items everyone should have in their closet

[Anonymous No.6386037]

hello /fa/.
let's make a thread with items you think every /fa/ person should have in their closet.

both females and males. i'll start with a white button-up shirt.

[Anonymous No.6386050]

>>6386037
no specific brand, but suede brogues are a must-have

[Anonymous No.6386073]

>>6386050
thanks for your contribution.

come on /fa/, help us newbs build a nice wardrobe.

[Anonymous No.6386079]

Some casual sneakers, preferably white

[uuuuhhhh No.6386081]

wool pants in black, grey and navy tailored to however u like

[Anonymous No.6386082]

black bomber

[Anonymous No.6386085]

suede moc chukkas

[Anonymous No.6386101]

>>6386085
That's such a specific thing.

[Anonymous No.6386106]

>>6386037
>>6386081
Most people aren't getting the thread. These are must-haves (though you could get away with just charcoal slacks), also arguably the casual sneakers.

But suede shoes? Not just suede shoes but suede chukkas and brogues? A bomber jacket? All that stuff is heavily dependent on your style. I don't own any suede shoes and there is no conceivable circumstance in which I would, personally, ever buy brogues. Bombers are one style of mid to heavy weight jacket; they're good and trendy right now, but there's nothing sacrosanct or essential about them.

[Anonymous No.6386116]

>>6386106
yeah, i was thinking of more "clasic" pieces of fashion. things that /fa/ thinks could be a good base to expand on in the future, but i'm liking the feedback all the same.

[Anonymous No.6386114]

>>6386101
that's the joke

[Anonymous No.6386117]

copied from my post in a minimalism thread yesterday, that i apparently misunderstood:

dark indigo jeans
gray sweatshirt
light blue chambray shirt
white oxford shirt
white lowtop sneakers
brown boots

[Anonymous No.6386118]

A heathered gray t shirt

[Anonymous No.6386119]

>>6386117
also i agree w/ u4h4 about the wool pants, although not that many. personally i'm looking for some gray ones

[uuuuhhhh No.6386123]

>>6386119
acne has some cool ones atm

[Anonymous No.6386183]

Relevant:


Joan Didion’s Packing List

To Pack and Wear:

2 skirts
2 jerseys or leotards
1 pullover sweater
2 pair shoes
stockings
bra
nightgown, robe slippers
cigarettes
bourbon
bag with: shampoo, toothbrush and paste, Basis soap, razor, deodorant, aspirin, prescriptions, Tampax, face cream, powder, baby oil

To Carry:

mohair throw
typewriter
2 legal pads and pens
files
house key

This is a list which was taped inside my closet door in Hollywood during those years when I was reporting more or less steadily. The list enabled me to pack, without thinking, for any piece I was likely to do. Notice the deliberate anonymity of costume: in a skirt, a leotard, and stockings, I could pass on either side of the culture. Notice the mohair throw for trunk-line flights (i.e. no blankets) and for the motel room in which the air conditioning could not be turned off. Notice the bourbon for the same motel room. Notice the typewriter for the airport, coming home: the idea was to turn in the Hertz car, check in, find an empty bench, and start typing the day’s notes.

—Joan Didion, The White Album

[Anonymous No.6386382]

Geobaskets

[Anonymous No.6386441]

Black/dark indigo jeans is the only truly essential piece. The rest depends on your style.

Also black socks and boxer briefs

[Anonymous No.6386991]

>>6386106
Then nothing is considered essential.
The essentials of #menswear and the essentials of avant garde aka gothninja fashion are different.
You can't really broad this down to anything, can you?

[Anonymous No.6387003]

>>6386085
>>6386050

I would just say dress shoes.

[Anonymous No.6388457]

>>6386991
No. There is no universe in which fucking brogues and chukkas are essential. They're both embellishments over the oxford, which is essential, for the same reason a white full button front shirt and wool dress pants are: they're simple, ubiquitous to the point of being absolutely labile in signification, and they are the only things that will do in certain situations everyone will come across in life, unless they're Steve Jobs or something and can function as a sapient middle finger with impunity. (For the record, in my own taste, I hate brogues and love chukkas, especially heavier chukkas.)

Ask yourself this: what kind of situation would someone not be able to carry without a brogue or a chukka? What kind of outfit is it necessary for that nothing else can be reasonably substitued in? Any time you could wear the brogues you could wear a plain oxford or a plain blucher; usually you could also sub in loafers. Any time you could wear those chukkas you could sub in any other variety of slightly formal boot, or any kind of low-top laced shoe, and frequently loafers. They're an affectation, a choice - which is great! But by definition not essential.

A quick note on the oxford that might prove illuminating:

[Anonymous No.6388464]

>>6388457
Oxfords started with students at guess where as a more casual alternative to the then-mandatory day dress boots; they were the Adidas velcro sandals of their day.

Through historical accident and the influence of a few key figures, it came to pass that for some reason they are acceptable in both the stiuations where one would've worn dress boots (suits, the antecedents of modern black tie) and (white tie antecedents) where one would've worn the daintier, more formal court shoes/opera pumps, which to the contemporary eye look rather like women's flats with a ribbon on the front, with a small heel in the back added.

For personal and not entirely visual aesthetic reasons, I actually prefer to go with chelsea boots for the more casual situations, and pumps for white tie, but I would never call either of those essential. Something else could easily sub in - oxfords, always, or depending on the exact more casual situation, anything from laced dress boots (for instnace, chukkas, ones like the ones you posted to more versatile (and, for the record, IMO inferior) desert boot style ones) a pair of bluchers to loafers to skimpy moccasins.

Copping shoes of those varieties is a great idea and often they'll work better with an outfit than a pair of oxfords - but no one is going to have them all. Starting out, when someone isn't going to have a well formed conception of their style yet, the shoe to get is the best black calfskin oxford the buyer can afford. It'll go at least tolerably with anything. The next shoe to get is probably a brown leather loafer, suitable for more casual suiting.

[Anonymous No.6388469]

>>6388464

This new-wardrober could, if he wanted, take my approach and sub in a pair of dress boots and pumps for the oxfords, but that probably wouldn't be a good idea. Too many different varieties of dress boots for him to have a handle on which suits him, and dropping the money for a good pair of pumps that are only suitable to wear on the rare white tie outing is just not something that's going to happen. And he's probably not going to have the confidence in his style and knowledge to pull them off, anyway.

[basedprophet !IFJ/2SLAGo No.6388471]

>>6386037
>>6386050
>hurr everyone should dress the same
>and dadcore

gr8 thread m8s

[Anonymous No.6388497]

>>6388471

Oh look who it is!

Eat shit dude, seriously.

[tripskmobile No.6388506]

[basedprophet !IFJ/2SLAGo No.6388509]

>>6388497
your're mad?? :D

[Anonymous No.6388510]

>>6388471
>Being 17
>forever

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away my edgy clothes.

[Anonymous No.6388514]

>>6388510
>spake

lol

[Anonymous No.6388525]

>>6388514
>doesn't know one of the most famous bible quotes
>doesn't know about the king james translation

[Anonymous No.6388538]

>>6388509

I forgot to filter you last time, thanks for reminding me.

(keep thinking you look good in those fashionable curtains you wear)

[Anonymous No.6388540]

>>6388525
i spaked ur mum

[basedprophet !IFJ/2SLAGo No.6388539]

>>6388510
>like my status if ur a REAL MAN, 97% of ppl are little fags who wear skinny jeans and wont repost this, only 3% of ppl with CLASS will

[P$ No.6388551]

black skinnies
cognac flats
black pumps
LBD
fitted blazer

really depends on the season
but also
black bikini
black pencil skirt
also a floral/bright colored dress
boots (as many as possible - variety preferable)

[Anonymous No.6388558]

>>6388539
Actually I'm more of a bro.

[Anonymous No.6388581]

>>6388540

[tripskmobile No.6388588]

>Sequined top seems a bit dated but everything else is good advice

[Anonymous No.6388592]

>>6388471
This kind of stuff doesn't have to be dadcore. I think the great thing about real basics, real essentials is that they can fit into any wardrobe, and can come in handy when required.

Personally, my own style is probably closest to techy streetwear of all the archetypes that get flung around, but I get a lot of influence from "gothninja," historical equivalents of techwear, and traditional Italian and American Prep style, too.

Any one of those styles, in fact any style I can think of, could deploy appropriately designed (note uuuuhhhh's "tailored however you like" on the dress pants - that's *everything*) could deploy this kind of stuff: white button up, oxfords, wool dress pants (shit, they could have a dropcrotch down to the knees, if someone was so inclined), pair of jeans, the grey heathered tee someone mentioned, a casual blazer, a waist-level jacket of some kind that's not a blazer (a fleece? A bomber jacket? A cableknit cardigan? A Perfecto-styled leather jacket? A moto-styled leather jacket? A silk, asymmetric take on a Harrington? A seam taped nylon hoody? Etc. etc. etc.), a pair of sneakers of some kind (Flyknits? Achilleses? Geobaskets? All Stars? Air Yeezys?)

>>6388510
Saul is nearly single handedly responsible for fucking up so much of human culture. He's not one to quote, especially invoking this tired and much-abused "but then I grew up" trope. It doesn't really describe good development in a life well at all.

[Anonymous No.6388600]

>>6388551
See, this is a good post. An LBD is also really the perfect example of an essential - there's so many different situations to wear it in, in so many ways, and it comes in so many different styles. Something for everybody at every time.

[Anonymous No.6388604]

>>6388592
True, basics != dadcore. Not everyone wants to be thin pale and edgy.

[tripskmobile No.6388622]

>>6388600
Who wears black jeans though? Dark wash is way more versatile

[Anonymous No.6388625]

>>6388538
lol, did he honestly think he could pull that off?

[Berry !ZZfkF9jeZQ No.6388650]

everyone needs some chelsea boots

men included

[Anonymous No.6388655]

>>6388538
>>6388625
Saved, reposting anytime I see a prophet post.

[Anonymous No.6388671]

>>6388622
Agreed, I think. I'd probably just specify "dark jeans" and let people figure it out based on what else they like. Someone going for Hedicore would probably be better off with black jeans, for instance.

TBH I'm pretty clueless about jeans. I like seeing what other people do with them, but they've never felt right on me and I haven't done more than try a pair on since the third grade.

[P$ No.6388675]

>>6388622
what? who said anything about black jeans?
also when you say black wash....sounds like youre talking about jeans yourself...so your post confuses me

[Anonymous No.6388683]

>>6388650
can you post some examples of what you think works well on a man in an outfit?

[Anonymous No.6388685]

>>6388675
I think when you said "black skinnies" we both assumed you meant black skinny jeans. Seems like you meant skinny chinos or wool slacks instead? That's actually a really solid recommendation.

[Anonymous No.6388696]

>>6388650
Agreed

[Anonymous No.6388707]

>>6388683
Chelsea boots with black skinny jeans, either a black or white scoop neck t-shirt with it's sleeves rolled up and if it's chilly out wear a leather jacket.

[uuuuhhhh No.6388787]

all a girl needs is
high quality monochrome coat
simple knit
simple tshirt/ shirt
tailored pants
acne pistol boots

[P$ No.6388798]

>>6388650
for some reason I feel like I cant pull off Chelsea boots all the time bc sometimes if my fit is fairly basic they look momcore on me...so my version of this is a suede round toe ankle boot..(basically a suede chlesea boot)..works with everyfrickinfit imaginable

[Anonymous No.6388806]

>>6388787
how is this girl a model
>teeth
>nostrils

[uuuuhhhh No.6388822]

>>6388806
yes those are features of her face

[tripskmobile No.6388824]

A leather jacket in whatever cut or colour fits you best

[uuuuhhhh No.6388825]

>>6388806

ur a retard

[Anonymous No.6388830]

>>6388822
>tfw to be a model you need to be genetically perfect or unsettling ugly

[Anonymous No.6388870]

>>6386183
tripsk the post

[Berry !ZZfkF9jeZQ No.6388894]

>>6388683
this is a pretty piss poor reference photo but just with basics I think they can dress up an outfit really nicely.
>>6388707 kind of like what he said :)
I'll see if I can find some better examples.

[tripskmobile No.6388911]

>>6388870
I would just use a bluetooth keyboard tbh