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•Created by LowBow on 3/23/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Boxy Mock Neck Longsleeves
I own a sweater very similar to this in black! Thrifted it but it's old Geoffrey Beene. You can find the brand on eBay and Poshmark p affordably. It's looser in the body than the neck. I'd say it's a tad loose in general, but if you wash, block, and pin it (look up how before doing so) you can stretch knits at least a little, so that's something to try if just one part is a tighter than you want. I own a size L and it is definitely too big on me (40" shoulder, 37" chest), even though I usually like my sweaters oversized. This is in part bc it's a slinkier, lighter knit that drapes and should be worn more tts than I have, but oh well, it was thrifted, I tried, am in the process of passing it on in a trade. Hope that info helps in your search!
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•Created by Mosh on 3/8/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Favourite women’s designers?
Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski (of Hermès), Dilara Findikoglu (would not wear but I admire/appreciate the vision), Iris van Herpen
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•Created by sioku on 2/16/2025 in #fashion-discussion
Personal Style Is Dead. Long Live Personal Style!
But dressing to appeal, no matter to whom, still tends to have the same underlying approach/philosophy underneath and yeahhh I wish there were more to it than that
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•Created by sioku on 2/16/2025 in #fashion-discussion
Personal Style Is Dead. Long Live Personal Style!
yeahhhh. I think what can help is asking or thinking, "cool or hot to whom," reintroducing that sense of group participation/belonging that has kind of disappeared with the decline of subcultures, because what is coherent and appealing to one group may not be to another. I'm specifically thinking about the concept of "looking/dressing queer" here, but there are many other possible examples, most of them having to do with alignment with a marginalized aesthetic being judged/punished by the monoculture or power culture
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•Created by sioku on 2/16/2025 in #fashion-discussion
Personal Style Is Dead. Long Live Personal Style!
I don't think it takes being that out there to dress without perception as a key driver. It just takes not caring, or caring about one's own tastes/comfort/aesthetic goals more. I do think, as @The Teenage Gentleman lol said, that some people are more okay with being weird (often such people are neurodivergent; I am), but re: attitude/awareness of the social world when getting dressed, it's not that perception isn't there, it's that the perception of others doesn't win when competing with other factors. It's not that I'm not aware I will be judged by others on my appearance and what my clothing communicates, it's that I don't want to or don't think I should put a stranger's opinion of me above my own preferences.
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•Created by sioku on 2/16/2025 in #fashion-discussion
Personal Style Is Dead. Long Live Personal Style!
I took a course on culture and subculture in university and we did a week on clothing. Each week we answered personal reflective questions in a little journal and the professor gathered them up and shared some excerpts with the class. questions like: how do you decide what clothes to put on when you get up, how did you learn how to dress, how did your parents dress and how did they come by that way of dressing, what proportion of your way of dressing comes from which source (parents, siblings, peers, media, online, other) and which parts come from where. When he shared how the class decided what to put on in the morning, I was genuinely shocked by how many people said they got dressed to look appealing (hot, cool, etc) to others (almost everyone in the class). I probably shouldn't have been so surprised by that but I was, lol
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•Created by krust on 2/28/2025 in #questions-and-advice
How to shrink the collar of a wool turtleneck?
if you wash and block the sweater but don't pin the neck in place (or pin a narrower shape), it ought to shrink more than the rest of the sweater (which you will have laid out and pinned so it doesn't shrink too much). there are a number of good washing and blocking wool tutorials online
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•Created by Yakkeks on 5/3/2024 in #fashion-discussion
Thrifting
I've thrifted soooo many shoes in-person but I only buy shoes online shoes if I know my size in the brand or can ask the original owner direct questions about how they fit/run
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•Created by Yakkeks on 5/3/2024 in #fashion-discussion
Thrifting
I also live in what I think is a pretty good area for thrifting (greater Nashville TN area) and I both 1) have the time to thrift regularly and 2) enjoy it as an activity. I do it in part because it's the way I can afford the quality of clothes I like and in part because it's fun
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•Created by Yakkeks on 5/3/2024 in #fashion-discussion
Thrifting
4. Best find ever: a ton of my favorite staple pieces are thrifted. Jeans, and a lot of wool, cashmere, and linen. A pair of 1954 US Army pants, one time. A cashmere not-quite-scarf-not-quite-poncho that I wear around the house all the time. But jeans and boots and sweaters aren't super visually exciting, so a more standout thrifted piece is a vintage calf-length black leather jacket that makes me look like I'm in the Matrix. Love that thing so much. But honestly, the majority of my wardrobe isn't thaaat interesting. I thrift for basics and save up for standout pieces from more curated secondhand sources, but I haven't had the budget for nicer-than-thrifted clothing until recently and even then, my resources are limited.
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•Created by Yakkeks on 5/3/2024 in #fashion-discussion
Thrifting
I get almost 100% of my clothing secondhand, and the majority of my secondhand clothing is thrifted.
1. I have a lot of good thrift stores within a 45 or so minute drive, so I mostly thrift in person. I like going to consignment stores when I travel, though. Some of my long-time favorite pieces are consignment store souvenirs. Interesting and generally affordable. I go to Goodwill, but I have a better time with vintage at local thrift and consignment stores.
2. I shop very differently online vs in-person. I'm gnc and I wear just as much men's as women's clothing, and while I know my important measurements, sometimes clothes that fit still don't fit right on my body if they're cut for someone with different proportions. (I'm tall for women's clothes but I have breasts and hips that men's clothes don't cut for unless I size up & tailor down or wear big on purpose.) I also have a strong preference for natural fibers AND some sensory issues, which makes trying on SO important to me. Online, I usually stick to non- skin layers where the size can be a little off and still work: jackets, accessories, sometimes roomier cut shirts and trousers if I trust the material. In-person, I try on everything I'm even curious about and spend a lot of time in aisles that aren't my usual size. So many things get sized or sorted incorrectly, and dressing from both departments means I can wear everything from a women's small to men's large depending on how it runs/how I want things to fit.
3. Fiber content! Wrong material? Not getting it, even if everything else about the piece is really cool. Also, it helps that I'm picky about things like sleeve length, dart placement, color, rise, pocket configuration, and overall length of a garment, among other things. My strong preferences filter for me.
1. I have a lot of good thrift stores within a 45 or so minute drive, so I mostly thrift in person. I like going to consignment stores when I travel, though. Some of my long-time favorite pieces are consignment store souvenirs. Interesting and generally affordable. I go to Goodwill, but I have a better time with vintage at local thrift and consignment stores.
2. I shop very differently online vs in-person. I'm gnc and I wear just as much men's as women's clothing, and while I know my important measurements, sometimes clothes that fit still don't fit right on my body if they're cut for someone with different proportions. (I'm tall for women's clothes but I have breasts and hips that men's clothes don't cut for unless I size up & tailor down or wear big on purpose.) I also have a strong preference for natural fibers AND some sensory issues, which makes trying on SO important to me. Online, I usually stick to non- skin layers where the size can be a little off and still work: jackets, accessories, sometimes roomier cut shirts and trousers if I trust the material. In-person, I try on everything I'm even curious about and spend a lot of time in aisles that aren't my usual size. So many things get sized or sorted incorrectly, and dressing from both departments means I can wear everything from a women's small to men's large depending on how it runs/how I want things to fit.
3. Fiber content! Wrong material? Not getting it, even if everything else about the piece is really cool. Also, it helps that I'm picky about things like sleeve length, dart placement, color, rise, pocket configuration, and overall length of a garment, among other things. My strong preferences filter for me.
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•Created by kroensburg on 11/24/2024 in #fashion-discussion
NYE clothing styles
The cut stays pretty classic and the textile and accessories do the talking
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•Created by kroensburg on 11/24/2024 in #fashion-discussion
NYE clothing styles
I like using material and especially texture to dress up, but I'm often aiming for sensual more than slutty. love a sheer long sleeve, a silk satin tank top, or a patterned shirt unbuttoned & worn with multiple necklaces
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•Created by Bottles on 11/22/2024 in #questions-and-advice
What is the shoe on the right side called?
My dad has black and white spectators from Allen Edmonds and he rocks them with mostly white, off-white, grey, and black for formal occasions, but they are not a starter shoe. I'd put them on a long-term wishlist until you have and wear a comfortable variety of tailored clothes regularly. They're such a statement that it's hard to make them make sense with clothing that isn't close in spirit (tailored menswear). If you're the sort of person to wear tailored trousers on a daily basis, they can work, but if you're a jeans and a t-shirt individual, they'll look silly
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