Well, since he’s in another country, it doesn’t make a difference one way or the other. But I can still look.
The same thing that happens with the universal Plain White Sneakers. What, you thought those were solid? The mesh top provides little to no protection, especially against liquids.
Bizarre because they presumably still allow sneakers, as opposed to sealed shoes more readily associated with environment suits.
Nitpick: It was actually ten posts later – see #5 and #15, respectively, in the thread.
I’ve been told that sneakers, even with short socks, shouldn’t be worn with shorts. That leaves sandals and flip-flops, which are far from comfortable for walks of more than a couple blocks, and hiking boots, which I’m told looks “fake unless you live in Colorado.”
My clothing reacions:
Old lady fashions (bright pink and green polyester pants, big florals, etc). WHY? Really, WHY? The colors are awful, and they must be uncomfortable as hell. Where do they get 'em? I’ve heard three theories about the source of old lady clothes:
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They’re vintage from the 1970s. Still, who would keep a significant part of their wardrobe around for 30 years? Besides, I can’t really think of a time when the style of clothing worn by elderly women was fashionable.
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There’s an “old people’s clothes” section at Kmart. Of the few that remain, though, I’ve never seen such a section. Really, I didn’t really see any “old lady” clothing there at any Kmart; it’s not like Kmart clothes are any worse than Wal-Mart.
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Blair catalog. Maybe, but I have a difficult time believing that one mail order company supplies the entire wardrobe of tens of millions of Americans. I mean, LL Bean has a customer base of millions, but few have an entire wardrobe consisting of nothing but their clothes.
Pinky rings. When did this start? Why are they popular among a certain subset of overweight Italian-Americans?
Popped collars. Heh. At breakfast a couple of weeks ago I kept quietly smirking at a douchebag a few tables away wearing a polo shirt with a popped collar. I bet my GF that a Google Image Search for “douchebag” would return multiple examples of the same thing on the first page. (Too easy.)
I don’t see my personal prejudice listed here, though: Noisssssy clothes. I don’t want to hear you ambulating.
This category includes flip-flops, rockin’ eighties stylee parachute pants, and anything else that regularly swishes, flaps, or whatnot.
By coincidence there is not one item of noisy clothing that is not also horribly ugly.
(I grit my teeth every time my wife puts on that horrible purple vinyl anorak. Ugh.)
Then I believe the correct term is “manpris.” You know, like this guy.
Damn edit window. One more:
ROOTS CANADA sweatshirts worn Stateside. Head to Toronto, and it seems like people north of the border dress more-or-less like middle-class Americans. When Torontonians visit Buffalo, though, they transform into Ugly Canadians, wearing a wardrobe that consists almost entirely of ROOTS CANADA sweatshirts, or otherwise anything else adorned with maple leafs. To the eyes of many in Buffalo, such apparel screams “I’M A PUSHY CANADIAN, AND I’M GOING TO BE RUDE TO RETAIL WORKERS, UNDERTIP RESTAURANT SERVERS, AND CRACK TIRED INSULTS ABOUT BUFFALO AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY! IRV WEINSTEIN FIRE IN TONAWANDA LOL!!!”
**Any t-shirts from this link**: makes me hold my breath and expect the worst.
I have very few specific fashion items that set me off - I just hate people who can’t be farked to dress appropriately for various (funerals, weddings, business meetings, etc) events.
I will say that leggings and stiletto heels offend every sensibility I have.
VCNJ~
Re: long shirts
I don’t like my shirt to bunch up around my waist or when pulled down to cover my ass. Also, “regular” shirts on me stay put and don’t show off my goods (or stomach fat). I am talking about shirts that actually blur the line between shirt and short dress. Regular shirts on me (tshirts, polos, etc) tend to cover my belt but not really go much longer. Some nice shirts are slightly longer. But when I hold up a t-shirt and it takes me a second to decide whether it is a shirt and not a dress, way too long. And this one was more of “damnit why do they keep selling these instead of not-long shirts” because I don’t like to wear them personally. And I tend to always be cold or want to mask any flabness and often wear an undershirt tucked into my pants so I never show stomach skin.
Re: sneakers/shorts
I see no problem for anyone to wear some decent shorts, a polo or something, and some not disgusting sneakers. My google-fu is weak but I see TONS of guys, especially younger guys, wearing some khaki shorts, polo, and nice sneakers and look good. My boyfriend is one example. Not everyone has sandal feet, some conditions require sneakers (lots of walking maybe), and hiking boots would look waaaaay more stupid unless you were actually hiking.
And y’all can hate on my flip flops but I spend $5 for 2 pairs that last me a looooong time. My sneakers last way longer because I only wear them when it is cold or activity necessitates. I do my best to keep the noise to a minimum.
I knew before I clicked this it was going to be a K-Fed reference. And I’ll point out that mine are much closer-fitting, and a little shorter than his. They look like, you know, short pants. His look like he got drunk and cut the bottoms off a pair of douchebag cargo pants.
That brim on baseball caps? It’s meant to shade your eyes from the sun.
Fashion rules don’t apply when you wear things for work. I mean, I wouldn’t wear safety shoes to a formal dinner, but it’s okay to wear them in a place where you need safety shoes.
Douchebags wear plaid shorts. Now that’s not to say that everyone who wears plaid shorts is a douchebag, but if you do decide to wear them, you run the risk of having people mistake you for a douchebag.
Jazz hats.
Castro hats. I’ve been seeing girls my age starting to sport these.
Oh, and if you’re a guy, and you’re not at the pool or the beach, there’s no excuse for wearing flip flops.
The brim on a baseball cap is meant to shade your eyes from the sun. The sun is the big glowing thing that wakes you up in the morning.
Your eyes are located on the front of your face. Just below your forehead. And on either side of your nose.
To correctly find the front of your face, stand at attention (you can achieve this if you watch the movie ‘Stripes’)
Now, with each hand, grab your closest ear (your arm should not cross over your chest).
While holding onto your ears, slowly look down. You should see two feet.
You’re half way there.
Place the cap on your head. If you look up with your eyes and do not see the brim, while holding your head steady, slowly rotate the cap on your head (while looking at your feet) until both of your eyes can see the brim.
Bingo.
I know Chuck Taylors are a very popular sneaker, but whenever I see somebody wearing them, not matter how well-met they are otherwise, I’m always turned off just a little.
I can stand them for some reason. Maybe it has to do with always having to wear super cheap sneakers because my parents were so poor when I was little.* I don’t know how cheap CTs were then but maybe there’s that association.
- I was laughed at because of my super-cheap Van’s-type slip-on (I hate them too but not as much as CTs) in second grade, came home, hid them in the back of the closet and told my Mom I lost them. She just told me I’d have to go to school barefoot.
Hey, HEY now!!! I’ve gone from former hottie-dom to “too much junk…” and I subscribe to the Will Rogers adage of “better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool…”.
Only in my case it’s “better to wear a too large shirt and be thought chunky, than to show the chunk and remove all doubt” not to mention scaring small children with my new grandma chunky hideousness!
You should thank me! Especially since too many chunky butts insist upon dressing as if they were still size 2s!
Not that I’m some sort of urban goat roper or anything, but that one kind of depends on where you are.
If you’re at work in Houston, Austin, San Antonio or Dallas, and you wear Wranglers and boots, then yeah, you’re probably a poser and a douchebag.
If on the other hand, you happen to be in a Frisco, TX mall on the weekend, and some guy comes out in full country regalia, it’s better than even odds that he’s the real deal and hails from somewhere like Gunter.
As for the OP… I tend to think “Uptight old doofus” when I see guys wearing ironed khaki shorts with tucked in polo shoes and deck shoes.
Even though it’s sometimes a false assumption, I also tend to think “He’s not getting laid” when I see a guy wearing any tech-related t-shirt, especially ones like this:
There goes nearly all of my t-shirts, except the ones from work with our logo. No, seriously. I’ve got to the point that I’m so nerdy that almost every t-shirt I own is for a band/singer or related to a film (Juno and Harry Potter, mostly).
I used to hate Castro hats- they seemed so tacky, but my brother gave me one with the Across the Universe logo for Christmas and it was literally the cutest thing he’s done in the past ten years that I can’t hate them anymore. (I hadn’t seen the movie yet, so I didn’t get the strawberry logo and asked him what it was, and he said “It’s for Across the Universe. It’s a really good movie; I thought you saw it, you’d like it, it’s got Beatles music and really, it’s good, and all the girls have hats like this so I thought you needed one.”)
But manpris and popped collars will never, ever be redeemed. Men who wear both at once at immediately labeled “dumbass.”
Ditto girls who don’t understand that if you’re going to wear a shirt that hits mid-ass, your coat needs to be just as long or longer. Otherwise, especially if the shirt is lighter than the pants and coat, their ass looks huge, and not in a good “Baby Got Back” way.
I like these. Its one of the few styles of hat that don’t make me look like either a huge dork or someone with a deformed head.
I can’t stand shrugs. Of any kind. I keep wondering where the rest of the jacket went, and all I can hear in my head is grandma’s voice telling me to pull down my jacket and cover my kidneys before I get a chill.
I love longer shirts, as I am tall and most regular shirts fall right where my pants start or an inch above (and I’m sorry, I almost always have a muffin top because of the shape of my body… I try, but it’s inevitable for me and I refuse to have my pants only a couple inches short of my boobs) I agree about the ones which are almost long enough to be dresses though. The last time I was at the club I saw girls wearing them… and a lot of their underwear.
I’d also rather wear clothes too big than too small. I sympathize if someone is wearing a single size too big, but anything more than that is horribly sloppy unless you are sleeping, lounging or puttering in them.
Ugg boots. Aptly named, though it often feels like I’m the only one around who seems to think so.
Seriously, why is this trend even still around? I don’t care how comfortable they are, they’re still UGLY, they cost a ridiculous amount of money, and make you look like a twat if you insist on leaving the house with your $100 Lululemon/TNA yoga pants tucked into them.
How brain-damaged do you need to be to insist on spending $500 on an outfit that essentially looks like a high-end name-brand version of a homeless person?
For that matter, the Goodwill rag-bag Olsen twin look can just die and go to hell too.