# Is anyone really wearing this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094 "2004-06-13T06:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/1 "2004-06-13T06:52:01Z")
I’ve purchased items from [International Male](http://www.internationalmale.com/default.asp) in the past, and have been pleased with the quality of the items. Maybe I’m behind the times, but some of the things I’ve seen in their recent catalogs strike me as really weird. I’m truely not trying to offend anyones sense of taste, but [this](http://www.internationalmale.com/product.asp?product=IK1040BLUEzz&dept%5Fid=10230&An=101&A=&Au=RollupKey) looks to me like something right out of The Music Man. Is this representative of modern fashion? Is anyone really wearing this? I mean besides used car salesmen and carnival barkers. ---
**Author:** ![Thaumaturge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Thaumaturge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaumaturge)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/2 "2004-06-13T06:56:31Z")
The yellow and blue one looks horrible, but the one on the right is halfway decent. I wouldn’t wear either though. I prefer dark solid neutral colors. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/3 "2004-06-13T07:03:28Z")
> [@Thaumaturge](#): > > The yellow and blue one looks horrible, but the one on the right is halfway decent. I dislike both, but that gold & blue one is ridiculous. Where would a guy wear such an outfit? Certainly not a wedding or funeral or business meeting. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/4 "2004-06-13T07:22:21Z")
Hahahahaha, Thanks for the laugh, **pkbites** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/5 "2004-06-13T10:47:20Z")
I looked at those suits and all I could think of was “Ice Cream Pimp”… ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/6 "2004-06-13T11:32:01Z")
AHHH!!! MY EYES, MY EYES THEY BURN THEY BURN… It burns when I pee now… ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/7 "2004-06-13T11:39:34Z")
they could certainly wear it to the Bloomsday celebrations in Dublin, which happen to be today! ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/8 "2004-06-13T11:45:49Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Where would a guy wear such an outfit? A beach riot. In Brighton. In the early 1960s. I can think of few excuses in _this_ century not involving musical theater. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/9 "2004-06-13T11:54:46Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Maybe I’m behind the times, but some of the things I’ve seen in their recent catalogs strike me as really weird. > I’m truely not trying to offend anyones sense of taste, but [this](http://www.internationalmale.com/product.asp?product=IK1040BLUEzz&dept%5Fid=10230&An=101&A=&Au=RollupKey) looks to me like something right out of The Music Man. How dare you sully _The Music Man_ like that. Now go listen to _76 Trombones_ until you come to your senses. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/10 "2004-06-13T12:58:37Z")
Geez, thats a hard sell… but for some odd reason I actually like it. No way in hell I could pull it off though… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/11 "2004-06-13T13:03:41Z")
actually, I know what I like it. The reason it looks horrible is because of the symmetry. If they tweaked the color scheme slightly on one side and slightly tweaked the direction/shade of a stripe or two on the other side it could look quite modern/edgy. the color schemes still a hard sell though… ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/12 "2004-06-13T13:04:44Z")
Creflo Dollar could pull those off. I think that is how he makes believers, he dazzles and hypnotises them with his suits 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monkeypants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Monkeypants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkeypants)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/13 "2004-06-13T14:10:31Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > I’ve purchased items from [International Male](http://www.internationalmale.com/default.asp) in the past, and have been pleased with the quality of the items. Man, for as long as I can remember, that catalog has been an object of ridicule. I’m glad you’ve been happy in the past, but get out. Get out now. [This](http://www.internationalmale.com/product.asp?product=F468zz&dept%5Fid=10270&An=101&A=&Au=RollupKey) wouldn’t be appropriate in Times Square Mark I or II. Next, look at [this](http://www.internationalmale.com/product.asp?product=H828LBLACKzz&dept%5Fid=10370&An=101&A=&Au=RollupKey) picture and yell “Squawk!” It’s kind of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/14 "2004-06-13T14:25:35Z")
No fur, elegant or not. But the leather trenchcoat? My heart is going pitter patter, I’m freakin twitterpated! ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/15 "2004-06-13T14:38:19Z")
Oh, come on. Those striped suits are perfect for a young man to wear on an afternoon spent boating on the lake. In 1885. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/16 "2004-06-13T14:51:39Z")
Doesn’t Matthew Broderick, who starred in a production of The Music Man even, wear stuff like that? I swear I’ve seen pics of him and SJP that immediately made me think of the Good Humor man. [Close, but not nearly as bad](http://www.bbv-net.de/news/journal/bildershows_hollywood/parker/jessica_parker_sex_in_the_city_2_ap.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/17 "2004-06-13T15:16:35Z")
Browsing through the International Male site (some of the stuff does look pretty sharp, but the rest…comedy gold!), I see they also have [this](http://www.internationalmale.com/product.asp?product=IK2440IVORYzz&dept%5Fid=10230&An=101&A=&Au=RollupKey) similar ensemble. It’s the lavender shoes that really complete the look. And of course “Every well-dressed man needs a summer suit such as [this one](http://www.internationalmale.com/product.asp?product=IK2540BLUEzz&dept%5Fid=10230&An=101&A=&Au=RollupKey)”…provided he lives in Candyland. And is somehow employed in the sex trade industry. At least [this little number](http://www.internationalmale.com/Parent.asp?product=I901Ux&dept%5Fid=10230&An=101&A=&Au=RollupKey) would make you look like a Bond villain, so that’s kinda cool. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/18 "2004-06-13T15:30:38Z")
Tony Randall could have worn that suit and gotten away with it. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/19 "2004-06-13T15:41:51Z")
> [@Krisfer the Cat](#): > > No fur, elegant or not. > > But the leather trenchcoat? My heart is going pitter patter, I’m freakin twitterpated! Second that… Those trenchcoats are just… yum. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094/20 "2004-06-13T15:46:08Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Certainly not a [funeral]. [British accent]Sorry about your loss![/BA] :taps away: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-really-wearing-this/250094.md?page=2)