Menswear

[NiX]

Sock Porn

I almost came.

[wildheart]

this is interesting and very useful nix especially the art of manliness site.
thanks for that nix. I still need to learn a lot about being a man.

[Shintetsu]

Dressing up like a man is more like it. lol

I need to work on my threads :|

[NiX]

http://www.gq.com/style/street-style/201...le#slide=1

These fucking Europeans. Their style just blows my mind. Especially some of the older bearded men.






Look at this. The beard and sport coat have fuck-you written all over them. I absolutely love it.

Goddamn. I can only hope to be an old man of such style and flair.

[Grim]

It's the moustache that makes the man. Everything else simply follows.

By the way, this dude totally looks like Mel Gibson (where he 10 years older).

I like the mismatched combination of the coat over pants/jeans, but again, we are thwarted by our country's heat.

[NiX]

Haha if you'll look through the rest of the gallery, there are some single-layer outfits that're just as stylish.

I love how mug-me-or-kick-my-ass-please over-the-top here just seems so normal over there.

[Fox]

The curly mustache on one of them is awesome enough but the sunglasses and the coat... damn. I wish i'd look half as good as these guys when i enter my middle years.

[Grim]

I love how mug-me-or-kick-my-ass-please over-the-top here just seems so normal over there.

This too.

I attribute it to their "I-really-don't-give-a-fuck" kind of culture.

Fox, anyone can be these guys... but you'd have to give up t-shirts to do so. The least formal these gentlemen will go is a button down shirt. I'm not ready to give up t-shirts just yet. Maybe give me 10 more years. Hahaha.

[NiX]

See, that's the thing; historically, a 'shirt' (which we call dress shirts/long-sleeves over here) is considered casual, whereas a t-shirt is considered underwear. Here, anything with buttons tends to freak people out. But then again, there's a reason why such clothing wasn't invented in tropical temperatures.

[Twin-Skies]

I like the mismatched combination of the coat over pants/jeans, but again, we are thwarted by our country's heat.

Hard to say. The materials used for slacks are generally thinner and much more breathable than those used for Jeans, so I'm not so sure if his choice of lower garments was due to our climate.

[NiX]

If we're gonna get into the geekery of things here, I'll tell you that coats/suits don't necessarily have to be hot to wear. It really depends on the type of fabric (cotton, wool, linen, etc) used and its weight, measured in ounces (how packed the weave of the fabric is).

Trousers, ideally, should be made of wool. Wool drapes in a flowy way and resists creases whereas cotton is somewhat stiffer and creases much more easily.

Wool doesn't necessarily have to be hot. It's sometimes even cooler than cotton. Quoting from somewhere:

Lightweight wool can be woven very thin and open, allowing for much breathability. Cotton this light is also quite cool but wrinkles badly and is prone to stretching. Consequently, most cotton clothing is much heavier.

Also, cotton absorbs perspiration, cutting down on air exchange. Wool absorbs very little perspiration. This is also why cotton must be washed far more frequently than wool.

Cotton absorbs moisture inside then wicks it out whereas lightweight wool just lets the moisture go through it. There's this natural oiliness to wool that makes it somewhat water resistant.

And then there're the synthetic fibers, most common of which is polyester. Like wool, it's very crease-resistant, though polyester doesn't drape quite the same. Most trousers or 'office pants' that you'll find in stores here are made of it.

Polyester is essentially plastic fabric and it's cheaper to manufacture. You ever had a piece of clothing turn shiny after being ironed? That's melted polyester. And being the 'plastic' that it is, it just isn't very absorbent nor breathable so your skin feels all sticky and shit under the fabric when you sweat. But hey, it's usually really cheap.

There are also there the cotton/poly or wool/poly blends. Obviously not as good as all natural, but better than something 100% polyester. 80-cotton 20-polyester, 60-40, 50-50 etc.

So kids, you see that it pays to actually look at the tag of a garment to see what it's made of. It gives you one indicator to quality and whether what you're buying is worth its price tag.

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[NiX]

Did I overwhelm everyone with my geekery? LOL sorry.

Anyway, just wanted to mention that I found the name of that old dude with the cool haircut. His name's Nickelson Wooster. Name's as cool as his look.

[J.E_Magog]

Ganyan gusto kong porma pag naging lolo(tentativo) ako

[NiX]

http://nymag.com/fashion/features/65898/index.html

Article covering Uniqlo's growth as a global bran. A few months old but still really interesting. It's more clothing-in-general rather than just menswear.

[Grim]

I like the article as it shows the focus of Uniqlo on sticking to what their strengths, and ulitmately themselves, are. They're a cheap clothing store which just so happens to sell everything everyone might ever need.

The downside to this of course, is that everyone will be wearing the same thing - less uniqueness in people's clothing. It's just like what happened with Forever 21's opening in Megamall a few weeks back. But then again, Uniqlo is selling basic stuff that should be in every wardrobe anyway. Plain colored t-shirts and shirts, jeans, etc. As a consumer, I definitely understand the appeal of walking into a large store with rows upon rows of brightly colored clothing which you think you'll just spruce up with mixing and matching later on (but actually few do).

I kind of got a dark vibe from the article though. People are being conditioned to buy more than they really need as the quality and price promise value. That leads to more mass production and ultimately more waste.