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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

i always assume rolled up suit sleeves would be the opposite of comfortable

the shirt sleeves you mean? if you do it sloppily they'll bunch up under the suit and a) look weird and b) feel weird but the shirt is light enough you can fold the cuffs easily up to your elbow and it's fine

the sartorial revelations itt are... distressing

xps i'm similar with the sensory thing... i'm a shorts-year-round guy for this reason. don't like the feeling of pants flapping around my ankles.

oh my god

i force myself to care about clothing bc i know ppl judge you based on what you wear but personally speaking i do not care about sartorial choices at all i want to feel as comfortable as possible

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

― flappy bird, Friday, December 8, 2017 11:02 AM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my ottawa senators hat is formless. i dont like wearing it bc i do feel like im giving off mac vibes especially if im in a town that rly knows him

xps i'm similar with the sensory thing... i'm a shorts-year-round guy for this reason. don't like the feeling of pants flapping around my ankles.

I see

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xp that is shorts all the time when appropriate. i know how to dress properly when needed.

also does anyone rrroll up the rrrim to win

DJP is right about ties btw. If your shirt fits, a tie will not constrict you any more than the shirt does (which ideally is not at all).

IMO if you are willing to wear a t-shirt that goes around your neck but is still comfortable, you can also wear a dress shirt that goes around your neck but is still comfortable.

Going further, if you can wear jeans, you can wear equally structured pants of other descriptions. If you can wear a well-fitting leather jacket without feeling like it is constricting, you can wear an equally well-fitted sportcoat without finding it constricting.

Perhaps because modern people dress up less often, they are often wearing dressier clothes that just don't fit right. (Side effect of parents being understandably thrifty about dress clothes when they were children?) Or maybe it's just a moralizing hangup where we think if an outfit is for nicer occasions, then it should be less comfortable because Eat Your Vegetables or whatever.

Of course, I say all this and I think I'm still wearing the henley I slept in, with probably at least one child's mucus on it somewhere. Plus some barbecue sauce from lunch. I hope it's at least TODAY's lunch.

the shorts thing (besides being on an airplane) is just confusing to me because i am always cold & have to wear 8 layers in the winter. i don't think i even own a pair of shorts besides some cutoffs that are way too short and uh, precarious to wear in public. but hey i dont have central air

xp i feel you. it sucks when something you've worn or done for years suddenly becomes trendy and/or associated with someone and then you're lumped into this reductive caricature