Ramdom fashion thoughts

[Calm-Lychee4112]

Does anyone know who makes (or even how to describe) a waterproof, detachable hood (ideally also covering the collarbone and possibly shoulders)? I have a waterproof jacket that I like, but it doesn’t have a hood.

Surely this exists… all I can find on eBay are fleece balaclavas. Is there a military thing that I should be searching for? I think I remember an engineered garments version (possibly not waterproof) but I don’t want to pay top dollar for, like, 10% of a garment.

Thanks in advance (love)

edit:

Thanks for the responses (I wanna move to the Pacific Northwest now). fruitful eBay searches included ‘waterproof snood’ and the delightful ‘rain bonnet.’

[edmund]

i was legitimately surprised to learn they still sell y-3 qasas... they feel like an artifact from a bygone era

[brücke]

i used to cut all the collars off my t shirts like literally why

[bels]

We were all going through it.

Some of us still are.

[yourdad]

Getting to the point in my life where casual suits/jackets are re-entering my life. I just bought an EG Bedford from FW12 that I'd missed out on when it originally came out

[thewisdomoftime]

Getting to the point in my life where casual suits/jackets are re-entering my life. I just bought an EG Bedford from FW12 that I'd missed out on when it originally came out

I'm in kind of the inflection-point position of the same casual-overdressed rollercoaster. I feel best in the summertime wearing business casual shirting to work. I can't own as many tees as I do.

My winter dress has gotten massively more casual since 2021/22, somewhat unfortunately but kind of as a natural consequence of my job.

[bels]

shirting is so good. Collars.....

[ParallaxisRemix]

I guess goretex in my balls (no vis)

[ParallaxisRemix]

Goretex = Moresex

I want my money back

[Gleeks]

Growing older and more secure in myself I’ve stopped caring about my clothes and how I looked, but now I want to express my ~*~~*identity*~~*~ (or smthing vague like that) through my fits. I’ve given away 90% of my “cool” garms (which I regret because they definitely all got flipped by goodwill resellers). I feel like I’m in a weird place with fashion, I want to do more, but I don’t want to get back on the hype trend treadmill (could I even be trendy at this point? I think my “ideal” wardrobe would just be a 2012 EG lookbook). Like I really just want to enjoy my clothes and how I dress more than anything.

I feel like I never really did that or developed my own personal style or anything. Consequences of growing up on fashion forums

How do I enjoy this thing without falling into consumerism and hollow grail chasing??? I don’t think that copping a grail has ever made me truly happier? IDEK

[bels]

Copping a grail does actually make you happier if you keep it for 5 years.

But welcome to middle age, actually far harder to dress for than youth.

IMO get on the 2nd hand sites and buy all the 2012 EG you can find

[Julio]

i find copping grails can be satisfying, but it can also be "nice, now i've got this and i will only sometimes wear it because wow i don't really always dress like this anymore" or something, i don't know

i find that what's worked best for me so far is looking back at brands i used to obsess over when i was happiest with nerding out about clothing, and trying a piece or two out from them—in my case, older nonnative has generally given me the most joy. sometimes i might purchase something outdoors-related if i'm going for a short hike or have a backpacking trip, but i also have a collector-inclined mindset which is... unnecessary sometimes, really.

it's always a journey, some things are hits and others are misses: i think the goal is to find when something always hits and you're purchasing a reasonable amount. secondhand shopping and such can really be such a slippery slope when everything is so much cheaper

[edmund]

wondering if we need a buyer's guide thread like we had on care-tags 1.0... at a point where i feel like i'd get a lot out of talking about recommendations and shopping lists from a utilitarian perspective rather than just talking about clothes in a more abstract way

[edmund]

highlights from every supreme season for the past 5 years:

- 1 obnoxious novelty item
- 1 actually cool novelty item
- 3 ugly overembellished jackets that are the hero styles in the lookbook for some reason
- 1 or 2 understated pieces that are an absolute necessity
- 1 cool jersey (football or soccer)
- 1 all-over print from a cool artist
- work pants in 8 colors

[rjbman]

ok but frazetta shit... tempting

[foxtail_grass]

posting fitpics here now: https://ilovemyiphone8.tumblr.com/