Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going? - Topic of the day 7/25/24
Much like this discord, your personal style may have also changed since 2023. What items, brands, or aesthetics have you've started or stopped wearing, and why? Who/what specifically inspired this change in you? Where do you see your style going in the next year, and how?
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I’ve narrowed down my style this year from a bunch of disparate things that don’t work together to mostly three styles that don’t work together
I’ve kinda eliminated workwear, ivy, and a couple other styles from my wardrobe
Went from jcrew buyer to vintage polo ralph lauren ebay buyer
And I’m looking to become even more cohesive in mixing black and browns in a yy or cdg type look with our legacy patterns and eckhaus latta proportions
unbelievably relatable
I’ve also eliminated climbing core and LA streetwear from my wardrobe
what's left?
There continues to be a gap between how i want to dress (ALD esc subverted ivy, lots of focus on playing with mixed formality, still some healthy streetwear) and how I do dress (lots of lazy tee streetwear focused outfits. Also went on a camp collar shit buying spree last summer and I only really like a few of them lol. That said I think I've really identified the general spot i wanna bring my fashion, and need to dump a bunch of my clothes. I continue to make expensive mistakes with the clothes I buy which is annoying, but I do have a good feeling about where I want to go.
I think something I struggle with is a I WFH and I'm lazy, so a lot of the time i dress in a way that isn't how I truly want to dress as much.
On the bright side I'm super happy about how my jewelry journey has gone, and how it adds edge to the subverted formality. I think I need to figure out how to make it slightly more cohesive with my style and I'll be happy.
Last focus is using ties in my outfits to play with formality
Think I need to mentally let some expensive workwear items from japan go and sell my loopwheel hoodie at a minimum
Also my highs are much higher these days than they were for a while. My hits HIT
I haven’t arrived at shit but we’re sure as hell moving
i moved away from wearing brown on brown on brown after like 3-4 years to being more adventurous with color. and i still love brown, but now i realize other colors actually exist and are cool also. also i've achieved the width of what i've wanted to go for. first two you can very much see i was only doing brown vs now that i've branched out.
same!
that's funny, because I now have a lot more ivy and workwear in my wardrobe. 🙂
There’s a lot of styles left that I don’t even attempt: gorp, any vintage era, hyper pop, shoe nerd, many different streetwear adjacent, granola etc
Errbody and they mom wear double knees now
May have to retire my pairs
🤓
I'm trying to move towards developing style outside of what I wear for work, which really defined my path early on. I post a lot of ivy stuff here cuz it's "work appropriate" but that's pretty limiting and isn't necessarily how I want to dress every day, so I'm trying to explore other styles, which includes picking up stuff that isn't versatile in a biz casual sense
Yeah I feel myself try to incorporate more interesting items into what counts as work appropriate
i'm going in a more menswear direction as of the last year or so—i think it was the result of some gender expression experimentation that solidified that i tend to find menswear silhouettes the most comfortable. i try to fuck around with proportions and incorporate womenswear pieces into my closet, but my typical fit is oversized shirt + wide denim or straight fit trousers + chunky shoe and maybe a cute blazer or knit
it's also likely because i'm spending more time interacting in menswear circles (here)
I don’t think I’ve bought any new clothes this year, only secondhand. But I guess that doesn’t count as underconsumption core
Last year at this time I was only slowly becoming aware of fashion (through :derek: ) accordingly my early forays into fashion were very tailoring focused, basically all of it thrifted and not really fitting well together. Winter was very much my pseudo ivy era, also partially because I started to work as a phd student and university teacher and felt the need to be visually distinct from my students which are sometimes only a few year younger than I. At some point in early spring I got low key sick of tailoring stuff and decided to lean more into westernwear. Lately I have noticed missing my sport coats and stuff. I guess im slowly gravitating towards some kind of 70s westernwear influenced tailoring thingy rn which feels like the synthesis between ivy and westernwear...
Funnily enough, a lot of the things that make out that style have been present in my fashion preference repertoire long before i got really fashion conscious, like flared pants and cowboy boots...
so I guess im quite consistent in a way
from last year to this year, there's a definite aesthetic change, from 60s mod (knits, short jackets, cropped pants) to some mix of historic ivy and 90s era trad and seinfeld core (big blazers, pleated pants, jeans). to a large extent i blame people like charlie and art and leisurely and the archives of chuck and gsh but also the ability to find inspiration and a bootleg copy of take ivy.
more than that i think the change has been how i view clothes - i used to own very little and mostly slim fit at that as a way to be subdued or call little attention to myself except for those i allowed in but I've embraced that i enjoy clothes and enjoy wearing clothes (mostly) for reasons other than "highlighting my physique". as someone formerly obese it was hard to grapple at the concept of wearing wide fit or body obscuring things, yet i now see the value and beauty in both. it's reflective of a journey of self discovery and i suppose what's next in the next year is a continuation of that, replacing worn out things or stuff i don't love and being open to changing even more if needed
there have been a few references to speed running the process of dressing better and while i think it worked out for me to do this right now (especially buying clothing that fits properly), i look forward to a slower exploration of my tastes
came from mfad house style basic bastard adjacent and we're going full apocalypse core :nuke:
My last year has been spent incorporating more womenswear pants and curating more interesting designers. I experimented a little with workwear and found that I didn't love it. I'm feeling a little rudderless in my style journey at this point, but I'm still having a lot of fun with it.
some of the things i have from pre-mfad still serve as a nice comparison; the former fits feels less resolved and less authentic to me even though in practice i'm wearing similar amounts of clothing
mfad hit me with the :401k: n I just started buying clothes I liked instead of always settling
I don’t have a real introspective response I think I am just copping more in a nice way
Also maybe playing with femme presenting garms in a way that feels more comfortable
hit em wit da yohji
quite like the idea of wearing more flowing and size independent garments now
It’s so nice buying things you want instead of things Every Man Should Have (TM)
Stills blows my mind that some of you were following those lists
Not owning an OCBD is very freeing
I still don't know what an ocbd is
Not owning black jeans or pants is a bit harder for me lol
No one really does but it’s a shirt with a specific fabric and button down collars
That’s basically the extent of reading like 5 articles
Well and I was just at the thrift like oh this is kinda cool!
Sounds nerdy!!!
🤓
I got some ocbd’s but I’ll never wear them with chinos yknow
it feels like i’m only now settling into my grown-up person / adult style. when the pandemic / quarantine hit i was less than a year out of college, so i had a weird go of transitioning away from 24/7 band tees and skater/high school leftovers type clothing into more of a subdued, and in my mind age appropriate vibe. I hit a middle ground and a lot of my fits from 2021-2023 were very mid or bad and not quite there. I feel pretty comfortable now in a directional vibe of loosely 80s-90s vintage / workwear / gorp overlap that feels true to me and more “”mature.”” than what i was doing before. Still have a huge focus on buying 95% of things secondhand, and i am proud to say i acquire things in a very slow and picky way. Some “transformation” pics from then to now. also realizing that i need to stop taking group photos as my only evidence of fit pics :xd:
still very much a WIP and always open to feedback when i post here fyi
less streetwear, less trainers, approximately 70% more 🤠
the real benefit of ocbd's are they're meant to be kinda unkempt looking so you don't have to wash them as often, assuming you're hygenic
i guess one change is being enough of a nerd to disseminate fabric differences without feeling weird about it lmao
This is like when a famous popstar comes up on reddit and everyone is like ‘who?’
memories of people glossing over the michael-thom browne pic in waywt at first
I've found fashion to be consistently engaging since I sincerely started last year, and I think this coming year would be interesting bc it means iterating on a wardrobe that's been relatively purged from pre-MFAD and reflects a lot of my current tastes
Sabrina? The only carpenter I know is Jesus, who didn’t exist!!
Probably idk
wip
I think I'm a lot more into colourblocking now than just going pattern on pattern
And it's really working out for me
I might just be too self conscious but I feel like I haven't figured out dressing well that much. Feel that I'm often somewhere between putting together good outfits, and being someone who knows about and collects weird clothes but doesn't know what to do with them... However I've realized recently I'm kinda fine with that and definitely I prefer it over staying as what I consider to be boring 😤
That said there's a lot I'm trying to pay attention to; for example I like creating something more of a silhouette - I've got a fairly tube shaped body so it really generally is adding more shape.
And regardless, I think I'm still committed to moving more towards menswear, Ivy, etc. Some of us actually like OCBDs!! or chinos, fatigues, aloha shirts. and I want blazers and loafers. Well for me it's all still fresh to be wearing 🙂
I want to move on to suits, to (spear)point collars as well, to other vintage (styled) tailoring. I just have my funny sizes, cost, and so on making me take my time and go on all these detours, and I'm going to just enjoy the journey
I wish I had more nice weird suits
Too picky and too poor I collect them extremely slowly
Trying to get over my fears of looking boring or dated and just wear stuff I like (I am a tapered trousers enjoyer and that's ok)
Goal for next year is to embrace insecurity, force myself to unlearn the idea that you need a certain amount of confidence to pull something off, and just enjoy experimenting even if I don't feel great about myself.
Also maybe clean up that corner of my attic.
Man I started back like ten years ago to pretend to be into fashion, mostly by buying chinos and oxfords off Uniqlo.
And then I got into work boots, raw denim etc. - so basically everything mfa was into like 2016.
Then I just sailed along for a few years, not changing much before engaging with fashion again around when COVID struck.
And I’ve basically found that I still like all the same things, I just also additionally figured out how to feel like myself with all these objects.
I’m very much in the house style I think, this easy going blend of Ivy, Workwear with some more personal pieces mixed in for everyone. And for me I’ve come to the conclusion that that’s a thing that just works well for me, because it’s very much like me (or what I imagine myself to be): Comfy, somewhat easygoing, rather nonoffensive and very much unpretentious.
While style has been very much about blending in with a crowd I didn’t really know how to fit in with in the past (academia), it’s now become my personal appropriation of just that culture.
I always appreciate how we have very different takes on yeehaw vibes.
In the second half of 2024 we are only getting wider pants
:mfad:
I think im still finding my style. Which really means more experimenting and maybe moving into some clothes making if I can find the time
I really only started paying attention to how I was dressing when I joined this server around a year ago, before that it was just jeans, t-shirts and flannels. And I still wear this a lot but I think I've definitely got a better idea of how to put things together to make a good outfit, but mostly one that feels like me.
Firmly stuck in the raw denim/workwear/americana/westernwear styles, which feels authentic. I might not be as adventurous in what I wear as other people here but it feels like me and I guess that's the most important part.
I'm not sure I see myself moving out of this style any time soon but I do plan to start getting into more in the way of jewellery and accessories to fit how I dress in the next year or so.
what’s climbing core
Gramicci and brain dead
right as i picked up climbing core lmao
When i started out 4-5 years ago i put a lot of emphasis on replicating looks that i liked on others. This ultimately led to a lot of regret as i was spending big money on avant garde designers that only look good on ig and felt goofy/costumey irl.
The past year or so i’ve been focusing on dressing more for my body type and silhouette and come to the realization that simple classic biker/workwear-inspired masc looks are what i’m most comfortable in.
I also stopped buying “statement pieces” to stand out and instead started focusing on outfit cohesion.
Despite knowing this, my Brain Rot still requires that i dont buy simple basics like levis or docs and instead spend 5x as much on kapital jeans and guidi to achieve the same look..
2020 full (b)Rick vs today
Also let this be a testament to creepers being the best boot rick has ever designed. Never leaving my rotation.
wow i didn't realize that was the same boot
yeah its great
i’ve been going from the classic jeans/t-shirt with no thought in it to kinda-workwear, kinda-punk, kinda-skater and all weird
though i still need more weird shit
but the trout socks are an excellent start
I always thought of brain dead as more skater adjacent, but then they'll collab with basically anyone
the fridge and the couch
I know what you mean. I still don’t know where I’ll eventually land.
I feel like I'm slowly settling into the scenarios where I'll actually where what I'll buy: work, hanging out, gym, etc. and not just buying what I like.
For some, it gets venn diagram-y. Like a loose ivy with military-inspired (I know, most are) items. I really like to blend, and as I get more comfortable, it just works. And even if it doesn't, I think it does, and therefore it does.
I feel like I'm getting better about seeing trends I like and trends I don't
I'm also getting better about what to sell, donate, or store, as someone who has now seen all his hs and college clothes (and early adult) come back; and have my kids ask me "why'd you get rid of that?"
So I guess I'm also more comfortable with not knowing where I'm going too far in the future. Because I'll change, so my style naturally will too