Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.
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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.
#2This post identifies a "problem" and then offers no solution whatsoever. Previews that offer no meaningful information at all belong in a movie theater. Not on HN. Flagged.
Re: Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.
#3Am I the only one insulted by this?
> Well, because I seriously love you guys and believe your inept fashion sense is holding you back. It's holding you back from getting the girl.
I can get girls just fine with my v-neck shirt, thank you.
Re: Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.
#4eh. i was thinking about this the other day. about how i'd like to tell people what style is. and how hard it is to tell anyone anything about such a personal choice.
i'm a nerd. i'm also someone who ended up in a completely different culture. one where, i realised, i looked just plain stupid. i changed. now, i think, i dress pretty well.
but it was a very personal journey. and i had to think hard about a lot of very important things on the way. i didn't wear a t-shirt and jeans just because i was clueless. it was also a statement about what was important to me. which certainly didn't include brands.
balancing that and finding my own style took a lot of time. it was also very interesting. and i now enjoy thinking about clothes (in a broad sense - it's all about context and culture; it's only about money in the sense that culture and class are deeply linked).
i'm not sure how much of that you're going to get in an "advice column" format. and i'm not sure if you're expecting the kind of deep emotion behind "anti-fashion" that a lot of people have. i think you may be surprised at people's (negative) reactions...
Re: Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.
#5Logged in just to comment here. Whoever's behind 140---STOP. Your copy SUCKS. Your alpha-ness or cool girl-ness or whatever wannabe intimidation factor oozes off the page, and you know what? Fuck you. Being "cool" wins you no points here. And here matters, at least to you, because you've apparently chosen it as your target market.
You want to know how to win friends and influence people here? Take a page from the book of OKCupid pre-acquisition. OKTrends was amazing. That stuff is crack to your target market. Look at the data. Figure out the principles behind the stuff. Figure out the Laws of Fashion. If there aren't any, and it's completely...well...fashion-driven, then drop down to the data again, and cut your advice to, "shirt x has been selling 30% more than comparably-priced shirts, and female focus groups rated it significantly more attractive than the rest of its cohort."
Without data, you're just a fashion blogger who thinks they're among easy pickings.
Re: Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.
#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?
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#7The author misses the point. The bad looks and ill fitting clothes are a fashion statement.
They're a huge middle finger to the status quo, like punk rock or braid (The video game.).
I don't think any of the people in those photos would tell you they looked good.
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#8I'm definitely interested in learning more about fashion but your copy rubs me the wrong way.
Also, linking to blogs like http://www.theurbangent.com/ is like linking a "first programming tutorial" to a CPU instruction set reference.
Things like http://www.theurbangent.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/patte... are baffling and incomprehensible to people who are not "into" fashion and are likely to make them reject the whole thing as a game for weird androgynous alien children.
As a nerd, what I would love to see is:
How to identify quality clothes - how are they made, what makes them awesome? Designer/brand name hacks - what's a huge bargain for the quality and when am I just buying a brand name?
Color/pattern theory - still not sure what colors go together and how to mix patterns.
Some sort of system for building a wardrobe where I can easily select stuff that works together when my mind is busy thinking of building stuff and not what to wear.
How things are supposed to fit. How to care for stuff so it doesn't shrink or fall apart.
Hope this helps...
Re: Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.
#9This post identifies a "problem" and then offers no solution whatsoever. Previews that offer no meaningful information at all belong in a movie theater. Not on HN. Flagged.
The intention of this post is to introduce 140 Stitches. Solutions to the problem are what you'll find by reading through previous (and future) posts: http://140stitches.com/2012/6/23/45dkoigztqz7m44e2xeach68214... and http://140stitches.com/2012/7/1/bloglovin-raises-1m. Hope this clears up any misunderstanding!
Re: Nerds, it's time to up your fashion game.
#10eh. i was thinking about this the other day. about how i'd like to tell people what style is. and how hard it is to tell anyone anything about such a personal choice. i'm a nerd. i'm also someone who ended up in a completely different culture. one where, i realised, i looked just plain stupid. i changed. now, i think, i dress pretty well. but it was a very personal journey. and i had to think hard about a lot of very…
Your comment made me very happy, as I'm sure you've noticed the negative comments that you predicted. :)
I would definitely agree with you that style is a personal choice. Good job finding a style that makes you feel happy and confident! My goal here isn't to tell people that they aren't dressing well. My goal is to help those guys who truly want some fashion advice. At the end of the day, some people will love it and some will hate it. If only one guy takes my advice and appreciates honest help, I'll be a happy girl.:)