2012-08-24, 11:23 PM
Everything [MENTION=6822]Miek[/MENTION] said is what I'm trying to say, especially his examples of both styling an outfit and the prices of creating a wardrobe.
That being said, I understand that people don't like to put together outfits. That's fine. You don't need to look trendy at any point if you don't want to - hell, that hasn't even been what I've been arguing about. I'm literally arguing about looking put together, which can happen for, as Miek said, ass cheap and with much less effort than looking in style. It means, say, wearing a tee shirt that FITS as opposed to one that's a size or two too big (a pandemic issue among men), or knowing that anything that cinches at the waist, like a big belt or the belt of a basic trench coat, will flatter short, curvy types.
Again, all of this information can be found with a simple Google search, which is ironically the same thing people say to others in online forum debates about other topics when someone comes in saying something that could be easily researched. So why is it such a big fucking deal with fashion? Like Miek said and I like I underscored at the beginning of this post, it's absolutely fine if you DON'T want to partake in all the rage of a season's trends. The Gap, among many other stores, are bastions of the "timeless basics" that cement any ensemble, and you can look put-together super well with them alone if you'd like.
We all have to buy clothes. Why is it such a big hassle frustration deal to reach for the small shirt that actually fits you as opposed to the medium yet asking some rando online to Google something for a discussion is a social expectation?
That being said, I understand that people don't like to put together outfits. That's fine. You don't need to look trendy at any point if you don't want to - hell, that hasn't even been what I've been arguing about. I'm literally arguing about looking put together, which can happen for, as Miek said, ass cheap and with much less effort than looking in style. It means, say, wearing a tee shirt that FITS as opposed to one that's a size or two too big (a pandemic issue among men), or knowing that anything that cinches at the waist, like a big belt or the belt of a basic trench coat, will flatter short, curvy types.
Again, all of this information can be found with a simple Google search, which is ironically the same thing people say to others in online forum debates about other topics when someone comes in saying something that could be easily researched. So why is it such a big fucking deal with fashion? Like Miek said and I like I underscored at the beginning of this post, it's absolutely fine if you DON'T want to partake in all the rage of a season's trends. The Gap, among many other stores, are bastions of the "timeless basics" that cement any ensemble, and you can look put-together super well with them alone if you'd like.
We all have to buy clothes. Why is it such a big hassle frustration deal to reach for the small shirt that actually fits you as opposed to the medium yet asking some rando online to Google something for a discussion is a social expectation?