tmos' fit doctor - knocking down the brick wall
here goes nothing!
Inspo:
Album 1 (outfits)
Album 2 (pieces)
Album 3 (objects/graphics)
Objective: Receive general advice, nail down what exactly my style is, broaden my fashion horizons within said style, and find the ambition, depth, and spark that I feel that I am missing from my outfits.
Motive: Lately, my outfits have been feeling rather boring and uncreative in comparison to others I see both in the real world and in #waywt. I see lots of outfits with more detailed pieces, more layering, stronger context etc. that I find to be nice and visually pleasing, but unfortunately I don’t really feel a true connection to their aesthetics, i.e. they don’t really feel like me. I do know what feels like me in the worlds of graphic/industrial design, and I've included examples in Album 3. My current style is an attempt to channel that aesthetic, my interests and hobbies, my career, and who I am into a sense of dress, but in its current state, it falls flat and doesn’t quite live up to the underlying goal of its development. I see the concept’s potential, and I want to realize that potential and push it even further into something more thorough and aesthetically pleasing. Sadly I am limited by my surface-level knowledge of the fashion world and the analysis paralysis I am experiencing about how exactly to advance my style.
Motifs:
Workwear
Modernism
Natural fibers & materials
Functionalism
Army/forest green
Grayscale incl. white and black
Pops of red
Modernist graphics/typography (esp. Helvetica)
Icons & pictograms (warning signs, arrows etc.)
Custom / DIY work
Silver/gray metal accents
Clear-anodized aluminum/matte silver
Architecture
Photography
Industry
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"good" fits
"meh" fits
bricks
1: doesn't nearly look as good irl but I like the colors, the silhouette, the graphics and the way the sharp angles are offset by the roundness of the shoes
3: reminiscent of my earlier efforts to work technical clothes into the style i'm after
1: draws too much from skate clothing for my liking, between a civilist tee (which I didn't know was a skate brand when I thrifted it years ago) and SB blazers (the regular 77 mids were never made in this colorway)
4: also feels somewhat skate-adjacent but in a more organic and indirect way. the small skatewear cues throughout my style stem from my past interest in BMX which i'll probably touch on later
6: seems like it would be massively improved by a pair of green double-fronts and maybe steel toe solovairs
7: nice fall colors, though the tuck of the shirt looks way too high just bc that pair of pants is so high waisted
1: pretty basic and boring especially on camera. the texture of the cotton/linen tee played well with the duck canvas of the shorts irl but if your fit can be bricked by squinting there's probably work to do
3: same as meh #4, but tucked (again too high) with different shoes. looks weird
4: colors are too dark and muted, the red toolbox prop throws off how the shoes look
5: shirt combo fucking sucked. i'm embarassed that i thought that looked good in any way shape or form
6: the fade of the pants doesn't complement the cleanliness of the rest of the pieces tbh, plus the silhouette looked weird
I like the clarity of your vision, and will be responding in-depth soon. But for now, do you have any non-sneakers?
not yet, i've been looking at non-sneaker shoes and so far solovair's steel toe gibsons have caught my fancy
esp in matte black leather
actually i have a pair of target brand dress shoes(see meh #3) but that's it
For me, fits 2, 4 in "good" and fit 1 in "meh" actually look to be the best, or outfits that most cohere for me. I find a lot of your elements to be kind of classically formal in a way that doesn't necessarily complement your vision (mainly the grey button up and the coat in fit 1). I think some of these pieces don't have the very saturated colour palette you're going for as well, which may be an exercise in finding shirts with fabrics that really pop or really give a technical feel without looking cheap.
I'm gonna circle in @cirque because he's in your main inspo folder for fits and I feel like the vibes are adjacent in what you want and what he consistently posts
I also think another pair of black derbies or engineer boots may help here? I want to see the ones you mentioned here up close
fwiw - most of these aren’t far off from being more than “just clothes”
1 - reads as “just clothes” - crew socks, different necklace and maybe different shoes would do work here
2 - also fine, maybe diff shoes + roll down sleeves a bit
3 - unbutton 2-3 buttons, roll down sleeves somewhat at least, maybe add belt, swap shoes and it’s fixed
4 - unbutton or and/or add a chain under collar, swap shoes
6 - fine
Echoing Isaac, a good pair of derbies will take you places
i'm not explicitly going for a saturated color palette, per se
What I mean by that is
When you posted the pictures in the inspo folders
There was presence within the colouration of those garments
Fit 1 in similarly colored trousers or slacks with more structure would also go nuts btw
i see
for the record i like the color scheme of good #1 and meh #1 & #2 but mostly due to the bright red pops throughout
i'll give that a try
fun fact that coat is actually some weird hybrid between a sweatshirt and a lab coat. its made of french terry fabric hence the pairing with sweatpants
its more obv here
1 - a camp collar, crop or button shirt would give a little more texture + diff shoes (lighter color) would be less visually jarring, maybe black or brown derbies would also be better here tho
2 - good but same comment about shoes
3 - pretty good! you’re not into the shoes and neither am I but the idea is good
4 clothes, I’d unbutton a few buttons and unrolled to 3/4 tho
5 - good, not crazy about the belt or buckle width or the shoes but it’s almost there
6 - def better than the version of this with other shoes but a better shoe would be better
7 - id untuck a little (less severe tuck/billow a little at waist, zeometer is good at this) and chunkier shoe may be better
The shirt in 7 is a little long for the waist proportions but that might just be me
Heard! I think sweatpants are usually not really my thing unless they’re really visually interesting like hecklebuckle’s huge ones