Read the sticky and it dawns upon me that I'm a fuccboii
>Stop wearing my old converse and my H&M graphic tees
>Use my first pay check to purchase some basics and some better fitting jeans
>Try to match some colours
>Start lifting
>Think I look good, even though I look super basic most of the time, feel good about myself all the same
>Go out drinking with some friends
>Think every guy looks better dressed than me
>Oh god why did I wear this, I should've just taken a tee I look like shit
>Go to sleep feeling even worse about myself than I did before I found /fa/

>finally have fits that im happy with
>never get to go to anything relatively important because barely any friends

>actually get invited to a 21st
>australian bush dance theme

>can't even postafit because no full length mirrors + terrible lighting in house

>>6646717
>find out about /fa/
>lurk my face off for god knows how long
>build basic wardrobe
>boots sneakers parka, regular shit that looks good
>stay far far fucking away from #gothninja #nxtlvl shit
>nopoo, but keep shit hygienic and smelling nice
>have decent taste, know what works and what to stay away from
>compliments everywhere

Ta daa.

>>6647353
>manlet
just leave /fa/

>>6647367
But that's wrong nigger.

You look different in photos vs your reflection because the "image" is flipped. You don't like yourself in photos because you're not used to seeing that; you wake up every morning an look in the mirror, not at a photo.

What you see in the mirror is how your friends see you, and what you see in photos is how your friends would see you if they stood next to you and looked at your reflection in a mirror.

>>6647482
Definitely this for me, and this applies to face, clothes, and fitness.

One moment: "I'm hot! I'm big!"
Next moment: "Might as well kill myself because I look like shit."

>stumble across /fa/
>excited cause people who like fashion
>slight wardrobe changes, slight quality increase in clothing
>i still pretty much look the same, /fa/ is just a good place to discuss something i was already doing and find inspo

>>6647986
Same here.

I go out and I keep thinking how awesome I am, how many talents I have, how pleb all others around are, how most people are deluded and have no goals in their future. Also doing >>6646802, even though I'm not that good-looking. I know my friends think I got my shit together.

Then I come back home and realize how flawed I am, how deficient my physique is, that I'm mediocre in everything I do, that I'm not half as competent as I look. Then I look in the mirror and think how long it is going to take until I have gotten rid of my flaws.

It's kind of a doublethink situation. I don't hate myself, I just hate how I'm not the person I could be.

>>6647976
>What you see in the mirror is how your friends see you, and what you see in photos is how your friends would see you if they stood next to you and looked at your reflection in a mirror.
wut

>>6648069
He's talking about the experience you have when looking at a picture. That it's similar to a friends when he sees you in a mirror.

>>6648062
>I don't hate myself, I just hate how I'm not the person I could be.

Exactly.

>>6648083
now i get it, fanx

>>6647133
>>6646947
:((((

>>6646736
>I know I look good so I don't need to look at a mirror
Ohhh throwing shots at OP!

>>6647724
#noswegg

>tfw constant feeling of confidence and superiority over the plebs

Thanks /fa/

>>6646802
/r/ing that /fit/ greentext story where police question the dude due to a complain by a bunch of old neighbors or something for looking in cars every time he comes home and it turns out he was just mirin' himself in the mirrors

/fa/ is a useful tool, but use it wisely and in moderation. When used well it can make you a better human being - better dressed(obviously), more confident and just more approachable. But like all of 4chan it has a bit of cancer and is quite addictive.

>>6648707
Thought of the same thing when reading that.

>>6648062

>I just hate how I'm not the person I could be

That's not necessarily a bad thing. At least you realize what your flaws are and are working to address them. I think everyone should always be working to improve themselves, rather than being content with who they are at the current moment.

>compliments left right and center
does this happen? I'm totally not being jealous here, I've just never had it happen to me or seen it happen to anyone else. Do people just come up to you and say
>I really like your fit, 9/10 w2c chinos?
Maybe it's just canada.

I don't spend too long in front of the mirror but I do take at least 20 or so selfies on the sly throughout the day to make sure my hair is in place and stuff... anyone else do this? :\

>>6650194
Thanks for the laugh ! It would be so fun if a random guy asks this very question to you in the street.

>>6647582
>that feel

this is a good way to know when you look good

>>6650292
agreed, /fa/ culture translates very poorly to real life interaction.

>>6650194

>does this happen?

Yeah, friends and family have complimented me on my style/particular items of clothing.

>Do people just come up to you

Not really. I've had people at parties compliment me, but never random people off the street. I think you'd have to be looking pretty damn /fa/ for that to happen.

>>6650311
ah, thanks for the clarification.
My family says I look nice but mothers and grandmothers don't really count. My friends are all neckbeards who wear videogame tshirts.
>yfw no one to give you good opinions on what looks good

>>6647170
how do i get rid of that shit?!?!
please i just want to look healthy and not like im recovering from leprosy

>>6650311
>I think you'd have to be looking pretty damn /fa/ for that to happen.

Really? I think I'm still basic as fuck, but I've been getting passingly complimented by people on the street or transit usually once or twice a week.

>>6650311

>I think you'd have to be looking pretty damn /fa/ for that to happen.

I look like shit and i've had that happen, i don't even know why, also usually i'm a really open and communicative person (i work as a PR manager, lel) but i've had this one time when i felt like such a fucktard.

>going to the cornershop to buy some cigs
>was high so my thoughts were just wandering
>stand in line, ask the guy for some rolling tobacco (don't even know why)
>he tells me something along the lines of it being around 25kn, i've got 30kn in my hands
>for some fucking reason i tell him that it looks like i'm a couple of kn short
>some qt3.14 stands in line behind me, hears me say it, asks me if i need some cash for the tobacco
>i'm like yeah, thanks
>finally figure out i've got the cash i need to buy that shit, return the qt's cash, she laughs and tells me we should grab some coffee someday
>feel embarassed as shit, finally processed what just happened, say sure and leave the shop without even looking at her
>go home and contemplate life

I don't even know why i wrote this now, but i've felt like such a dumb cunt on that day.

>>6650334

Whereabouts in Canada?

I know there's a few 613-fags who lurk here, just curious.

>see someone with rolled up pants
>no selvedge
>Internal autist rage boiling

>>6647976
so people see me as the same way i see myself in the mirror?

>>6647242
Dude thats not a compliment. People just say that because they don't know what else to say.

>>6647482
me too.
I look so skinny, fit and tight, feel beautiful, model for maxim aspirations, going to college on a full scholarship, great rough sex with 7+ inch dick for 4 years now, great guy too.

and then im like, yea well im not kendall jenner though
or shes smarter than me
or she has nicer clothes
or a richer background
or why wasnt i born pretty and perfect?

crazy shit, but it happens

>>6650409
moment of silence for your lost love and sense of common

that was fucked up dude

>>6650586
please die in a house fire

>>6650644
The fuck is wrong with you? Have a problem with a woman actually esteeming her life?

I guess both. I used to be somewhat of a conceded asshole that thought I was better then everyone until /fa/ showed me how pleb and ugly I really am and how shitty my wardrobe is. Then I became pretty insecure for almost a year, then later I was reminded that this is 4chan and realized that most of these hateful little /fa/ggots just dream of being /fa/ and spent their entire 2 weeks pay for one small piece of designer "high fashion" clothing just so they can feel /fa/ for that one day that they actually leave their houses until they go back to living in poverty.

Basically, /fa/ is just filled with trashy hypocritical fashionista critics and you shouldn't take anything from this board personal. The only thing I thank /fa/ for is making me look at everyone as equals.

>>6650829
Sounds like a great Disney movie.

>>6650829
This,

I think.