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6808207 No.6808207 [Reply] [Original]

how does it feel to know that you guys have been surpassed in quality by mfa?

le reddit army is here now, no need to be upset

>> No.6808217
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6808217

Seriously, the guys from Reddit dress better than you do.

I haven't been here in a year or two, but man would the active posters from back then been sad to see the way things are now...

>> No.6808216

>>6808207
That's beautiful; if a bit too bulky around the waist.

>> No.6808226

yeah like that guy represents the entire mfa community

like boagie represents all of /fa/

delete kill this useless thread and kill yourself

>> No.6808227

>>6808217
where can i cop affordable skinny pocket pants like these? those are fucking beautiful with those monks.

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>> No.6808230
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>> No.6808235

>>6808226
>boagie represents all of /fa/

pls no

>> No.6808237
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6808237

>>6808227
head on over to reddit com / malefashionadvice

All of this stuff can be found in today's WAYWT thread alone!

>> No.6808239

>>6808217
tobad hes old and over weight and cant be a model like I. sucks to suck man

>> No.6808241

>>6808237
fuck this guy

just fuck this guy

>> No.6808243

>>6808217
>active posters from back then

*waves*

>> No.6808244

>>6808227
W+H bush pants are similar

>> No.6808245

>>6808217
>>6808222

bad and fat

>>6808230

this guy often dresses poorly but mfa sucks his dick coz he's not ugly like the rest of them. also
>king of manlets
actually not even, hes prolly shorter than uuuuhhh

>>6808237

this is bad

try harder op

>> No.6808254

>>6808243
...sieg, you're still here?

bragging about your ricer cars and your dad's business and your oxxford suits?

...that actually makes me so sad. have you had your 30th birthday yet?

>> No.6808249

mfa isn't even all that bad aside from the dookie ass fits and fuccbois but we have those here too

what I don't really like about reddit in general is the vibe of the site or like the atmosphere of the site or whatever. like reading threads and shit most of the users are just so ugh

i like some of their porn subreddits tho B)

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>>6808230
>filenames

>> No.6808253
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>> No.6808259

That's much better than anything I'd ever expect to find on reddit (or /fa/, for that matter). It's a good fit anywhere. The layered, draping shirt kind of makes it feel a little costumey perhaps. What's that jacket, LM?

>> No.6808255

>>6808207
That shit looks like he is crouching and bow legged. Honestly wtf is wrong with people who thinks pants like those look good.

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>> No.6808261
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fewgale on sufu is from mfa originally fwiw

>> No.6808262

>>6808253
where 2 cop jacket? i like it

>> No.6808263

>>6808251
please measure your pelvic protrusion near your vaginal crevice and text me the measurement in milimeters

>> No.6808268

>>6808251

Alekzia!

I have a proposal for you. Say I were to meet you at the Starbucks on 450 Yonge. Say you were to order a drink, bring it into the bathroom, dump it out, and fill up the cup with your urine. Say you were to bring it back to the table where I would drink the entire cup while we had a perfectly normal conversation.

Now say there was $500 left on the table after I finish my drink and leave. Would you be interested in that?

>> No.6808269

>>6808261

yep and that's one of his worst fits

du honestly should not be wearing big shoes. he looks comical in prada creepers

that fit with the lim weirdo tee was goat though

>> No.6808267

>>6808261
#startedfromthebottom

>> No.6808278

>>6808261
nice i love the reverse geos. hardly ever see ppl rokin em

>> No.6808281

>>6808259
Jacket is Forme d'Expression

>>6808251
>>6808263
Man I missed you guys. Can't believe it's been this long and you're still here. Maybe I'll make a comeback! I have gotten a little lazy in how I dress myself.

>> No.6808282

>>6808207
Kinda goofy, if you're into that, it looks good.
>>6808217
Pretty dece, I'd change the shirt to a different colour, I find that it brings down this fit. He can pull of the style sorta because he's older.
>>6808222
I'd say this is bland and a bit too trendy. The dip dye top is done. Also notice how the colour scheme is almost identical to the pic above. Smells a little fishy to me. The sleeves aren't cuffed properly. To be honest I really don't like this fit.
>>6808230
Looks pretty good. He has good proportions. I wouldn't wear a leather jacket like that, but at least it doesn't have a collar. Overall it looks good.
>>6808237
Looks like a good outfit for hiking. Nice, I like people who dress according to the event/setting.
>>6808253
looks pretty good. I want to hate it because he's wearing rick owens and that makes me feel like the outfit is trying to enter into a higher territory, but if you look at it just as a fit it looks good.
>>6808261
looks like a sufu uniform. As an outfit it looks good though.
>>6808265
I like this but it's pretty simple.

>> No.6808283

>>6808237
I really like this fit he looks like a happy gnome in the forest.

>> No.6808285
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>> No.6808286

>>6808268
I'm a white guy, but I could cover myself in brown paint, put on supertight leggings, wear a wig and do that for you.

$800 tho

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>>6808268
I moved out of that neighbourhood. Also since that Starbucks became 24-h it's become sketchy as fuck. Also no

>> No.6808289

>>6808285
I've seen a fit from this guy with levis commuter cargos which I really liked, but this is so fucking awful.

>> No.6808290

>>6808207
W2c these dropcrotch

>> No.6808292

>>6808286
Soz, not gonna cut it.

I want only the purest of golden nectar from my beautiful angel Alekzia. I still think of her often.

Sometimes I think that if I didn't respect her so much I would stalk her every day. Alas, it wouldn't be fair to invade her privacy like that so I have to keep my distance and allow her to have her own life...

>> No.6808301

>>6808291
Oh wow I love that TV show too. Maybe we can become friends first so you feel more comfortable?

I'll even let you choose the location.

>> No.6808296

>>6808285
Do people actually wear their jackets like this other than for pictures?

>> No.6808302

>>6808291

do u not have a sense of humour or are you actually autistic

>> No.6808306

>>6808291
please

>>6808263

>> No.6808305

>>6808292
Alright $700

>> No.6808310

the problem with MFA is that it has about 100 decent users and then 265,000 retards

>> No.6808314

>>6808291
>>6808291
In case you're autistic enough to think this is serious I should tell you: I'm actually a super normal dude. I live nowhere near Toronto and I forgot you existed until I stopped by this board tonight. I know nothing about you beyond a few things I remember from some time on this board.

On the other hand, I have a friend pursuing their master's degree at UofT, and if you were into piss play and public stuff I'd actually set up a visit with them as an excuse to drink your piss in public. You're a total cutie.

>> No.6808326

>>6808320
just you and all my other personalities

>> No.6808320

>>6808310
And /fa/ has...?

>> No.6808336

>>6808320
roughly 150

>> No.6808339

>>6808320
chilljin

>> No.6808343

>>6808310

>100

try ten

also some of their 'good users' are often downright laughable, like triggerdiscipline

>> No.6808353

>>6808207
everything in that op is like...1-2 sizes too big ._.
maybe not the boots cant tell tbh

>> No.6808361

>>6808343
no. /fa/ really has about that many posters at any given time. more when the americas are awake, but the distribution is pretty good across europe too. tripskank (alekzia from this thread) used to keep weird stats documents

>> No.6808366

>>6808314
>I'm actually a super normal dude
>I'd actually set up a visit with them as an excuse to drink your piss in public

>> No.6808373

>>6808343

which ten? or what good fits have you seen come out of mfa? genuinely curious

>> No.6808376

>>6808366
Dude, everyone's got a link or two, and this one's both common and harmless. No need to be so judgemental.

>> No.6808378

>>6808366
Dude, everyone's got a kink or two, and this one's both common and harmless. No need to be so judgemental.

>> No.6808394

Whoa whoa whoa.


There are actual anorexics on this board? I thought that was just joke.

>> No.6808399

>>6808366
i'd argue that piss is probably one of, if not THE most /fa/ fetish. It's the kind of thing you'd do with a hot slim model-type after sharing a cigarette.

>> No.6808407

>>6808399
>not light-med bdsm
nah

>> No.6808408

>>6808373

this guy >>6808253

and azurewrath

yea that's about it

>> No.6808406

>>6808399
What the fuck.

>> No.6808436
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MFA is fine, just don't scroll down to the lower voted links on WAYWT's, it's not hard? The top 10 every thread are decent.
They have better conversations which generally stay on topic and never degrade into petty insults, memes and name-calling.
They have some circle-jerking but nothing to the extent of /fa/.
People forget that it is an ADVICE board, so yes, a great deal of users will be novices; go to MF if you want something better.

>p-pls be in london
>Fuck off fat piece of shit

>> No.6808446

>>6808436
>>6808436
>better conversations

nope.dng

Reddit is always so damn tedious to even read. 4chan, for everything, at least has some life and spunk in it.

>> No.6808445

>>6808436

there is no such thing as a 'conversation' on reddit

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>>6808399
>watersports weirdo detected

>> No.6808454

>>6808436
>mf
>better
lel

>> No.6808460

>>6808436
their fits are always the same. they dress in a uniform.

>> No.6808472

>>6808445
This, it's like talking to somebody who has autism.

>> No.6808484

>>6808457
>watersports
oh my fucking lel

>> No.6808485

>>6808460
Look at the top posts, I see no uniformity in the top posts - http://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice/comments/1lemwt/waywt_aug_30th/

>> No.6808502

>>6808436
>>6808485

if you're moronic enough to think reddit has 'better conversations' we'd be happy if you just stayed there

>> No.6808514

Alekzia Hosein is a 21-year old Media and Communications (top lel) student at UofT. She is simultaneously pursuing a certificate in Fashion Co-ordination and Styling at Ryerson University. She had been working as the managing editor of The Mike, the official newspaper of St. Michael's college for about a year and a half.

Alekzia has a passion for fashion. Her mother has money and Alekzia isn't afraid to take full advantage of this. Speaking of family, she also has a cute little sister that looks just like her!

This year, Alekzia wants to eat more honey dew melon, try roller derby, and learn to make/use Gantt charts in planning projects (I can help you with this!)

Fuck... The Internet is a scary place. People on the other side of the world can find out anything about you.

>> No.6808561

>>6808514
>Alekzia has a passion for fashion. Her mother has money and Alekzia isn't afraid to take full advantage of this. Speaking of family, she also has a cute little sister that looks just like her!

Tripskank, tell me this is not part of your official bio. Please.

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are you the guy who used to post on soc i went on for a while then came back like 2 years later and you were still namefagging it up, glad to see you are shitting on other boards now

>> No.6808635

>>6808207

that looks uncomfortable, and that is not his normal way of dressing

>> No.6808628

beard makes you look fatter, i remember from soc you are one ugly fucker , so there is not much we can do in that department
>>6808207

>> No.6808643
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>>6808514
>passion for fashion
you rang?

>> No.6808676

Alekzia, did you end up getting those Frye combat boots? Can I get a pic of you wearing nothing but the boots?

>> No.6808694

>>6808378
>kinks
>"super normal"

>> No.6808698

>>6808514
>She had been working as the managing editor of The Mike, the official newspaper of St. Michael's college for about a year and a half.

the fuck nigger
i'm gonna find a copy now

>> No.6808702

>>6808291
Alekzia, what did you think of Paracosm?

It just didn't grab me like Within and Without did.

>> No.6808735

sometimes i post fits from mfa and mf on 4chan waywt and they always get a good reception lol

i only pick fits that look ridiculous or were posted as a joke (dude with fake geos trying babbys first gn as a joke)

>> No.6808733

>>6808702
washed out fannigs get in here
I loved it, personally. It also grows on you with time.

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>>6808302

>> No.6808825

>>6808472
because 4chan is any different

>> No.6808843

>>6808502
When was the last time you had a meaningful conversation on /fa/?

>> No.6808892

http://dressed.so/user/view/daou0782

I want to have sex with this dude.

No homo.

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>>6808843

when was the last time you had a meaningful conversation on reddit?

edit: wow, thanks for the gold! gee whiz!!

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>>6808892

just awful

>> No.6808984

>>6808207
w2c that long drapey shirt

>> No.6809009

>>6808900
>edit: wow, thanks for the gold! gee whiz!!
i don't evn go on reddit and i have no idea wut gold is but i laffed hard

>> No.6809047

>>6809009
If you make a good post, people will pay money to put an icon next to your post and like, save it or something. There's something else, too, but the thing that gets me is that people are essentially paying money to say "Wow, great post".

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Oh my god I just want to smell Alekzia's feet after a long day of her busy bohemian lifestyle.

>> No.6811214

>>6809047
lol wtf

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Alekzia you are torturing me with glimpses of stinky, sweaty heaven.

>> No.6811260

>>6811208
>>6811236
>please respond

>> No.6811319

>>6811236
does anyone have the weeknd album art version of this pic

>> No.6811345
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6811345

ALEKZIA PLEASE PLEASE PLEAAASSSEEEE STOP IGNORING MEEEE!!!!!

I LOVE YOU PEE IN MY MOUTH I WANT IT I NEED IT WHY ARE YOU DENYING ME YOUR GOLDEN NECTAR I WANT TO FEEL YOUR HOT PISS HITTING THE BACK OF MY THROOOOAAAAAATTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOOOVVVVVVEEEEEE YOOOOUUUUUU!!!!!

>> No.6811361

They blow /fa/ out of the water.

>> No.6811371

HAHA GOOD TROLL REDDIT U SURE SHOWED US GB2 REDDIT NOW HAHA U EXCELLENT RUSER U.

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>>6809047
>people are essentially paying money to say "Wow, great post".
reddit gold upgrades your account and gives it more features or something. the little star thing is a plus.

>> No.6811422

>>6811345
pee is gross what are u doin


u need to stop this nasty ass nigga

>> No.6811425

>>6808253
w2c jacket?

>> No.6811491

>>6808265
w2c bottoms

>> No.6814293
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>> No.6814327

>>6814293
>>>6814251
he just detonated a car bomb in my heart

>> No.6814422

>>6808207
Reddit is not nearly as entertaining as /fa/ it's boring over there. Plus the way you ended your challenge is cringe-y as fuck: "Le reddit army is here now" you sound like a straight nerd aha.

>> No.6815101

>>6808445
compared to 4chan?

>> No.6815108

>>6808900
pretty much every fucking day?

I have to wade through mountains of pure shit to get it though. Not really worth it.

>> No.6815116

I prefer the format of 4chan though

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>>6808399
>implying traps aren't the superior /fa/ fetish

>> No.6815508

>>6808207
He looks good and I like the individual peices but I hate his style. He looks like a weird gypsy.

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>>6808255
i second this

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>>6808924
#rekt

>> No.6815648

>>6808207
That shit only looks good on Asians.
Seeing white people wear things like this in public is hilarious.

>disclaimer. I am white.

>> No.6815660

>>6808207
honestly /fa/ waywts have never been "good" and reddit has never been blatantly worse or better to begin wtih which makes the spite ironically funny

>> No.6815679

>>6808702
within and without bored me to tears, life of leisure was great though

>> No.6815732

>>6808253
pre dope

>> No.6815779

>>6808262
>>6811425
i've got it in black if you wanna buy it for ~4 hunno

>> No.6815818

>>6808217
>>6808245
holy shit I just came from /fit/ and god damn
how fucking skinny are you faggots?
are you really calling him fat?
he doesnt even look overweight
you guys must be hungry skeletons

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>>6815818

>> No.6815866

>>6808217
dude looks hot also pic in OP is a sick fit i wish i could pull that off

>> No.6815899

>>6808924
still more attractive than you and 95% of /fa/

>> No.6815973
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This thread has actually made me realize how much better MFA is than /fa/. I'm /fa/ a few hours a day and I realise there are only a couple of knowledgeable posters. A quick look at the MFA sidebar is all you need to see to realise how much more helpful and knowledgeable they are.

You think the /fa/ WAYWT is superior? are you kidding me? The vast majority of /fa/'s fits are oversized tees, jeans and sneakers. Look at the MFA waywt thread and you'll see variety; menswear, streetwear, goof etc.

I will say that /fa/ is more exciting, it's faster and less moderated so the criticism is more honest, but it's full of nonconstructive criticism spouted by 17yr olds with no idea themselves.

/fa/ would benefit from an ID situation like /soc/ and /b/ where there is at least some accountability for your criticism, and "talk shit, post fit" would actually carry some weight.

>> No.6815981

>>6815973
>how much more helpful

who cares...if youre trying to find a website thats helpful youre in the wrong place, this is entertainment. i dont come here to teach neckbeards how to dress, and im sure most other people arent interested in that either

it doesnt mean one site is better than another, it means they have different intentions

>> No.6815997

>>6815973
>A quick look at the MFA sidebar is all you need to see to realise how much more helpful and knowledgeable they are.

a quick look at the sidebar gives you all the reasons its a shit forum

spoonfeeding retards a uniform to dress in is the worst possible thing you can do

>> No.6816022

>>6815981
You're right, I agree entirely.

You've only criticised one of my points, what do you think about the other things I mentioned?

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>>6815997
Is it though? I don't think so.
Spoon feeding solutions to problems provides a starting point for someone who is a complete novice, everyone needs do develop their personal style, but you NEED a starting point, a base of knowledge which MFA provides.

Imagine coming to /fa/ having no knowledge of fashion at all. It would take you MONTHS to get the same amount of information that just one look at the sidebar would get you.

>> No.6816060

>>6816022

>A quick look at the MFA sidebar is all you need to see to realise how much more helpful and knowledgeable they are.

i dont think the sidebar is representative of the knowledge of the users of the website, and i dont think there are very many posts that demonstrate in depth knowledge of design and the garment industry.

>You think the /fa/ WAYWT is superior? are you kidding me? The vast majority of /fa/'s fits are oversized tees, jeans and sneakers. Look at the MFA waywt thread and you'll see variety; menswear, streetwear, goof etc.

its a bigger website with more users willing to post, with a larger pool and wide range of styles encouraged, its inevitable that there is a greater range of outfits. many horrible, some decent, few excellent. but proportionally, i think /fa/ has better outfits in a given thread than mfa does.

>but it's full of nonconstructive criticism spouted by 17yr olds with no idea themselves.

agree


>/fa/ would benefit from an ID situation like /soc/ and /b/ where there is at least some accountability for your criticism, and "talk shit, post fit" would actually carry some weight.

agree

>> No.6816067

>>6816053

>It would take you MONTHS to get the same amount of information that just one look at the sidebar would get you.

no it didnt. people learn how to dress well quickly without having to use mfa, just fyi its possible and happens all the time.

>> No.6816089

>>6816087
*retard

>> No.6816087

>>6816053
information? yeah im sure helpful guides like "How Clothes SHOULD Fit" (because theres only one RIGHT way) and "Building a Basic Wardrobe" (aka, you NEED x number of y item and 1 peacoat) really lead to interesting and diverse outfits and discussion

>Imagine coming to /fa/ having no knowledge of fashion at all. It would take you MONTHS to get the same amount of information that just one look at the sidebar would get you.

youre expected to know simple shit that a retarded would understand already. do you think sz is shit because it doesnt teach you how the fucking colour wheel works? all those shit guides just attract dumbasses who dont know shit about fashion. which leads to 80000 posts of "what colour clarks desert boots should i get" instead of discussion of runway shows, designers, ect. (not that we dont still get a fuckton of retarded threads)

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>>6816060
1. I think the only commenters which carry legitimate weight are the "Consistent contributors" and I do feel they have a depth of knowledge AND post regularly.

>>6816067
You're right, it is possible but if you had two people just starting out, one using ONLY /fa/ and one using only /MFA I would imagine the MFA novice would progress faster and have a broader appreciation of styles.

>>6816087
I don't think SZ is shit, I never said that (although I don't think it's very user-friendy; perhaps I'm ignorant).
How did you start out your interest in fashion? I'm guessing, like me you started out as one of those "dumbasses who don't know shit about fashion," and progressed by learning through forums.

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mfa looks exactly like what /fa/ looked like during it's first 2 years.

basically no one had any idea what they were doing, everyone was a pleb, there was a massive influx of new people from other boards on a daily basis, and as a result of all this there was a massive emphasis on discussing the basics of fashion and creating charts and infographics about how to dress. there was also a small handful of people who dressed pretty decently and were treated like gods because everyone else was so basic (shineon anyone?).

the only difference is early /fa/ (and earlier incarnations of 4chan in general) was insanely vicious and people got trolled into oblivion (godof/fa/ and J aka banana faggot being great examples). reddit doesn't seem to take kindly to people being doxed or called faggots and being shooped.

but otherwise yeah mfa looks just like early /fa/ and seems to have the same main problem as well which was that the level of dialogue could never reach a particularly high or interesting level. don't get me wrong /fa/ is still struggling with this but it's light years beyond what it used to be. there was seriously a time when owning 1 piece of designer clothing was considered baller as fuck and almost everyone wore raw denim with american apparel. i dont read the waywt threads on here but i certainly get the vibe that there are way more people dropping way more cash than ever before and that's really a good thing for raising the level of discussion of something so consumption based like fashion.

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pretty sure leddit is stuck with way more high schoolers and broke college freshmans than /fa/ ever was. the dialogue isn't at a very high level here but it's higher than it's ever been before and it's the only fashion site with anything resembling real anonymity. the problem is people are judging /fa/ as not being good at things that it shouldn't even be trying to do because it has no registration. /fa/ shouldn't even have a sticky or "always up" threads or WAYWT's for that matter. if you want that shit there will always be sites like leddit et al. that will be able to do it a hundred times better. /fa/ (and 4chan in general) is best for quick flippant no frills attached anonymous discussions and spontaneity, it should be as informal as possible. in that regard we kick the shit out of every other fashion site including leddit where i'm sure everyone has to curate and edit themselves or is routinely pandering for upvotes or where dissenting opinions are downvoted and hidden or where everything is highly structured and rigid and peoples value is judged based on their karma points and not their posting quality. come to think of it, how the fuck could anyone in this thread think leddit could ever be anything but an incredibly shitty sterilized corporate knock off of 4chan?

>> No.6816454

>>6816087
>>6816157
>>6816449
>>6816452
autism

>> No.6816463

>>6816454
Thanks for contributing to the discussion.

>> No.6816465

it's not really worth comparing mfa to /fa/

/fa/ is not an advice board. /fa/ does not stand for 'fashion advice'.

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>>6816449
Probably the best and most concise description of old /fa/ yet. Its always so frustrating when people lament the current state of /fa/ as having gone through a stylistic regression from a supposed golden age of menswear when in actuality the level of discussion was incredibly pedestrian and rigidly adhered to traditional menswear, hedi was the only designer anyone knew, and lookbook-tier bullshit was held as the end all, be all of fashion.

I think the evolution from a board that once unquestioningly considered H&M as a solid place to shop to one where any mention of it gets lambasted into oblivion is good progress.

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>>6816581

Totally, however some days I do look back and think but holy shit was it entertaining.

There will never be as much tripfag drama as early /fa/. It's actually crazy to think there are people on 4chan who never experienced it pre-/soc/ the attention whoring was simultaneously infuriating and yet so incredibly satisfying and hilarious when people would band together to attack someone. It was like we all mutually bonded over hating the people who had to make a thread about themselves every day. Also what about the Miranda Priestly reveal? Nothing like that will probably ever happen again. The IRC channel was dope as hell too and I actually still keep in touch with 5~ or so people from there. I dunno it felt more like a community back then even if the level of discussion was much weaker.

I dunno I'm probably extremely biased because it was when I was first getting into not just clothes but music, film, art, etc. I actually almost trashed my apartment the other day because I majorly fucked up a sample I was sewing and putting on some music from /fa/ circa 2008 actually calmed me down enough to get my shit together. So it really is a period I look back on with fondness for all it's faults. I even kind of miss the people I hated.

Oh well, life goes on.

>> No.6816740

>>6816729
>tfw when you missed the golden age of /fa/

feels wierd to think i've been here from 2010 tho

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such a shit thread culminating so warmly

#_____#
thankubasedfagorak

>> No.6816889

>>6816729
>I actually almost trashed my apartment
what does this mean? did you actually destroy something?

>> No.6816908

>>6816740
>tfw you're just some new fucker who came winter 2012

>> No.6816915

>>6808239
why arent you a model then you ugly fuck manlet

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>>6816729
I think anyone whose been around since the inception of /fa/ and has still managed to somehow stick around for over half a decade can agree that the board is better than it used to be, but it's also hard to not look back on the early days with fondness. Obviously none of us knew what we were doing, but there was a certain kinship that sprouted from our ignorance as we tried to figure out what this whole fashion thing was all about and attempted to establish an identity for our board. And of course, since we could only discuss Topman and look at Sartorialist pictures so much, I think that led us to more readily jump onto off-topic/meta/OC things than we do today. These days people like to reference slater and casemods as being the defining tripfags of old /fa/, but they obviously weren't around for godof/fa/, miranda, coolguy22, unpop, etc. who paved the way for the personality trips and the subsequent tripfag circlejerk that was 2009-2011 /fa/. The discussions were shit, sure, but it was nonetheless important in establishing the foundations of the board and I think that's why we're so fond of it; we helped make something together.

For many people, old /fa/ died after the mirandabags drama, but for me it was when hipsteryouth left the board. He was such an integral part in defining the boards culture by being the antithesis of the personality trip and engaging with the community in a positive, helpful way. I think its a shame how his contributions are glossed over because he really did invest a lot of time in producing fashion-related content and showed us that you can be a trip without smothering the board with your personal life.

>> No.6817129

>>6816581
>Its always so frustrating when people lament the current state of /fa/ as having gone through a stylistic regression from a supposed golden age of menswear when in actuality the level of discussion was incredibly pedestrian and rigidly adhered to traditional menswear
lol this
I thought Anorak made an interest post about regular threads, that 4chan isn't really conducive to producing good WAYWTs

At the same time I feel like a lot of the visible progress made is more easily measured by our WAYWTs.

>> No.6817143

>>6817028

I tend to think it was around when knoch left, ripip

>> No.6817243

>>6808460
and /fa/ doesn't? HA

>> No.6817274

>>6816053
You either weren't here or have forgotten, but there was a time when guides were king on /fa/. All it left us with was a set of newfags who thought they were king-shit because they spent an afternoon reading a few infografics. People would actually argue over good fits because there was a 'rule' which couldn't be broken. /fa/ is still pig headed, but at least it's better than it was.

I don't like to shit on MFA because there was a time when we were virtually identical and yet would get the same type of threads circle-jerking how good we were.

>> No.6817335

>>6808643
ahaha fuck you anon
gf just woke up to the sound of my keks

>> No.6819623

>>6817028
>discussions about topman
i remember how i would always post in those threads about how badly made their clothes were
that was like 6 years ago
fuck

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>>6816889

Yeah, pretty much, angriest I've been in a really long time.

>>6817028

Yeah, totally feeling this post, also it's pretty surprising how few people who were into fashion 5 years ago are still into it today. It's weird for me because it's the thing I care about the most but I forget plenty of stuff came before it like film, music, video games, anime whatever and that fashion for a lot of people is just another niche little thing they get into really hardcore for a couple years than drop for the next thing. Even people who seem like they'd never grow out of it (JOEJONAS...) have moved on.

>These days people like to reference slater and casemods as being the defining tripfags of old /fa/, but they obviously weren't around for godof/fa/, miranda, coolguy22, unpop, etc. who paved the way for the personality trips and the subsequent tripfag circlejerk that was 2009-2011 /fa/.

To me /fa/ could be divided up into these periods:

1) Not safe for work /fa/. From day 1 until I think a few weeks later when moot turned it into a blue board. It was a massive lightning rod for fagfags who didn't have stuff like /hm/ or /lgbt/ so they kind of took it over and it became a gay porn dump with occasional fashion discussion.

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2) Proto-/fa/. After moot turned it into a blue board the whole atmosphere changed and the focus on fashion became much stronger. This period maybe lasted for 2-3 months and was kind of where you had new people tripping every day and identities were beginning to form and people were beginning to either like or dislike certain posters. Also this was kind of when the first memes hadn't really started but the groundwork was being laid. Like no one at the time new that a year later you'd be able to say "oh look a haircut thread how surprising" and everyone would giggle.

3) Golden age /fa/. This was when solid tripfag identities had been established and certain patterns in thread creation now existed and you had an IRC channel and people working together to make infographics and was just generally what I would describe as the period when /fa/ was the most productive and the most tight knit.

4) Fall of the Roman empire /fa/. At this point /fa/ was probably at the lowest that it's ever been, you had 2-3 cliques of tripfags that all hated each other and most of the decent tripfags had been chased away. I can remember taking part in this period and sort of just being like. You know what I'm bored of talking about hitler youths and raw dennys im basically going to shit on every thread i come across in the most ridiculous way possible and only reply seriously to real fashion threads. I think my thought train was that it would foster good discussion but all it did was egg on other tripfags to sort of do the same thing. Also it got to a point when I did reply seriously everyone thought I was trolling anyway.

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That's the best history I can put together but its important to know I was only truly active from 08 to 10, kind of took a sabbatical from 11-12, and now i've shown up again in 13. Although I did lurk intermediately during the period I was away.

>For many people, old /fa/ died after the mirandabags drama, but for me it was when hipsteryouth left the board.

Haha crazy, I dunno for me it was really fall of the roman empire /fa/ which I look upon with fond memories but everyone else will consider the ultimate low point of the board. It was so fucking decadent and ridiculous I dunno what the fuck I was on back then but some of the shit I came up with still makes me laugh. imo it was a period that had to happen, we needed a tripfag treblinka in order for the board to start over anew, the type of posting I took part in was so negative and accumulated so much detritus but yeah holy shit it was hilarious.

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5) Final chapter /fa/. I don't remember it happening with a bang but more like a very quick fizzle. It felt like all the tripfags mentioned above somehow got mutually bored at the exact same time and left. The IRC channel was gone, the competing tinychat kind of disappeared and honestly this was maybe the strangest period /fa/ has been through. It was seriously like the day before you had 20+ tripfags all calling each other faggots in the most imaginative ways possible and then all of the sudden they were all gone. The board had gone from totally hilarious to completely boring but it was the beginning of the healing process. It was pretty much /fa/ starting over from ground zero. I took a leave of absence during this period so the next couple entries will be kind of murky.

6) New iron age /fa/. I guess this is when people like slater and casemods first showed up. I agree that I find it really bizarre when people say they were the defining tripfags of /fa/ because they showed up so late to the game. How I feel it went down is they became so notorious because they started posting in the period when /fa/ had the least tripfags, I'm pretty sure this whole portion was kind of just them fucking around and the rest of the board being anon and trying to patch things up.

7) Renaissance /fa/. I'd say this is probably the period we're in now but someone who has actually been around for most of it would probably be able to split it up into many separate categories. Like if I knew when he first showed up I would probably say twerk and his band of merry men ushered in a new era by promoting the dialogue. Also whenever regular WAYWT threads started happening because that is something that never existed on /fa/ before. You sort of had them in the first 2 years but hardly anyone posted and they were really vicious and didn't really benefit anyone.

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Oh also on that note I hung out with hipsteryouth when I went to montreal, he's the french friend I mention in pic related. He's not huge into fashion anymore but still keeps up to date, he wears stuff like norse projects, acne, and apc. He has a fiance and works with an insurance company (sounds lame but he makes bank and basically gets to crunch numbers on his own and then collude with 2 other guys who do the same thing once a week, so no real co-workers, bosses, or general office shit). He travels a lot and is living pretty damn good. We barely talked about /fa/ though (read: not at all) he's a decent bit older than me (pushing 30) and doesn't really fuck with the internet much anymore. But yeah he's just as cool offline as he was online, just a really nice dude who really loves to show / teach people stuff.

>>6817129

>At the same time I feel like a lot of the visible progress made is more easily measured by our WAYWTs.

Yeah this is totally true, the fact that people can have a WAYWT thread at all without it devolving into shit flinging is a really good sign of the times.

>> No.6820435

>>6820383
>>6820395
>>6820401
>>6820408
>>6820418
how fucking autistic are you holy shit

>> No.6820477

>>6820435
this

who the fuck cares about that gay ass meta shit

kill yourself anorak

>> No.6820480 [DELETED] 

>>6820418
autism

>> No.6820501

>>6817028
>pic
>i will call it the riddler

>> No.6820507

>>6820477
wile i 100% agree w/ u its not like he'll evr leave
he's been here longer than us

this shit essentially boils down to "hurrrr spammed /soc/ shit all the time and MEMORIES"

like fuck did you guys not socialize in high school jesus fucking christ

This is why i only come here to download pictures

>> No.6820713

>>6815779

what is the brand

>> No.6821712

>>6820383
>>6820395
>>6820401
>>6820408
>>6820418

informative.
i like u anorak boi. ur my second favorite after fashion god twerk it.

>> No.6821892

>>6820401
I forgot about Bill. I loved his posts.

>> No.6825191

>>6820713
silent

>> No.6825204

>>6820401
I think toys'r'us kid and poet showed up at a fairly similar time and were like all positive and shit, which was pretty weird. I think that actually started a pretty big change in the culture.

also I think the /fa/-reddit crossover has become really large. people go through the motions of insulting mfa but it's not the same kind of deal as it used to be

>> No.6825211

>>6820713
its damir doma i think

>> No.6825231

>>6820507
>This is why i only come here to download pictures

Everything I learned from /fa/ about dressing well has been through images.
Everything else I've learned on /fa/ has just been learning about /fa/.