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honestly the Gap is the only retail clothing store you need to go to for relatively affordable slacks & shirts & blazers. but better to just get slacks there, maybe shirts, and look for a nice blazer at thrift stores, Goodwills, and rural thrift stores

xp thrift stores have like every size imaginable ime. usually way too big 4 me. i get most of my shit in the women's section, especially for jackets

but prescriptive suits/dress codes = dud. you should only wear a suit if you feel comfortable in it, as in, you feel most like yourself.

but we can all agree sweatpants/shorts/SANDALS on airplanes = dud

yeah personally I like wearing formal shit to work once in a while just for the fuck of it and to make my boss nervous that maybe I'm taking interviews. gotta keep em on their toes

sweatpants on airplanes/trains/buses = classic, the rest not so much

but we can all agree sweatpants/shorts/SANDALS on airplanes = dud

i vehemently disagree

(White) America deserves Donald Trump.

but we can all agree sweatpants/shorts/SANDALS on airplanes = dud

― flappy bird, Friday, December 8, 2017 1:12 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haven't flown in about a decade, but when I was flying more this was unassailably classic imo.

Sandals are gross at the airport, yes. I understand wanting to get through TSA quickly, but use boat shoes, Vans, or anything requiring socks. You really want your bare feet on that floor? Ugh.

shorts? come on.

If you're taking away my grown-up sized toothpaste tube, I'm not going to dress like a grown-up.

I am an American person and I will say that I only heard "weskit" when doing Colonial-era cosplay as a fife & drum corps member at the age of maybe nine.

And yes we know that britishes have different words/meanings for vest, pants, braces, etc., all of which allows for less than a minute of mirth once every few years. Ah, so what you call a fanny/brace/testicle is what we call a lorry/constable/bum? Hardy har har, O my sides.

Here’s my controversial opinion re fashion: suit jackets and ties are mega-comfortable. With the cost amortized over the lifespan, they are actually among the most affordable pieces of clothing available. Also, men’s ties are overrated and mostly silly/flashy at exhorbitant prices. They are the most flagrant phallic stand-ins of any article or clothing, and there’s very little need to spend more than $25 on a good tie (bow- or neck-).

I am an American person and I will say that I only heard "weskit" when doing Colonial-era cosplay as a fife & drum corps member at the age of maybe nine.

No-one says 'weskit' in the UK btw.

ties are the one part of a suit I will never spend more than ten bucks on

soda = correct

If you find a suit uncomfortable you are wearing the wrong size.

wearing shorts and/or sandals on an airplane is fuckin disgusting

xp yea you don't need expensive ties, just get a black tie on amazon or something or some wacky funky vintage Coca Cola tie for casual fridays (flairdays)

i love wearing suits

but to look good in them you need to shop around or tailor them, and usually they are over a few hundred dollars at least (my dad buys $1k blazers/suit jackets) and there is a difference when it comes to comfort and fit

however i don't wear them at all except when i get the chance (ie when it is socially allowed) because nobody wears suits at my workplace, i would look way out of place with them here

airplanes are the greyhound of the sky. biz/1st class, maybe

suits being made of wool makes them uncomfortable for me.

thread count makes a diff believe it or not

yours is too high lol j/k

haha touche

sweet spot really is in the low 100s

i feel so comfortable wearing and moving around in them than wearing any other piece of garment

yeah i mean obviously tailored suits with high thread counts rule, but you can absolutely look good & feel comfortable with a hodgepodge outfit pieced together from Goodwill. you just gotta look

Washing a suit is the pricey part

Fuck washing a suit

i hate going to the dry cleaners

yeah i really need to get my blazer dry cleaned shit is wrinkly af rn

ha true

now theres all these fancy organic or toxic-free dry cleaners that charge an arm and a leg

hate wearing ties
hate wearing suits
hate wearing dress shirts
hate wearing any pants but jeans

i guess im ok w/ it once every couple of years but otherwise ugh it is all so uncomfortable

xxp and they actually use water so they're not really dry-cleaning anymore

ugh it is all so uncomfortable

it doesn't have to be this way

buttoning a shirt to the top button w/ a tie is extremely uncomfortable

tucking in a shirt is also uncomfortable

buttoning a shirt to the top button w/ a tie is extremely uncomfortable

you need to go up a size re: collar if this is the case

if it was socially feasible i wd just wear some kind of robe or dashiki/baggy pants combo all the time

buttoning a shirt to the top button w/ a tie is extremely uncomfortable

― marcos, Friday, December 8, 2017 1:53 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hard agree on this one + it's not necessary.

if it was socially feasible i wd just wear some kind of robe or dashiki/baggy pants combo all the time

just get a ankh medallion and some mirror shades with circular lenses to go with that outfit and you'll be set

this isn't a controversial opinion but people that wear short sleeve button up patterned shirts with the top button buttoned w/ no tie are all narcs

xp

lol i said socially feasible, i just wish i felt comfortable feeling comfortable in public

Controp: wearing shorts to work is fine.

this isn't a controversial opinion but people that wear short sleeve button up patterned shirts with the top button buttoned w/ no tie are all narcs

or they are 90s hip-hop heads; are they also wearing overalls?

these are all Mac DeMarco clones ime. denim jacket, formless baseball cap, vans, skinny jeans, marlboro reds

OR high-water slacks

i hate shirts w/ full length sleeves i always roll my cuffs up even when dressing up in a suit. i think this is a sensory related thing? but it's basically why i almost always wear t-shirts. i just can't stand to have fabric (and even worse tight buttoned cuffs on my wrist) on my forearms ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

that is unique

Do you roll up the sleeves of the suit jacket, too? (please say yes)

no lol

aw