Top of WAYWT: April 2024 - Topic of the day 5/2/24
Top of WAYWT for the month is out! What are your personal highlights here? What makes them your favorite fits? Were there any slept on fits that didn't make top? Any trends you see on MFAD emerging this month? Why is crows so dang sexy?
Can't Get You Out Of My Head: Brain Worms - Topic of the day 5/1/24
Have an item that's been eating you up inside? Share that piece that you've been mulling over but still haven't pulled the trigger on. (Posting eBay/Grailed auctions here is probably not a good idea)
Accessories - Topic of the day 4/30/24
Necessary to complete an outfit, or the cherry on top? What are your favorites? Discuss.
Collection Series: Shoes - Topic of the day 4/29/24
Time for a new recurring TOTD, the collections series! The collections series is pretty self explanatory: show off your collection, write about any specific pieces you want to highlight, talk about any gaps, and comment on each others. Starting with shoes... let's see em!
Dressing Provocatively ("Slutty") - Topic of the day 4/27/24
Do you consider yourself to be someone who dresses provocatively? Share your experiences if so. What does dressing provocatively mean to you? Please don't turn this into a discussion about what is or isn't attractive to you, I really don't want to be monitoring this thread all day.
Favorites Series: Fair Isle - Topic of the day 4/26/24
What are your favorite fair isle shirts? Favorite pieces at different price points? Do you prefer fair isles or plain patterns? For a fair isle, do you like crew necks, v necks, vests, cardigans, or something else? Who makes the nicest fair isle pattern, and what makes them so nice? What the hell is The Tallest Man On Earth's fair isle?? Actually, someone please ID it so I can cop it plz. *The Favorites Series is part of a ~weekly recurring TOTD to replace/updated the 5 year old "Best X for $X"...
Can't Wear This in Texas - Topic of the day 4/25/24
Warmer weather is fast approaching (if you live in the northern hemisphere). How do you handle the heat while still getting fits off?
BRICK - Topic of the day 4/24/24
We've talked about this before but at the time the server had 10k fewer people than it does now. What's your biggest bricked fit? What makes it a brick? What were you trying to do and why didn't it work? What have you learned?
Insecurities - Topic of the day 4/23/24
Did you ever experience any insecurity when you started getting into fashion, whether it be about what someone might say, or how a certain garment or outfit looked on you? How did you navigate that? What advice do you have?
Fashion as a Hobby - Topic of the day 4/22/24
Do you consider fashion a 'hobby'? If so, what aspect(s) of it do you enjoy? How can one engage in this hobby beyond just the purchasing of clothes?
City Fashion Guide: Baltimore 🦀 - Topic of the day 4/20/24
For all the locals or frequent visitors, what are some shops or must visit fashion sites you would recommend in the city?
Favorites Series: Cardigans - Topic of the day 4/19/24
What are your favorite cardigans? Favorite brands at low medium and high price points? What do you look for in a cardigan? What brands have been great for them and what brands have really let you down? Do you prefer button or zip cardigans? Thin or chunky? Plain or designs? Feel free to share a few of your favorite fits or inspo that feature cardigans, too. (Note: the Favorites Series will be running ~weekly as a new way of doing the "Best X for $X" threads from a few years ago on MFA.)
City Fashion Guide: Seattle - Topic of the day 4/18/24
For all the locals or frequent visitors, what are some shops or must visit fashion sites you would recommend in the city?
Clothing as Aspirational - Topic of the day 4/17/24
How does fashion intersect with status? What do you want to personally communicate about yourself? How has the cultural zeitgeist evolved and how does the average person interact with it?
Style Highlight: City Boy - Topic of the day 4/16/24
A term coined by Popeye magazine, City Boy is a style popularized in Japan that reinterprets American prep and French/British workwear with a twist of skater culture and W I D E pants. Do you dress in this style at all? How do you even define it? What are your favorite city boy fits? Is it trending hard now or is it on its way out? Share some inspo or discuss anything and everything City Boy in today's TOTD.
Color series: Black - Topic of the day 4/15/24
Get the 🖤 emojis ready, it's time to discuss the color black. How do black clothing and all black outfits make you feel? What makes it goth? What makes it formal? What makes black leather hit different than brown leather? Is buying a black suit a bad idea? Why do designers make so much black clothing? Is it important to differentiate between different shades of black when putting together outfits? What about different textures? What are your favorite fits from yourself and others that feature t...
Favorites Series: T-shirts - Topic of the day 4/14/24
It's hard to find an article of clothing more ubiquitous than the t-shirt. If you're gonna wear em all the time, you should wear good ones! What are your favorite tees? Favorite brands at low medium and high price points? What do you look for in one of these shirts? What brands have been great for them and what brands have really let you down? Do you prefer graphic tees or plain tees? Are tubular knit tees better? What is a loopwheeled tee, anyway? Feel free to share a few of your favorite fits...
Brand Spotlight: Old Navy / Gap / Banana Republic - Topic of the day 4/13/24
A shopping mall staple store (or collection of stores), it's no secret that Old Navy, Gap, and Banana Republic are all under the same brand umbrella but have different aesthetics and price points. What do you think about these three brands? Are Old Navy and Gap solid for affordable basics or should you not bother with them? Is Banana Republic worth the premium or is it overpriced? When did Banana Republic's lookbooks suddenly turn safari themed? Is vintage Gap actually good stuff, or was it alwa...
Decades Series: 2010s - Topic of the day 4/12/24
What do you think of 2010s fashion? Do you hang onto anything trendy from a decade ago, or has the trend cycle made 2010s styling feel unwearable? What were the decade-defining trends that you loved and hated? Are the 2010s coming back yet? This is an ongoing TOTD series going through the decades.
