Ramdom fashion thoughts

[freddy]

I'm getting content with my wardrobe. I just need to self-actualize into the person wearing the fits. No longer surviving but stumped in Zen phase of life where I'm trying to thrive in my next chapter in life. Seems very existential.

edit: I feel like fashion peaked in 2010s. I was having a convo with a Grailed seller about it too. Quality has went down the board. One of my favorites Burberry fell the wayside. Long life Christopher Bailey and prorsum.



However, I got a prorsum trench for a steal…after 10+ years. I just need better pants than wearing my RRL cargos. My thunder thighs might require tailoring.

[skunk ape]

I've decided having a digital footprint is good, especially on small and dying forums like this. It's nice to have a digital history that people pretty much exclusively in that community can go back and look at - a "remember when?" that you don't have to remember, you can just look at it. You can trace a fraction of your life in a way that doesn't work when you use a diary or a photo album. The posting hole here is so much more intimate than the maw of, say, twitter or discord.

[silvaeri]

I've decided having a digital footprint is good, especially on small and dying forums like this. It's nice to have a digital history that people pretty much exclusively in that community can go back and look at - a "remember when?" that you don't have to remember, you can just look at it. You can trace a fraction of your life in a way that doesn't work when you use a diary or a photo album. The posting hole here is so much more intimate than the maw of, say, twitter or discord.

I was just saying this same thought to my partner this morning, of how I was glad that even though ct1.0 doesn't function, being able to go look at it and all the posts from it, is really wonderful.

[phil]

I struggle with this a bit since the time of me being active on here coincided with a weird and largely unhappy period in my life. I feel some embarrassment about the artifacts from that time and not a lot of desire to relive it. But on the other hand, through the forum I was able to feel part of a community in some way at a time I needed that the most. Will always be grateful for that, and for the footprint as a record of it.

[thewisdomoftime]

I struggle with this a bit since the time of me being active on here coincided with a weird and largely unhappy period in my life. I feel some embarrassment about the artifacts from that time and not a lot of desire to relive it. But on the other hand, through the forum I was able to feel part of a community in some way at a time I needed that the most. Will always be grateful for that, and for the footprint as a record of it.

this is NOT meant to dismiss your point at all, just for clarity, just adding my own perspective

I had the opposite experience with care-tags, it coincided with an extremely happy and fulfilled period of my life where I was 16-18 years old, in high school, was swimming really often, and because I had finished my growth spurt (and my mom was deeply caring about me, and my parents were doing well enough) I could finally use info from here and /r/mfa about brands aimed at adults and fashion in general

the way people self-fashioned on here while consciously saving themselves from excessive consumption / spending-aesthetics + the way people on here respected other people's individuality and tried to fashion (heh) statements for one-another in a way that's empathetic and positive, each of these I think was massively formative for me

I think the level of critical attention to clothing on here, without brand-worship, with some level of attention to abstract information / valuing doing research and investigating one's own interest, I just haven't been able to find anywhere else. that makes sense, my experience with the forum destroys conscious interest in fashion by name and really replaced it with conscious interest in life.

I have desire to relive it, I might have actually needed this site's help coming to peace with clothing like 2yrs ago (something that helped me a lot instead is getting fat and there not being a grailed app for android)

[thewisdomoftime]

I actually check forums pretty often.

I use rateyourmusic's forums because I'm in their community that moderates the addition/alteration of genre objects. This has been a pretty big part of my life in the last 6 months, because I joined a small and very caring community of people who do research together into genres/styles/music history, we discuss our listening, a few of us are working on learning instruments/production as well.

That community has inspired me to start reading music books on specific topics, and because I'm reading pretty fringe stuff that goes further into detail than any online resources, and because books from the 90s/00s are more rarely accessible thru anna's archive / libgen, in the last few weeks I've been trying to create a blog for writings about music (which is gonna share the same name I'm trying to make music under).

I still type in care-tags to the url bar by reflex sometimes, somehow.
I joined a danish music forum that I read infrequently.

[thewisdomoftime]

do we have a questions thread right now
does anyone know a tailor in nyc
i know styleforum can answer this for me but they'll send me to scary formalwear people

[thewisdomoftime]

does anyone know a tailor in nyc

I don't know why I posted this, what I'm really looking for is someone to mend crotch blowout on non-denim pants & hopefully not pay >$50 for that

[iral]

Can someone recommend where to start with garment repair? I have a pair of totally cooked carpenters I'd like to get more life out of, and I'm soon facing a crotch blowout. Theyve been permanently cuffed and the hem wore through on both legs, inside pocket also has a huge hole in it, and the back pocket looks like it'll have some holes in it soon. Any suggestions for books/guides/youtube channels/etc welcome! thax

[bels]

Does your city/town have a "repair cafe" or a "make space" ? either could be good places to get in person lessons.

[Gleeks]

Sometimes I consider copping smthing from Husbands, but I’m too strongly reminded of Fox and His Friends and become disgusted at the thought of generously cut suits turning me into a manipulative yuppie

[Humus07]

For me, I’ve found it helps to have a super versatile bag that works for both casual days and more formal situations, just to cut down on how much I’m carrying around. Shoulder bags are my go-to because they’re spacious enough for essentials but don’t feel bulky.

If you’re in the same boat, there’s a good mix of practical and stylish options in these coach bags. They hold up really well for frequent use while still looking polished! You can look on https://coach-bags.co.uk/.

[skunk ape]

Just checking in on hypebeast:

[bels]

Skinny, cropped trousers were popular with millenials because they looked largely the same in pictures as they do in real life, and millenial online life was one centered around "authenticity"

Wide, artfully pooling trousers can now become popular because for Gen Z the online image is the primary, authentic one, and if you have to perform elaborate smoothing rituals on your trousers to make them fall correctly for the sake of your fitpic, then that's what you have to do and it isn't a problem.

[edmund]

how do you guys store pants? i have them all lined up tri-folded in a dresser drawer but wondering if there's another way to keep them with more economy of space

[foxtail_grass]

Skinny, cropped trousers were popular with millenials because they looked largely the same in pictures as they do in real life, and millenial online life was one centered around "authenticity"

Wide, artfully pooling trousers can now become popular because for Gen Z the online image is the primary, authentic one, and if you have to perform elaborate smoothing rituals on your trousers to make them fall correctly for the sake of your fitpic, then that's what you have to do and it isn't a problem.

I call this '2-D dressing' (prioritizing photographability over reality) and I am sick of it. I also think it relates to graphics on clothing- everyone wants bold and easy-to-digest imagery, because it grabs your attention and holds it for approximately 3 seconds, or the perfect amount of time to double-tap on an image. In the space of a small backlit image or 5 second video there is no room for gradual realization.

Maybe an extension of 'slow fashion' should be 'slowly digested fashion', clothing that takes awhile to fully appreciate.

[bels]

It's a classic that if you wear something bright or with a crazy pattern you'll get "compliments" on it.

But that doesn't mean it's good, just ask trashpile.