/fa/ - Fashion

[Anonymous No.14771380]

How do I stop dressing like a metalfag? I'm 24 and I have long messy hair and a beard, and I exclusively wear band shirts, denim jackets, jeans, and combat boots. Very much like pic related. I feel like I'm too old to dress this way, but I don't own anything else.

[Anonymous No.14771382]

>>14771380
is Fenriz too old to dress like this?

[Anonymous No.14771386]

nothing wrong with what you're wearing.
just cut your hair and keep your beard trimmed or shave it off.

[Anonymous No.14771404]

>>14771380
maybe just juggle with wearing a plain black long sleeve cotton blouse sometime. see how it makes u feel.

[Anonymous No.14771410]

Trim your hair if it's messy. Maybe shave your beard. Wear some button up shirts or something. Maybe swap your combat boots for some docs. You can still wear band shirts, but keep them minimal. No bright/edgy designs. Maybe just a plain black shirt with the band logo.

[Anonymous No.14771480]

I dressed deathrock/punk until I was in my mid-late twenties.

>You'll regret cutting your hair if you're not balding, try a slight trim or brushing it before making a big decision
>Band shirts are fine but also buy some plain shirts maybe some flannels. Ween down your collection of shirts to your favorites
>trim your beard or try shaving, you can grow it back fairly easy if you dont like it.
>I realized that I hate wearing shoes after years of wearing boots but switching to hiking boots was a good middle ground
>jeans are fine, if you want to branch out try a pair of chinos but honestly it's not necessary, lots of color options though
>as for denim or leather jackets try a work jacket or winter jacket

Do this in stages, phase things in and out slowly. Whenever I hear stuff like this I think back to the old Zounds song 'Knife' where they say "Sometimes I think I'll go and get a knife
And cut all of my clothes down in to rags
Sometimes I think I'll take a holiday
From wearing my opinions like a badge"
You're still you dude, maybe you just need a break, maybe you have built up a persona where you need to be "metal" all the time, or need to act a certain way and that just doesn't feel right anymore and that's fine, like I said take a break and feel things out.

[Anonymous No.14771525]

>>14771380
Wear wizard robes/srulicore instead.

[Anonymous No.14771594]

>>14771480
This

[Anonymous No.14771671]

>>14771380
>I'm 24 and I have long messy hair and a beard
>I exclusively wear band shirts, denim jackets, jeans, and combat boots.
stop doing all of this. you're welcome.

[Anonymous No.14771676]

>>14771380
Dude I am 40 and still do this except I am bald

Pic.. HI!!

[Anonymous No.14771685]

>>14771480
Great post, deathrock is very underappreciated genre.
OP, don't go out and do anything drastic, I really worked hard to look adult and professional and I wish I had kept a bunch of key things from when I was younger. It really sucks to over correct and end up feeling like everything you wear is bleh

[Anonymous No.14771871]

>>14771676

Based.

[Anonymous No.14771876]

>>14771676
based GenX poster

[Anonymous No.14771883]

If you cut your hair now, you may never regrow it.
Try to do it this way - whenever you get a desire to cut your hair, postpone it by two weeks, and then if you feel the same, do it again.

[Anonymous No.14771899]

>>14771676
good stuff bud, hi to you too.

[Anonymous No.14771907]

>>14771676
that is one shit 40. You mustve looked like an old man at 16

[Anonymous No.14771971]

>>14771907
Maybe I look better here, yo momma thinks so dude.

[Anonymous No.14771974]

>>14771380
ditch the denim for leather, make sure the jeans are actually nice, and get fit (most metalheads are fat so im assuming you are) and you'll look fine

[Anonymous No.14771981]

My BATTLE JACKET!! KVLT!

[Anonymous No.14772144]

>>14771380
If you cut your hair don't get a dumb fade or anything trendy or an undercut. Maybe cut it to your shoulders and keep it neat and brushed. River Phoenix long hairstyle is good because it's definitely drastic enough of a haircut to help you feel more mature and give you a break / development from your stale style but it's still long, you can play with it / style it how you want and if you regret the haircut it won't take another 3 years to grow out it'll only take 1 or 18 months.

I would also add more colour to your outfits and try to experiment with vibrancy. You can start off using muted colours like beige, grey, navy and then have splashes of more vibrant, colourful clothing items.

>>14771480
Hard to disagree with anything this guy said

[Anonymous No.14772208]

>>14771380
nothing wrong with that. I'm going back to looking like an goth minus the makeup and shit.

[Anonymous No.14772221]

Get a cut, trim that beard, get rid of the band shirts, denim jackets and combat shoes?

[Anonymous No.14772238]

>>14771981
hes back, Im very pleased, welcome back thumb man

[Anonymous No.14772299]

>>14771971
I mean you look like Sid fuckin Haig, but that dude was in his 70s.... what happened my man

[Anonymous No.14772330]

>>14772238
HAIL!

>>14772299
Wasn't he tall? I am 5ft on a good day.

>what happened my man

You could say yo momma sucked the life out of me if you know what I mean.

[Anonymous No.14772418]

>>14771981
Nice vest here's my most recent one.

[Anonymous No.14772421]

>>14772418

[Anonymous No.14772428]

>>14771380
Dont get rid of all your stuff. I started feeling the same way at one point so I just stuck to my "normie" clothes for a while. It didn't last forever, I started to feel like I just wasn't being myself and I was losing an important part of myself. Do what the previous posters said. Take it slow, buy a few new things that aren't metal and start from there. As time goes by, you may find that you never wear those old band shirts anymore or that they don't make you feel your best. If so, get rid of them, but hold onto it for a while.

[Anonymous No.14772458]

>>14771480
THis!

[Anonymous No.14772545]

>>14771382
Right. Det finnes ikke Fenriz i sivil

[Anonymous No.14772567]

>>14772418
this thread is for posting battle jackets now

[Anonymous No.14772590]

>>14772567

[Anonymous No.14772610]

>>14772590
Here's the back for this.

[Anonymous No.14772665]

>>14772418
>>14772421
Very very based

[Anonymous No.14772765]

[Anonymous No.14772767]

>>14772765

[Anonymous No.14772791]

[Anonymous No.14772794]

>>14772791
For sale unironically

[Anonymous No.14773249]

>>14772208
Goddamn I hate Blackcraft cult. Everything they put out is some generic spooky imagery and their fucking name in giant letters all on some low grade tshirt. It just seems like the lowest effort shit.

[Anonymous No.14773571]

>>14771380
>too old to dress in simple, useful, robust, functional clothes
there's literally no such thing
Only absolute retards would ever attempt to be "fashionable".

[Anonymous No.14773621]

How stupid is it to dress like a metalfag when you can't play an instrument? I was one in high school and was getting really good at guitar, but then I developed schizophrenia and gained a fuck ton of weight on anti-psychotics senior year and went full Shane Dawson-core until almost a decade later when I decided to get my act together and lose the weight.

I still have all my old clothes but I dug all my guitars and my amp out of my Dad's basement and realized I forgot literally everything. I'm sort of unmotivated to relearn for some reason, and I don't know if it's socially acceptable for a nearly 27-year-old to take music lessons.

[Anonymous No.14773638]

>>14771380
Just fucking rock it dude. You don‘t have to assimilate as long as you feel comfortable.

[Anonymous No.14773642]

>>14771676
Based Boomer

[Anonymous No.14773648]

>>14773642
He's Gen-X retard

[Anonymous No.14773655]

Look after your hair faggot.
Wear plain tees instead of band tees which I assume are the tryhard metal ones unless you really like metal and want everyone to know.

[Anonymous No.14773977]

>>14773621
There are bunch of people who don't play any instrument, but show their passion for music by dressing this way. And really, by dressing this way you will signal to others with whom you will have one major thing to share, your love for music, and you will meet people, go to the concerts etc. I know a lot of metalheads who don't know how to play guitar or whatever. It is not a prerequisite to dress this way, lol.

[Anonymous No.14774030]

>>14772428
This post is important. I had a similar existential crisis right around 25-26 which was only a couple years ago. I'm 28 now. I ditched my combat boots, donated all my band shirts, and gave my battle jacket away to a friend who now lives on the other side of the country. If you need to be more "normie" friendly for work, that's okay. Get some professional attire, that doesn't mean you need to completely change your identity. I know this big guy in my local scene whose always in his punk shit and at every show. I recently found out he's 33 and a university professor. He's a totally different person for work. You can do both. HR isn't going to come to your house after work or on the weekends and police what you dress.

[Anonymous No.14774051]

>>14773621
If you still have your gear all you need is the internet. Check out the links on the guitar/bass general threads on /mu/
>also all that fucking shit about schizophrenia and getting fat as fuck on anti psychotics
Are you me what the fuck dude I went through the exact same shit at right around the same ages. Only difference is I never gave up guitar completely. Having that creative outlet is really beneficial for people like us. It's worth relearning it, even if you have no intention of playing gigs.

[Anonymous No.14774986]

>>14772418
>nekrogoblikon
soi

[Anonymous No.14774993]

>>14772767
this is pretty based except for the voivod thing not being centered

[Anonymous No.14775000]

>>14771380
Metal >>> /fa/ggotry

[Anonymous No.14775336]

>>14771380
If you start thinking you're too old for metal, then yeah you're too old

[Anonymous No.14775352]

>>14771380
>too old for metal

[Anonymous No.14775392]

Either change completely or don't do anything.
There is nothing more infuriating than a faggy blackgays-listening "yeah I've grown out of metal" looking individual.

[Anonymous No.14775783]

>>14773977
>>14774051
Oh alright, well that’s good to know. I’m positive 17–year-old me would have been an elitist faggot about it which is what was making me think for a second.
>Having that creative outlet is really beneficial for people like us. It's worth relearning it, even if you have no intention of playing gigs.
Somehow it really dulled my creativity and all that happened is I went straight for 4chan and lost myself here during all hours of my free time ever since. Before that I was into drawing, making music, costumes, etc. I really do need some kind of a hobby to get away from 4chan at least.

[Anonymous No.14775800]

>>14771380
>too old
imo only older people can pull off the metalhead viking look, fucking keep it

[Anonymous No.14775801]

>>14771380
be yourself and own it you fucking faggot. what, you are going to deny what you are because fashion trends on autistic clothing board tell you so?
get in shape, fit your clothes and dress in metalcore faggotry. dont be another basic internet fashion male bitch

[Anonymous No.14775815]

>>14775800
pic related

[Anonymous No.14775841]

>>14771380
If there was only a place where you could go to buy adult clothes... like a fucking store for clothes... Someone should create a place like that. You know, where adults could go shopping for clothes.

[Anonymous No.14775843]

>>14773642
He's waaaaaay too young to be a Boomer, Bonehead.

[Anonymous No.14775845]

>>14771380
Get your gf to go shopping with you and tell you what looks good on y- oh, right, never mind.

[Anonymous No.14775851]

>>14771386
There's nothing wrong with what he's wearing unless he wants to be a minimally employed/employable incel faggot like some of the Wankenstein rejects encouraging him to continue on that path.

[Anonymous No.14775885]

>>14772421
>Goatmoon
You are going to get jumped if you wear that in public

[Anonymous No.14775894]

>>14771380
Just get a great chore jacket, a nice haircut, a great pair of jeans or pants you like, and one pair of shoes you love, sneakers or boots. Whatever. Spend about 200-300 combined on these three items and they'll work for every combo. Minimalist trad mixed with slight prep Americana. Its the next step from metal bro to America bro with good style and good music taste. Good luck.

[Anonymous No.14775906]

>>14775885
nobody knows obscure nsbm bands irl

[Anonymous No.14775910]

>>14771380

[Anonymous No.14776199]

>>14775843
weird if he were born 1 year later he would have been a millennial
the oldest millennials will be 40 next year

[Anonymous No.14776267]

>>14772421
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/goatmoon-patch-gets-guy-kicked-out-of-maryland-deathfest-show-he-says/

Faggots infiltrated everything and everywhere, my dude, be safe out there

[Anonymous No.14776975]

>>14774993
I thought i was clever by putting my designs to the left instead of center

[Anonymous No.14777103]

>>14772418
terrible taste judging from those patches

[Anonymous No.14777114]

>>14774030
best response you'll get, dont lose yourself and your passions

[Anonymous No.14777115]

>>14772421
how do you deal with leftist fags at shows?

[Anonymous No.14777117]

>>14771676
holy fuck this is like a look into the future. Even our eyes match

[Anonymous No.14777124]

>>14772610
>Carpenter Brut

hyväksyn! Kahden viikon päästä Blood Machinesiin

[Anonymous No.14777133]

>>14771380
All the goths and rivetheads I know who grew up just kept their same style but swapped items out for higher quality and more expensive stuff. Don't buy brands aimed at teenagers and IT department losers and you'll be alright.

[Anonymous No.14777536]

>>14772567
What's a place that sells good leather jackets? I've been collecting patches from concerts but never bought a jacket to start putting them on.

[Anonymous No.14778628]

>>14771676
Sup dude, is that a real bullet proof vest?

[Anonymous No.14778679]

What are some metal hairstyles that don't necessarily need to be long?

[Anonymous No.14778749]

>>14771380
Cut your hair, long straight hair looks like shit on men 99% of the time.

[Anonymous No.14778890]

>>14778679
Long hair is the only way, I believe

[Anonymous No.14779133]

>>14772794
how much

[Anonymous No.14779137]

>>14771981
nazi faggot

[Anonymous No.14779879]

>>14778679
shaved head, but it's objectively inferior to long hair

[Anonymous No.14779989]

>>14771981
>Nazi shit
>Anti Christian shit
???

[Anonymous No.14780061]

>>14779989
Problem?

[Anonymous No.14780135]

>>14773621
>I don't know if it's socially acceptable for a nearly 27-year-old to take music lessons.
imagine being this retarded.
Kill yourself

[Anonymous No.14780618]

>>14780061

[Anonymous No.14780965]

>>14779989
He's probably one of those Varg/Odinism types that talks about "christianity is a Jewish religion, return to traditional European beliefs"
They're usually fat old drunks, with shitty rune tattoos and herpes.

[Anonymous No.14780983]

>>14775851
>I'm too old to dress this way
lol its not the 60s anymore if he is well kept and doenst wear any clear red flags hell be fine job searching.