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Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.

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Re: Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.

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Post by jordynclee »

leeny wrote: post #30

I'm not clear on the mission of 140 Stitches. Are you just going to be blogging? Is the goal to offer consulting services? Will you be selling merchandise on the site?

The mission of 140 Stitches is to provide fashion advice to guys who are looking for it. I do provide consulting services, but the main portion will be giving information to guys who don't know a lot about clothes or fashion. For example, I wrote a post about different ways you can wear a hoodie sweatshirt. I also hope to dive into how to spot quality clothing, when it's a good time to splurge on certain items, etc. Hope this helps!

Re: Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.

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Post by prodigal_erik »

punee wrote: post #26
gaelian wrote: post #6

> I'm here to let you in on the little secrets of fashion so people think you're more awesome than you truly are. I hope that came out wrong, I really do. The copy on this site comes off as pretentious and kind of annoying to me. Maybe it's just the groups I associate with, but am I the only one who thinks that the stereotype of the fashion-clueless nerd really isn't as pervasive in current reality as it once was?

I'm here to let you in on the little secrets of fashion so people think you're even more awesome than you already are. That's how this should read. That would make unprofessional copy look like lazy professional copy, although I suppose there's a more general issue with tone throughout the post. Needless to say a lot of work still needs to be done. As for the idea itself, I would probably try to appeal to qualities t…

That's really no less objectionable, it's still suggesting self-serving dishonest manipulation of people vulnerable to it.

Re: Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.

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Post by sjn »

Dear Jordyn of 140stitches.com.

Thank you for your fashion advice! I'm one of the guys that organized the Perl 6 hackathon you so gracefully commented. I can inform you that we had absolutely no dress code requirements for this event, so your unsolicited advice is quite appreciated.

Obviously, failing to consider fashion issues when attending a Perl 6 hackathon was a mistake. We had no idea that more girls would show up to this hackathon - if we only had worn our best garments! I'm sure we'd all have Perl 6-hacking supergenius awesomely beautiful girlfriends had it not been for this single omission in our program.

You see, we've found out through several years of field testing, focus group sessions, long-form questionnaires and cross-section polls, that being "fashionable" has absolutely no effect on a practitioner's ability to write good software. If we only had known better!

We know now that we were mistaken. Thank you for enlightening us!

This is why I'd like to formally invite you to attend our next Perl 6 hackathon. I think it's reasonable that you get an opportunity to bring your expertise and garments to this venue, and show us all that your well-honed fashion sense can help us reach our (admittedly secondary) goal of bringing more girls to the Perl 6 community.

Thank you for your constructive critique, I'm looking forward to see your work at our next hackathon!

Kind regards,

- sjn (hackathon organizer)

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