And just when you thought you had seen it all in threads on this forum!!! [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]


For those a bit more fashion aware than myself maybe you could give some tips and answer any questions on fashion that Ironworkers have? We could make this forum the best-dressed gaming forum on the net ;)


Q1. Are white sport socks so Michael Jackson? Are white trainers so Run DMC? What should one wear on ones feet in a casual occasion? White always seemed a stupid coulor but what should replace it?

[ 10-11-2005, 08:17 PM: Message edited by: wellard ]

Don't know a thing about fashion. You cannot find your personal style wearing brandware. Try not to buy things if you cannot answer the question "why should I buy this?". Do not trust advertisement or other media. They generally only stay fresh for a few months - your life lasts to the final breath. If you cannot afford to make it yourself make sure you shop around with a purpose. Experiment out of the box. Make sure you understand what everything does and why it does it. Use it to emphasize strong points and hide weak points.

[ 10-11-2005, 08:25 PM: Message edited by: mad=dog ]

I don't give a rats ass about fashion, and what's hip or not. I wear whatever makes me feel the most comfortable, which are usually a pair of jeans, t-shirt or sweater (depending on the weather), and Nike sneakers. Casual is my middle name. :D

Footwear for men: black or brown. They never go out of style. Just mind that you don't mix the two (re: pants). Navy works better with black.

Personally, I have a few pairs of shoes, one pair is grey, the other is brown/black (they work fine together on the same shoe, but they're ONLY for truly casual, like with jeans or khakis, NOT dress pants), and my dress-shoes are black.

Personally, I find that my most stylish outfits emphasize a couple of things, both dealing with color...one is black, which matches my (very dark brown) hair, or green, which emphasizes my (green) eyes...

I have VERY few stylish outfits that include the colors yellow, light blue, or red.

Also...getting clothes that fit is very important to style. Droopy clothes may be acceptable to hip-hop...but for contemporary style, wear something that feels like it was made for you.

Dear lord, I swear I'm a physicist, not a fashionista...

[ 10-11-2005, 10:04 PM: Message edited by: Ilander ]

My usual attire: t-shirt(even in the winter. [img]tongue.gif[/img] ), blue jeans, white shoes. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

WHite socks with tennis shoes, in my book. Not really with anything else.

After that, solids are better than patterns. Harder to go wrong there.

Blue is the new white.

LMAO Ilander [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]


Sure white sock with white tennis shoes do match but is the whole white thing a bit 80's + 90's and just a tad wrong these days?

Yet if wearing shorts and trainers getting socks to match or look alright seems vey hard. Where is Dave the quack when you need him? [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Fashion question number two [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Q2... What should be the punishment for wearing speedo's (budgie smugglers) instead of board shorts at a pool party? [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

OMG - death. Yes, it sounds harsh, but then so are speedos [img]graemlins/idontagreeatall.gif[/img]

Totally white sneakers aren't really that fashionable anyway, so the white-on-white issue is a bit moot. Most trendy sports socks are short ankle socks too, so you aren't seeing a huge sea of white. This also helps the shorts with trainers dealy. Most guys are going with the jesus sandals/deck shoes/leather thongs (like you might get in Colorado [the shop, not the state]) for a casual occasion, I think. I particularly hate jeans with white sneakers. No good at all. I blame Jerry Seinfeld for that disaster.

I love clothes and fashion. I don't agree with mad=dog's "Do not trust advertisement or other media. They generally only stay fresh for a few months - your life lasts to the final breath." - what does the length of your life have to do with the clothes you wear? Are you suggesting that people should wear the exact same style for the rest of their lives? I like buying new clothes every season - I find myself getting so weary of all my old clothes by the end of winter or summer that I need to go shopping to spice up my wardrobe. I don't usually buy a lot of things but enough to spruce myself up a bit. Of course there are certain types of clothes I would never wear regardless of whether they are considered 'trendy' this season, because they just wouldn't suit me or I don't think they look good. But there's nothing wrong with following trends as long as you spend within your means and pick styles that flatter you.

And of course like any respectable woman, I love me some shoes. I am loving having to dress up more for uni these days with working at the psych clinic - I can indulge my love of frivolous high heels without knowing I have nowhere to wear them.

Not at all. I am suggesting that if you follow the whim of media and commercialism you will generally find you have to "spice up the wardrobe" without knowing why you had to do it. Also you will only buy a brief relief from the ghost that consumes us all - the need to feel accepted. I just wanted to say that rather than focus you choice on what other people think (let's face it - the seller is hardly a neutral witness) it is better to focus the choices on yourself and your own well-being. That way (God forbid) you may actually wind up buying stuff you may want to wear again after giving it a resting period. Or combine backwards with your old wardrobe. Why? Because your clothes reflects you and not a glossy poster image in Cosmo. Looking at the remainder of your post I gather that you actually agree to some extend.

Fashion scares me. I think it stems from my natural fear of shopping for clothes. It's quite possible for me to walk around clothing stores all day and come home with only one or two items. And then not wear them.

I can't stand the saleswomen (not being sexist here, i never see a clothing salesman) that pressure you into buying stuff. They have an extra spectrum of vision that highlights the aura of indecisiveness and then they zero in with an armful of suggestions, praising whatever you try on regardless of how it fits. Going shopping with a GF is almost as bad, but at least they've the good sense to tell you honestly. ( :( ) Yep, clothes shopping and fashion are two of my least desirables.

[Edit: We have to be fashion conscious about socks now?! That does it. They were the one and only item i didn't have to stress over.]

[ 10-12-2005, 08:54 AM: Message edited by: Sever ]

OH NOOOOOOOO - why didn't you TELL ME!!!!! ;) - I am sure we went to the football and shopping in that very combination. At least I was better dressed for the wedding.

Oh the shame - oh the ignomony. I am crushed - Davros the fashion disaster. I shall have to go into the garden and eat worms.

How does that song go again :

Nobody loves me
Everybody hates me
Think I'll go eat worms

Fat ones skinny ones
Big ones slimy ones
Ones that squiggle and squirm

[img]smile.gif[/img] .

Ones that wiggle, dumbass. Jeez. Don't you know anything? [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D

[Edit: The only plus for speedos is the absence of the wiggle factor. Not sure what girls think of this, or speedos in general, but offenders should be made to wear blue denim and white sneekers.]

[ 10-12-2005, 10:40 AM: Message edited by: Sever ]

Note that I didn't say white socks with white tennis shoes, just tennis shoes. Or sneakers. Or gym shoes. Or whatever else you want to call 'em.

White socks with dress shoes? Not unless the whole outfit's white, I do believe.

I don't wear those teeny little ankle socks, but I do wear my tube socks pushed down for the most part. I just don't get that "white up to the kneecap" look... :shakes head:

As for speedos, there's just one question: do you have a body that merits speedos? If not, it's off to the brig with a baggy hawaiian shirt with you!

If you're one of those lucky men with NO body hair, a chiseled physique, AND confidence in your...*ahem* "garden tool," then you can wear a speedo.

Remember, it's basically the same as being naked, maybe a wrung or two lower on the fashion scale.

Oh, and ankle socks rock. You wouldn't catch me dead in a pair of tennis-shoes with tall socks, mostly because the tall socks irritate the crap out of my leg hair!

Ilander, we from Kentucky have to be careful. Wrung is what you did to the neck of a guy who pissed you off. It's the past tense and past participle of wring. A ladder has rungs, however.

Wellard, in warm weather, I wear sandals. Either my Birks or Chaco sport sandals, mostly. For closed-toed casual affairs, I will wear either my leather Doc Martins or my most recent wardrobe addition, a tan/brown pair of Adidas made of hemp. Sometimes I'll go all lumberjack and wear my Gore-tex hiking boots, but rarely -- unless there's snow.

Sneakers, or trainers for non-US folks, I reserve for, well... training. You'll see me in them when I'm running, etc., but otherwise never.

White socks are goofy, especially when pulled up. When wearing casual attire, I usually go with white ankle socks. If you mix colored/dress socks with sneaks/trainers, you are officially a fnerd.

[ 10-12-2005, 12:29 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]

Corection noted Bungleau ...sorry :D


It seems as though the visible pulled up high white sock syndrome a la Michael Jackson (the black era) is now officially over.

Has anyone else got any fashion questions or advice?

Yeah, I got this leather accessory item that you wear on your head. It's pretty strappy, and it has a little ball that goes in your mouth. What kind of outfit and social settings would this little gem go well with?

Aren't they the things you strap on die hard extreme conservatives - just before you place them in front of a TV with Micheal Moore videos on looped replay? :D

You forgot the dead hooker and cocaine, followed by a call to police, but you're on the right track.

White tennis shoes and socks are fine to me for guys. When wearing shorts just omit the socks, again fine to me. Now wearing shorts with socks, especially black ones, is just hilarious to me. I guess fashion is one of those things that is a taste thing.

And judging from some new styles I've seen the past few years, like regarding jeans (posted here about it before), you are better off being old fashioned LOL.

When is the baggy pants that are falling down going to finally end as a trend for guys? I so much more preferred the tight jeans on men. :D

LOL @ the above [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img]


Okay then fashion question #3 :D


Q3... What is the right level of Jewelry?

Too much and you look like some dodgy drug dealer or bling laden (sister of bin laden?) gangsters moll. To little and maybe the effect is just cheap. Advice and opinions please Ironworkers [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

Got pretty ears? Wear nice earrings. Got elegant hands? Wear a ring, maybe two. Use it to emphasize the most beautiful parts of your body - but beware; you want attention on yourself, not the jewelry.
Jewelry is like flowers - expensive and useless. The perfect symbol of self-sacrifice. Perhaps the reason why women like it so much? I don't know. Rather, I don't care.

Nada of that. It's funny, these days jewelry is called blingbling and seems to be some kind of status symbol, while some 15 years ago, if you were wearing some bigass gold necklace or something, people would point and laugh at you and call you gipsyking or some such :D

How times have changed.

For guys, definitely - jeans that fall down to reveal undies is a terrible look. You don't see that many guys dressing like that these days though - only a specific type I think. It's not 'mainstream' fashion anyway ;)

The recent jeans styles for chicks, however - very good. I will never ever wear a high-waisted pair of jeans (or any pants or skirt) again. Hipsters are so much more comfortable and they flatter every body type (unless you wear them too low and too tight with a short shirt and have an unflattering muffin-top, of course ;) ).

I think the 'rule' is wear either conspicuous earrings or a necklace or a bracelet but not all at once. And apparently not a whole matching set because that's a bit 'nanna-ish' :D

I DESPISE baggy jeans...though tight jeans are also horrible for men, especially given the trend in undergarments...

Agrees with Aelia. Hipsters for women are a great look. Can't recall exactly when they came in, but they can stay as long as they want. Together with that funny hip band. (dunno the name but it's supposed to fix the plumber's crack phenomenom you get with hipsters [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] ) Every girl seems to be wearing this lately.

[Edit: Ooh, and boy-leg undies. Can you say sexy?]

[ 10-13-2005, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: Sever ]

High red striped socks, shiny black shoes, one pocket cargo pants, a large belt, big bow tie, checkered shirt, giant rimmed glasses, flat combover, pants must, i repeat, MUST come over your waist to look extra cool for the computers.

You must have a snort in your laugh, you must speak in a weird nerd voice (to attract the chicks) and spray some voodoo lynx all over you.

Tight jeans, on MEN horrible? I disagree [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D

Seriously, if you can pull it off, do it. That's my motto. *sniggers*


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I do agree that chicken legs are very very very unfashionable, but baggy jeans are just, well, for people with not-so-flattering "behinds" and "front-bums".

[img]graemlins/1drinkspit.gif[/img] LMAO.

I'm glad you think I'm so fashionable mate. Or is this a stereotype at it's best? Unfortunately, I don't consider myself a Sarah Jessica Parker or Carson from Queer Eye, but I WILL say this.

STOP floral hawaiian shirts on men!
STOP ALL FORMS OF SLACKS
Women should NOT wear any form of leggings or pants that come up to their belly-button, lest they wish me to call them Harry (or Hermione) Highpants.
THROW OUT ALL OVERALLS.
Teenage boys should only wear baseball caps the way they were intended; to the front. You are NOT COOL.
Boys: Do NOT wear white shoes with any socks that are not white. It's just not a good look.

And unfortunately Aelia, the phenomenon of boys and men wearing jeans with white shoes and socks is NOT going anywhere. It is still considered a good look of the time, and plus - there are just not enough nice "non-white" casual shoes around.

Just my bitch for the day, er, night. :D

If you buy 20 identical pairs of socks, you never have to worry about pairless socks again.

It must just be me, but I swear that this logic doesn't work. In essence it SHOULD, but say you end up washing whites with reds.... and the elastic in some identical pairs of socks seems to stretch at different times and well...

It's just freakin' messy business is what it is. But kudos to you if it works past the third week.

Tight jeans, on MEN horrible? I disagree [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D

Seriously, if you can pull it off, do it. That's my motto. *sniggers*


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I do agree that chicken legs are very very very unfashionable, but baggy jeans are just, well, for people with not-so-flattering "behinds" and "front-bums". </font>[/QUOTE]Well, let's face it...with boxers, tight jeans are a nuisance...and anything besides boxers are more of a nuisance. :D

If it weren't for jeans, i could do away with jocks completely. Boxers are good. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

I wear rock shirts and denims jeans 1 size above. And for chicks i'd say.. Tight white shirt holding a large beer with a mini skirt, thats the way of life! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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Ha Ha! I knew that would get you to bite [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] *slaps dave hard* [img]tongue.gif[/img]


Eh what! you mean I did not look uber cool??? [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]


It was a erm ahhh *cough* statement of fashion deconstruction post neo con imperial irony .... please! as if anyone would think otherwise, right Dave [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[ 10-14-2005, 06:57 AM: Message edited by: wellard ]