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Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed

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Post by adamjb »

IgorPartola wrote: post #94
Ancapistani wrote: post #57

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> There are 5 genres of men’s clothes - business (pressed shirts, suits), casual, workout, skater, and comfort (hoodie). There’s quite a bit of variation within those. Where I live, “casual” these days is usually something like Columbia PFG - the epitome of “dad clothes”, as my wife tells me. I tend to wear that pretty much exclusively. I substitute jeans for the shorts in winter and buy a new leather jacket about ev…

Here are some examples of women’s clothing where I cannot think of the equivalent thing in a men’s clothing department: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1AawYy29TBuNjy0Fcq6zeiFXaW/Off... https://patternshub.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tube-top-... http://images.asos-media.com/products/asos-cut-out-sleeve-on... https://cdn.tobi.com/product_images/lg/1/teal-kayla-ombre-ma... (That last one is a bit of a cheat because m…

What do you mean by "equivalent"? That last sentence makes it sounds like you mean clothes in the same pattern but cut to fit male bodies.

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Post by 3131s »

sukilot wrote: post #107
papito wrote: post #14

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Why was information suppressed by congress concerning Bandar sending $130,000 to the two 9/11 hijackers? Why has the Bush family never been questioned about their close friendship with Bandar?

Re: Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed

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Post by aethertron »

IgorPartola wrote: post #94
Ancapistani wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There are 5 genres of men’s clothes - business (pressed shirts, suits), casual, workout, skater, and comfort (hoodie). There’s quite a bit of variation within those. Where I live, “casual” these days is usually something like Columbia PFG - the epitome of “dad clothes”, as my wife tells me. I tend to wear that pretty much exclusively. I substitute jeans for the shorts in winter and buy a new leather jacket about ev…

Here are some examples of women’s clothing where I cannot think of the equivalent thing in a men’s clothing department: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1AawYy29TBuNjy0Fcq6zeiFXaW/Off... https://patternshub.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tube-top-... http://images.asos-media.com/products/asos-cut-out-sleeve-on... https://cdn.tobi.com/product_images/lg/1/teal-kayla-ombre-ma... (That last one is a bit of a cheat because m…

The male equivalent of those styles can be found in the realm of gay fashion.

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Post by 01100011 »

_8j50 wrote: post #157

Even sweatpants grow old. Feels weird but sometimes I need to put on work clothes even if no one will see me in that outfit. It helps a little to set boundaries.

Yeah I stopped wearing my sweat shorts and went back to chinos because it makes me feel more alert and focused. I've never been one to pay much attention to my appearance, but in quarantine I need all the help I can get to stay on task. I'm even thinking of getting some indoor, lace-up shoes and wearing them during the week.

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Post by porker »

wyclif wrote: post #236
purple_ferret wrote: post #180

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I barely buy jeans now because it's hard to find a pair that isn't 10% spandex

Even Levi's is doing it. I was amazed to discover while shopping that they have an entire line of skinny jeans that are part spandex. Whatever happened to practical, well-wearing clothes for gold miners?

> Whatever happened to practical, well-wearing clothes for gold miners?

They went the same way as the gold miners.

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Post by j7ake »

wyclif wrote: post #169
wirthjason wrote: post #90

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What do you find so interesting and where do you shop? I like Uniqlo and Muji but now that Uniqlo is available (in-store) in Chicago theres no need to buy it in Japan. I’m not particularly into fashion but I like mainstream but trendy clothes. I think Japanese fashion is less about the clothes themselves than the acceptance to let people wear what they want and and not judging. I think it’s more acceptable to match d…

One strap shoulder Man-bags are all the rage. They are pretty practical, especially when you can’t fit your checkbook-sized wallet in tiny pockets. But in the US it looks like you’re wearing a fanny pack. Especially true in SE Asia. I resisted the trend because it looks effeminate, like you're wearing a purse. Asian guys love them because they're super practical if you ride a motorbike or scooter tandem style. I thin…

I think the one strap shoulder bag also is more comfortable when it is extremely hot and humid: a backpack would make your entire back soaked in sweat.

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Post by freeone3000 »

adamjb wrote: post #241
IgorPartola wrote: post #94

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Here are some examples of women’s clothing where I cannot think of the equivalent thing in a men’s clothing department: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1AawYy29TBuNjy0Fcq6zeiFXaW/Off... https://patternshub.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tube-top-... http://images.asos-media.com/products/asos-cut-out-sleeve-on... https://cdn.tobi.com/product_images/lg/1/teal-kayla-ombre-ma... (That last one is a bit of a cheat because m…

What do you mean by "equivalent"? That last sentence makes it sounds like you mean clothes in the same pattern but cut to fit male bodies.

Men's fashion currently has no mainstream style that shows off athleticism. Sleeveless crop-tops, with abs and shoulders on display! Shorts with flare for muscular thighs, allowing them to be shorter! Semi-sheer panels, allowing for pecs to bulge! Mesh sections in pants! What's wrong with men showing a little skin for once?

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Post by DonHopkins »

Speaking of fashion design, the snake-text formatting and layout and industrial snarkiness of this NYT article is totally reminiscent of suck.com (i.e. 22 December 1995):

https://web.archive.org/web/20060127002252/http://www.suck.c...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suck.com

Ten years later, the story of Suck.com (2005):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10143395

http://www.keepgoing.org/issue20_giant/the_big_fish.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10143805

> nailer: Inventor of snake text, which is now so ubiquitous it doesn't have a name.

> derefr: So ubiquitous that Google can't define it for me, either, it seems. What is it?

> Cederfjard: I'd never heard of it either. This is one of the results my search yielded: https://web.archive.org/web/20130420012902/https://longform....

>HotWired's Flux, a weekly gossip column from the pseudonymous Ned Brainard, was close. The column was the first example of what the Web magazine Salon (www.salon1999.com) dismissed as "snake text," meaning the story ran in one long, narrow column.

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