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10253717 No.10253717 [Reply] [Original]

How do I convince a friend of mine to stop dressing like bottom center pic? It's honestly embarassing, he wears this shit literally everywhere and turns up his nose at anyone who isn't dressed "classy" like him 24/7. He constantly moans about >tfw no gf but he explodes at me when I suggest it might be because he insists on wearing a three-piece suit to go on a fucking movie date. He thinks fashion is static, and that every innovation after 1950ish was a mistake that needs to be aborted.

Don't get me wrong, I love suits, but they have their place just like casual, business casual etc. This guy is destroying his social life and dating potential because he considers fashion to be some sort of unchanging doctrine that everyone else but he and his equally "classy" friends has gotten completely wrong.

>> No.10253726

>>10253717
Your friend is a boss and you're a faggot

>> No.10253751

show him this pic

>> No.10253756

>>10253726
Pretty much this.

>> No.10253767

you can't cure stupid

>> No.10253783

>>10253726

>like a le sir XD

>> No.10253789

>>10253717
the top left and bottom middle are the only ones who don't look homosexual

>> No.10253799

>>10253789
And you are actually probably right.

>> No.10253803

>>10253783
you're just proving my point with le ironic faggot posts like this

>> No.10253838
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10253838

>this thread

Are you faggots serious? When did ill-fitted American suits and fedoras become defensible on /fa/?

Bottom-middle was fashionable from roughly 1920 to 1960 (although even then that guy would be a bit out of place because of the frumpy, badly tailored fit of his suit). Its no longer "in", and other stuff is, fucking deal with it and move on.

And if your counterargument is "when did men stop dressing like REEL MEN" or "swag is for boys ecks dee", I could just as easily pick any outfit from any historical era and say the exact same thing and be just as valid. Why not wear puffed-and-slashed sleeves and garters? Tricorne hats and tailcoats? Tournament armor? Fucking loincloths?

I'm not saying I agree with every modern fashion trend, or even most of them, but I also don't think LARPing as Sherlock Holmes will do anything to counteract the "bad" trends.

>> No.10253872

>>10253717
Maybe show him old movies where the classy besuited good-guy protagonist dresses down to khakis and a polo or tshirt in a casual setting. The Godfather is a good example.

>> No.10253917

>>10253838
:^) u got meme'd on

>> No.10253942

>>10253838
The fact that the image acknowledges the existence of a fashion trend doesn't mean it's endorsing it (you fucking moron)

>> No.10253967

>>10253942
I think he's adressing these people who are literally defending fedoracore:
>>10253756
>>10253726
>>10253789

and not ops picture

>> No.10253988

Murder him.

>> No.10254003
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10254003

>>10253872
Is this dadcore?

>> No.10254014

>>10254003

No that's wealthcore

>> No.10254035
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10254035

>>10254014
That's a new one.

I like the sound of it.

>> No.10254063

>>10254003
#menswear

>> No.10254109
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10254109

>>10254063
And that's not acceptable?

>> No.10254158

>>10254109
No it's fine if you can pull it off. Dandyism has a high degree of difficulty.

I'm just saying that it's not dadcore, or whatever wealthcore is. (flood incoming)

You could argue that it's dressed-up prep, but the spread collar and braces are too Anglo for that.

>> No.10254167

>>10254035
Its not a new one, but you are, summerfag

>> No.10254173

>>10254109
If you're attractive/fit, have a job that requires a suit, then yes.
Otherwise if you're wearing a three piece to your college lecture, you're going to get laughed at.
>5'2" classmate walks into lecture with a suit on
>professor asks if he has an internship after class
>'no I just like dressing up'
>cue girls giggling in the background

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10254180

>>10254158
>Dandyism has a high degree of difficulty.

>>10254173
>If you're attractive/fit, have a job that requires a suit, then yes.
>Otherwise if you're wearing a three piece to your college lecture, you're going to get laughed at.

Agreed. But I really like the look when it's pulled off good.

>> No.10254197

>>10254180
Yes. Looking flamboyant is hard if you don't want to simultaneously look like a fabulously flaming faggot.

>> No.10254213
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10254213

>>10254197
I don't think I like your tone, mister.

>> No.10254224

>>10254213
Hey if that's you thing it's cool, whatever. I just thought this thread was more about fitting in and not dressing autistically.

>> No.10254233

what a nice post. Thank you op

>> No.10254239

>>10254224
read this post >>10254213 in a fabulous flaming faggot voice

>> No.10254243
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10254243

>>10254224
You don't scare me dawg.

>> No.10254248

>>10254213
Call the cops bitch

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10254253

>>10254239
lel

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10254262

>>10254248
Way ahead of ya.

>> No.10254934

>>10254197
>>10254213
Fratcore dude here.
Pink chubbies are hard as fuck to pull off without comfort colors.

>> No.10254967

>>10254934
Strangely enough, I find pink to be one of the easiest colors to wear. As long as you don't pair it with any other pinks or reds you're golden. It's so queer it's macho. Sort of an implied no homo.

>> No.10255712

>>10254967
In the summer I often wear a salmon pink shirt with light blue shorts, it works quite well.

>> No.10255751

>>10253717

From top left:

Average Andy: A bumbling wageslave who is only dimly aware of life existing beyond his mediocre job and the chores his nagging wife heaps on him. Can put people in comas with his stories of being screwed by some random middle manager.

Prefect Pete: His British boarding school days behind him, Pete still loves to relive the halcyon years of his youth by dressing like a slimmed-down Ned Flanders. Pete has no powers of his own, but can summon legions of undead family members to fight on his behalf.

Greek Life Greg: The douchebag cousin of Prefect Pete, Greg is the scion of some American nouveau-riche asshole and thus believes he is entitled to anything, even dressing like a clown in public. Can kill enemies with energy beams which harness the power of an ego the size of Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Dad's house combined.

Marvelous Mario: Mario is Italian, which means he actually knows shit about fashion and can dress up without looking like a pompous asshole or a geriatric baby boomer. Can kill people by jumping on them and can do sick wheelies on his Vespa.

Friendzone Fred: While his choice of clothing is bizarre, his mannerisms eccentric, and self-awareness almost non-existent, Fred does have one thing going for him: consistency. Seriously, he always wears this shit. Everywhere. Even in bed. He is a master swordsman and rules his kingdom with an iron fist--a kingdom of three subreddits with several dozen subscribers apiece.

Hardworkin' Harry: Don't let his moniker or his clothes fool you--Harry has never worked with his hands a day in his life. Harry's approach to combat is a unique one; he simply ignores his foes, as anyone who doesnt spend their weekends pretending to be homeless or listening to Mountain Goats albums on a vintage cassette player clearly isn't worth his time.

>> No.10255777

>>10253838
>LARPing as Sherlock Holmes
kekek

>> No.10255782
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10255782

>>10255751
>Can kill enemies with energy beams which harness the power of an ego the size of Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Dad's house combined.

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>>10253838

>And if your counterargument is "when did men stop dressing like REEL MEN" or "swag is for boys ecks dee", I could just as easily pick any outfit from any historical era and say the exact same thing and be just as valid

This asshole gets it.

This is the central issue behind your friends attitude towards fashion, OP. It's also an attitude that exists on /fa/ and among millions of other people as well (probably everyone to some degree); the idea that fashion stopped "trying" at a certain point and started going downhill, and that anything that adheres to the fashion at the imagined "peak" of fashion before the decline is inherently better.

Fashion isnt a church. It doesn't have set-in-stone doctrines, rules, or standards. Granted, often these things are shaped by society in general, but society in general is not static either. To break your friend of his bad habits, you must first convince him that fashion is a continuum of new and old ideas, not a sacred and unchanging fixed point.

>> No.10256045

>>10253717
If you can't convince him to change his style at least convince him to get a suit that properly fits.
Then burn his fedora while he's not looking.

>> No.10256086
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10256086

Tell him suits look like ass unless they're tailored like pic related

>> No.10256094

>>10253717
You should dress your class, if you sleep on a blow up mattress and you're wearing boaters then you're a real faggot.

>> No.10256208

>>10256086

W2c vest

>> No.10256213

>>10256208
its a scarf

>> No.10256233

>>10256208
It's all Giorgio Armani. Good luck affording it

>> No.10256262

>>10253717
I had a friend like this - the trick is to get GIRLS to say these things, not you. Get a girl on your side who is willing to chew him out for being a weird autist. Ideally, do this in conjunction with dragging his weird ass to a party and making him feel bad and awkward. If you absolutely must, record a video of him and show it to him later.

Basically, have a girl emotionally crush him, and show him how he looks from a third person perspective. The combination is usually enough to make them realize how bad they've gotten.

>> No.10256614
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10256614

Tell him to go for a more preppy/heritage look.

>> No.10256621
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10256621

>>10256614

>> No.10256628
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10256628

>>10256621

But yeah.

Tommy Hilfigger and Ralph Lauren will be his best friends.

>> No.10257319

>>10256614
gay. id looking like a fag whats cool now?

>> No.10257445

post it on facebook and tag him

>> No.10257453

>>10255751
underrated post

>> No.10257469

>>10255751
Good post.

>>10253838
>LARPing as Sherlock Holmes
GREAT post.

>> No.10257510

>>10255751
hahaaha


someone should paste this on the pic, well written m8

>> No.10257912

>>10257510

Seconding this

>> No.10257955

>>10253726
/thread

>> No.10258008

>>10256086
Oh my god: look at that face!

>> No.10258255

>>10255751
>can do sick wheelies on his vespa

Kek'd tbh

>> No.10258722

>>10258008

Taylor pls

>> No.10258864

>>10254035
how new are you?